River Weaver Navigation Act 1829
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1829 c. lxx |
ANNO DECIMO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
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Cap,
lxx.
An Act to alter, amend, enlarge, arid consolidate
certain of the Powers and Provisions of the
several Acts passed relating to the River Weaver
Navigation in the County Palatine of
Chester,
[22d May 1829.]
HEREAS an Act was passed in the Seventh Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled
An Act for making the River Weaver
navigable
from 7G. i.e. 10.
Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge in the County of Chester: And
whereas an Act was passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign
of His Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act to amend 33G.2..C.49.
an.
Act passed in the Seventh Year of
the
Reign of His late Majesty
King George the First, for making the River Weaver navigable from
Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge in the County of Chester, and
for the more effectual preserving and improving the Navigation of the
said River: And whereas an Act was passed in the Forty-seventh
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third,
intituled An Act to authorize the Trustees of the River Weaver
47G.3.
c
82.
Navigation to open a more
convenient Communication
between the said
River near Frodsham Bridge and the River Mersey near Weston
Point in the Township of Weston in
the
County of Chester, and to
amend Two Acts relative to the said River: And whereas an Act was
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1674 10°GEORGII IV. Cap.lxx.
passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King
6
G.
4.
c.29. George the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal certain Parts of and to
alter and amend an Act passed in the Forty-seventh Year of the Reign
of His late Majesty King George the
Third,
to authorize the Trustees
of the River Weaver Navigation to open a more
convenient
Communica-
tion between the said River near Frodsham Bridge and the River
Mersey near Weston Point in the Township of Weston in the County
of Chester, and to amend Two Acts relative to the said River: And
whereas the Trustees for executing the said several recited Acts
have,
in pursuance of the Powers and Authorities given to and vested
in them in and by the said recited Act of the Forty-seventh Year of
the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, made and
completed the navigable Cut or Canal from the said River Weaver in
the Township of
Sutton
by Frodsham to the River Mersey at or near
Weston
Point by the said Act directed ; and have also formed, made,
and erected, at or near to Weston Point aforesaid, at considerable
Expence, a Basin, Piers, Lighthouse, Quays, and other Works, to the
great Advantage of the Trade and Commerce of the Neighbourhood
of the said River Weaver and of the said navigable Cut or Canal,
and to the Benefit of the Public at large : And whereas the Tonnage
Rates and Duties which were payable to the said Trustees in respect
of Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, and other Articles carried upon the
said navigable Cut or Canal have been found inadequate to the
current Expences of preserving, maintaining, completing, and keeping
in good Order and Condition the said Cut or Canal and the saitl
several Works ; and Doubts have arisen whether the said Trustees
are authorized and empowered to apply the Tonnage Rates and
Duties arising on the said River Weaver between Frodsham Bridge
and Winsford Bridge aforesaid to those Purposes ; it is therefore
expedient that the same Cut or Canal should be declared to be a
navigable Branch of the said River Weaver, and the Trustees of the
said River authorized and empowered to apply so much of the
Tonnage Rates and Duties payable to them under and by virtue of
the said several recited Acts, or any of them, in the Maintenance and
Support of the said navigable Cut or Canal, and 'the several Works
necessary thereto and connected therewith, as they the said Trustees
may from Time to Time deem necessary : And whereas by the said
recited Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
King George the Fourth the Powers of the Commissioners of the
Land Tax for the County Palatine of Lancaster to settle Differences
between the said Trustees of the River Weaver Navigation and the
respective Owners, Proprietors, and Occupiers of. Messuages, Mills,
Weirs, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments which might be re-
quired to be leased or purchased by the said Trustees for the Purposes
of the Navigation of the said River Weaver, or which might be pre-
judiced or damaged thereby, and which were vested in the said
Commissioners in and by the said recited Act of the. Thirty-third
Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, are
repealed, and no other Provisions are made or substituted in lieu
thereof for the settling such Differences, whereby great Inconveniences
have arisen : And whereas, for the due Maintenance and Support of
the Navigation of the.said River Weaver, and of the navigable Cuts
and Branches
thereof,
it is expedient and necessary that proper and
effectual
10°GEORGII IV. Cap.lxx. 1675
effectual Provision should be made for the settling all Differences which
may arise between the said Trustees of the said River Weaver and
the several Owners of or Persons interested in any Messuages, Mills,
Lands, Weirs, Tenements or other Hereditaments, Matters, or
Things, which already have been or shall or may be taken, or affected,
•damaged, or prejudiced by the said Trustees in the Execution of all
or any of the Powers vested in them by the said several Acts and
this Act, or any or either of them, and for the purchasing or leasing
of such Lands, Tenements,- Hereditaments, and other Matters and
Things, as the said Trustees are authorized to purchase or lease for
the more beneficial and convenient ordering, supporting, and main-
taining the Navigation of the said River Weaver, and of the
navigable Cuts or Branches
thereof,
and for the due rating and
assessing the Value of such Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and
.other Matters and Things as aforesaid : And whereas it is expedient
that the said recited Acts should in other respects be altered and
amended, and some of the Powers thereof respectively enlarged ;
but the Purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the Aid and
•Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that
it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent
Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the Authority of the same, That from and immediately after Extending
the passing of this Act, the said recited Acts, and all and every Po^6j"f
.the Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Matters, and Things therein to
this
Act.
respectively contained and provided for, (other than and except such
Parts thereof as are varied, altered, or repealed,) shall extend, and be
deemed, construed, and taken to extend, to this Act, in as full, large,
ample* and beneficial a Manner to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever
as if the same were inserted, repeated, and re-enacted in this Act,
save and except, the Rights of His Majesty, as herein-after provided.
II.
And be it further enacted, That the said navigable Cut or
Weston
Cut
Canal authorized to be made by the said recited Act of the Forty.-
or Canal
seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the 'J?ade?
Third shall be and is hereby declared to be a navigable Branch of ^ River
the said River Weaver, and Part of the Navigation
thereof;
and the Weaver
same navigable Branch, together with all and every the Basin,
Piers,
Quays, Works, and other Conveniences made and erected or
which may hereafter be made and erected for the carrying on, pre-
serving, maintaining, and using
thereof,
and the Tonnage Rates,
Duties, Profits, and Advantages arising therefrom, shall be and are
hereby declared to be vested in the Trustees of the said River
Weaver and their Successors, and shall be deemed and considered to
all Intents and Purposes to be a Part of the said River Weaver, in as
full, ample, and extensive a Manner to all Intents and Purposes, and
with the like Powers, Provisions, and Authorities for repairing, im-
proving, upholding, maintaining, supporting, and preserving the
same and regulating the Navigation thereof-as are vested in the said
Trustees and their Successors by the said recited Acts and this Act,
or any of them, with respect to the Navigation of the said River
Weaver between Frodsham Bridge and Winsford Bridge, and the
navigable Cuts and Branches
thereof.
III.
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