Shannon Navigation Act 1839
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(2 & 3 Vict.) C A P. LXI.
[17th August 1839]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty KingWilliam the Fourth, intituled Shannon,whereby, after reciting that the Improvement of the Navigation of the said River from its Source inLough Allen in the County of Leitrim to its Mouth would contribute to the general Prosperity, Commerce, Agriculture, and Revenue of Ireland , and also tend to the Advantage and Improvement of the respective Counties and Districts adjoining to such Navigation, it was enacted, that Commissioners should be appointed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , for the Purpose of ascertaining the Works necessary to be executed for the Improvement of the said Navigation, and making an Estimate of the Expence thereof, and for the other Purposes therein mentioned: And whereas the Commissioners appointed pursuant to the said Act have made Reports, in which they have recommended certain Works as proper to be executed, and have also prepared Plans, with Maps and Schedules thereto attached, of such Works, and Estimates of the Expence of executing the same: And whereas the said Commissioners have also inquired into and adjudicated upon such Claims as were brought before them, under the Provisions of the said recited Act, in respect of Rights of Fishery and other Rights, and also in respect of the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments required to be taken for or likely to be injured by the said proposed Works, and have duly made and published their final Awards and Adjudications with respect to such Claims, and have also inquired into and determined the Benefit likely to accrue to the several Counties or Parts of Counties, and to individual Estates, by means of the said proposed Works, and made Awards fixing the Proportion of Contribution to be made respectively by such Counties or Parts of Counties and the Owners of such Estates towards the Repayment of the Sums to be advanced for the Execution of the proposed Works, and have also recommended certain Tolls and Rates to be taken and levied on the said Navigation: And whereas the said Maps and Plans are now deposited with and are in the Custody of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; and it is expedient that the several Works mentioned and described in the Maps and Plans aforesaid should be carried into execution by Commissioners to be for that Purpose nominated, and that the Expence attendant upon the Execution of the said Works should be defrayed as herein-after provided:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Adviceand Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the several Works mentioned and described in the Maps and Plans aforesaid shall be carried into full and complete Execution, subject however to such Alterations, Additions, or Reductions as shall be made therein pursuant to the Power herein-after reserved.
II Treasury to appoint Commissioners.
II. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, to nominate by Warrant under their Hands Three or more Persons to be Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, One of whom only shall be entitled to any Salary for his Services under this Act; and all Powers and Authorities whatsoever given to or vested in the said Commissioners for the Execution of the said recited Act, or such of them as may be necessary for the due Execution of this Act, or for continuing any Proceeding commenced under the said recited Act, shall immediately on such Nomination be vested in and may be exercised from Time to Time by the Commissioners who shall be appointed for the Execution of this Act, and the Powers of the Commissioners heretofore appointed under the said recited Act for all such Purposes shall thenceforth cease.
III Treasury may remove Commissioners, and may nominate others in case of Removal, Death, or Resignation.
III. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to remove from Time to Time any One or more of the said Commissioners, and in case of such Removal, or in case of the Death or Resignation of any One or more of the said Commissioners, to nominate and appoint by Warrant under their Hands any other Person or Persons to be a Commissioner or Commissioners for executing this Act in the Room of the Commissioner or Commissioners so removed, dying, or resigning as aforesaid.
IV Treasury may issue Exchequer Bills not exceeding 584,807l.
IV. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them for the Time being, by Warrant under their Hands, to cause or direct to be made out from Time to Time as may be necessary for the Purposes of this Act, at Her Majesty's Exchequer inGreat Britain , any Number of Exchequer Bills not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Five hundred and eighty-four thousand eight hundred and seven Pounds, such Bills to be made out in the same or like Manner, Form, and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions (except where other Directions for making out the same are contained and particularly expressed in this Act), as in and by an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled , are enacted and prescribed.
V Provisions of 48 G. 3. c. 1. to extend to this Act.
V. And be it enacted, That all and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said Act of the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty KingGeorge the Third shall be applied and extend to the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said several Clauses or Provisions had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act.
VI Exchequer Bills to bear Interest.
VI. And be it enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Three-pence Halfpennyper Centum per Diem upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein; and the Principal Sum contained in such Exchequer Bills, and the Interest accruing thereon, shall be made payable at such Periods and at such Places as shall be fixed by the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, nevertheless so as that all such Bills as shall be made out for the Purposes of this Act shall be made payable within Three Years from the Date thereof, and that the Principal Sum contained in every such Bill, together with such Interest as aforesaid, computed from the Day upon which such Interest thereon shall have been already paid until the Time appointed for the Payment of the said Bills, shall be paid off and discharged upon the Days and Times respectively appointed for the Payment thereof.
VII Bills to be current at the Exchequer after the Times when they become due.
VII. And be it enacted, That all and every the Exchequer Bills to be issued forth by virtue of this Act, or so many of them as shall from Time to Time remain undischarged and uncancelled after the respective Days on which they shall become due and payable, shall and may from and after that Time pass and be current to all and every the Receivers and Collectors inGreat Britain and Ireland of the Customs, Excise, or any Revenue, Supply, Aid, or Tax whatsoever already granted, due, or payable, or which shall or may hereafter be granted, due, or payable, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and also at the Banks of England and Ireland to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, from the said Receivers or Collectors, or from any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate whatsoever, making any Payment there to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for or upon any Account, Cause, or Occasion whatsoever, according to the Purport and true Meaning of this Act.
VIII How Money shall be issued for the Purposes of this Act.
VIII. And be it enacted, That when and as often as any Money shall be required for the Purposes of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, upon the Application of the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, to issue and advance, or cause to be issued and advanced, to the said Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland , such Sum or Sums of Money as they shall think fit, not exceeding the said Sum of Five hundred and eighty-four thousand eight hundred and seven Pounds; or in case the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall so think fit, it shall be lawful for them, or any Three or more of them, to direct the Comptroller General of Her Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster for the Time being to issue and make out Exchequer Bills to such an Amount, not exceeding the said Sum of Five hundred and eighty-four thousand eight hundred and seven Pounds, as they shall think fit to direct for...
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