West Croft Canal Act 1839
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1839 c. lxvi |
| Year | 1839 |
ANNO SECUNDO & TERTIO
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An Act for forming a Canal and other Works within
and near certain Lands called the West
Croft>
in
the Parish of Saint Mary in the Town and County
of the Town ol Nottingham. [4th July 1839.]
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HEREAS by an Act passed in the present Session of Par-
liament, intituled An Act for inclosing certain Lands 2&3Vict.
called the West Croft and Burton Leys, in the Parish o/*c'28'
Saint Mary in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
certain Lands are directed to be set out by the Commissioners therein
named, or thereby authorized to be appointed, for the Purpose of
making a Branch Canal from the Nottingham Canal, with the Banks
and Hauling Path thereto, and other Works connected therewith :
And whereas by the said Act certain Parts of the Lands thereby
authorized to be inclosed are directed to be set out and allotted
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unto the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Town of Not-
tingham : And whereas it would improve the said Meadows, and be
of great Advantage to the Inhabitants of the said Town, if such
Branch Canal were made through the said Meadow called the West
Croft, and if a Street were formed commencing at or near the Streets
called Canal Street and Carrington Street, and passing, by means
of a Bridge over the Nottingham Canal, into the same Meadows -9
but the same cannot be effected without the Aid and Authority of
Parlia-
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1738 2° & 3° VICTORIA, Cap-ten-
Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be
enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'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
Corporation by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the Mayor,
t^imake Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Town of Nottingham, and they are
theCanal
and
hereby authorized and empowered, to make and form, in the Line
otherWorks. or Course set out by the said Commissioners appointed under and by
virtue of the said recited Act, a Branch Canal, with proper Viaducts,
Bridges, and other Works connected therewith, commencing from
and out of the Nottingham Canal at or near the North-west End of
the Meadow called the West
Croft,
in the Parish of Saint Mary in
the said Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, and termi-
nating by a Junction with the said Nottingham Canal on the East
Side of the Turnpike Road from Nottingham to London, called the
Flood
Road,
in the said Parish, and also to construct a Bridge over
the said Nottingham Canal, and a Street Fifty Feet wide from the
said Bridge to the Street called Canal Street, in a Line with the
Street called Carrington Street, in the Course delineated on the Map
or Plan herein-after mentioned or referred to.
Corporation
may mort-
gage the
Allotment
made to
them by the
recited Act.
The Corpo-
ration may
sell or lease
their Allot-
ments,
II.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, and they are hereby fully autho-
rized and empowered, by Mortgage of the Lands allotted to them
under the said recited Act, or of a sufficient Part
thereof,
to raise
such Sum or Sums of Money as they shall think fit, and thereout to
pay such Sum and Sums as the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur-
gesses shall think fit to expend in the making the Bridge and Street
from Carrington Street, herein-before mentioned, and in defraying the
Expences of applying for, obtaining, and passing this Act, or any
other Expences herein mentioned or referred to,
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III.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, and they are hereby fully autho-
rized and empowered, immediately after the making the Award
under the said recited Act, or so soon thereafter as they shall think
fit, to make Sale and absolutely dispose of the said several Lands
which by virtue of the said Act shall become vested in or be allotted
to them, or any Part or Parts
thereof,
and the Fee Simple and In-
heritance
thereof,
to any Person or Persons willing to purchase the
same, or to let the same, or any Part or Parts
thereof,
for any Term or
Terms of Years, or otherwise to dispose of the said several Lands
or any of them, in such Lots, at such Prices, upon such Terms, and
in such Way as to them shall seem most advantageous ; and it shall
be lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses to apply the
Proceeds arising from such Sale or Sales or Lettings of such Lands
or Grounds which shall have been made to them absolutely and as
Part of their Chamber Estate, and the Rents, Interest, and Income
thereof respectively, in paying off any Sum or Sums of Money which
shall be borrowed on Mortgage under the Powers herein-before con-
tained, and the Interest thereof and also in the making and com-
pleting the Bridge and Street from Carrington Street, herein-after
mentioned, and by this Act authorized to be made and executed, and
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