Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Act 1854
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1854 c. xxxv |
| Year | 1854 |
ANNO DECIMO SEPTIMO
VICTORLE REGIME
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Cap.
xxxv.
An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur-
gesses of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcomhe
Regis in the County of Dorset to provide
Market Houses for the Sale of certain market-
able Commodities, and to erect and maintain an
improved Pier or Landing Place within the
Borough ; and for other Purposes.
[2d June 1854.]
HEREAS the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the
Borough of Weymouth and Melcomhe Regis in the
County of Dorset hold by Charter and Prescription
Markets for the Sale of Butchers Meat, Provisions, and other Articles,
and also a Market for the Sale of Fish, and such respective Markets
are held in the public Streets or Thoroughfares within the Borough;
and the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses demand and levy certain
Tolls,
Stallages, and Rents in respect of Articles so sold or delivered
for Sale in such Borough: And whereas the providing a Market
House, with proper Buildings and Works connected therewith, for the
Sale of Butchers Meat, Poultry, Butter, Cheese, Vegetables, Corn,
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The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Act\ 1854.
Hay, Grain, Seeds, and other Provisions, Goods, Wares, Merchandise,
marketable Commodities, and also a separate Market House for the
Sale of Fish, would be of great public Advantage: And whereas a
suitable Site for the first-mentioned Market House might be obtained
in the Parish of Melcombe Regis, within the Borough, between Saint
Mary Street and Maiden Street, on the Northern Side of the Church-
yard of the Parish Church, and a suitable Site might be obtained for
the Fish Market at or near Helen Lane, Maiden Street, and the Quay,
in the said Parish of Melcombe Regis ; and the whole of the said
proposed Sitejto be taken for the Fish Market belongs to or is claimed
to belong to the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, and they
have purchased or contracted to purchase certain other Portions of the
said Site proposed to be taken for the said Market House, and it is
expedient to authorize the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses to
purchase and take the Remainder
thereof:
And whereas the Construc-
tion of a Pier and other Works on the North Side of the Entrance to
the Harbour, by means of the Improvement and Extension of the Pier
known as the Pile Pier, will promote the Recreation of the Inhabitants
and Visitors of the Town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and
facilitate the embarking and disembarking of Passengers from Steam
and other Vessels, and otherwise be of public Utility: And whereas
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the said Borough are desirous
of being empowered to construct the said Pier, and it is expedient that
they should be enabled so to do, and that certain Rates, Tolls, and
Duties should be levied,for the Use
thereof:
And whereas the several
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Purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the Authority of
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
by the Authority of the same, as follows; (that is to say,)
Short Title. I. This Act may be cited for any Purpose as " The Weymouth
and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Act, 1854." .
Commence- II. This Act shall commence and have effect on and from the
ment of Act. Third Wednesday next after the passing
thereof.
interpreta- III. In this Act the Expression " the Corporation" shall mean the
tain ExC6r" Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Weymouth and
sions.
Melcombe Regis; the Expression "the Borough" shall mean the
Municipal Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis; the Expres-
sion " the General Market House" shall mean the Market House or
Market Place, and the Works connected therewith, erected or provided
by the Corporation on the Lands between Saint Mary Street and
Maiden Street for the Sale of Provisions and other marketable Com-
modities
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