City of Waterford Act 1783

Proper buoys kept.

LVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the time aforesaid, every ship or other vessel anchoring or mooring in the said river from the harbour’s mouth to that part of the river Suir opposite to Bilbery-rock, shall keep proper and sufficient buoys to their anchors, in order to prevent other ships from running soul or over-laying each other, and that every master, or other person who shall have charge of a ship or other vessel, who shall offend herein, shall for every such offence forfeit any sum not exceeding five pounds.