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Subscribers names.
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WHEREAS the building a bridge over the river of Ross, at the ferry thereof, will tend to encrease the trade of the town of New Ross, promote agriculture, and be of public utility: and whereas the persons herein after named, have subscribed the several sums to their respective names annexed, for the purposes of purchasing the ferry across the river at the said town of New Ross, and for building a bridge over the said river, at the scite of the said ferry; that is to say, Henry Houghton, esquire, five hundred pounds, Charles Tottenham, senior, esquire, five hundred pounds, Charles Tottenham, junior, esquire, five hundred pounds, Robert Leigh, esquire, five hundred pounds, Joseph Deane, esquire, five hundred pounds, John Cliffe, esquire, five hundred pounds, Ponsonby Tottenham, esquire, five hundred pounds, Edward Murphy, esquire, five hundred pounds, messieurs George and Thomas Keough, five hundred pounds, Anthony Cliffe, esquire, five hundred pounds, Edward Elmes, esquire, five hundred pounds, Philip Hay, esquire, five hundred pounds, Mrs. Jane Tottenham, five hundred pounds, messieurs Cullimore and Hogg, five hundred pounds, Nicholas Loftus Tottenham, esquire, five hundred pounds, Charles Powel Leslie, esquire, four hundred pounds, James Rosseter, esquire, three hundred pounds, sir John Newport, baronet, two hundred pounds, Adam Loftus Lynn, esquire, two hundred pounds, Arthur Alexander, esquire, two hundred pounds, James Ramsey, esquire, two hundred pounds, Roger Sweetman, esquire, two hundred pounds, Joseph Leigh, esquire, two hundred pounds, Thomas Jones, junior, esquire, two hundred pounds, Joseph Cuffe, esquire, two hundred pounds, sir Simon Newport, knight, one hundred pounds, Edward Kavenagh, esquire, one hundred pounds, James Doyle, esquire, one hundred pounds, Mr. Bryan Fitz-Henry, one hundred pounds, Mr. Langrish Cavenagh, one hundred pounds, Mr. Josiah Martin, junior, one hundred pounds, Miss Mary Cliffe, one hundred pounds, Miss Henrietta Cliffe, one hundred pounds, Nicholas Devereux, esquire, one hundred pounds, Mr Michael Clarke, one hundred pounds, Mr. Anthony French, one hundred pounds, Mr. John Connor, one hundred pounds, Mr. Patrick Bryan, one hundred pounds, and Michael Langton, esquire, one hundred pounds; the said several subscriptions amounting in the whole to the sum of eleven thousand two hundred pounds, and the said several subscribers have paid unto their treasurer Charles Tottenham, esquire, collector of the port of Ross, one-fifth part of their respective subscriptions; 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 the passing of this act, the said several subscribers, or the executors, administrators or assigns, of such of them as shall before the said time happen to die, or assign their right to their said subscriptions, shall be united and erected into one company, for the building of the said bridge, and be from thenceforth one body politick and corporate, by the name of the commissioners for building a bridge over the river of Ross; and that the said commissioners and their successors, being proprietors of the said joint stock, or possessing any share or shares thereof, shall have perpetual succession, and have a common seal, and by the aforesaid name may sue and be sued, and shall from thenceforth be fully empowered to design, assign, and lay out in what manner the said bridge shall be built; and that the said commissioners or their successors, shall by themselves, their agents, overseers, workmen and servants, be fully empowered to carry on, build, and complete the said bridge, and also shall be capable in law by such name, to take securities for any sum or sums of money due, or to be due to them in their corporate capacity as aforesaid, and for performance of any agreement entered into with them, or for the due execution of any power or authority committed to any person or persons concerned in the said bridge, or the tolls thereof; and also to enter into and execute all such contracts and agreements, and appoint such officers and servants as shall be necessary for, or relate to the carrying the purposes of this act into execution.
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