Howth Harbour Act 1810
HOWTH HARBOUR ACT 1810 | ||
CAP. LXXII. | ||
An Act for improving and completing the Harbour on the North Side of the Hill of Howth near Dublin, and rendering it a fit Situation for His Majesty’s Packets. [9th June 1810.] | ||
Commissioners for executing this Act. | ||
WHEREAS the rendering the Harbour on the North Side of the Hill of Howth near Dublin a fit Situation-for His Majesty’s Packets, is desirable for the regular and more speedy Conveyance of the Mails between Dublin and Holyhead, and facilitating the Intercourse of Passengers between Great Britain and Ireland: And whereas, by virtue of an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty’s. Reign, for granting a certain Sum of Money towards improving the said Harbour, certain Persons were appointed and authorized by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the Time being to apply the Sum granted towards improving the said Harbour, and rendering it a fit Situation for His Majesty’s Packets; and it was by the said recited Act further enacted, that such Persons so appointed should have all such Powers and Authorities as are by Law given to or vested in the Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, and which should be requisite and necessary for the carrying of the said recited Act into Execution; and that all Piers, Wharfs, Quays, and other Erections and Buildings which might be made under the Directions of the said Persons, and all Ground applied to such Purposes by them, should be vested in the said Corporation for preserving and repairing the Port of Dublin: And whereas it is expedient to provide for the due Application of whatever Sums may be granted or appropriated by Parliament for the Improvement or towards the completing of the said Harbour; and further, to provide for the making and executing the Roads, Quays, and Works necessary for the Completion and Improvement of the said Harbour; may it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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 the several Persons heretofore appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the Time being for the Purpose of carrying into Execution the herein-before recited Act of the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, and such other Person or Persons as shall or may from Time to Time be appointed or authorized by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, shall be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being to revoke the Appointment of any such Person or Persons to be such Commissioner or Commissioners, and from Time to Time to nominate and appoint such other Person or Persons to be a Commissioner or Commissioners as such Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors for the Time being shall think fit. |