Drainage (Ireland) Act 1842

When Lands cut through shall be less than an Acre in Quantity or less than 15 Yards wide, Commissioners to purchase the whole, if required.

LXIV. And be it enacted, That if in the Execution of any of the Works authorized by this Act any Field, Close, or Parcel of Land shall be cut through, or divided from the Remainder of any Estate, Farm, or Property, so that there shall be left on each or either Side of the said Works or any of them less than One Statute Acre in Quantity, or less than Fifteen Yards in Breadth, then and in every such Case the said Commissioners shall (if thereunto required by the Proprietor of such Field, Close, or other Land so cut through or divided) take and purchase such Piece or Parcel or Pieces or Parcels so to be left as aforesaid of such Field, Close, or Land, and shall pay for the same in the same Manner as for the Land actually required the Purposes of this Act.