Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

Paving Incorporation Clause.

XXXVI. That Clauses Fifty-one, Fifty-two, and Fifty-three of “The Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847,” shall be incorporated with and form Part of this Act; provided that nothing herein or in the said Clauses so incorporated with this Act shall extend or be construed to exonerate any Turnpike Commissioners or Trustees, or any Grand Jury or other Body, or Person or Persons whatsoever, from his or their Duty or Obligation to maintain and repair any Street or Road running through any City, Town Corporate, Borough, or other Town adopting the Provisions of this Act, unless the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act shall desire to take upon themselves such Duty or Obligation; and in such Case such Commissioners shall become liable in like Manner as the Party or Parties originally liable to such Duty or Obligation, and shall in like Manner answer for and be punishable for any Default in the Discharge or Observance of such Duty or Obligation.

And with respect to laying out new Streets, be it enacted as follows: