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In case Navigations or Works are not kept in repair, the Treasury may order the same to be repaired, &c.
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XXIX. In case it appear to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, upon any Representation in this Behalf, of Five or more Persons paying County Cess within the Counties, Baronies, and Townlands or Parts thereof chargeable for the Maintenance of any of the said Navigations, that such Navigation, or any of the Works connected therewith, is or are not kept and maintained in good and proper Repair by the Trustees thereof, or that any sudden Damage has occurred to such Navigation, or any of the Works connected therewith, it shall and may be lawful for such Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, if he or they think fit, to signify the same to the said Commissioners of the Treasury, and thereupon it shall and may be lawful for such last-mentioned Commissioners in any such Case, if they think fit, on an Estimate being laid before them by the said Commissioners of Public Works, or any Two of them, setting forth what Repairs arc necessary, and what Sum will be requisite for such Repairs, to direct that any such Sum or Sums of Money, or any Part thereof, be advanced and paid to the said Commissioners of Public Works out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to be applied under their Directions in such Repairs; and such last-mentioned Commissioners, or any Two of them, shall certify to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland the Amount expended in such Repairs, with a view to the Repayment thereof as herein-after provided.
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