Sea and Coast Fisheries Fund (Ireland) Act, 1884

Application of funds by Commissioners.

3. The Commissioners shall hold the Sea and Coast Fisheries Fund hereby transferred to them upon trust to dispose thereof for the benefit of the maritime counties, care being taken, so far as is practicable, to do equal justice between the said counties; and for the purpose of so doing justice it shall be the duty of the Commissioners in applying the Sea and Coast Fisheries Fund to give a preference to the maritime counties which are not endowed over the endowed counties to the extent of such endowment; and further it shall be the duty of the Commissioners in applying the said Sea and Coast Fisheries Fund to the endowed counties to give a preference as between such counties to those counties which have a less endowment over those which have a greater endowment to the extent of the difference between such endowments.