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In case of Grants in aid of Navigation, the Residue of Costs to be repaid by the District, and Tolls to be levied for Maintenance only.
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XXXIII. And be it enacted, That in all Cases where, for the Purposes of Navigation connected with Drainage, a free Grant of a Moiety or more of the Expence of making or improving any such Navigation shall or may be made under the Authority of Parliament, and the other Moiety or Residue of the Expence of making or improving such Navigation shall or may be raised or advanced by way of Loan under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, then such Moiety or Residue so raised or advanced shall, with Interest from the Date of such Loan, be charged upon the District which by the Declaration to be made in such Case by the said Commissioners under the Provisions of the said first-recited Act it shall be declared will be benefited by the making or improving of such Navigation, and the several Baronies, Half Baronies, and Townlands in such District, and shall be repaid by and levied from such Baronies, Half Baronies, and Townlands in the Proportions in which it shall be so declared that such Baronies, Half Baronies, and Townlands will be respectively benefited, in One Sum or by Instalments, under and subject to the several Provisions and Regulations in said recited Acts or this Act contained in relation to the Levy and Recovery of any Sums which under the final Award of the said Commissioners shall be payable by the Grand Jury of any County in respect of the Improvement of the Navigation of any River: Provided always, that in any Case where any such Grant shall be made as aforesaid no greater Amount of Tolls or Rates shall be imposed or levied in respect of such Navigation than shall be sufficient to defray the Expence of maintaining and upholding such Navigation and the Works thereof, with all Expences incident thereto.
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