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Power to Trustees, with Consent of Grand Juries, to dispose of Navigations.
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XXXI. It shall be lawful for the Trustees for the Time being of any Navigation, by and with the Consent of the Grand Juries of the several Counties which or any Baronies or Townlands in which respectively are liable to contribute to the Maintenance of such Navigation, such Consent to be signified by Resolutions of such Grand Juries at any Assizes, to dispose of such Navigation, together with the Tolls thereof, and the Locks, Weirs, and other Works thereto belonging, to any Person willing to purchase the same, and the Receipts of the said Trustees under their Seal and the Hands of any Three or more of them, for any Purchase Monies thereof, shall be sufficient Discharges for the same; and such Monies shall be paid to the Treasurers of the respective Counties which or any Baronies or Townlands in which contributed to the Expense of the Construction of such Navigation, in the Proportions in which such Counties, Baronies, and Townlands contributed thereto, to be placed by such Treasurers respectively to the Credit of their respective Counties or such Baronies or Townlands therein, as aforesaid; and after such Disposition such Counties, Baronies, and Townlands shall cease to be liable to maintain such Navigation, and the Purchasers and their Assigns shall have all the Rights with respect to the said Navigation, Works, and Tolls, and otherwise, subject to the same Control, as the said Trustees would have had and been subject to.
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