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Tolls arising on the Road under the Care of the Trustees making Default, and to pay over the same in Manner directed by the said 1 & 2 G.4.c.30. Act of the First and Second Year of the Reign of His present

4 G.4. c.74. § 60.

Time enlarged for building Bridge over Menai Straits.

Application of

Money paid by

St. Albans and other Trusts to

Majesty, and by this Act, and to execute all the Powers, Provisions and Authorities in and by the said Act of the First and Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty in such Case given, as fully and effectually as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in and by this Act.

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LI. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Fifty ninth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, for building a Bridge over the Menai Straits, it was enacted, that if the said Commis'sioners for building the said Bridge should not, within Four Years 'from and after the passing of that Act, complete the said Bridge, so as to make the same passable for Horses and Carriages, that then and from thenceforth all and singular the Powers and < Authorities vested in them by that Act should cease, determine and be void; and by the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, after reciting that it was necessary that further Time should be given for completing the 'said Bridge, it was enacted, that the said Provision should not take • Effect and be in Operation, unless the said Commissioners thereby appointed should not complete the said Bridge, and make the same passable for Horses and Carriages within Two Years from the passing of that Act: And Whereas it is necessary that still further Time should be given for completing the said Bridge;' Be it therefore enacted, That the said Provisions contained in the said recited Act of the Fifty ninth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty shall not take Effect or be in Operation unless the said Commissioners acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty shall not complete the said Bridge, and make the same passable for Horses and Carriages, within One Year from the passing of this Act.

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LII. And be it further enacted, That the several Sums of Money to be from time to time paid by the Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust, the Trustees of the Bilston Trust, the Trustees of the Commissioners. Wolverhampton Trust, and the Trustees of the Shiffnal District and the Watling Street Road, under the Provisions hereinbefore contained, to the said Commissioners acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, in Repayment of the Money to be advanced pursuant to the Provisions of this Act, and the Interest thereof, shall be paid by them the said last mentioned Commissioners into the Exchequer, to the Account of the Consolidated Fund; and that the Receipts of the said last mentioned Commissioners, or any Three of them, for any Sums of Money to be so paid to them, shall be sufficient Discharges to the Trustees by whom the same shall be paid, and shall protect them from being bound to see to the Application thereof, or from being answerable for the Misapplication or Nonapplication thereof.

Account of

Money to different Trusts

LIII. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury shall cause an annual Account to be made up to the Fifth Day of January in each Year, to be laid before laid before Par- Parliament, shewing the total Sum advanced by the said last mentioned Commissioners, under and by virtue of this Act, to the

liament.

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Commissioners acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, and also the Amount secured upon each of the Trusts to which the said Money is directed to be applied, together with the Amount unpaid by each of the Trusts in respect of the Principal Sum advanced, and also shewing the Amount of the Principal Money remaining due from each of these Trusts on the Day to which the Account is made up, and a Computation of the Interest due thereon up to the said Day.

Bridge.

LIV. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners Commissioners acting in the Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth to make Branch Road in AngleYear of the Reign of His present Majesty, shall and they are heresea from Menai by authorized, with the Consent in Writing of the Owners or Occupiers of the Lands through which the same shall pass, to set out and make a Branch or Communication Road in the Island of Anglesea, from the Bridge across the Menai Straits, in a direct Line to the old Turnpike Road, of sufficient Dimensions.

LV. And be it further enacted, That the said last mentioned Branch or Communication Road shall, when the same shall be completed, become and be deemed Common Highway, and shall be maintained and repaired as such by the Persons liable to the Repair of Common Highways in the Places or Districts through which the same shall pass.

LVI. And be it further enacted, That where any Pit or Shaft has been sunk or made, or shall be sunk or made, for the Purpose of working any Mines, Quarries or other Works, within the Distance of Two hundred Yards of any Part of the said Roads hereinbefore mentioned, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Trustees or Commissioners within whose Limits or District the Road next to such Mines, Quarries or other Works aforesaid shall be situated, and to and for such other Person or Persons as they shall appoint, and they are hereby respectively authorized and empowered, when and as often as they shall think necessary, to enter upon the Land or Ground where such Pits or Shafts shall be so sunk or made as aforesaid, and to descend and go down into the Mines, Quarries and Works within or under the same, and for that Purpose to have the full and free Use of all and every or any of the Shafts, Windlasses, Ropes, Engines, Gins, Machinery and other Things then in use, within, about or belonging to the said Mines, Quarries and Works, both in descending and going down into the said Mines, Quarries and Works respectively, and in ascending and coming up from the same, or any of them, for the Purpose of viewing, examining and inspecting the said Mines, Quarries and Works, as such Trustees, Commissioners or other Persons as aforesaid shall think necessary.

To become Common Highway, and repaired.

Power to enter
Mines where
Pits or Shafts
within 200
Yards of the
Road.

have been sunk

&c.

LVII. And be it further enacted, That in case any Person Obstructing or Persons shall resist or make forcible Opposition against any Commissioners, such Trustees, Commissioners or other Persons who may be employed in the Inspection of any Mines, Quarries or Works as aforesaid, every such Person offending therein shall for every such Offence forfeit any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds, at the Dis- Penalty, cretion of the Justice or Justices of the Peace before whom he or they shall be convicted.

LVIII. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed Public Act. and taken to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken Notice

of

of as such, by all Judges, Justices and others, without being specially pleaded.

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CA P. CI.

An Act to provide for the repairing, maintaining and keep-
ing in Repair certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland.
[5th July 1825.]

WHEREAS certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland have been

Directors of

Inland Navigation under 40 G.3. (I.) c.51. may, on Order of the Lord Lieute

made wholly or in part at the Public Expence, and it is expedient that Provision should be made for keeping the same in Repair at the Expence of the several Counties in or through which the same shall have been made;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, by Writing under his or their Hand or Hands, to order, direct and appoint that the Directors from time to time for the Time being, of all Works relating to Inland Navigation in Ireland, appointed for the Execution of an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Fortieth nant, act as Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for granting to His Majesty the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds for promoting Inland Navigation in Ireland, and for the other Purposes therein mentioned, and for authorizing the raising of the said Sum by Loan, or under any Act or Acts for amending the same, shall act as Commissioners for the Execution of this present Act; and such Directors ofInl and Navigation from time to time for the Time being shall thereupon and from thenceforth be and become Commissioners for the Execution of this Act.

Commissioners

for the Execution of this Act.

'II. And Whereas it is expedient that, after the said Roads and Bridges have been completed, the Maintenance and Repair of the same should be placed under the Direction of the Com'missioners hereby appointed;' Be it therefore enacted, That it Commissioners. shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby may appoint authorized and empowered, to appoint, with the Approbation of Inspectors and the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of SuperintendIreland, One or more Inspector or Inspectors of such Roads and ants, &c. Bridges in Ireland, as have been or shall be wholly or in part made at the Public Expence, and such Superintendants and other Officers as they shall see fit for the Purposes of this Act, and to Salary. pay and allow each and every of such Inspectors and Officers such Sum or Sums of Money annually or otherwise, as the said Commissioners shall think proper, in Compensation for their Services, or in Remuneration of any Expences incurred by them or any of them, in the Execution of this Act.

Description of Roads, &c. which may be repaired under

III. And be it further enacted, That no Road or Bridge, nor any Portion of any Road or Bridge, shall be repaired or maintained and kept in Repair, under the Provisions of this Act, unless One Half of the original Cost of making such Road or Bridge, or Portion thereof, shall have been or shall be defrayed at the Public Expence, unless such Road or Bridge shall have been completed subsequent to the First of January One thousand eight sary. hundred

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On Application of Commis sioners, Lord

may

Lieutenant order Advances out of Consolidated Fund for Repair of Roads and Bridges.

to Lord Lieu

tenant, and by his Chief Secre

tary to the

Grand Jury of the County, who shall raise the same off the County by Pre

sentment,

hundred and twenty; and it shall not be lawful for the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, to take charge of any such Road or Bridge, or any Portion thereof, until the same shall have been specially placed under the Direction of the said Commissioners, by an Order from the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, signified to such Commissioners by the Chief Secretary or Under Secretary of such Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland.

IV. And be it further enacted, That upon the Application of the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, or any Three of them, setting forth what Sum will be requisite and necessary from time to time for the Repair of any Road or Bridge, or any Portion of any Road or Bridge, which shall have been made wholly or in part as aforesaid at the public Expence, and stating the Nature, Situation and Extent of such Road or Bridge, or Portion thereof respectively, and of the Repairs required to the same, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, in case he or they shall think fit and proper so to do, to direct, by his or their Warrant or Warrants, that any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds in any One Year required by such Commissioners, or any Part thereof, shall be advanced and paid to the said Commissioners out of the Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, arising in Ireland, to be applied under the Directions of the said Commissioners in the repairing and maintaining of any such Roads or Bridges, or any Portion thereof, and in and towards the Execution of the Purposes of this Act, under the Direction of the said Commissioners and their Officers.

Expence of reV. And be it further enacted, That whenever any such Road pairing Roads certified by or Bridge, or any Portion thereof, shall be put in good and sufficient Commissioners Repair under the Directions of the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, the said Commissioners shall certify to the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, the total Amount of the Expence incurred by such Repair, with all such Particulars thereof as shall be required by such Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland; and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, or in his Absence, for the Under Secretary, to certify to the Grand Jury of any and every County within which any such Road or Bridge, or any Portion thereof, shall be situate respectively, the Amount of Money which shall have been expended upon the Repair of such Road or Bridge, or Portion thereof, within any and every such County respectively, out of the Advances authorized by this Act; and every such Certificate shall at the next or some succeeding Assizes be laid before the Grand Jury of any and every such County respectively; and thereupon it shall and may be lawful to and for the Grand Jury of any and every such County respectively, and any and every such Grand Jury are hereby authorized and required to make Presentment of the Amount of such Expences, as stated in such Certificate to be raised off such County at large; and when and as soon as the Sum so to be presented as aforesaid shall be raised and received by the Treasurer

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