CAP. XLII. 6 An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike WHEREAS certain Acts for making, amending, and 'Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fourth 4 & 5 Vict. ⚫ and Fifth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, amended c. 6. ' and continued for a Time therein limited: And whereas the 'said Acts were further continued from Time to Time, save as specially excepted: And whereas, under the Provisions of an Act of the last Session of Parliament, the said Acts, save 16 & 17 Vict. as therein excepted, are further continued, and will remain in c. 76. 'force until the Thirty-first Day of July in the present Year, or, • if Parliament be then sitting, until the End of the then Session of Parliament: And whereas it is expedient that the several 'Acts for making, amending, or repairing Turnpike Roads in "Ireland should be further continued:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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, as follows: Roads in Ire land, which will expire on 31st July 1855, &c. continued. I. Any Act for making, amending, or repairing any Turnpike Acts for making Road or Roads in Ireland which will expire on the said Thirty- &c. Turnpike first Day of July in the present Year, or at or before the End of the present or next ensuing Session of Parliament, or before the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall be and the same is hereby continued, as amended by the said recited Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, or, if Parliament be then sitting, until the End of the then Session of Parliament. 38 G. 3. c. 22. II. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall Nothing in this extend or apply to an Act of the Thirty-eighth Year of His late Act to apply to Majesty George the Third, intituled An Act for improving and and 39 G. 3. repairing the Turnpike Roads leading from the City of Cork to c. 52. the Brook which bounds the Counties of Cork and Tipperary, near the Foot of Kilworth Mountain, and for repealing the several Laws heretofore made relating to the said Act, or to an Act of the Thirty-ninth George the Third to explain and amend the said Act. 6 CAP. XLIII. An Act to continue an Act of the Seventeenth Year of Her present Majesty, for charging the Maintenance of certain poor Persons in Unions in England and Wales upon the Common Fund. [24th July 1854.] WHEREAS by the Act of the Seventeenth Year of Her 16 & 17 Vict. Majesty, Chapter Seventy-seven, certain Provisions made c. 77. by the several Acts therein referred to for charging upon the Common 16 & 17 Vict. c. 97. Provisions in recited Act, 16 & 17 Vict. c. 77., further continued. G. 4. c. 74. 4 W. 4. c. 43. 11 & 12 Vict. c. 76. 17 & 18 VICT. Common Fund of the Union the Costs of the Relief and of the Burial of certain poor Persons in those several Acts described, and the Costs of removing and maintaining certain Lunatic Paupers, were continued until the Thirtieth Day of September in this present Year, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament: And whereas by another Act of the same Session, Chapter Ninety-seven, certain of those Pro'visions relating to the Costs of the Removal and Maintenance of such Lunatic Paupers were repealed; and it is expedient that so much of the Provisions so continued by the first⚫ mentioned Act as are now in force should be further continued for a limited Time:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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: I. That all the said several temporary Provisions continued by the said Act of the Seventeenth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-seven, which have not been repealed, shall further continue in full Force until the Thirtieth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. CAP. XLIV. An Act for regulating and maintaining the Harbours of • Forests, 6 'Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time 'being were empowered to purchase Lands for the Purpose of another Harbour, namely, a Harbour of Refuge, at or near Holyhead in the County of Anglesea, and divers Lands have been purchased under the said Act for such Purpose: And ' whereas by the Act Fifteenth of Victoria, Chapter Forty-two, 15 & 16 Vict. ⚫ all the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and Property c. 42. which at the Commencement of that Act should be vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, under or for the Purposes, of the said Acts of the Fourth of William the Fourth, Chapter 'Forty-three, and the Eleventh of Victoria, Chapter Seventy-six, were vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works ' and Public Buildings, and their Successors: And whereas it is expedient that the said several Harbours, and all the said Lands and Hereditaments, Powers, Authorities, Rights, and Privileges, relating to the said Harbours, should be vested in 'the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (herein elsewhere styled the Commissioners of the Admiralty), and that such Commissioners should have the Control and • Management thereof:' Be it thereof enacted by the Queen'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, as follows: Harbours at Docks, &c. ralty. I. The said several Harbours at or near Holyhead aforesaid, herein-before mentioned or referred to, and all Docks, Roads, Breakwaters, Lighthouses, Piers, Quays, Wharves, Erections, belonging Works, and Buildings belonging to the said Harbours, and thereto, vested each and every of them, and the Ground and Soil thereof, and in the Admiall Lands and Hereditaments purchased or to be purchased or which may have become vested in any Commissioners, or to which they may be entitled under the herein-before recited Acts or any or either of them, or otherwise, for the Purposes of the said Harbours or any or either of them, are hereby solely and exclusively transferred to and vested in the Commissioners of the Admiralty, and their Successors in Office for ever, in trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the Public Service, and all the Powers, Rights, Authorities, and Privileges of, in, over, or upon or relating to the said Harbours and Hereditaments or any or either of them, and of imposing, collecting, taking, and recovering Rates and Duties, and of purchasing or acquiring Lands and Hereditaments for the Purposes of the said Harbours or any or either of them, and of appointing and removing Harbour Masters, Assistant Harbour Masters, Collectors, and other Officers for the same, which are or may be conferred by all or any One or more of the hereinbefore recited Acts, are hereby transferred to and vested in and may be exercised by the said Commissioners of the Admiralty exclusively, and the Commissioners and other Persons in whom the Power to Admiralty to demand Tonnage Rates for Vessels, &c. as herein men. tioned. Vessels using Steam Tugs shall appoint. Certain Clauses of 10 & 11 Vict. c. 27. incorporated with this Act. the same are vested or might have become vested, under or by virtue of all or any of the said herein-before recited Acts, are hereby discharged from and shall cease to carry into execution and to exercise all and every the Trusts and Powers vested in or conferred upon them by the said Acts or any or either of them, and are hereby divested of all Estate and Interest therein, so far as regards the said Harbours and Hereditaments, Powers, Authorities, Rights, and Privileges. may be II. From and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Admiralty to demand for every Vessel on board which may be shipped or from which landed within the said Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, for commercial Purposes, any Cattle, Beast, or Fowl, living or dead, or any Provisions, Stores, Goods, or Merchandise, for every Time such Vessel uses or enters such Harbour, and ships or lands such Articles as aforesaid, any Sum for every Ton Measurement of such Vessel not exceeding the Rates hereinafter mentioned; and every such Rate shall be payable by the Master, Owner, or Consignee of such Vessel; (that is to say,) For every such Vessel coming into the said Harbour of And for every other such Vessel, a Sum not exceeding the And every Ship or Vessel which may be permitted to use Her III. The following Clauses of the "Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847," shall, so far as the same can or may be applicable to the said Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, and the Docks, Piers, Wharves, Quays, and other Works thereof, and the Rates or Dues imposed by this Act, be and the same are hereby incorporated with this Act; that is to say, the Clauses of the " Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847," with respect to the Rates to be taken by the Undertakers (with the Exception of Sections Twenty-five and Twenty-six of that Act), the Clauses of such Act with respect to the Collection and Recovery of Rates, with respect to the Accounts to be kept of the Rates and of the Vessels in respect of which they are payable, and with respect to the discharging of Vessels and the Removal of the Goods. IV. For IV. For the Purposes of the Clauses of the "Harbours, As to Clauses Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847," incorporated with this of 10&11 Vict. Act, this Act shall be and be deemep to be the Special Act, rated. and the Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be and be deemed to be the Undertakers mentioned or referred to in such Clauses or in some of such Clauses. c. 27. incorpo V. The Rates or Dues hereby imposed in respect of the Application of said Harbour of Refuge, and each and every of them, which Rates. may be received or collected under the Authority of this Act, shall be applied, in the first place, in or towards paying Salaries and Allowances to the Harbour Master, Assistant Harbour Master, and other Officers of the said Harbour of Refuge, and, in the next place, in or towards repairing or improving the same Harbour, and its Works and Approaches thereto, as the Commissioners of the Admiralty may at any Time or Times and from Time to Time direct. bour Master and other Officers for the Harbour of Refuge. VI. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Adiniralty Admiralty may and they are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint, if appoint Harand as they think fit, a Harbour Master, Assistant Harbour Master, and other Officers for the said Harbour of Refuge at or near Holyhead, and from Time to Time to remove any such Harbour Master, Assistant Harbour Master, and other Officers, or any of them, and to appoint any other or others in his or their Stead, at the Will and Pleasure of the said Commissioners; and all the Powers and Authorities conferred by the said Act of the Fourth of George the Fourth, Chapter Seventy-four, upon the Harbour Master, Assistant Harbour Master, and other Officers of the Harbour of Holyhead, referred to in the same Act, are, as regards the said Harbour of Refuge and its Works and the Purposes thereof, hereby conferred upon and shall be exercised by every Harbour Master, Assistant Harbour Master, and other Officers who may be appointed under or by virtue of this Act for the said Harbour of Refuge. tions of 4 G. 4. VII. The Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, Certain SecForty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty- c. 74. extended seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty- to the Harbour second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Sections of the of Refuge. said Act of the Fourth of George the Fourth, Chapter Seventyfour, are hereby extended and made applicable also to the said Harbour of Refuge, in the same Manner as the same Sections are applicable to the said Harbour of Holyhead referred to in the said Act of the Fourth of George the Fourth, Chapter Seventyfour, and as if the said Harbour of Refuge had been mentioned covered. in the said Sections together with the said Harbour of Holyhead; How Penalties and all Penalties and Forfeitures against this Act, or any may be reByelaw, Rule, Order, Regulation, or Ordinance of the said Commissioners of the Admiralty, made under or by virtue of this Act, shall be recoverable in a summary Manner before any Justice of the Peace for the County of Anglesea, or before any Justice of the Peace acting for the Division, Riding, County, Town, City, Borough, or Place where the Party liable [No. 18. 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