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Commissioners to widen, deepen, &c. the Rivers, and remove all Obstructions; and to erect Weirs, Dams, &c.
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XLII. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners for the Execution of this Act shall have full Power to widen or deepen, cleanse, clear, scour, open, or straighten, and to remove all Obstructions, in the Opinion of the said Commissioners injurious to the Navigation thereof respectively, from the said River Shannon, or any of the Canals or Rivers aforesaid, by any Ways or Means which to them shall seem expedient, and to make and erect, in or on the said River Shannon, or in or on any of the Rivers aforesaid, or upon the Lands adjoining or contiguous to the same or to any of them, such and so many Weirs, Dams, or Engines, Landing Places or other Matters or Things, for the Purpose of improving the Navigation of the said River Shannon, or any of the Rivers aforesaid, or for the Drainage to be effected under this Act, or for any of the other Purposes of this Act, as to the said Commissioners shall seem expedient.
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