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Commissioners to make Bye Laws.
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LVI. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, from Time to Time and at all Times hereafter, to make such Rules, Orders, Regulations, and Bye Laws as to them shall seem meet and proper for regulating the Conduct of all Officers, Workmen, and Servants employed by them, and for the well and orderly using and preserving the said River Shannon, and such of the Rivers or Parts thereof as shall be improved by them as aforesaid, and the several Canals and Navigations and Off-branches thereof respectively which shall be at any Time vested in them, and the Banks, Basins, Reservoirs, Tunnels, Locks, Sluices, and all other Works thereto respectively belonging, and for regulating the passing and repassing of all Ships, Boats, Lighters, Barges, and other Vessels, and the carrying of all Goods, Wares, Merchandize, and Commodities, which shall be navigated or conveyed thereon respectively, and for the orderly Behaviour of all Seamen, Boatmen, Watermen, Bargemen, and others who shall navigate such Ships, Boats, Barges, Lighters, and other Vessels upon the said River Shannon, or any of such Rivers or Parts thereof as aforesaid, or upon any of the said Canals or Navigations or Off-branches thereof, or who shall be employed in carrying or conveying any Goods, Wares, Merchandize, or Commodities thereon, and for the Superintendence, Management, and Conservation of the said River Shannon, and of such of the Rivers or Parts thereof as aforesaid, and of the said Canals and Navigations and Off-branches thereof respectively, in all other respects whatever, and from Time to Time to alter or repeal all or any of such Rules, Orders, Regulations, or Bye Laws, and to make others, and to impose such Fines and Penalties upon all Persons offending against any of such Rules, Orders, Regulations, or Bye Laws as to the said Commissioners shall seem reasonable, not exceeding the Sum of Five Pounds for any One Offence, such Fines and Penalties to be levied and recovered, in the Manner herein-after directed by this Act with respect to any other Offences, upon the Warrant of One or more Justices of the Peace for the County where any such Offence shall have been committed, or for any adjoining County; which said Bye Laws, Rules, Orders, and Regulations shall be reduced into Writing, and signed by the said Commissioners, or any Two or more of them, and printed and published; and such of the Bye Laws, Rules, and Orders as shall subject any Person not being an Officer or Servant of the said Commissioners to any Fine or Penalty shall be painted on Boards, and hung up and affixed and continued on the Front or other conspicuous Part of the several Toll Houses to be erected on or near to the said River, and other Buildings or Places at which any Rates or Tolls shall be collected under this Act, and in such Places as to the said Commissioners shall seem fit, and shall from Time to Time be renewed as often as the same or any Part thereof shall be obliterated or destroyed; and such Bye Laws, Rules, and Orders shall be binding upon and shall be observed by all Persons whatsoever, and shall be sufficient in all Courts of Law or Equity to justify all Persons who shall act under the same; provided that such Bye Laws, Rules, and Orders be approved of by any Two Judges of any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Record in Dublin.
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