Shannon Navigation Act, 1839

Commissioners may enter upon Lands on Payment of Money or Lodgment in Court.

XXXI. And be it enacted, That on Payment or Tender of the Purchase Money or Compensation determined by any Contract or any of the said Awards or Judgments for any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or other Matter or Thing, to or to the Use of the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, or the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same, or on lodging the same in the Bank of Ireland as herein-before directed, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, their Engineers, Agents, and all Persons employed or authorized by them, immediately to enter upon and into such Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or other Matters or Things, for which such Purchase Money or Compensation was paid, tendered, or lodged; and the Fee Simple and Inheritance of those Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and other Matters and Things, for the Purchase whereof any Sum or Sums of Money was or were paid, tendered, or lodged, together with the yearly Profits thereof, and all the Estate, Use, Trust, and Interest of the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, or of any Company, Corporation, or Person, therein, shall, immediately from and after such Payment, Tender, or Lodgment as aforesaid, and without further Conveyance or Assurance whatsoever, be vested in the Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act, and be held by them freed and discharged from all Liens, Charges, and Incumbrances whatsoever; and such Payment, Tender, or Lodgment as aforesaid shall not only bar all Right, Title, Claim, Interest, and Demand of the Person or Persons to whom or for whose Use such Payment, Tender, or Lodgment shall or ought to have been made, but shall extend to and be deemed, taken, and construed to bar the Dower of the Wife of every such Person, and all the Estates Tail and other Estates in Reversion and Remainder for his, her, or their Issue, and of any and every other Person or Persons whomsoever, also the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors therein; and with respect to the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments for the Injury to which any Sum or Sums of Money was or were awarded or contracted for as the Amount of Compensation, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, their Engineers, Agents, Servants, or other Persons employed or authorized by them immediately after such Payment, Tender, or Lodgment, to do all the Matters or Things in, to, or upon such Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments for the doing of which such Sums were so awarded as Compensation: Provided always that if it shall seem expedient to the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act to allow any Charge, Lien, or Incumbrance to remain a Charge, Lien, or Incumbrance on any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments which shall be vested in the said Commissioners under this Act, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to signify their Intention so to do, by a Warrant under their Hands and Seals, to be issued to the Person or Persons in whom the same shall be then vested, and such Charge, Lien, or Incumbrance shall thenceforward have all the same Force and Effect as if this Act had not been passed.