Cowes Ferry Act 1901

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1901 c. lxxxviii
Year1901
61
EDW.
’7.1
Cowes
Fewy
Act,
1901.
[ch.
lxxxviii,]
CB
AP
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llxxxviii.
An
Act
to
mipower blie
Urban
District Councils
of
Cowes
*D.
1901.
and
East
Cowes
to
take
on
leme the existing
Royal
Ferry
across
the River Neciina betmeen their respective
districts
and
to
~vork
nnd
niaiiage the
same
and
for
other
purposes.
[2fitli
July
1901.1
-
HEREAX
tlie
w.bm
districts
or
(Ion-cs
aad
Ewst
Gonres in
the
Isle
of
Wiglit
and
coiuity
of
SoL~tllanlptoil
arc
nrbsn
districts
within the meaniny
of
tlic
Local
Govcrnmcnt
Act
1854
ailcl
a~c!
i*espectivelF
managed
aid
coutrollcc!
hj~
the
urban district
councils
of
Cowes
aut1
East
Coms
(hcrciii-after
referred
to
respectidy
as
“the
Cores
Council
ancl
‘(
Llio
East
Coves
Comicil
and
collectively
as
the
TTTO
Coimcils
”)
:
hd whereas
the
districts
of
the
Two
Councils
are
seprated
by
the
River
Xediiia
and
the
oirly
direct
mcaiis
of
coiiimmiicntion
between
those di:>tricts
is
by
iiie,tlij
of
the
Royal
Ferry
which
is
vested
in
thc King’s
mmt
Fxcelleiit
JIsjcsty
in
riglit
of
His
Crovrn
:
And
whereas it
-\vould
bc
of
adva,utagc
to
the public
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
the
districts
of
tiic
TITO
Conci1s
that
the
Tvo
Councils
slioulrl
be
aiitiiorisecl
to
take on lease the
lights
of
sucli
Roytd
Ferry
as herein-after provided
:
Ancl mliereas
it
is
expedient
that
upon
the
Two
Comcils taliiiig
A
lease
of
the ferry
rights
they
slmuld
bc
antiiorisctl
to
work
maintain and regulate the ferry to#ilcr
~i-itli
all
necessary
works
aid
convenieiices
co:inecteul
t
lierewitli
ailcl
to
lcvy tolls
for
the
use
thereof
:
Ancl idlereas
it
is
expcilicnt
that
tiic
Two
Councils
sliou!d
be
authorised
to
borrow
rrioney
for
such
p~~rposcs
and
tlic
o’hr
purposes
in
this
Act
defined
:
Arid
whereas
it
is
expedient
that)
tlic
otlicr
powers in
this
Act
contained
should
be confcrrcd
on
tlie
Two
Counclls
:
[Pg-ice
is.
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A
1
[l
EDW.
7.1
4
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inol.
L411cl
whereas the p~irposes
of
this Act cannot
be
effected without
tlie authority
of
Parliaiiient
:
Aid
wlicrcas
an
alisolutc majority
of
the whole number
of
the
Cowes
Coiuicil
;It
n
ilzceting
held
by
that council
on
the
eleventh
day
of
Dcceni1)cr
onc
thousand nine hundred after ten
clear
clays'
notmice by public advcrtisement
of
such meeting and
of
the purpose
tlicreof
in
tlic Isle
of
T'vight Herdd
a
local newspaper published
and circulating
in
the district
of
tlic Cowes Council such notice
bcing
in
zlclclition
to the ordinary notices rcquired
for
summoning
such mceting resolved that the expense in relation
to
promoting
the Bill
for
this
Act
sliould
as
to
one-half thereof be paid by the
Comcs
Conaicil
and
charged upon
aacl
picl
out
of
the general district
rate
of
col\7es
:
And
whercai
sncli rcsolution mas published twice in tlie
said
Isle
of
Wight Heralcl ancl has recciwxl
the
approval
of
the-Local
Co~~c~ri~inent Board
:
And
wljiereas
the propiety
of
the promotion
of
the Bill for this
Act
W~S
ccnfimed bj
mi
absolute majority
of
tlic whole number
of
the 'Cowes Goiincil at
a
farther special
meeting
of
that
council held
in pursuaiice
of
a
similar notice by ihat council
on
tlie twelfth
clay
of
Febriiary
one thousand
nine
huncli~ed
and
one being not less than
fourteen
days
after the deposit
of
thc
Bill in Parliament
:
And
m-licrcas the owiiers
ancl
ratepayers
of
tlie district
of
Cowes
by
rcsolutioii
in
the
niniiner
provided in the Third Scliedule
to
the
Public IIealtli
Aut
IS75
haw
coiisentecl to the promotion
of
tlie Bill
For
this Act
:
And
whereas an absolute majority
of
the whole number
of
the
Bast
Cowes
Council
at
a
meeting held
by
that council on the
eleventh clay
of
December one thousand nine hundred
after
ten
dear
days'
iioticc by public advertisement
01
such
meeting aid
of
tllc
pqme
thereof in the Isle
of
Wiglit Herald
a
local newsimper
circuhtiiig
in
the district
of
tlic
East
Cowes Council such notice
being
in
adclit
iou
to
the
ordinary notices required
for
summoning
such meeting resolved that
tlic
cxpensc in relation to promoting
the Bill
for
this Act slioulcl
as
to
one-half thereof
be
cllargecl
on
the
general clisti*ict rate
of
East
COTIW
:
Ancl
wlicreas
such
resolution
was
published twice
in
the
said
Ish
of
Wiglit
IIc~alcl
aid
has
received tlie
approval
OF
the Local
Government
Board
:
ilild
whereas
tho
propriety
of
the promotion of the Bill
foy
this
Act
mw!
confirmed
by
an absolute majority of the whole number
of
the
Xast
COTVCS
Council at
a
further special meeting
of
that council
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