Folkestone Pier and Harbour Act 1807
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1807 c. ii |
| Year | 1807 |
A,NNO
QUADRAGESIMC)
5EPTI.MQ
GEORGII
111,
EGIS,
SeK
2.
An
A&
for
coiifirutlin;:
a
Pier
and
Harbour
at
or
near
the
Town
of
Fo&?onc,
in
the
county
of
&?hf.
'[zsth
'j%h
T
807.
J
HEREAS
by
building
a
Pier and other neceirary
Works,
a
Fdfe and corcmodious Xarboui-
might
be formed at or near
the Town
of
Foik$oxe,
in
the
County of
Kent,
which would
%e
of
great
Becefit
and Convenience
as
well to the Inhabitants of the
faid
Town
and
its
Vicinity,
as
dl0
to
Merchants and all other Perrons
trading
to
and
from
the
iaid
Town,
or
elfewhere
in the Channel,
by
affording Shelter and ProteLtion
to
Veffels
in
itroiig
Southerly Winds,
and
thereby be
of
great public
U:iiity:
And
whereas
a
Survey
and Plan
hgve been made
by
a Mful and experienced Engineer
of
the
€aid
intend-
ed
Harbour,
and the Efiimate for the
Formation
of
the
faid.Bier,
and
other
necef5x-y
Works,
amounts to
the
Sum
of
Twenty one
thoufand
nine hundred and five Pounds: And whereas the
Right
Horsurable
Jacob
Earl
of
Radnor,
as
Lord
of
the Hundred, Barony, or
Royalty
of
FoikpJone,
is
entitled
to
or
claims divers Rights and Privileges
he!&-
after mentioned, which might impede the Scheme
of
making the
faid
Harbour; but
for
the Benefit
of
the Undertaking, and far the
Confi-
derations hereinafter mentioned,
is
niinded, for
himfelf,
his
Heirs
and
Afigns,
to waive and furrender
fuch
Rights
and
Privileges
from
the
Time the faid Harbour
fhall
be
completed,
for
and
during
fuch Times
hereafter
as
it hall continue to be ul'ed
as
hereinafter
is
provided,
and
to permit certain
Rocks,
Stones,
and
other Materials
belonging
to
him
and
them,
to
be ufed in
the
Conitrutlion and Repair thereof: But fuch
beneficial Purpofes cannot
be
carried into Execution without the
Aid
pnd
Authority
of
Parl'ament;
may
it
therefore pleafe
Your
Maje#y
pet*
Ea'
Ptr.3
G
ht
that
h,ma
'
IkXe&&d
;
and
be
it enatled
.by
the King's moil Excellent
Majeflfir,
.d
.and
with
the
Advice
and Confent
of
the Lords Spiritual
and
la*b
and Cmmons,
in
this prefent Parliament airembled,
and Authority
of
the fame, That the Honourable
14rilIihn
Foike-
JZone,
.&_
&dy
called Lord Vifcount
FolkeJone,
Sit
Henry
Uxendon,
Baronet, 'the Mayor
of
Fotkq2one
for
the Time being,
the
Steward
of
the
Hundred
ot
Fo/&@one
€or
the
Time being,
Henry
Macktf9n,
Ffiiliam
MackeJon,
Henry
Mtzjor,
David
Mop-,
Sttpberi
Prnj%Ia',
and
Stephon
PafoZd
junior, together with fbch other Perfon or Perfons,
Body
or
Bodies Politic, Corporate,
or
Collegiate,
as
halt
at any Time hereafter
be poffzfl'ed of One
or
more Share
or
Shares
of
or
in
the hid Harbour,
Pier,
Quays,
Wharfs, and other
Works
to
be confirued and made by
virtue
of
or under the Authority
of
this
A&,
and their feveral and
refpeave Executors, Adminifirators, Afigns, and Succeffors, hall be
and the ate hereby united into and declared to be
a
Company for the
conftru
&
ng, ereaing, building, makiiig,
doing,
maintainifig, repair-
ing,
and fupporting
a
Harbour, Pier, Quays, Wharfs, and fuch other
Works, Requifites, Matters, and lhings, as hall or may be neceffary
for the coxppleting
of
the faid Harbour, and the Accommodation
of
the
Veffels
'lying
therein, and
for
the other Purpofes
of
this AQ, according
to
the DireBions, and fubjea to the feveral Provifoes, Regulations,
and RefiriOions hereinafier contained
;
and ihall for thofe I'urpofes
c-~~~~~
to
be one Body Politic and Corporate, by the Name and Style of
''
The
be
a
B
dy
FolkeJone
Harbour
Campany,"
and by
that
Name hall have perpetual
C~-rp
rate.
SUCCefiOR
and
a
Common
Seal
;
and
by
that Name
hall
and may
fue and
be
rued, and hall and
may
prefer and profecute
any
Bill or Bills
'mmonSe'
of
JndiQment againA an Perfon or
Perfons
who hall commit any Felony,
MI
de
af
iuing,
&c.
Pr-prietors
to
11.
And
be
it
further enaaed,
That
it
hall and may be lawful
to
mice
Money
and
for the €aid
Company
of Proprietors, to raife and contribute amon&
fk
r
making
themfelves,
a
competent Sum
of
Money
for
making and maintaining
the
krarbdur*
the
faid
Harbour and Pier,
and
all the
Ways,
Roads,
Quays,
Wharfs,
and all other
Works
and Conveniencies belonging or requitite thereto,
not exceeding
in
the
whole Twenty-two thoufand Pounds (rave
and
except as herein mentioned) and that the
fame
hall be divided into
Shares
of
Fifty Pounds each
;
and that the faid Shares hall be
and
are
hereby
vefied
in
the levera1 Perfons
Io
fubfccribing, and their ieveral
and refpeaive Executors, Adminifirators, Succeffors, and Afigns, to
their and every of their proper Ufe and Benefit, proportionably to the
Sums they
hall
feverally raii'e and contribute;
and
all
Bodies
Politic,
Corporate, and Collegiate, and all Perfons, their feveral and refpe~ve
Succeffors, Executors, Admidhators, and
Afligns,
who
&dl
feverally
fubfcribe
for
One
or
more Share or Shares, or fuch
Sum
or
Sums
as
&all be demanded
in
lieu thereof, towards carrying
on
and
completing
the faid Harbour, Pier, Quays, Wharfs, and other
Works,
and other
the Purpofes
of
the faid Undertaking, &all be entitled
to
and
receive
the entire and Nett DiAribution
of
an
equal proportionable Part, accord*
ing
to
the
Money
fo
by them refpeCtively paid,
of
the Profits and
Ad-
vantages that hall and may arife and accrue
by
the Rates and Duties,
and other Sums
of
Money
to
be
raifed,
recovered,
or
received
by
the
faid
Company
of
Proprietors,
by
the
Authority
of
this
A@,
aftq
11
rbc
Mifderneanor,
or
other
B
ffence indieable
by
the Laws
of
this
Realm.
47'GEORGII
III.
SeR
2.
&e
Feveral Difburfenients and Payments hereinafter refpe&ively pro-
4ded
;
and every Body Politic, Corporate, and Colligiate, Perfon
and Perfons having
i'uch
Property in the
faid
1J;iJertaking as
afxefaid,
kall bear and pay a proportionable
Sum
towards carrying on the fame,
3x1
-Manner herein direaed and appointed, nqt exceeding
Fifty
Paunds
'fbr
each refpekiive Share.
'
Proportions
of
all lfodies Politic, Corporate,
acd
Collegiare, and
all
P-rr
nal
.
-&her Perfon and Perrons,
of
and in
the
Ltid
Undertaking, or the joint
Stock
or
Fund
of
the faid Company, [hall be and be deem4
to
be
Perfma1 Efiate,
and
tranhifible
as
fpch, and pot
of
the Nature
of
;Real
Property.
'
IV.
And
be
it
further enaated,
That
It
hall
and
may
be lawful
to
and
Power
to
fbr
Three-fourths of the faid Conipany of Proprietors
of
the Shares afore-
create
150
Faid,.
at any Special Meeting
to
be
appointed and held in Manner ht
rein-
ney
$h*+
&er mentioned,
to
authorize and empower the Direklors
to
be appoint-
.ed in Manner herein-after mentioned,
to
create, fell, and difpde
of
any
Number
of
New Shares not exceeding One hundred and Fifty,
of
arid
h
'the f$d Harbour, to fwh Perfon
or
Perfons and
in
fuch hfanner as
they
fhall
think proper, and the Purchafcr or Purchders
of
fuch
new
%hares &all
be,
and hall be confidered, deemed, and taken
to
be
a
-Member or Members
of
the faid Company
of
Prop:ietors, in the fame
Manner as
if
he, he, or they had been a Proprietor or Praprietors
af
any
of
the
arigirmal
Shares
~f
and
in
the
faid
Harbour,
In.
And be it further ena&ed,
That
all
and every the Shqres
and
?hares
tobo
~
.,
v.
And
be
it
further epaaed, That every
Body
Politick, Corporate,
SubfcribeFstO
-or
Collegiate, and every Pedon who
hall,
by virtue
of
this A&, have
haveavqte
Subfcribed
fur
One Share in the faid Undertaking, his, her, or their ref-
~~~~~V
eoive Succeffors, Execu'ors, Adminihators. and Affigns,
ihall
have
a
\ate
in the feverd Meetings
of
the
faid
Subfcribers,
to
be holden for
the
furpofes
of
this
All,
for every fwh Share, which Vote or Votes
my
be
given by them, him, or her, or by their, his or her Proxies
Or
Proxy, conftituted under the
Seal
of
fuch Body Poiitick or Collegiate,
ar
the Hand
of
fuch other Perfan, every
fudi
Proxy being a Proprietor
in
the
faid
Undertaking
;
and every fuch Vote
by
Proxy
fhall be
as
pod
and
fufficient, to all Intents and Purpofes
as
if
iuch Principal had voted
Pn
Perfon
;
and every Queition, Matter,
or
Thing which hall be pro-
pofed,
difcuffed,
or
confidered
in
any Meeting
of
the faid Company
of
Pro-
prietors, hall be determined by the Majari;y
of
Votes and Proxies then
prefent, which Appointnent of
Proxy
may
be
in
the Form or to the
Ef-
f&
following
;
(that
is
to
by),
4
~A.
B.
sf
*.
C
Mdnate, confiitute, and appoint
C.
D.
of
4
fo
be
my
Proxy,
in
my
Name and in my Abfence to vote or give my
C-Ment
or
DitTeTent
to
any
Bufinefs, Matter, or Thing, relating to the
faid
%,;Undertaking, that ihall be mentioned or propofed to any Meeting
of
the
%id
Company
of
Proprietors, in fuch Manner as he the
faid
C.
D.
hall
1
W
proper,
according
tg
his
Opinion
and Judsement,
far
the
13&
Wfit
one
of
the Proprietors of the
Folk-
Form
of
of
Proxy.
pone
Harbour, and
poffeffed
of Shares therein,
do
hereby
Appointment
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