Great Yarmouth Port and Haven Act 1866
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1866 c. ccxlvii |
ANNO VICESIMO NONO & TRICESIMO
VICTORLE REGINJK.
Cap.
ccxlvii.
An Act for the Conservancy and Improvement of
the Port and Haven of Great Yarmouth and the
Rivers connected therewith; for the levying and
extinguishing of Tolls and Duties; and for other
Purposes. [23d July. 1866.]
HERE AS by "The Great Yarmouth Haven, Bridge, and 5&6W.4.
Navigation Act, 1835," (herein-after called "the Haven c-xlix-
Act, 1835,") ihe Commissioners of the Haven of Great
Yarmouth (herein-after called the " Old Commissioners ") were con-
stituted, and Provision was made for the Nomination yearly of 1'en
Persons, One to be nominated by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Great Yarmouth (herein-after called " the Great
Yarmouth Corporation"), Three to be nominated by the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Norwich (herein-after called
the " Norwich Corporation "), Three to be nominated by the Justices
of the Peace for the County of Norfolk (herein-after called the
" Norfolk Justices"), Three, One of whom at least should be resident
in the Town of
Beccles,
to be nominated by the Justices of the Peace
for the County of Suffolk (herein-after called " the Suffolk Justices"),
and for the Nomination triennially of Two Persons by Ten Pound
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3470 29° & 30° VICTORIA, Cap.ccxlvii.
The Great Yarmouth Port and Haven Act, 1866.
Occupiers within the Parliamentary Borough of Great Yarmouth, the
Twelve Persons so nominated to be the Old Commissioners, and they
were authorized to maintain the Haven of Great Yarmouth, and the
Piers and Jetties
thereof,
and to erect and maintain other Works for
the Improvement of the Haven, and to erect and maintain a regulating
Lock over the River Yare, and to clear and deepen Part of the River
Yare called Breydon and Burgh Flats, and to maintain certain public
Quays in Great Yarmouth, and to improve, maintain, or take down
the Bridge over the Haven, and other Powers were conferred on them;
and by the reciting Act the Old Commissioners were authorized to
levy Duties for Vessels entering and leaving the Haven, and loading
or unloading Goods in Yarmouth Roads, and for Goods and Articles
of Commerce imported or exported to or from the Haven or Yarmouth
Roads, and to borrow not exceeding Twenty thousand Pounds, and
were required to pay yearly out of the Duties the following Sums,
namely, to the Norwich Corporation not exceeding Six hundred
Pounds for cleansing and deepening Part of the River Yare, and
to the Norfolk Justices not exceeding Two hundred Pounds for
cleansing and deepening the River Bure and its Branches, and to the
Suffolk Justices not exceeding Two hundred Pounds for cleansing and
deepening the River TFaveney, and Provision was made with respect
to the Right of the Great Yarmouth Corporation of Ballastage, and
with respect to their Ballast Quay, and with respect to certain Duties
or Tolls of the Great Yarmouth Corporation called Coal Tonnage,
Murage, Cranage, and Tronage : And whereas the Old Commissioners
proceeded to put in execution "The Haven Act, 1835," and pulled
12&
13Vict, down the then Bridge over the Haven: And whereas by " The Great
c xlviii. Yarmouth Haven, Bridge, and Navigation Improvement Act, 1849,"
(herein-after called " The Haven Act, 1849,") the Old Commissioners
were authorized to borrow further Sums not exceeding Forty thousand
Pounds, making in the whole Sixty thousand Pounds authorized to
be borrowed by them, and were authorized to execute Works for
improving the Haven and the Navigation
thereof,
and to make and
maintain a new Bridge across the Haven; and by the reciting Act
the Limits of the respective yearly Amounts to be paid to the Nor-
wich Corporation and Norfolk Justices respectively were increased
to Eight hundred Pounds and Three hundred Pounds respec-
tively : And whereas the Old Commissioners proceeded to put in.
execution " The Haven Act, 1849," and built a new Bridge across
the Haven (herein-after called the Haven Bridge): And whereas the.
Old Commissioners borrowed Monies on the Security of the Duties
granted by " The Haven Act, 1835," and the Amount owing by them
and now secured thereon is Thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and
seventy Pounds: And whereas it is expedient that " The Haven Act,
1835,"
and " The Haven Act, 1849," (herein-after called " the Haven:
Acts") be repealed, and Parts thereof be re-enacted with Amend-
ments :
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30° VICTORIA, Gy.ccxlvii. 3471
The Great Yarmouth Port and Haven Act, 1866.
ments: And whereas it is expedient, that the Commissioners for
executing this Act (herein-after called "the Commissioners") be in-
corporated, and that the Number, Constitution, and Mode of Appoint-
ment of Commissioners be altered and amended, and that Provision be
made for the Election of some of the Commissioners by Owners of
Vessels registered at Great Yarmouth and Payers of Rates under this
Act: And whereas it is expedient that Powers be conferred on the
Commissioners for the Conservancy, Improvement, Maintenance, and
Regulation of the Port and Haven of Great Yarmouth as by this Act
defined, including therein the Rivers Yare, Bure, and Waveney respec-
tively, and the Branches thereof respectively, within the Limits of this
Act, and for the levying of the Rates, Tolls, and Duties by this Act
authorized to be levied: And whereas Persons navigating certain
Parts of the Rivers Yare, Bure, and Waveney respectively do not pay
any Tolls or Duties for the Maintenance
thereof,
and it is expedient
that the Commissioners be authorized to levy Tolls and Duties in
respect of those Rivers respectively: And whereas it is expedient that
the Powers by this Act conferred on the Commissioners for the Main-
tenance and Regulation of the Rivers Yare, Bure, and Waveney
respectively, and for the levying and Application of the Tolls and
Duties in respect of those Rivers respectively, should be exercised- by
separate Committees acting as Committees of the Commissioners, but
under the Control and general Superintendence of the Commissioners;
the Commissioners to be appointed by the Norwich Corporation
(herein-after called " the Norwich Commissioners") being the Com-
mittee for the River Yare, the Commissioners to be appointed by the
Norfolk Justices (herein-after called " the NorfoIk Commissioners")
being the Committee for the River Bure, and the Commissioners to
be appointed by the Suffolk Justices (herein-after called " the Suffolk
Commissioners") being the Committee for the River Waveney; and
it is expedient that the Payments to the Norwich Corporation, the
Norfolk Justices, and the Suffolk Justices respectively should cease:
And whereas under an Act of the Fifth Year of Queen Anne, Cap. 7,
and an Act of the Twenty-second Year of George III., Cap. 22, the
Great Yarmouth Corporation claim to be entitled to Duties (herein-
after called " the Great Yarmouth Corporation Coal Duties") payable
on Coals, Culm, and Cinders imported into the Port of Great Yar-
mouth by Persons not being Burgesses or Freemen of the Borough of
Gi-eat
Yarmouth: And whereas the Great Yarmouth Corporation claim
to be entitled to certain Duties or Tolls (herein-after called "the
Great Yarmouth Corporation Port Duties") for Measurage, Murage,
and Tronage, Custom, Outgoing, Pilotage, and Keyage, and to the
public Crane on the South Quay at Great Yarmouth, and Cranage
Dues in respect
thereof,
and to the sole and exclusive Right of Ballast-
age within the Haven, and to the Right of taking Ballast from or near
to the Point at the Haven's Mouth: And whereas it is expedient that:
the Great Yarmouth Corporation Coal Duties and Port Duties be
extinguished,
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