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Uimhir 13 de 1943.
ACHT SILTIN CHEANNTAR NA FORGHASA, 1943.
[An tionntódh oifigeamhail.]
Mínithe.
1.—San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an tAire” an tAire Airgeadais;
cialluíonn an abairt “na Coimisinéirí” Coimisinéirí na nOibreacha Poiblidhe in Éirinn;
calluíonn an abairt “Comhairle an Chláir” Comhairle Chontae an Chláir;
cialluíonn an abairt “Comhairle na Gaillimhe” Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe;
cialluíonn an abairt “na Comhairlí” Comhairle an Chláir agus Comhairle na Gaillimhe;
cialluíonn an abairt “an Toiliú Sceidealta” an Toiliú, a bhfuil cóip de leagtha amach sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so, do rinne na páirtithe (seachas an tAire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe) san aicsean san Ard-Chúirt a luaidhtear i mbárr an Toilithe sin, toiliú lenar glacadh agus da ndearnadh riail den Ard-Chúirt an 29adh lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1941;
calluíonn an abairt “Ceanntar na Forghasa” an ceanntar siltin do bunuíodh leis an Moladh Deiridh dar dáta an 30adh lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1860, agus ar ar thug an moladh san Ceanntar na Forghasa;
cialluíonn an abairt “an Moladh Deiridh dar dáta an 30adh lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1860,” an Moladh Deiridh do rinne na Coimisinéirí ar an dáta san maidir le Ceanntar na Forghasa.
Comhairle an Chláir do thógaint tailimh.
2.—(1) Is dleathach do Chomhairle an Chláir na tailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do thógaint i mbith-dhílse, do réir cláis (A) de mhír 1 den Toiliú Sceidealta agus tré chó-aontú no go héigeanta, agus iad saor agus glan o gach cíos, blianacht, muirear, agus eire ar bith ar phraghas sé púint déag an t-acra reachtúil.
(2) Is dleathach do na Comhairlí gach duine fé leith de dhílseánaigh na dtailte luaidhtear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do shaoradh o na rátaí siltin uile bheidh dlite no ag teacht chun bheith dlite do na Comhairlí ón dílseánach san, maidir lena chuid-sean de na tailte sin, ar dháta aistrithe an chéanna chun Comhairle an Chláir.
(3) Is dleathach do Chomhairle an Chláir gach duine fé leith de shealbhairí na dtailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis seo do shaoradh ón ráta dealbhais uile bheidh dlite no ag teacht chun bheith dlite don Comhairle sin ón sealbhaire sin, maidir lena chuid-sean de na tailte sin, ar dháta aistrithe an chéanna chun na Comhairle sin, agus chun na críche sin is dleathach don Chomhairle sin gach cion-roinnt riachtanach do dhéanamh ar an ráta dealbhais i gcás aon ghabháltais rátuithe áirithe ná beidh ach cuid de isna tailte sin.
(4) Nuair a bheidh na tailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so aistrithe chun Comhairle an Chláir, beid ina gcuid d'oibreacha siltin Cheanntar na Forghasa agus féadfaidh na Comhairlí iad d'úsáid mar thaisc-iomar tuile no chun aon chríche eile bhainfidh le hoibriú no cothabháil na n-oibreacha siltin sin.
(5) Beidh feidhm ag ailt 69 go 83 den Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, arna leasú no arna oiriúnú le hachtacháin iaraimseardha no fútha, maidir le Comhairle an Chláir do thógaint go héigeanta oiread de na tailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so ná tógfar tré chó-aontú agus, chun críche na feidhme sin, is tuigthe gurb iad Comhairle an Chláir bunathóir an ghnóthais.
Rann-íoo ón Aire i leith praghas na dtailte tógfar.
3.—(1) Má dhéanann Comhairle an Chláir na tailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do thógaint fén Acht so féadfaidh an tAire pé suim, nach mó ná dhá mhíle agus cúig céad punt agus a mheasfaidh is ceart, d'íoc leis an gComhairle sin as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas.
(2) An t-airgead uile íocfaidh an tAire le Comhairle an Chláir fén alt so úsáidfidh an Chomhairle sin é mar rann-íoc i leith an phraghais íocfaidh an Chomhairle sin as na tailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so ar iad do thógaint fén Acht so.
(3) An t-airgead íocfaidh an tAire fén alt so le Comhairle an Chláir is tuigthe é íoc i nglanadh agus i gcólíonadh na hoblagáide forchuirtear, le Clás (A) de mhír 2 den Toiliú Sceidealta, ar na Coimisinéirí chun suim de dhá mhíle agus cúig céad punt do ranníoc, agus léireofar gach tagairt atá sa Toiliú Sceidealta don tsuim de dhá mhíle agus cúig céad punt a sholáthróidh na Coimisinéirí mar thagairt don airgead íocfaidh an tAire le Comhairle an Chláir fén alt so.
Na Comhairlí do sholáthar £6,000.
4.—(1) Féadfaidh na Comhairlí, de bhun cláis (C) de mhír 1 den Toiliú Sceidealta, suim ná raghaidh thar sé mhíle punt do sholáthar as a gcistí contae fé seach chun na gcrícheanna luaidhtear sa Chlás san (C).
(2) Airgead a sholáthróidh na Comhairlí fén alt so soláthrófar é amhlaidh sna cionúireachtaí so leanas, sé sin le rá, soláthróidh Comhairle an Chláir ·98841 den airgead san agus soláthróidh Comhairle na Gaillimhe ·01159 de.
(3) Déanfar an t-airgead a shóláthróidh na Comhairlí fen alt so d'úsáid chun na gcrícheanna uile agus fé seach a luaidhtear i gclás (C) de mhír 1 den Toiliú Sceidealta.
(4) Déanfaidh Comhairle na Gaillimhe pé cuid (más ann) de na costais a luaidhtear fén mír-cheann “Sixthly” i gclás (C) de mhír 1 den Toiliú Sceidealta ná beidh glanta as an airgead a sholáthróidh na Comhairlí fén alt so do chruinniú agus d'íoc tríd an ráta dealbhais mar mhuirear ar an gcontae iomlán.
(5) Chun an t-airgead do sholáthar a húdaruítear dóibh a sholáthar fén alt so is cead go dtógfadh Comhairle an Chláir agus go dtabharfadh an tAire ar iasacht as an gCiste Iasachtaí Áitiúla suim nach mó ná méid an airgid a húdaruítear a sholáthar amhlaidh, fé is dá mba chríoch a luaidhtear in Airteagal 22 den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, soláthar an airgid sin.
(6) Féadfaidh Comhairle na Gaillimhe an t-airgead a húdaruítear dóibh a sholáthar fén alt so do chruinniú tríd an ráta dealbhais mar mhuirear ar an gcontae iomlán no is cead, chun an t-airgead san do sholáthar, go dtógfadh an Chomhairle sin agus go dtabharfadh an tAire ar iasacht as an gCiste Iasachtaí Áitiúla suim nach mó ná méid an airgid sin fé is dá mba chríoch a luaidhtear in Airteagal 22 den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, soláthar an airgid sin.
(7) Airgead a thógfaidh ceachtar de na Comhairlí ar iasacht fén alt so ní háirmheofar é mar chuid d'fhiacha na Comhairle sin chun crícheanna Airteagail 22 den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.
Na Coimisinéirí do dhéanamh oibreacha.
5.—(1) Is dleathach do na Coimisinéirí dul isteach ar na tailte i gCeanntar na Forghasa agus na hoibreacha luaidhtear i gclásanna (D) agus (F), fé seach, de mhír 2 den Toiliú Sceidealta do dhéanamh agus do chríochnú ann agus, chun na críche sin, beidh ag na Coimisinéirí agus is cead go n-oibreoidís, gach ceann no aon cheann no cinn de na comhachta do bheirtear dóibh leis na hAchtanna chun Dréineáil do Choinneáil Suas, 1886 agus 1924, maidir le hoibreacha siltin do dhéanamh no do dheisiú.
(2) Deimhniú fé láimh innealltóra arna cheapadh chuige sin ag na Coimisinéirí á dheimhniú gur scrúduigh sé na hoibreacha do rinne na Coimisinéirí fén alt so agus go bhfuil ar na hoibreacha san na hoibreacha uile luaidhtear i gclásanna (D) agus (F) fé seach de mhír 2 den Toiliú Sceidealta agus go bhfuilid críochnuithe chun a shástachta, beidh sé ina fhianaise dho-chlaoite chun gach críche ar na hoibreacha san a luaidhtear sna clásanna san fé seach do bheith críochnuithe go cuibhe ag na Coimisinéirí do réir an Toilithe Sceidealta.
Na hoibreacha nua d'ionchorprú in oibreacha siltin na Forghasa.
6.—(1) Ar bheith críochnuithe do na hoibreacha (dá ngairmtear na hoibreacha nua san alt so) a luaidhtear i gclásanna (D) agus (F) fé seach de mhír 2 den Toiliú Sceidealta, ansan, na hoibreacha san agus na hoibreacha siltin (dá ngairmtear na seanoibreacha san alt so) a luaidhtear i Sceideal B a ghabhann leis an Moladh Deiridh dar dáta an 30adh lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1860, isiad san in éineacht, chun gach críche, oibreacha siltin Cheanntar na Forghasa feasta ach san, i dtaca leis na seanoibreacha dhe, sa mhéid amháin go mbeidh na hoibreacha san riachtanach chun crícheanna an Cheanntair sin.
(2) Chun éifeacht a thabhairt don fho-alt san roimhe seo den alt so déanfaidh na Coimisinéirí, le hordú dhéanfaid nuair a bheidh na hoibreacha nua críochnuithe, Sceideal B a ghabhann leis an Moladh Deiridh dar dáta an 30adh lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1860, do leasú i slí go mbeidh na hoibreacha siltin a tuairiscítear sa Sceideal san B arna leasú leis an ordú san có dhéanta de na sean-oibreacha (sa mhéid go mbeidh na hoibreacha san riachtanach chun crícheanna Cheanntar na Forghasa) agus de na hoibreacha nua.
Na Coimisinéirí do dhéanamh orduithe mhuirir.
7.—(1) Chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis dáta an Achta so do rith déanfaidh na Coimisinéirí ordú (dá ngairmtear san alt so agus in áiteanna eile san Acht so an t-ordú muirir fén Acht so) lena muirearófar do réir an ailt seo na suimeana so leanas (dá ngairmtear san alt so na suimeanna muirearuithe) maraon le hús ortha o dháta an orduithe do réir an ráta ghenerálta bhaineann le hiasachtaí siltin a thug na Coimisinéirí na tráthanna do rinneadar na réimhíocanna dá bhfuil an tsuim chaipitiúil a luaidhtear i mír (a) den fho-alt so códhéanta, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an tsuim chaipitiúil d'aon mhíle dhéag, céad agus dhá phunt sheachtód, aon scilling déag, agus trí pingne luaidhtear i gclás (B) de mhír 2 den Toiliú Sceidealta, agus
(b) an tsuim de dhá chéad agus dhá phunt ochtód, deich scillinge, agus cheithre pingne atá dlite do na Coimisinéirí ar scór an réimhíoca do thugadar d'iontaobhaithe Cheanntar na Forghasa sa bhliain 1918, agus
(c) suim is có-ionann le cúig seachtód fén gcéad de mhéid iomlán na gcostas agus an chaiteachais (arna meas ag na Coimisinéirí) a bhainfidh no a ghabhfaidh leis an ordú d'ullmhú agus do chríochnú.
(2) Beidh feidhm agus éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas maidir leis an ordú muirir fén Acht so, sé sin le rá:—
(a) déarfaidh agus déanfaidh an t-ordú san na plásáin no na paistí tailimh uile agus fé seach atá sna tailte luaidhtear i Sceideal A a ghabhann leis an Moladh Deiridh dar dáta an 30adh lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1860 (ach amháin na tailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so) do chur fé mhuirear íoctha na suimeanna muirearuithe agus an úis ortha le comhairle na contae ina bhfuil an plásán no an paiste tré dhachad íocaíochta leath-bhliantúla codroma ar na laetheanta ceapfar leis an ordú, agus an chéad lá aca san do bheith, chó comhgarach agus is caothúil, sé mhí tar éis dáta an orduithe sin;
(b) leagfaidh na Coimisinéirí amach san ordú san na plásáin agus na paistí tailimh uile agus fé seach a bheidh á muirearú leis de bhun na míre sin roimhe seo den fho-alt so agus, fós, na cionúireachta deachúla ina mbeidh na plásáin no na paistí sin le muirearú amhlaidh;
(c) áirmheofar agus ceapfar na cionúireachta deachúla san ag na Coimisinéirí agus, gan aon ordú eile, isiad san na cionúireachta ina mbeidh ar na plásáin agus na paistí uile agus fé seach san rann-íoc do dhéanamh i leith íoctha na suimeanna muirearuithe agus an úis ortha agus i leith an ráta chothabhála siltin i gCeanntar na Forghasa agus ní bheidh ar aon phlásán ná paiste den tsórt san cionúireacht is mó ná san de na suimeanna muirearuithe no den ús no den ráta san do rann-íoc;
(d) nuair a bheidh na cionúireachta deachúla san á n-áireamh ag na Coimisinéirí bhéarfaid áird chuibhe ar na tailte tuairiscítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do bheith dúnta amach o na tailte bheidh á muirearú leis an ordú san, agús féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí áird a thabhairt ar na cóipeanna bheidh ar seilbh aca de na mapaí agus na leabhair luachálaithe agus na scríbhinní eile do hullmhuíodh maidir le bunú Cheanntar na Forghasa;
(e) déanfaidh agus déarfaidh an t-ordú san freisin a chur mar mhuirear ar chistí contae fe seach Chomhairle an Chláir agus Chomhairle na Gaillimhe na suimeanna muirearuithe agus an t-ús ortha d'íoc, na tráthanna agus sa tslí luadhfar san ordú san, leis na Coimisinéirí, go rátúil sna cionúireachta (a luadhfar san ordú san) ina mbeidh méideanna na suimeanna muirearuithe agus an úis ortha á muirearú leis an ordú san ar thailte i gcontae an Chláir agus ar thailte i gcontae na Gaillimhe.
(3) Maithtear leis seo an t-ús uile bheidh dlite don Chiste Iasachtaí Áitiúla ar dháta an orduithe mhuirir fén Acht so o cheachtar de na Comhairlí maidir leis an suim chaipitiúil d'aon mhíle dhéag, céad agus dhá phunt sheachtód, aon scilling déag agus trí pingne is cuid de na suimeanna muirearuithe, agus dá réir sin ní bheidh an t-ús san iníoctha ná ionbhainte amach.
(4) Dearbhuítear leis seo gurb í an tsuim de dhá chéad agus dhá phunt ochtód, deich scillinge agus cheithre pingne, is cuid de na suimeanna muirearuithe, an méid iomlán (d'ainneoin aon úis pheannaidigh no puntáiste bheidh fásta) atá dlite ar dháta an Achta so do rith do na Coimisinéirí ar scór an réimhíoca do thugadar d'iontaobhaithe Cheanntar na Forghasa sa bhliain 1918.
(5) An tsuim a cuirfear sna suimeanna muirearuithe maidir leis na costais agus an caiteachas a bhainfidh no a ghabhfaidh leis an ordú muirir fén Acht so d'ullmhú agus do chríochnú, réimhíocfar as an gCiste Iasachtaí Áitiúla í agus beidh sí ionaisíoctha agus ionbhainte amach sa tslí foráltar leis an Acht so.
(6) An cion de na suimeanna muirearuithe agus an t-ús ortha a muirearófar ar chiste contae cheachtar de na Comhairli leis an ordú muirir fén Acht so, íocfaidh an Chomhairle sin é leis na Coimisinéirí na tráthanna agus sa tslí luadhfar san ordú san agus íocfaidh an Chomhairle sin amhlaidh é as airgead a bhaileoidh an Chomhairle sin o dhílseánaigh no sealbhairí na bplásán no na bpaistí tailimh uile agus fé seach, i gcontae na Comhairle sin, ar a mbeidh na suimeanna muirearuithe agus an t-ús ortha á muirearú leis an ordú san agus, maran leor agus sa mhéid nach leor an t-airgead a baileofar amhlaidh, déanfaidh an Chomhairle sin an t-easnamh d'íoc amhlaidh as an gciste contae agus cruinneofar é tríd an ráta dealbhais mar mhuirear ar an gcontae iomlán.
(7) Mar bhreis agus gan docharú ar aon tslí eile chun é bhaint amach fé aon Acht eile, féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí airgead is iníoctha leis na Coimisinéirí ag ceachtar de na Comhairlí fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so do bhaint den Chomhairle sin trí aicsean dlí.
Comhachta agus dualgais na gComhairlí maidir le hairgead is iníoctha leo fén Acht so.
8.—(1) Gach ceann riamh de na cearta agus na comhachta agus na leighseanna do bheirtear do na Coimisinéirí leis an Drainage Maintenance Act, 1886, chun suimeanna arna muirearú le hordú muirir fén Acht san do bhaint amach, beid ag Comhairle an Chláir agus ag Comhairle na Gaillimhe ar leithligh agus féadfaid iad d'fheidhmiú chun na suimeanna muirearófar leis an ordú muirir fén Acht so ar thalamh atá ina gcontae do bhaint amach.
(2) Gach suim a muirearófar ar phlásán no paiste tailimh leis an ordú muirir fén Acht so beidh sí inghearrtha ar dhílseánach no (marab é an dílseánach san an sealbhaire freisin) ar shealbhaire an phlásáin no an phaiste sin agus iníoctha aige agus ionbhainte dhe, agus déanfaidh na Coimisinéirí pé cionroinnt is gá chun éifeacht do thabhairt don fho-alt so, ach beidh freagarthacht shealbhaire fén alt so gan dochar d'aon cheart chun aon tsuim den tsórt san íocfa sé do bhaint as an gcíos is iníoctha aige.
(3) Beidh de dhualgas ar gach ceann fé leith de na Comhairlí go mbaileoidís o dhílseánach no (marab é an dílseánach an sealbhaire freisin) o shealbhaire gach plásáin no paiste tailimh a muirearófar leis an ordú muirir fén Acht so agus a bheidh ina gcontae na suimeanna uile is iníoctha ag an dílseánach san leis an gComhairle sin fén ordú san, agus déanfar agus féadfar gach suim den tsórt san do bhailiú agus do bhaint amach sa tslí ina ndéantar agus inar féidir an ráta dealbhais do bhailiú agus do bhaint amach.
(4) Bainfidh alt 54 den Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland), 1863, leis an airgead uile a leagfar agus a cuirfear mar ráta agus mar cháin ar dhílseánaigh aon phlásáin no paiste tailimh de bhun an mhuirir a cuirfear ar an bplásán no ar an bpaiste sin leis an ordú muirir fén Acht so.
Ordú áirithe agus comhachta, etc., áirithe do bhuan-choimeád.
9.—(1) Ní dhéanfaidh éinní atá san Acht so dochar ná deifir do bhailíocht ná d'oibriú an Orduithe dar dáta an 17adh lá de Mhí na Samhna, 1931, do rinne an tAire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe fé alt 20 den Local Government Act, 1898, arna leasú le halt 3 den Acht chun Dréineáil do Choinneáil Suas, 1924 (Uimh. 46 de 1924), agus lena ndearnadh gnó iontaobhaithe Cheanntar na Forghasa d'aistriú chun na gComhairlí.
(2) Ní déanfar comhachta, dualgais ná freagarthachta na gComhairlí maidir le Ceanntar na Forghasa agus le hoibreacha siltin an chéanna d'fhionnraighe ná d'fhoirceannadh, ná ní déanfar deifir dóibh, trí na Coimisinéirí d'fheidhmiú aon cheann de na comhachta do bheirtear dóibh leis an Acht so, ach ar dháta an orduithe mhuirir fén Acht so agus dá éis bainfidh comhachta, dualgais agus freagarthachta na gComhairlí, maidir le hoibreacha siltin do chothabháil sa Cheanntar san, leis na hoibreacha siltin a luaidhtear i Sceideal B a ghabhann leis an Moladh Deiridh dar dáta an 30adh lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1860, arna leasú ag na Coimisinéirí fén Acht so, agus ní bhainfid ach leis na hoibreacha san.
Ordú muirir fó na hAchtanna chun Dréineáil do Choinneáil Suas, 1866 agus 1924.
10.—D'ainneoin éinní atá sna hAchtanna chun Dréineáil do Choinneáil Suas, 1866 agus 1924, ní dhéanfaidh na Coimisinéirí aon ordú muirir fé na hAchtanna san maidir le hoibreacha do rinneadar roimhe seo i gCeanntar na Forghasa fén Acht chun Dréineáil do Choinneáil Suas, 1924 (Uimh. 46 de 1924).
Cosaint do na Coimisinéirí, na hiontaobhaithe agus na Comhairlí.
11.—Ní luighfidh aon aicsean ná imeacht eile ná ní bheidh aon airgead damáiste ionbhainte amach i gCúirt ar bith i gcoinnibh na gComhairlí, in éineacht no ar leith, ná i gcoinnibh na gCoimisinéirí ná i gcoinnibh iontaobhaithe Cheanntar na Forghasa i dtaobh éinní do rinneadh no do fágadh gan déanamh aca no ag aon taobh aca maidir le Ceanntar na Forghasa tráth ar bith (pé aca roimh dháta an Achta so do rith no dá éis sin é) roimh dháta an orduithe mhuirir fén Acht so.
Costais.
12.—Lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt leis an Acht so is as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, sa mhéid go gceadóidh an tAire é, a híocfar costais féna raghaidh na Coimisinéirí chun an tAcht so do chur i bhfeidhm (ar a n-áirmhítear costais déanta agus críochnuithe na n-oibreacha luaidhtear i gclásanna (D) agus (F), fé seach, de mhír 2 den Toiliú Sceidealta).
Gearr-theideal.
13.—Féadfar Acht Siltin Cheanntar na Forghasa, 1943, do ghairm den Acht so.
AN CHEAD SCEIDEAL.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
ÉIRE.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
1937. No. 250 P.
BETWEEN:—
Patrick Glynn, Timothy Barron, James McCormack, Michael Hogan, Patrick Roughan, John Barry, Michael Kearney, John O'Loughlin, Mary McInerney, Patrick McCallin, Patrick McInerney, Patrick Barry, Patrick McInerney and Catherine Daly.
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The County Council of the County of Clare, | |
The County Council of the County of Galway | |
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The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, | |
Defendants. | |
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BY ORDER TO PROCEED:—
Michael Glynn, Administrator of Patrick Glynn, deceased, Timothy Barron, James McCormack, Michael Hogan, Patrick Roughan, John Barry, Michael Kearney, John O'Loughlin, Mary McInerney, Patrick McCallin, Patrick McInerney, Patrick Barry, Patrick McInerney and Catherine Daly,
Plaintiffs. | ||
and | ||
Same | Defendants | |
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BY ORDER TO PROCEED:—
Same | Plaintiffs | |
and | ||
The County Council of the County of Clare, | ||
The County Council of the County of Galway, | ||
The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, | ||
The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, | ||
Defendants. | ||
1. IT IS HEREBY CONSENTED AND AGREED by and between the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway and the above-named Plaintiffs as testified by the respective Common Seals of the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway hereunto affixed and by the signatures of their respective solicitors and by the respective signatures of the Plaintiffs and their solicitors as follows:—
(A) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Council of the County of Clare shall acquire the lands shown coloured green on the map annexed hereto containing 272 acres, or thereabouts, statute measure. The said lands shall be acquired by the County Council of the County of Clare at the price of £16 0s. 0d. per statute acre and shall be conveyed to the said Council in fee simple freed and discharged from all rents, annuities, charges and encumbrances whatsoever. The said price of £16 0s. 0d. per statute acre shall be paid and accepted in full satisfaction of all claims in respect of or in anywise arising out of such acquisition. The said lands when so acquired by the County Council of the County of Clare shall form part of the drainage works but shall not otherwise be included in the Charging Order hereinafter mentioned.
(B) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Council of the County of Clare shall relieve the owners of the said lands to be so acquired from all liability for all arrears of rates due in respect of the said lands to be so acquired and shall take all necessary steps to relieve the Plaintiffs from such liability.
(C) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway shall provide a sum not exceeding £6,000 0s. 0d. in the proportions hereinafter mentioned to defray the payment of the following sums:—
Firstly—in payment of the balance of the purchase money of the said lands to be so acquired after allowing for the sum of £2,500 0s. 0d. hereinafter mentioned which is to be provided by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland towards the cost of acquisition of the said lands;
Secondly—in payment to the Plaintiffs of their costs of deducing title to the said lands to be acquired when taxed and ascertained;
Thirdly—in payment of the costs of the County Council of the County of Clare of acquiring the said lands and taking Conveyances thereof as taxed between solicitor and client;
Fourthly—in payment of the Plaintiffs' costs of this action as taxed between party and party, subject to the right of the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway to set off pro tanto against the Plaintiffs' said taxed costs and to retain thereout the respective amounts of the taxed costs of the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway ordered to be paid by the Plaintiffs under the Order of the High Court dated the 14th day of November, 1938;
Fifthly—in payment of the costs of the County Council of the County of Clare of this action as taxed between solicitor and client and of the expenses incurred by the County Council of the County of Clare in connection with this action;
Sixthly—in payment of the costs of the County Council of the County of Galway of this action as taxed between solicitor and client provided that if the sum of £6,000 0s. 0d. after making the payments hereinbefore mentioned shall be insufficient to discharge in full the said costs of the County Council of the County of Galway then the County Council of the County of Galway shall raise such sum of money by means of the Poor Rate as a County-at-large Charge on the County of Galway as may be required to meet the deficiency.
(D) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway respectively shall raise by way of loan as hereinafter provided the aforesaid sum not exceeding £6,000 0s. 0d. the repayment whereof shall be secured by the respective County Funds of the said Councils and by means of the Poor Rate as a County-at-large Charge on each of the said Counties in the proportion of ·01159 for the County of Galway and ·98841 for the County of Clare, or the County Council of the County of Galway may, if it so desires, pay its proportion of the said sum not exceeding £6,000 0s. 0d. out of revenue instead of raising such proportion by way of loan.
2. AND IT IS HEREBY CONSENTED AND AGREED by and between the Plaintiffs, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance and the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway as testified by their respective Common Seals hereunto affixed and by the signatures of their respective solicitors as follows:—
(A) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas contribute the sum of £2,500 0s. 0d. towards the cost of acquisition of the lands coloured green on the map annexed hereto.
(B) That the capital sum of £11,172 11s. 3d. expended in the Fergus Drainage District under the Drainage Maintenance Act, 1924, with the addition of a sum equal to 75 per cent. of the total amount of the costs and expenses of and incidental to the preparation and completion of the Charging Order hereinafter mentioned, shall be a charge on the lands included in the Fergus Drainage District, other than the said lands hereinbefore referred to which are to be acquired by the County Council of the County of Clare, and be repaid by the Proprietors of such lands in such proportions as shall be determined by a Charging Order to be made by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, the proportion of the said sums of £11,172 11s. 3d. and the costs and expenses aforesaid for which the County Councils of Clare and Galway shall respectively be liable for the repayment of under such Charging Order when made to be a Charge on the County Fund of each of the said Councils and repayable to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland by the respective Councils by half-yearly payments over a period of twenty years.
(C) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall waive their claim to interest accrued to the date of the Charging Order mentioned in the last preceding paragraph hereof on the capital sum of £11,172 11s. 3d. expended by them in the Fergus Drainage District pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage Maintenance Act, 1924.
(D) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them to do so being enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas execute and carry out under the supervision of an Engineer appointed by them such works as they may deem necessary to give effect to the recommendations contained in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of the Report made by Messrs. P. H. McCarthy, F. Dowling, George Lee, J. P. Candy and Alfred D. Delap on the 25th day of May, 1939, a copy whereof is annexed hereto AND ALSO to provide an automatic tidal sluice or sluices at Clarecastle Bridge in order to shut out the tide from the embanked section as recommended in paragraph 3 of said Report all of which said works are estimated to cost £21,500 0s. 0d. PROVIDED ALWAYS that such sluice or sluices can be procured and PROVIDED FURTHER ALWAYS that in the opinion of such Engineer the provision of such sluice or sluices will not cause danger to persons or property in the neighbourhood of the river AND IT IS FURTHER AGREED that in the event of the nonerection of the said sluice or sluices the said Commissioners will consult with the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway with a view to the provision within a limit of cost of £12,000 0s. 0d. (being part of the said sum of £21,500 0s 0d.) of a suitable alternative safeguard for the embanked section aforesaid and will, if possible, provide such suitable alternative safeguard AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED that a Certificate under his hand given by the Engineer for the time being employed by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland that the works aforesaid have been completed shall be conclusive, final and binding evidence that such works have been completed and carried out in every respect.
(E) That the Minister for Finance and the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall bear their own costs of this action.
(F) That the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas expend a sum not exceeding £10,000 0s. 0d. in carrying out such works of restoration and minor improvements in the upper reaches of the River Fergus as the Engineer for the time being employed by the said Commissioners may deem necessary.
(G) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being duly enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of the Local Loans Fund and at such interest as the Minister for Finance shall direct advance on loan to the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway such moneys as the said Councils shall respectively require to meet their respective obligations hereunder and that the sums so advanced with interest as aforesaid shall be repaid to the said Commissioners by the said County Councils respectively by half-yearly instalments over a period of twenty years from the date of such advance, or the County Council of the County of Galway may, if it so desires, pay out of revenue the amount which it is bound to contribute hereunder.
3. AND the Minister for Finance hereby AGREES testified as aforesaid with the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway that he will submit to the Oireachtas such Bill or Bills as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway to give effect to this Agreement.
4. AND IT IS HEREBY CONSENTED AND AGREED by and between the above-named Plaintiffs and the above-named Defendants the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance testified as aforesaid that this action shall be settled and all claims by the Plaintiffs be waived and surrendered on and in consideration of the terms mentioned above and that this Consent shall be received by the Court and this action be stayed until further Order with liberty to all parties to apply as the case may require.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Plaintiffs have hereunto signed their names and the County Council of the County of Clare, and the County Council of the County of Galway, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance have caused their respective Common Seals to be affixed hereto and the respective solicitors for the said parties have hereunto signed their names.
Signed by the said Michael Glynn, James McCormack, Michael Hogan, Patrick Roughan, John Barry, Michael Kearney, John O'Loughlin, Mary McInerney, Patrick McCallin, Patrick McInerney, Patrick Barry, Patrick McInerney and Catherine Daly in presence of:— | (Signed) | Michael Glynn Timothy Barron James McCormack Michael Hogan Patrick Roughan Catherine Daly Michael Kearny John O'Loughlin Mary McInerney Patrick McCallin |
Gerald J. O'Donnell, | Patrick McInerney | |
Ennis, | Patrick Barry | |
Co. Clare, | John Barry. | |
Solicitor. | ||
Signed by the said Timothy Barron in the presence of:— | ||
James O'Mara, | ||
Beech Lawn, Ennis, | ||
Commercial Traveller. | ||
Signed by Messrs. Kerin, Hickman & O'Donnell, Solicitors for the Plaintiffs, in presence of:— | ||
(Signed) | Gerald J. O'Donnell, | |
John J. Coghlan, Law Clerk, Ennis. | for | Kerin Hickman & O'Donnell. |
The Common Seal of the County Council of the County of Clare affixed hereto in presence of:— |
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(Signed) | Seán O Brádaigh, | |
Chairman of said Council. | ||
M. J. Carey, | ||
Secretary to said Council. | (Signed) | William Murphy, |
Member of said Council. | ||
(Signed) | Edward F. Kerin, | |
Member of said Council. | ||
Signed by Thomas A. Lynch, Solicitor for the County Council of the County of Clare, in presence of:— | (Signed) | T. A. Lynch. |
John B. Lynch, | ||
5 Bindon St., Ennis, | ||
Solicitor. | ||
The Common Seal of the County Council of the County of Galway affixed hereto in presence of:— |
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C. I. O'Flynn, | (Signed) | P. Beegan, |
Secretary to said Council. | Chairman of said Council. | |
(Signed) | Patrick Fury, | |
Member of said Council. | ||
(Signed) | Tomás Mac an Ríogh, | |
Member of said Council. | ||
Signed by L. E. O'Dea, Solicitor for the County Council of the County of Galway in presence of:— | (Signed) | |
Lughaidh E. O Deaghaidh. | ||
John J. Concannon, | ||
Solicitors Assistant, | ||
Galway. | ||
The Common Seal of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland affixed hereto in presence of:— | (Signed) | Geo. P. Fagan, |
Secretary. | ||
J. G. Lonergan, | ||
S. S. Páircéir. | ||
Office of Public Works, Dublin, Civil Servants. |
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The Common Seal of the Minister for Finance affixed hereto and was authenticated by the signature of | ||
J. J. McElligott, | (Signed) | J. J. McElligott. |
a person authorised to act in that behalf in presence of:— | ||
Brian O Brolcháin, | ||
Government Buildings, Upper Merrion St., Dublin. Civil Servant. |
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Signed by Patrick Coll, Solicitor for the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance in presence of:— | (Signed) | Patrick Coll. |
FERGUS DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
Glynn and Others versus Clare County Council and Others.
Following upon the recommendation made by Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy at the adjournment of the above case on the 24th January, 1939, we, the engineers representing all parties in this case, met in conference at the Office of Public Works on 25th May, 1939, to consider various proposals prepared by the Chief Engineer, Office of Public Works, for dealing with the embankments problem in the Ennis-Clarecastle section of the Fergus Drainage District.
Due to the peculiar natural conditions obtaining in this section of the Drainage District the hydraulic problem presented is one of great complexity. These conditions render the stability of the embankments precarious. We are of opinion that to afford reasonable protection to the lands behind the embankments it is essential that the water level within the embanked area be controlled.
We are agreed that the most suitable means of effecting this solution is as follows:—
1. To abandon the area north of the Ennis-Quinn Road on the east bank, approx. 272 acres (coloured green on map), thereby providing a reservoir for the flood waters.
2. To construct protective works along the Ennis-Quinn Road from Doora Bridge to Crows Bridge (marked A-B on map) in order to exclude flood waters from entering the area south of the Ennis-Quinn Road (east bank) coloured yellow on map. The present opening at Crows Bridge to be closed and the flow through this bridge to be diverted northward to the Gaurus River.
3. To provide automatic tidal sluices at Clarecastle Bridge in order to shut out the tide from the embanked section.
4. To make good the remaining embankments in the section, viz., the portion from C to D on the west bank and the portion A to E on the east bank and recondition drains and sluices.
Signed: P. H. McCarthy, Consulting Engineer. | For Clare and Galway County Councils. |
Signed: F. Dowling, County Surveyor, Co. Clare. | |
Signed: G. Lee, County Surveyor, Co. Galway. |
Signed: J. P. Candy, Chief Engineer, Office of Public Works. | For Commissioners of Public Works. |
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Signed: A. D. Delap, Consulting Engineer. | For Messrs. Glynn and others. |
Messrs. McCarthy and Dowling and Lee were of opinion that having regard to the peculiar conditions obtaining in the Ennis-Clarecastle section of the Fergus Drainage District the County Councils should be relieved of their maintenance obligation for the drainage works in this portion of the district for the future.
Signed: P. H. McCarthy,
Consulting Engineer.
Signed: F. Dowling,
County Surveyor,
Co. Clare.
Signed: G. Lee,
County Surveyor,
Co. Galway.
AN DARA SCEIDEAL.
Na tailte i gContae an Chláir dá dtagartar i gclás (A) de mhír 1 den Toiliú Sceidcalta agus a ndeirtear ansan iad do bheith fé dhath uaine ar an mapa ghabhann leis agus 272 acra no mar sin, tomhas reachtúil, do bheith ionta, tailte atá suidhte sna bailte fearainn seo, eadhon, Bealach Buidhe, Bun-Abha, Ceapach Ard, Geábhros agus Nuapháirc i mBarúntacht Bhun Raite Uachtair agus i gContae an Chláir.
Number 13 of 1943.
DISTRICT OF FERGUS DRAINAGE ACT, 1943.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Powers and duties of the Councils in respect of moneys payable to them under this Act. | |
Charging order under the Drainage Maintenance Acts, 1866 and 1924. | |
Act Referred to | |
No. 46 of 1924 | |
Number 13 of 1943.
DISTRICT OF FERGUS DRAINAGE ACT, 1943.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Definitions.
1.—In this Act—
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Finance;
the expression “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland;
the expression “the Clare Council” means the Council of the County of Clare;
the expression “the Galway Council” means the Council of the County of Galway;
the expression “the Councils” means the Clare Council and the Galway Council;
the expression “the Scheduled Consent” means the Consent of which a copy is set forth in the First Schedule to this Act and which was entered into by the parties (other than the Minister for Local Government and Public Health) to the action in the High Court mentioned at the head of the said Consent and which was received and made a rule of the High Court on the 29th day of October, 1941;
the expression “the Fergus District” means the drainage district constituted by the Final Award dated the 30th day of October, 1860, and thereby entitled the District of Fergus;
the expression “the Final Award dated the 30th day of October, 1860”, means the Final Award made by the Commissioners on that date in respect of the Fergus District.
Acquisition of land by the Clare Council.
2.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Clare Council to acquire, in accordance with clause (A) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent and either by agreement or compulsorily, the lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act in fee simple freed and discharged from all rents, annuities, charges, and encumbrances whatsoever at the price of sixteen pounds per statute acre.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Councils to release each of the proprietors of the lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act from all drainage rates due or accruing due to the Councils by such proprietor in respect of his portion of the said lands at the date of the conveyance thereof to the Clare Council.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Clare Council to release each of the occupiers of the lands described in the Second Schedule hereto from all poor rate due or accruing due to the said Council by such occupier in respect of his portion of the said lands at the date of the conveyance thereof to the said Council, and for that purpose it shall be lawful for the said Council to make all requisite apportionments of poor rate where portion only of a rated holding is included in the said lands.
(4) The lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act, when conveyed to the Clare Council, shall form part of the drainage works of the Fergus District and may be used by the Councils as an overflow reservoir or for any other purpose connected with the working or maintenance of the said drainage works.
(5) Sections 69 to 83 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, as amended or adapted by or under subsequent enactments shall apply to the compulsory acquisition by the Clare Council of so much of the lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act as is not acquired by agreement and for the purpose of such application the Clare Council shall be deemed to be the promoter of the undertaking.
Contribution by the Minister to price of lands acquired.
3.—(1) If the Clare Council acquires under this Act the lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act, the Minister may pay to that Council out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such sum, not exceeding two thousand five hundred pounds, as he shall think proper.
(2) All money paid to the Clare Council by the Minister under this section shall be applied by that Council as a contribution towards the price paid by the said Council for the lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act on the acquisition thereof under this Act.
(3) The payment of money under this section by the Minister to the Clare Council shall be taken to be in satisfaction and discharge of the obligation imposed by clause (A) of paragraph 2 of the Scheduled Consent on the Commissioners to contribute the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds, and all references in the Scheduled Consent to the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds provided by the Commissioners shall be construed as referring to the money paid by the Minister to the Clare Council under this section.
Provision of £6,000 by the Councils.
4.—(1) The Councils may, in pursuance of clause (C) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent, provide out of their respective county funds a sum not exceeding six thousand pounds for the purposes stated in the said clause (C).
(2) Money provided by the Councils under this section shall be so provided in the following proportions that is to say, 98841 of such money shall be provided by the Clare Council and 01159 thereof shall be provided by the Galway Council.
(3) The money provided by the Councils under this section shall be applied for the several purposes stated in clause (C) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent.
(4) The Galway Council shall raise and defray by means of the poor rate as a county-at-large charge so much (if any) of the costs mentioned under the head “Sixthly” in clause (C) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent as is not discharged out of the money provided by the Councils under this section.
(5) For the purpose of providing the money authorised to be provided by it under this section, the Clare Council may borrow and the Minister may lend from the Local Loans Fund a sum not exceeding the amount of the money so authorised to be provided as if the provision of that money were a purpose mentioned in Article 22 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.
(6) The Galway Council may raise by means of the poor rate as a county-at-large charge the money authorised to be provided by it under this section or the said Council may, for the purpose of providing the said money, borrow and the Minister may lend from the Local Loans Fund a sum not exceeding the amount of the said money as if the provision of that money were a purpose mentioned in Article 22 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.
(7) Money borrowed under this section by either of the Councils shall not be reckoned as part of the debt of such Council for the purposes of Article 22 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.
Execution of works by the Commissioners.
5.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioners to enter upon the lands comprised in the Fergus District and there execute and complete the works specified in clauses (D) and (F), respectively, of paragraph 2 of the Scheduled Consent and for that purpose the Commissioners shall have and may exercise all or any of the powers in relation to the execution or repair of drainage works conferred on them by the Drainage Maintenance Acts, 1866 and 1924.
(2) A certificate under the hand of an engineer appointed for that purpose by the Commissioners that he has inspected the works executed by the Commissioners under this section and that those works include all the works specified in clauses (D) and (F) respectively of paragraph 2 of the Scheduled Consent and have been completed to his satisfaction shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes that the said works specified in the said clauses respectively have been duly completed by the Commissioners in accordance with the Scheduled Consent.
Incorporation of new works in the Fergus drainage works.
6.—(1) When the works (in this section referred to as the new works) specified in clauses (D) and (F) respectively, of paragraph 2 of the Scheduled Consent have been completed, those works and the drainage works (in this section referred to as the old works) specified in Schedule B to the Final Award dated the 30th day of October, 1860, shall together form and be, for all purposes, the drainage works of the Fergus District, but, as respects the old works, so far only as those works are essential for the purposes of the said District.
(2) In order to give effect to the foregoing sub-section of this section, the Commissioners, on the completion of the new works, shall by an order to be made by them, so amend Schedule B to the Final Award dated the 30th day of October, 1860, that the drainage works described in the said Schedule B as amended by the said order shall comprise both the old works (so far as those works are essential for the purposes of the Fergus District) and the new works.
Making of a charging order by the Commissioners.
7.—(1) As soon as may be after the passing of this Act the Commissioners shall make an order (in this section and elsewhere in this Act referred to as the charging order under this Act) charging in accordance with this section the following sums (in this section referred to as the charged sums) with interest thereon from the date of the order at the general rate applicable to drainage loans made by the Commissioners at the times at which the advances making up the capital sum mentioned in paragraph (a) of this sub-section were made by the Commissioners, that is to say:—
(a) the capital sum of eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-two pounds, eleven shillings, and three pence mentioned in clause (B) of paragraph 2 of the Scheduled Consent, and
(b) the sum of two hundred and eighty-two pounds, ten shillings, and four pence owing to the Commissioners on foot of the advance made by them to the trustees of the Fergus District in the year 1918, and
(c) a sum equal to seventy-five per cent. of the total amount of the costs and expenses (as estimated by the Commissioners) of and incidental to the preparation and completion of the order.
(2) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to the charging order under this Act, that is to say:—
(a) the said order shall be expressed and shall operate to charge the several lots or parcels of land comprised in the lands specified in Schedule A to the Final Award dated the 30th day of October, 1860 (other than and excepting the lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act) with the payment of the charged sums and the interest thereon to the council of the county in which the lot or parcel is situate by forty equal half-yearly payments on the days appointed by the order, the first of such days to be six months, as nearly as conveniently may be, after the date of the said order;
(b) the Commissioners shall set out in the said order the several lots or parcels of the lands thereby charged in pursuance of the foregoing paragraph of this sub-section and the decimal proportions in which the said lots or parcels shall be so charged;
(c) the said decimal proportions shall be calculated and fixed by the Commissioners and shall, without any further order, be the proportions in which the said several lots or parcels shall be respectively liable to contribute to the payment of the charged sums and the interest thereon and to the drainage maintenance rate in the Fergus District and no such lot or parcel shall be liable to contribute a greater proportion of the said charged sums, interest, or rate;
(d) in calculating the said decimal proportions the Commissioners shall have due regard to the fact that the lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act are excluded from the lands charged by the said order, and the Commissioners may have regard to the copies in their possession of the maps, valuers' books and other documents prepared in connection with the formation of the Fergus District;
(e) the said order shall also be expressed and shall operate to charge the respective county funds of the Clare Council and the Galway Council with the payment at the times and in the manner stated in the said order to the Commissioners of the charged sums and the interest thereon rateably in the proportions (which shall be stated in the said order) in which the amounts of the charged sums and the interest thereon are charged by the said order on lands in the county of Clare and lands in the county of Galway.
(3) All interest owing to the Local Loans Fund on the date of the charging order under this Act by either of the Councils in respect of the capital sum of eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-two pounds, eleven shillings, and three pence included in the charged sums is hereby remitted and accordingly shall not be payable or recoverable.
(4) The sum of two hundred and eighty-two pounds, ten shillings, and four pence included in the charged sums is hereby declared to be the total amount (notwithstanding any penal interest or poundage which may have accrued) owing at the passing of this Act to the Commissioners on foot of the advance made by them to the trustees of the Fergus District in the year 1918.
(5) The sum included in the charged sums in respect of the costs and expenses of and incidental to the preparation and completion of the charging order under this Act shall be advanced from the Local Loans Fund and shall be repayable and recoverable in the manner provided by this Act.
(6) So much of the charged sums and the interest thereon as is charged on the county fund of either of the Councils by the charging order under this Act shall be paid to the Commissioners by such Council at the times and in the manner stated in the said order and shall be so paid by such Council out of the moneys collected by such Council from the proprietors or occupiers of the several lots or parcels of land in the county of such Council on which the charged sums and the interest thereon are charged by the said order and, if and so far as the moneys so collected are not sufficient, the deficiency shall be so paid by such Council out of the county fund and be raised by means of the poor rate as á county-at-large charge.
(7) In addition and without prejudice to any method of recovery under any other Act, moneys payable to the Commissioners by either of the Councils under the next preceding sub-section of this section may be recovered by the Commissioners from such Council by action at law.
Powers and duties of the Councils in respect of moneys payable to them under this Act.
8.—(1) The Clare Council and the Galway Council shall each of them have and may exercise for the recovery of the sums charged by the charging order under this Act on land situate in their county all and every of the rights, powers, and remedies conferred by the Drainage Maintenance Act, 1866, on the Commissioners for the recovery of sums charged by a charging order under that Act.
(2) Every sum charged on a lot or parcel of land by the charging order under this Act shall be leviable on, payable by, and recoverable from the proprietor or (where such proprietor is not also the occupier) the occupier of such lot or parcel, and the Commissioners shall make such apportionments as may be necessary to give effect to this sub-section, but the liability of an occupier under this section shall be without prejudice to any right to deduct any such sum paid by him from the rent payable by him.
(3) It shall be the duty of each of the Councils to collect from the proprietor or (where the proprietor is not also the occupier) the occupier of every lot or parcel of land charged by the charging order under this Act and situate in their county all sums payable to such Council under the said order by such proprietor and every such sum shall and may be collected and recovered in the like manner as poor rate is or may be collected and recovered.
(4) Section 54 of the Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland), 1863, shall apply to all moneys assessed, rated, and taxed on the proprietors of any lot or parcel of land pursuant to the charge on such lot or parcel made by the charging order under this Act.
Preservation of a certain Order and certain powers, etc.
9.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or affect the validity or the operation of the Order dated the 17th day of November, 1931, made by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health under section 20 of the Local Government Act, 1898, as amended by section 3 of the Drainage Maintenance Act, 1924 (No. 46 of 1924), whereby the business of the trustees of the Fergus District was transferred to the Councils.
(2) The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Councils in respect of the Fergus District and the drainage works thereof shall not be suspended, terminated, or affected by the exercise by the Commissioners of any of the powers conferred on them by this Act save that, on and after the date of the charging order under this Act, the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Councils in relation to the maintenance of drainage works in the said District shall extend and be limited to the drainage works specified in Schedule B to the Final Award dated the 30th day of October, 1860, as amended by the Commissioners under this Act.
Charging order under the Drainage Maintenance Acts, 1866 and 1924.
10.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Drainage Maintenance Acts, 1866 and 1924, the Commissioners shall not make any charging order under those Acts in respect of works heretofore executed by them in the Fergus District under the Drainage Maintenance Act, 1924 (No. 46 of 1924).
Indemnity for the Commissioners, trustees, and councils.
11.—No action or other proceeding shall lie nor shall any damages be recoverable in any Court against the Councils, jointly or severally, the Commissioners, or the trustees of the Fergus District in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by them or any of them in relation to the Fergus District at any time (whether before or after the passing of this Act) before the date of the charging order under this Act.
Expenses.
12.—Save as is otherwise provided by this Act, expenses incurred by the Commissioners in the execution of this Act (including the expenses of the execution and completion of the works specified in clauses (D) and (F),' respectively, of paragraph 2 of the Scheduled Consent) shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
Short title.
13.—This Act may be cited as the District of Fergus Drainage Act, 1943.
FIRST SCHEDULE
AN CHEAD SCÉIDEAL.
ÉIRE.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
1937. No. 250 P.
BETWEEN:—
Patrick Glynn, Timothy Barron, James McCormack, Michael Hogan, Patrick Roughan, John Barry, Michael Kearney, John O'Loughlin, Mary McInerney, Patrick McCallin, Patrick McInerney, Patrick Barry, Patrick McInerney and Catherine Daly.
Plaintiffs.
and
The County Council of the County of Clare, The County Council of the County of Galway
and
The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland,
Defendants,
and
BY ORDER TO PROCEED:—
Michael Glynn, Administrator of Patrick Glynn, deceased, Timothy Barron, James McCormack, Michael Hogan, Patrick Roughan, John Barry, Michael Kearney, John O'Loughlin, Mary McInerney, Patrick McCallin, Patrick McInerney, Patrick Barry, Patrick McInerney and Catherine Daly,
Plaintiffs.
and
Same
Defendants.
and
BY ORDER TO PROCEED:
Same
Plaintiffs
and
The County Council of the County of Clare,
The County Council of the County of Galway,
The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland,
The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Local Government and Public Health,
Defendants
1. IT IS HEREBY CONSENTED AND AGREED by and between the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway and the above-named Plaintiffs as testified by the respective Common Seals of the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway hereunto affixed and by the signatures of their respective solicitors and by the respective signatures of the Plaintiffs and their solicitors as follows:—
(A) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Council of the County of Clare shall acquire the lands shown coloured green on the map annexed hereto containing 272 acres, or thereabouts, statute measure. The said lands shall be acquired by the County Council· of the County of Clare at the price of £16 0s. 0d. per statute acre and shall be conveyed to the said Council in fee simple freed and discharged from all rents, annuities, charges and encumbrances whatsoever. The said price of £16 0s. 0d. per statute acre shall be paid and accepted in full satisfaction of all claims in respect of or in anywise arising out of such acquisition. The said lands when so acquired by the County Council of the County of Clare shall form part of the drainage works but shall not otherwise be included in the Charging Order hereinafter mentioned.
(B) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Council of the County of Clare shall relieve the owners of the said lands to be so acquired from all liability for all arrears of rates due in respect of the said lands to be so acquired and shall take all necessary steps to relieve the Plaintiffs from such liability.
(C) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway shall provide a sum not exceeding £6,000 0s. 0d. in the proportions hereinafter mentioned to defray the payment of the following sums:—
Firstly—in payment of the balance of the purchase money of the said lands to be so acquired after allowing for the sum of £2,500 0s. 0d. hereinafter mentioned which is to be provided by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland towards the cost of acquisition of the said lands;
Secondly—in payment to the Plaintiffs of their costs of deducing title to the said lands to be acquired when taxed and ascertained;
Thirdly—in payment of the costs of the County Council of the County of Clare of acquiring the said lands and taking Conveyances thereof as taxed between solicitor and client ;
Fourthly—in payment of the Plaintiffs' costs of this action as taxed between party and party, subject to the right of the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway to set off pro tanto against the Plaintiffs' said taxed costs and to retain thereout the respective amounts of the taxed costs of the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway ordered to be paid by the Plaintiffs under the Order of the High Court dated the 14th day of November, 1938 ;
Fifthly—in payment of the costs of the County Council of the County of Clare of this action as taxed between solicitor and client and of the expenses incurred by the County Council of the County of Clare in connection with this action ;
Sixthly—in payment of the costs of the County Council of the County of Galway of this action as taxed between solicitor and client provided that if the sum of £6,000 0s. 0d. after making the payments herein-before mentioned shall be insufficient to discharge in full the said costs of the County Council of the County of Galway then the County Council of the County of Galway shall raise such sum of money by means of the Poor Rate as a County-at-large Charge on the County of Galway as may be required to meet the deficiency.
(D) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway respectively shall raise by way of loan as hereinafter provided the aforesaid sum not exceeding £6,000 0s. 0d. the repayment whereof shall be secured by the respective County Funds of the said Councils and by means of the Poor Rate as a County-at-large Charge on each of the said Counties in the proportion of ·01159 for the County of Galway and ·98841 for the County of Clare, or the County Council of the County of Galway may, if it so desires, pay its proportion of the said sum not exceeding £6,000 0s. 0d. out of revenue instead of raising such proportion by way of loan.
2. AND IT IS HEREBY CONSENTED AND AGREED by
and between the Plaintiffs, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance and the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway as testified by their respective Common Seals hereunto affixed and by the signatures of their respective solicitors as follows:—
(A) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas contribute the sum of £2,500 0s. 0d. towards the cost of acquisition of the lands coloured green on the map annexed hereto.
(B) That the capital sum of £11,172 11s. 3d. expended in the Fergus Drainage District under the Drainage Maintenance Act, 1924, with the addition of a sum equal to 75 per cent. of the total amount of the costs and expenses of and incidental to the preparation and completion of the Charging Order hereinafter mentioned, shall be a charge on the lands included in the Fergus Drainage District, other than the said lands hereinbefore referred to which are to be acquired by the County Council of the County of Clare, and be repaid by the Proprietors of such lands in such proportions as shall be determined by a Charging Order to be made by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, the proportion of the said sums of £11,172 11s. 3d. and the costs and expenses aforesaid for which the County Councils of Clare and Galway shall respectively be liable for the repayment of under such Charging Order when made to be a Charge on the County Fund of each of the said Councils and repayable to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland by the respective Councils by half-yearly payments over a period of twenty years.
(C) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall waive their claim to interest accrued to the date of the Charging Order mentioned in the last preceding paragraph hereof on the capital sum of £11,172 11s. 3d. expended by them in the Fergus Drainage District pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage Maintenance Act, 1924.
(D) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them to do so being enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas execute and carry out under the supervision of an Engineer appointed by them such works as they may deem necessary to give effect to the recommendations contained in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of the Report made by Messrs. P. H. McCarthy, F. Dowling, George Lee, J. P. Candy and Alfred D. Delap on the 25th day of May, 1939, a copy whereof is annexed hereto AND ALSO to provide an automatic tidal sluice or sluices at Clarecastle Bridge in order to shut out the tide from the embanked section as recommended in paragraph 3 of said Report all of which said works are estimated to cost £21,500 0s. 0d. PROVIDED ALWAYS that such sluice or sluices can be procured and PROVIDED FURTHER ALWAYS that in the opinion of such Engineer the provision of such sluice or sluices will not cause danger to persons or property in the neighbourhood of the river AND IT IS FURTHER AGREED that in the event of the non-erection of the said sluice or sluices the said Commissioners will consult with the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway with a view to the provision within a limit of cost of £12,000 0s. 0d. (being part of the said sum of £21,500 0s 0d.) of a suitable alternative safeguard for the embanked section aforesaid and will, if possible, provide such suitable alternative safeguard AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED that a Certificate under his hand given by the Engineer for the time being employed by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland that the works aforesaid have been completed shall be conclusive, final and binding evidence that such works have been completed and carried out in every respect.
(E) That the Minister for Finance and the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall bear their own costs of this action.
(F) That the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas expend a sum not exceeding £10,000 0s. 0d. in carrying out such works of restoration and minor improvements in the upper reaches of the River Fergus as the Engineer for the time being employed by the said Commissioners may deem necessary.
(G) That subject to the necessary legislation enabling them in this behalf being duly enacted the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall out of the Local Loans Fund and at such interest as the Minister for Finance shall direct advance on loan to the County Council of the County of Clare and the County Council of the County of Galway such moneys as the said Councils shall respectively require to meet their respective obligations hereunder and that the sums so advanced with interest as aforesaid shall be repaid to the said Commissioners by the said County Councils respectively by half-yearly instalments over a period of twenty years from the date of such advance, or the County Council of the County of Galway may, if it so desires, pay out of revenue the amount which it is bound to contribute hereunder.
3. AND the Minister for Finance hereby AGREES testified as aforesaid with the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway that he will submit to the Oireachtas such Bill or Bills as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway to give effect to this Agreement.
4. AND IT IS HEREBY CONSENTED AND AGREED by and between the above-named Plaintiffs and the above-named Defendants the County Councils of the Counties of Clare and Galway, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance testified as aforesaid that this action shall be settled and all claims by the Plaintiffs be waived and surrendered on and in consideration of the terms mentioned above and that this Consent shall be received by the Court and this action be stayed until further Order with liberty to all parties to apply as the case may require.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Plaintiffs have hereunto signed their names and the County Council of the County of Clare, and the County Council of the County of Galway, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance have caused their respective Common Seals to be affixed hereto and the respective solicitors for the said parties have hereunto signed their names.
Signed by the said Michael Glynn, James McCormack, Michael Hogan, Patrick Roughan, John Barry, Michael Kearney, John O'Loughlin, | (Signed) Michael Glynn Timothy Barron James McCormack Michael Hogan Patrick Roughan |
Mary McInerney, Patrick McCallin, Patrick McInerney, Patrick Barry, Patrick McInerney and Catherine Daly in presence of:— Gerald J. O'Donnell, Ennis, Co. Clare, Solicitor. | Catherine Daly Michael Kearny John O'Loughlin Mary Mclnerney Patrick McCallin Patrick McInerney Patrick McInerney Patrick Barry John Barry. |
Signed by the said Timothy Barron in the presence of:— | |
James O'Mara, Beech Lawn, Ennis, Commercial Traveller. | |
Signed by Messrs. Kerin, Hickman & O'Donnell, Solicitors for the Plaintiffs, in presence of:— | |
John J. Coghlan, Law Clerk, Ennis. | (Signed) Gerald J. O'Donnell, for Kerin Hickman & O'Donnell. |
The Common Seal of the County Council of the County of Clare affixed hereto in presence of:— |
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(Signed) Seán O Brádaigh, Chairman of said Council. | |
M. J. Carey, Secretary to said Council. | (Signed) William Murphy, Member of said Council. (Signed) Edward F. Kerin, Member of said Council. |
Signed by Thomas A. Lynch, Solicitor for the County Council of the County of Clare, in presence of:— | (Signed) T. A. Lynch. |
John B. Lynch, 5 Bindon St., Ennis, Solicitor. |
The Common Seal of the County Council of the County of Galway affixed hereto in presence of:— |
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C. I. O'Flynn, Secretary to said Council. | (Signed) P. Beegan, Chairman of said Council. |
(Signed) Patrick Fury, Member of said Council. | |
(Signed) Tomás Mac an Ríogh, Member of said Council. | |
Signed by L. E, O'Dea, Solicitor for the County Council of the County of Galway in presence of:— | (Signed) Lughaidh E. O Deaghaidh. |
John J. Concannon, Solicitors Assistant, Galway. | |
The Common Seal of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland affixed hereto in presence of:— | (Signed) Geo. P. Fagan, Secretary. |
J. G. Lonergan, S. S. Páircéir. | |
Office of Public Works, Dublin, Civil Servants. |
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The Common Seal of the Minister for Finance affixed hereto and was authenticated by the signature of | |
J. J. McElligott, | (Signed) J. J. McElligott. |
a person authorised to act in that behalf in presence of:— | |
Brian Ο Brolcháin, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion St., Dublin. Civil Servant. |
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Signed by Patrick Coll, Solicitor for the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Minister for Finance in presence of:— | (Signed) Patrick Coll. |
FERGUS DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
Glynn and Others versus Clare County Council and Others.
Following upon the recommendation made by Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, at the adjournment of the above case on the 24th January, 1939, we, the engineers representing all parties in this case, met in conference at the Office of Public Works on 25th May, 1939, to consider various proposals prepared by the Chief Engineer, Office of Public Works, for dealing with the embankments problem in the Ennis-Clarecastle section of the Fergus Drainage District.
Due to the peculiar natural conditions obtaining in this section of the Drainage District the hydraulic problem presented is one of great complexity. These conditions render the stability of the embankments precarious. We are of opinion that to afford reasonable protection to the lands behind the embankments it is essential that the water level within the embanked area be controlled.
We are agreed that the most suitable means of effecting this solution is as follows:—
1. To abandon the area north of the Ennis-Quinn Road on the east bank, approx. 272 acres (coloured green on map), thereby providing a reservoir for the flood waters.
2. To construct protective works along the Ennis-Quinn Road from Doora Bridge to Crows Bridge (marked A-B on map) in order to exclude flood waters from entering the area south of the Ennis-Quinn Road (east bank) coloured yellow on map. The present opening at Crows Bridge to be closed and the flow through this bridge to be diverted northward to the Gaurus River.
3. To provide automatic tidal sluices at Clarecastle Bridge in order to shut out the tide from the embanked section.
4. To make good the remaining embankments in the section, viz., the portion from C to D on the west bank and the portion A to E on the east bank and recondition drains and sluices.
Signed: P. H. McCarthy, Consulting Engineer. | |
Signed: F. Dowling, County Surveyor, Co. Clare. |
For Clare and Galway County Councils. |
Signed: G. Lee, County Surveyor, Co. Galway. | |
Signed: J. P. Candy, Chief Engineer, Office of Public Works. | For Commissioners of Public Works. |
Signed: A. D. Delap, Consulting Engineer. | For Messrs. Glynn and others. |
Messrs. McCarthy and Dowling and Lee were of opinion that having regard to the peculiar conditions obtaining in the Ennis-Clarecastle section of the Fergus Drainage District the County Councils should be relieved of their maintenance obligation for the drainage works in this portion of the district for the future.
Signed: P. H. McCarthy, Consulting Engineer. | |
Signed: F. Dowling, County Surveyor, Co. Clare. | |
Signed: G. Lee, County Surveyor, Co. Galway. |
SECOND SCHEDULE.
The lands in the County of Clare referred to in clause (A) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent and therein stated to be coloured green on the map annexed thereto and to contain 272 acres or thereabouts, statute measure, which lands are in fact situate in the townlands of Ballaghboy, Bunnow, Cappahard, Gaurus, and Newpark in the Barony of Bunratty Upper and County of Clare.