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BRIDGES (IRELAND) ACT 1813 - SECT 4

No ship shall pay any toll for passing through the opening of bridges having a portcullis, &c.

4. Provided always, that when any bridge or bridges having any portcullis or
lifting part shall be erected under the provisions of the said recited Act and
this Act over any river, no ship or vessel passing through the opening of such
bridge (where such portcullis or lifting part shall be) shall be subject or
liable to pay any tax or toll for such passage; and that it shall be a
condition and part of the contract to be entered into as aforesaid by the
person or persons proposing to build such bridge, that such contractor or
contractors, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, shall, at all
times and seasons, at his and their own costs, provide and procure the
constant attendance of two or more proper persons, as the construction of such
bridge shall require, sufficient for and for the purpose of working the
portcullis or lifting parts of such bridge, so as that all ships and vessels
may freely pass and repass through the opening of such bridge; where such
portcullis or lifting part shall be, without paying any toll and without any
expense or hindrance whatever.

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