An abstract of the laws, customs, and ordinances of the Isle of Man. Vol. 1 / compiled by John Parr ; edited with notes by James Gell.

  • Parr, John (John Cuthbert)
Date:
1867
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Credit: An abstract of the laws, customs, and ordinances of the Isle of Man. Vol. 1 / compiled by John Parr ; edited with notes by James Gell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in tlie Isle of Man, ai'e vested in the Commissioners of Northern Light- houses, (one of the General Lighthouse Authorities constituted by the Act,) hut subject to the powers or rights lawfully enjoyed or exercised by any person or body of persons having by law or usage authority over local Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons, (in the Act named Local Author- ities,) and subject also under secs. 392 and 393 to the inspection of the Trinity House and Board of Trade. By sec. 396 the Light dues in respect of existing Lighthouses, Buoys, and Beacons then payable to the General Lighthouse Authorities, are continued; but by sec. 397 the dues are subject to revision by Her Majesty in Council. By sec. 404 each General Lighthouse Authority, with the sanction of the Board of Trade, to be obtained through the Trinity House, may erect or place new Lighthouses, Buoys, and Beacons, &c. By sec. 410 Her Majesty, by Order in Council, may fix dues to be payable in respect of new Lighthouses, Buoys, and Beacons. By sec. 413 provision is made for the surrender or sale of Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons by a Local Authority to the General Lighthouse Authority; and Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct the payment of such dues as might be fixed and made payable if the surrendered or sold Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon were new. The application of the Light dues is directed by sec. 403 in these words:— All Light dues coming to the hands of any of the said General Lighthouse Authorities under this Act shall be carried to the account of The Mercantile Marine Fund herein- after mentioned, and shall be dealt with in manner hereinafter prescribed. Sec. 418 of the Act directs to what purposes the Mercantile Marine Fund shall be applied. These purposes include the expenses of Local Marine Boards, and the survey of passenger ships, the expenses incurred by the General Lighthouse Authorities, expenses in maintaining life boats, &c., for affording assistance towards the preservation of life and property in cases of shipwreck and distress at sea, and for rewarding the preservation of life in such cases; the expenses incurred with regal'd to the performance of the duties of Receivers of Wrecks, and any expenses specially charged on the Fund by Act of Parliament. A.D. 1862.—By “ The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862,” (29th July, 1862,) sec. 46, Her Majesty in Council, on the application of a Local Authority, may fix dues to be paid to such Local Authority in respect of shipping, wherever a “ Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon is erected or placed, or reconstructed, repaired, or replaced by the “ Local Authority. The application of the Light dues payable to a Local Authority is directed by sec. 47;—