Dublin Port and Docks Act 1879
WHEREAS it is expedient that the powers of the Dublin Port and Docks Board (who are herein-after called "the Board") for the improvement of the port of Dublin should be enlarged, and that the provisions of the Dublin Port and Docks Act, 1869, should be in certain respects varied, and especially—
That the Board should have power to acquire the portion herein-after defined of the estuary of the River Liffey;
That the provisions contained in the Act of 1869 with respect to tonnage rates should b...