River Lune Navigation Act 1749

River Lune Navigation Act 1749

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Loyne, otherwise called Lune; and for building a Quay or Wharf near the Town of Lancaster in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Citation	23 Geo. 2. c. 12
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	14 March 1750
Commencement	16 November 1749[a]
Other legislation
Amended by	River Lune Navigation Act 1772
Text of statute as originally enacted

River Lune Navigation Act 1772
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to explain and amend an Act, made in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, for improving the Navigation of the River Loyne, otherwise called Lune; and for building a Quay or Wharf near the Town of Lancaster, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Citation	12 Geo. 3. c. 81
Dates
Royal assent	1 April 1772
Other legislation
Amends	River Lune Navigation Act 1749

The River Lune Navigation Act 1749 (23 Geo. 2. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The act recognised the emergence of the Port of Lancaster as a "very considerable" port involved in foreign trade, particularly the slave trade, referred to as the West Indies trade. The act referred to "the great Advancement of the Revenue, and the Improvement of the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom" that this facilitated.

With the consent of James Fenton – the incumbent vicar of Priory Church of St Mary, the parish church of Lancaster, a certain portion of the vicarage lands should be used to create a quay, with an annual some of 14 guineas being paid to the vicar.

The act provided a schedule of duties to be raised from shipping coming in and out of the Port of Lancaster.

Provision was made for the setting up of the Lancaster Port Commission, with 16 commissioners empowered to manage the quay, collect the duties and ensure that proper accounts for these transactions are maintained.^[1]