Following a parliamentary survey of the route by Charles McNiven, the bill received Royal Assent on 13 May 1791 and became an Act of Parliament for the construction of the canal, by which "the proprietors were empowered to purchase land for a breadth of 26 yards on level ground, and wider where required for cuttings or embankments".
According to Morgan, "[a]t a town meeting on January 18, 1728-29, a committee of Timothy Wadsworth, Lieutenant Peck, Zachariah Bicknell, and James Smith was empowered to purchase land on Prince's Hill from Ebenezer Allen to lay out a burying ground for the recently erected Congregational Church..."....
Examples include the creation of property rights in instream water flows in the western United States, which has empowered environmentalists to purchase water to protect fish; the establishment of property interests in wildlife in much of southern Africa; and the use of property rights in fisheries in New Zealand, Iceland, and parts of the United States.
Today's customers want to feel empowered to make a purchase decision after doing their own research rather than feeling sold to.
With labelling schemes like Marine Stewardship Council and Fairtrade, and a host of smartphone apps to inform sustainable food choices, consumers are increasingly empowered to use their purchasing power to support sustainable agriculture.
The plaintiffs in King, emphasizing the five-word phrase "Exchange established by the State," argued that the IRS was not empowered to issue credits for insurance purchased on the federal exchange because the amount of such credits was defined only for state exchanges, not for the federal one.
Wheelchairs also provide a case study in the challenge of distributing, using, and maintaining technology in very low-resourced environments, and the challenges inherent when the user of the technology is not empowered to directly make the purchasing decision.
It was necessary for the city to obtain rights of way for that purpose, and it was empowered to acquire them by contract, purchase or condemnation.
In 1862, Congress empowered the president to purchase grounds for "a national cemetery for the soldiers who shall die in the service of their country" but provided him with no funds with which to buy it.
Today, in contrast, the prevalence of open source software and open APIs empowers companies to purchase the best tool for the job – and thus, vendors must compete on quality and overall customer value.
Though the uber-rich are few, the unrestrained free-for-all that is our campaign finance system empowers them to purchase public policy.
