New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BROKEN HILL TRADES HALL SITE ACT OF 1898 - NOTES

Preamble

Whereas by section one of the Silverton Tramway Act of 1886 certain persons were authorised to make and construct a certain tramway across the lands described in the Schedule to that Act, and to take and use so much of the said lands as might be required for the purposes of such tramway: And whereas all the rights, powers, authorities, privileges, liabilities, and obligations conferred and imposed upon the said persons by the said Act were under the provisions of section fifty-four of that Act assigned, transferred, conveyed, and released to the Silverton Tramway Company (Limited): And whereas the land described in the Schedule to this Act was at the time of the passing of the said Silverton Tramway Act Crown lands and formed part of the lands described in the Schedule to the said Silverton Tramway Act: And whereas in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one the said company surrendered all its rights, title, interest, claims, and demands whatsoever to, in, or upon the piece of land described in the Schedule to this Act: And whereas on the fifteenth September, on thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the Governor, by notice in the Gazette, dedicated the land described in the Schedule to this Act as a site for mechanics’ institute, museum, hall, or other institution for public amusement: And whereas it is expedient that the land described in the Schedule to this Act should be vested in trustees on trust for the erection of a trades hall:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

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