Nelson Harbour Board Act 1878
Nelson Harbour Board Act 1878
Nelson Harbour Board Act 1878
Local Act |
1878 No 58 |
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Date of assent |
2 November 1878 |
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Contents
An Act to constitute a Harbour Board for the Port of Nelson.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Nelson Harbour Board Act, 1878;”
and it shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
2 Interpretation.
In the construction of this Act the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there shall be something in the context repugnant thereto:—
“Port” means the Port of Nelson as defined at the time of the coming into operation of this Act, or as it may hereafter be defined under “The Harbours Act, 1878,” or any Act amending the same.
“Board” means the Harbour Board constituted under the provisions of this Act.
CONSTITUTION OF BOARD
3 Board constituted.
A Board is hereby constituted for the management of the affairs of the port; and such Board shall consist of the Mayor for the time being, one member to be nominated by the Governor, two members to be elected by the Borough Council of the City of Nelson, and three persons by and out of the ratepayers of the City of Nelson.
BORROWING POWERS
4 Board authorized to raise money for harbour works to extent of £5,000.
For the purpose of constructing harbour and other necessary works within the port, the Board may borrow or raise any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole five thousand pounds.
ENDOWMENTS
5 Land described in Schedule vested in Harbour Board.
The block of land described in the Schedule is hereby vested in the Harbour Board for the purposes of this Act, subject to all lien or liens thereupon.
Schedule
All that piece or parcel of land in our said colony, situated below high-water mark in the harbour of Nelson, in the said province. Bounded on the Northward by land in the Suburban North District, granted to James Mackay; on the Eastward partly by the Wakapuaka Road, partly by Sections numbered respectively 16, 17, and 19, on the plan of the Suburban North District, partly by the Paruparu Road, and partly by Wakefield Quay to Section numbered 1 on the plan of the Town of Nelson; on the Southward partly by Sections numbered respectively 9, 6, 13, and 14, of Block marked H on the said plan of the Town of Nelson, partly by Sections numbered respectively 148 and 1126 on the said plan of the Town of Nelson, and partly by the Haven Road; and on the Westward partly by the Town Sections on Fifeshire Island, and from thence along the Boulder Bank to where the northern boundary commences. Subject, however, to all mortgages or liens at present legally existing thereon.