Wellington Reserves Act 1876 Amendment Act 1877
Wellington Reserves Act 1876 Amendment Act 1877
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Wellington Reserves Act 1876 Amendment Act 1877
Wellington Reserves Act 1876 Amendment Act 1877
Local Act |
1877 No 54 |
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Date of assent |
29 November 1877 |
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An Act to amend “The Wellington Reserves Act, 1876.”
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 Wellington Reserves Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877.”
2 Repeal.
The fourth and fifth sections of “The Wellington Reserves Act, 1876,”
are hereby repealed.
3 Governor may grant to Board of Commissioners for Carterton.
It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor to cause a Crown grant to be issued granting to the Board of Commissioners of the local District of Carterton all that piece of land the boundaries whereof are set forth in the First Schedule hereto, to be held upon trust, anything in the Land Transfer Acts to the contrary notwithstanding, to erect and build upon any part or parts of it any building or buildings for public use or connected with the public service, and also as and for a recreation-ground or public gardens for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Carterton and the vicinity.
4 Governor may grant to Borough of Palmerston North.
It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor to cause a Crown grant to be issued granting to the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Palmerston North all that piece of land the boundaries whereof are set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, upon trust, anything in the Land Transfer Acts to the contrary notwithstanding, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Palmerston North and the vicinity thereof, as a public park and recreation-ground and botanical gardens.
5 Governor may grant to Board of Commissioners for Featherston.
It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor to cause a Crown grant to be issued granting to the Board of Commissioners for the local District of Featherston all that piece of land the boundaries whereof are set forth in the Third Schedule hereto, upon trust, anything in the Land Transfer Acts to the contrary notwithstanding, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Featherston and the vicinity thereof, as a reserve for water supply for the said inhabitants.
6 Power to lease.
It shall be lawful nevertheless for any of the above-mentioned bodies, grantees respectively of the several parcels of land before referred to, to lease the whole or any portion of the said lands respectively granted to such body, for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, to any person or persons, for such rent or rents, and subject to the purposes recited in the preceding clause, and to such covenants, conditions, and agreements in every respect, as such body grantee as aforesaid shall, by resolution duly passed at a meeting of the same, duly convened in the ordinary way, think fit: Provided always that all rents and profits arising out of any of the said lands shall be applied towards the improvement of such land only, and for no other purpose whatsoever.
7 Power to make regulations.
It shall be lawful for any of the said bodies, grantees as aforesaid, by resolution passed in the ordinary way at any ordinary meeting of the same, duly convened from time to time, to ordain and pass regulations or by-laws regulating the use by the public of the said lands, and for the better government of the same, and for the protection of any plants, trees; buildings, fences, or any other improvements whatsoever upon the said lands; and such regulations may impose penalties not exceeding five pounds for each offence for the breach of all or any of such regulations, such penalty to be recoverable summarily before a Resident Magistrate or two Justices of the Peace. Such regulations shall take effect one month after the publication thereof in the Gazette, accompanied by the certificate of the Mayor, Chairman, or other chief officer of such body grantee as aforesaid of the same having been duly passed. Such regulations may also be repealed, altered, added to, or amended in any way whatsoever by any other regulation or regulations from time to time passed in like manner.
8 The Boards ceasing to exist, lands to vest in boroughs.
If and whenever either of the said Districts of Featherston or Carterton, or any principal portion thereof, shall be formed into a corporation or borough, and the Board of Commissioners for such district, or either of them, shall cease to exist, then and in such case the lands before mentioned, and granted to either of the said Boards of Commissioners before mentioned, shall respectively immediately thereupon vest· in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of such new borough respectively, who shall hold the same upon the same trust hereinbefore declared, and with, under, and subject to the same favours, provisoes, and declarations hereinbefore declared of and concerning the same.
9 Governor may grant to Ancient Order of Foresters land in Fourth Schedule.
It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor to cause a Crown grant to be issued, granting to the society called “The Ancient Order of Foresters”
the piece or parcel of land described in the Fourth Schedule to this Act, upon payment by the said society to the Waste Lands Board of the Provincial District of Wellington of the sum of one hundred pounds, to be held in trust for the purposes of the said Society.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 3 roods 20 perches, being part of Section 3, Carterton. Bounded towards the North-east by Section No. 2, 975 links; towards the South-east by Section No. 30, 500 links; towards the South-west by Section No. 4, 975 links; and towards the North-west by other part of Section No. 3 and the abutment of a public road, 500 links.
SECOND SCHEDULE
All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 340 acres, more or less, being the Rural Section No. 1536 on the plan of the Township of Palmerston, in the Manawatu District. Bounded towards the North-west by a public road; towards the East and North-east by a Native Reserve; towards the South and South-east by the Manawatu River; and towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 372, 373, and 374, 3780 links. Also, all that other piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 21 acres 1 rood 4 perches, more or less, being the Suburban Sections Nos. 1010, 1012, 1014, 1016, and 1018 on the said plan. Bounded towards the North-east and Southeast by public roads, 850 links and 2502 links respectively; towards the South-west by Section No. 372, 850 links; and towards the North-west by Suburban Sections Nos. 1009, 1011, 1013, 1015, and 1017, 2502 links.
THIRD SCHEDULE
All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement 210 acres, more or less, being the Section No. 515 on the plan of the Township of Featherston, in the Wairarapa District. Bounded towards the North-east by unsurveyed land, 4752 links; towards the South-east by Section No. 514, 4420 links; towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 516, 517, and 518, 4752 links; and towards the North-west by unsurveyed land, 4420 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: excepting always the road, 50 links wide, running through the said section, and subject to a right of road, 100 links wide, hereby reserved through the same.
FOURTH SCHEDULE
All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement one-quarter (¼) of an acre, more or less, being Section No. 258 on the plan of the Township of Palmerston. Bounded towards the North-west by a public road, 100 links; towards the North-east by Section No. 259, 250 links; towards the South-east by a public square, 100 links; and towards the South-west by Section No. 257, 250 links.
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