Adelaide Municipal Corporation Act 1854 (SA)

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No. 23.

1. It hall be lawh1 for thc council, as soon as con~enieii t l~

may Council may make 6

~urvcy

of the City and

be after thc passing of this .?et, to c;;lrsc to h made and comldctcd n it, piecincta

Eurvep of the area v itllin the C'ity, a i d of t l i ~ p~ecilicts ~llcrcof' whiclr

they may &cm nccosary to include in slwh survey, and a map or maps thereof, 011 such ~ e a l e or respcliw wales, and with such indica-

tions of the surface h - c l s thcrcof, as they sl~all

think expedient;

and And mwthcrrof, in-

dicating burfacc lovcls

the Council nmy cause anch ninp or maps, or any part or perts thereof, to be from time to time copied or cngmved, and publidwd as they

may think proper; and shall, from tinre to time, cause such map or

maps to be revised, and such ~dditions made thereto, as may show the

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new

h d s h d g dter-

ationa, by new streets

new streets, courts, alleys, buildings, or other alterations within the

or otherwise.

said limits or precincts, and the date of revision shall be expressed in such revised map or maps, and every such map shall be kept in the

Map to be kc t in the

office of the Town Clerk, and the same, or a copy thereof, shall be

OmCe

Clerk.

of

open, at all reasonable times, to the inspection of the owners or oceu-

piers of any land or house, or other building within the City.

Council empowered to

2. I t shall be lawful for the Council to open, make, alter, widen,

make alter &c any

divert, turn, or extend, any new or other street, court, alley, or pub-

ne, ot& st;eet, court, alloy, or public lic place within thc City, or for all, any, or cither of s~ich

purposes,

place ;

the Council may, with and subject to the powers, provisions, and rcst~ictions hcrciuafter contained, enter upon, takc, purchase, and

rsnds, %C.

hold all such rnessuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, of any

tenure as may be necessary for effecting the same.

Notice to be aiven

3. Whenever the Council shall deem it necessary or expedient to

'ntendedne~streetg~ open, alter, widen, divert, turn, or extend, any m\;, or other street,

or alterations of ex-

ietj,g streeta.

court alley, or public place as aforesaid, t,hey shall cause a survey map and plan, describing the exact course, bearings, and adrneasure- ments thereof, and the lands, tenements, ancl hereditaments reeuired to be taken by them for the purposes 'thereof, and also a book of reference, in which shall he entered the names of the owners and occupiers of such lands, tcnemcnts, and hereditaments, so far as known, and the descrilhm of thc said lands, tcncrnents, and heredi- taments, and the quantity of such lands, and also an estimate of the expense of the work, to 6e deposited in the oificc of the Town Clerk, and a noticc to be published, by advertisement, once in the South Australian Govenmcnt Gazette, and in each newspaper published in the City, describing generally the same particulars, and referring to such map, plan, book of reference, a i d estimate, to be seen in the said offiflice of the Town Clerk, and calling upon all persons affected

to set forth in writing, addressed to such C'ouncil or thc Town Clerk,

within thirty days from the first publication of such notice, any objections to such opening, making, altering, widening, diverting,

estimate, shall be open to inspection, at all convenient times, for

turning, or extending, and such map, plan, book of reference, and

public information, from the publication of the said notice.

Persona affected by

intended alterations,

4. At the next meeting of the Council, to be held after the ex-

to appear and object

piration of slrch thir t ,~

days as aforesaid, it shall be competent for

at ncxt meeting of

cornoil, dkr notice any person who shall be affected by any such proposed opening,

expires. making, altering, widening, diverting, turning, or extending, and

who shall have set forth, in writing, his objections as aforesaid, to

appear before the Council, and be heard in support of such objection.

counc2 map, notwith-

5. If, after expiration of such term, and thecdue consideration of

'tMhg'

etreets, &a.,

order

to he made such objections set forth as aforesaid, if any, it shall, nevertheless,

or dtered, subject to

appear to the Council necessary or expedient to proceed with the

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said work, either in whole or in part, the Council shall m&

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an order

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council.

thereupon, directing such opening, making, altering, widening, diverting, turning, or extending, or such part thereof as they may

deem

deem expedient to be executed according to such plan and estimate,

as aforesaid, and shall cause such order to be transmitted along with

such written objections, if any, for the consideration of the Local Court of Adelaide of full jurisdiction, and it shall be lawful for the said Local Cnurt, to confirm such order, by notice published in

the Soz& Australiczn Gocernment Gazette,

G. The following clauses of the " Lands Clauses Consolidation Act" shall be, and the same arc hereby, incorporated with this Act,

Ccrtain olauscs of the

Colonial

" Lands

Clauses Consolidation

Act" incorporated

that is to say-With

respect to the purchase of la~ids

by agreement,

herewith, viz.--pur-

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the clauses nuinbered respectively from 6 to 9, both inclusive, and

chase of lands by

the clauses numbered respectively from 12 to 14, both inclusive:

agreement,

And, with respect to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than

otherwise than bp

Purchase of lands

by agreement, the clauses ilunhererl respectively from 18 to 68, both

agreement.

incl~~sive: And, with respect to the purchase-money or corrlpensatioiz coming to parties having limited interests, or prevented from treating,

Application gf pur-

chase-money or com-

pensation.

or not making a title, thc clai~ses

nnmbered reap~ctively

from 69 to

-.A-

80, both inclusive: Ancl, with respect to the conveyancc of land, thc

Conveyances,

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clauses nuinbered respcctively from 81 to 83, both inclusive: And,

with respect to the entry on lands by the promoters of the under-

Entry.

taking, thc clauscs nurnberecl respectively from 84 to 92, both in-

clusive: And, with rcspcct to small portions of intersected land, the

Intereected lands.

clauses numbered res~xctivelv

93 and 94: And. with resuect to lands

I

I

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I

Lands in mortgage.

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subject to mortgage, the clauses nun~bered

respectively from 95 to

101, both inclusive: And, with respect to lands subject to leases, the Lanb under lease.

clauses numbered respectively from 1 06 to 110, both inclusive: And

with rcspipcrt to int~rcsts

in lands which havc, by mistake, been omitted ~~~~,",$~~,","

to be purchased, the clauses numbercd respectively 1 11, 11 2, and 1 13:

chased.

And, mith respect to lands

acquired

bv the promoters of

the under- ~ ~ & " f 6 u ~ e * u 0 w

taking under the provisions of thin ~ c t, - o r of the said " Lands Clauses Consolidation Act," or of the recited Ordinance, but which shall not

be required for the purposes thereof, thc clauses numbered res-

pectively from 114 to 119, both inclusive, and the clauscs numbered

respectively 121 and 122 : And, mith respect to the recovery of Recovery offor-

forfeitures, penalties, and costs, the clauses numbered respectively feituree, &C.

from 123 to 135, both inclusive.

7. No street or alley shall be formed within the City unless such width of stfeeb and

street bc of the width of forty feet at least, and such alley of the twenty feet res-

alleys to be forty and

width of twenty feet at least, from front to front, in cvcry part thereof pecti~O'r*

respectively; the width of every such street and alley to be ascer-

tained by measuring at right angles to the course thereof, from front

~ o w m e ~ d u r e d

to front of the buildings on each side of such street or alley; and every such alley shall havc two entrances thereto, each being at the least of the full width of the alley, md one at the least open from the ground upwards; and anv person offending against the provisions P. ~ Q

on offah

hereof, either as respects the width or entrances of any such street or alley, shall be deemed guilty of a nuisance; and being thereof law- fully convicted, shall be liable to fine and imprisonment, at the dis- cretion of the Court -or Judge before whom any such offender may be convicted, and &hall be &mpelled, by due course of law to abate such

nuisance :

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less

than eight feet wide, nuisance: Provided always, that all alley S or passages now in ex&

to be secured by turn- istence, of less than eight feet in width, shall be properly secured at

atilca, &o. their entrances, at the expense of the adjoining proprietors, by posts,

with cross top rails, or turnstiles, to securc them from the intrusion

of horses and cattle.

Council may order the

owners of private

8. Where any street, court, or alley, within the City, is or shall

strecta, &C., to repair

be formed or set out, and is or shall be in any way encumbered or

same, in such manner

and within such time

obstructed by any privy, dustbin, pigsty, or other erection or thing,

ss the Council might

and shall not be sufficiently freed from such encumbrance or obb

deem expedient.

struction, and paved, flagged, macadamized, levelled, and sewered, or otherwise completed or repaired to the satisfaction of the Council, it shall be lawful for the Council, at any time, ancl from time to time, after this Act shall have come into operation, by any writing under 'the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk respectively, to order that any such street, court, or alley, or any part thereof, shall be freed from encurnbrancc or obstruction, paved, flagged, macadamized, levelled, and sewered, or otherwise completed or repaired, in such manner and within such time as to the Council may appear expedient; and there- upon the owners of the tenements adjoining or abutting upon such street, court, or alley, on each side thereof, shall, in such manner and within such time as shall be expressed in such order, at their respective costs, charges, and expenses, remove all cncurnbrances or obstructions therefrom, and well and sufficiently pave, flag, macadamize, level, sewer, or otherwise complete or repair so much of the said street, court, or alley, to the centre thereof, as may be opposite to and CO- extensive with their respective tenements, adjoining or abutting on such street, court, or alley.

n~memfaatOeffect

such repairs within the

9. If any such omners shall neglect or omit to remove the said

time appointed, the

encumbran~m

or obstructions, and pave, flag, macadamize, level, and

Council may order such

repairs to be made at

sewer, or otherwise complete or repair such street, court, or alley, in

the expense of the

the mariner and within the time expressed in the said order, it shall

owners; and may re-

,,ov,8,,c h ,xp,e8,

be lawful for the Council to remove all such encumbrances or ob-

with M S ~,

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structions therefrom, and to pave, flag, macadamize, level, sewer, and ot1)~rwise complete or repair the same, or such parts thereof as shall not )rave been so done pursuant to the mid ordcr; and to ascer- tain, determine, and charge such respective owners with their seveml proportionate parts of the costs, charges, and expenses thereby incur- red, accordling to and coextensive with the respective tenements ad- joining, or abutting on such street, court, or alley, having regard in such apportionment to the state and condition of the pavement, flagging, macadamizing, levelling, and sewerage, in which such street, court, or allev, or any part thereof, shall or may be at the time when the Council shall make such order, and to cause an account of the proportionate amount of the cost so ascertained to be left at the buildings, tenements, or upon the lands or other property of such owners respectivelv, and by writing under the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk, as aforesaid, to order the payment of t<he said propor-

t io~ate

amount by such owners respectively 'to the Treasurer.

10. Where

Council empowered C

10. Where any occupied or unoccupied land, which now adjoins or abuts, or at any time hereafter shall adjoin or abut upon any

order ownere of un-

enclosed lands to feno

street, court, or alley within the City, is not now, or at any time

in the same.

hereafter shall not be sufficiently fenced or otherwise enclosed to the

satisfaction of the Council, it shall be lawful for thc Council at any

time, and frorn time to time, after this Act shall have come into

operation, by any writing under the hand of the Mayor or Town

Clerk, as aforesaid, to order that any such occupied or unoccupied

land shall, so far as the same shall adjoin or abut upon any such

street, court, or alley, be well and srlfficiently fenced or enclosed with

a good and substantid fence of posts and rails, with at least two rails

in each panel, the lower of-such rails being not less than one foot or

more than cightccn inches Gorn the ground, or less than three feet

or more than three feet ancl six inches from thc upper of such rails,

and in such rnanner and within such time as to the Council may

appear expedient, and thereupon the owner of the said land shall i6

such manner and within such time as shall be expressed in such

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order at his costs, clrarges, and expenses, well and sufficiently fence and enclose, in manner aforesaid, or with some other substantial fence, to the satisfaction of the Council, so much of the said land as shall abut upon any such street, court, or alley.

11. If any such owner, last aforesaid, shall neglect to fence and In default of ownem,

the Council may so

enclose any such land last aforesaid, in the manner and within the fen,, h,

time expressed in such ordcr, it shall be lawful for the Council so to

fence and enclose such land, or such parts thereof, as shall not have

been fenccd and cnclosed pursuant to the said order, and to ascertain,

determine, and charge the owncr thereof with the costs, charges, and

expenses thereby incurred, according to and coextensive with his

land abutting on such street, court, or alley, and to cause an account

the ex-

of the proportionate arnoimt of the costs so ascertained to be left at h d

penses.

the buildings, tenements, or upon the larlds or othcr property of such owncr, and by writing under the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk, as aforesaid, to order thc payment of such proportionate amount by such owner to the Treasurer.

12. I t sball bc lawfix1 for the Council to fix by any bylaw the COUIICA cmpoweredto

width, form. materials, and mode of construction of crossing-places ~'~~~$~~f~:","~-

across the footways of the City, and in like inaIrmr to vary the same rnals, over r~otwaya,

frorn time to time, and thcrcafteu, upon the a7plicatim-i of the owner ~ ~ ~, ~ ~ ~ f " ~ ~ ~ ~ & ~

or owners, or of the majority in number ancl value of the owners of properties,

any premises com~nnnicating with such crossing-place, the Council

shall construct such crossing-place, or came or permit the same to be

constructed, ancl the costs thereof, and the expenses attending the

same, shall be paid in ratcable proportions by the owners or occu-

piers of all such premises; and in case of nonpayment, it shall be

And recovcr the ex-

lawfd for the Council, by any writing under the hand of the Mayor ,

,

,

from

or Town Clerk, as aforesaid, to order the payment of such proportion 0 ~ ~ s.

by such owners respectively to the Treasurer.

13. If it s h d appear necessary to the Council to make or repair The like without m&

any application.

piers of the adjoining premises communicating therewith have not

applied for the making or repairing of the same, it shall be lawf112

for the Council, by any writing undcr the hand of the Nayor or

any crossing-place across any such footway, and the owners or ac%u- of the said premises of their intention to mtke or repair the same, and unless the said owners or occupiers, shall, within thirty days from the giving of such notice, show cause, to the satisfaction of the Council, why such crossing-place should not be made or repaired, it shall be lavful for the Council to make or repair the same, and to ascertain, determine, and ch nrge such respect i\-e owners or occupiers with their several proportionate pnrts of the costs, charges, and expenses thereby incurred, ancl to cause an account of the propor- tionate amount so ascertained to be left at the buildings, terlemmts, or upon the lands or other property of such owners or occupiers, and,

me

like r e o o y e ~

of

by writing under the hand of the h l a p r or Tomm Olcrli as aforesaid,

expenses.

Repeal of portion of

to order the payment of such proportionate ainount by such owner

31st sectio,l

and 8 to the Treawrer:

Provided always, thnt so much of an Orclinance,

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9, inflicting nassed bv the Governor of the said Province, with tlw advice str-rd

penalty on trespass by

consent Gf

the Legislative C'onncil thcrcof. bn thc s ~ r c n t h

day of

vehioleu or animals

on footways.

Sentembcr. one thousand cizht hni~tlreci ancl forty-four. intituled.

b n O r d i k r e for

regolatiGg

the

Foliec

in

south ~ n & i l i a, " as

enacts that ' t h y pcrson who sllall run, roll, driw, dram, place, or cause, permit, or suff'er to be run, rollccl, driven, drawn, or placed upon any of the said footways of any street or public place within the said City, m y waggon, cart, d ~ y, dcdge, or ~ t l l t r carriaye, or anv wheel, whcrlbamow, handbarrow, or t ~ u c k, or any hogshead, cask, or barrel. or shall wilf'rdly lead, drive, or ride, ant- horse, ass, mule, or other beast, upon any -of the footways aforesaid (otherwise

&.

&ceedino

Forty

~ l l i l l i l l ~ s

mlr less than Fire Shillings," shall be, and

".

the same IS, hereby repi lcd, in so filr ar rcyartls thc c~+ossiilp

to be

nlade and cst;thlishcd in parsl~nncc

of the prorisions lierein contained,

and that so ml~cll

of t ! ~

snmc cilact111~1lt

as7 in

rt.f~~sence

to the said

footways, iilc'ludes the ' i v ~ r d ~ '' otllawise than by crossing the same for $ny necessary purpose," shall be, and the same is, hereby abso- lutely repealed.

Hoards or fcnccs to

14. Every person intending to erect or take down any building within the City, or t,o cause the same to be so done, or 'to alter or r c p ~ i r the outward part of any such building, or to cause the same to bc so done, where any street, court, alley, or footway, will be oh~tmcted or rcnd~red inconrenicnt by rnran; of such work, shall, before beginning the same, cause sufficient hoards or frnces to be pat up, in order to separate the buildiilg where SLIC'EL works are being carried on? from such street, court, or alley, with a convenient plat- form and hand rail, if thcre bc room enough, to lcavc a, foottvay for passengers outside of such hoards and fences, and shall continue such hoards or fences with such platform and handrail as aforesaid

paim.

bc set up during rc-

standing

Btanding and in good condition, to the satisfaction of the Surveyor, - during such time as the public safety or convenience requires, and shall, in all cases in which it is necessary, in irder to prevent acci- dent,' cause the same to be sufficiently lighted during the night, and $; ~ ~ ~, P ~ ~ Q ~ ~

every such person who shall fail to put up such fences, or hoards, or platiorm, with such handrail as af&resai& or to continue the same respectively standing and in good condition, during such time, as aforesaid, or who s6all not, whde thc said hoards or fhces are stand- ing, keep the same sufficiently lighted in the night, or who shall not remove the same when directed by the Surveyor, or within a reason-

able time afterwards, shall, for every such offence, be liable to a

penalty not less than Five Pounds, and to a further penalty not penaltg.fornegled.

exceeding Forty Shillings nor less than Ten Shillings for every day

while such default is continued.

15. When any building materials, rubbish, or othcr things are laid, ~ $ ~ C ", & ~ ! ~ d

or any hole or excavation made in any such strcet, court, or alley, the budding materials

person causing such materials or other things to be so laid, or such ~ ~ f " ~ ~ ~ $ ~ )

hole or excavation to be made, whether by order of the Council or

not, shall, at his own expense, cause a sufficient light to be fixed in

a proper place upon or near the same, and shall continue such light

every night from sun-setting to sun-rising while such materials, or other things, hole or excavation shall remain, and such person shall, at his own expense, cause such materials or other things, and such hole or excavation to be sufficiently fenced and cnclosecl until such materials or othcr things are removed, or thc hole or excavation filled np or otherwise ~nade secure; and every such person who shall fail so to light

such fence, or to enclose such materials or other things, or such hole

or excavation shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds nor less than Forty Shillings, and to a fur- ther penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings nor less than Ten Shillings for every day whilc such default is continued.

16. In no case shall any such building materials or other things, Pcnnltyfor continuing

or such hole or excavation be allowed to remain for an unnecessary

deposit of building

or

length of time under a penalty not exceeding F~T-e

Pounds nor less tion an unreasonable

timo.

than Forty Shillings, to be paid for every such offence by the person such'offence is continued after thc conviction of such off'ence, and, in

who shall cause such materials or other thiugs to be laid, or such

hole 01- ~vcavation to be made, and a furtller penalty not exceeding

any such case, the question as to what is an unnecessary length of

time shall be deterniined by the Justice of the Peace by whom the

same shall be heard.

17. If any building, well, hole, excavation, or any other place D~ngerouspIaceata

be repaired or enclosed

be, for want of sufficient repairs, protection, or enclosure, dangerous ,,

council at

to persons passing or liable to pass near such building, well, hole, ex- expense of thc owner.

cavation, or other place, whether by night or by day, the Council, or some person to be appointed by them in that behalf, shall cause the fame to be repaired, protected, enclosed, covered, or filled in, so as to

prevent

prevent danger therefrom, and the expenses of such repair, protec. tion, enclosure, covering, or filling in shall be paid to the Treasurer

by the owner of the building, well, hole, excavation, or other place,

how re-

so repaired, protected, enclosed, covered, or filled in, upon the order

covered.

of the Council, by writing under the hand of the Mayor or Town

Clerk, as aforesaid, for such payment,

City Surveyor to

cause a hoard or fence

18. If any building or wall, or anything affixed thereon, within

to be put up in front

the City be deemed by the Surveyor to be in a ruinous state or dan-

of ruinous or danger-

ous buildings, and no-

gerous to passengers or to the occupiers of the neighboring buildings,

tice to be given to

such Surveyor shall imniecliately cause a proper hoard or fence to be

owner to t&e down

or repair euoh build-

put up for the protection of such occnpicrs or passengers, and shall

be-

cause notice, in writing, to be given to the owner of such building or

wall, if he be known and resident within the City, by leaving the same

at his usual place of abode, and shall also cause suih notice to he put on the door or other conspicuous part of the said premises, or other- wise to be given to the occupier thereof, if any, by lravirrg the same on the premises, requiring such owner or occupirr fo,-thwlth to take down, secure or repair such building, wall, or other thing, as the case

If owner or occupier

shall require, and if such owner or occupier do not begin to repair,

neglect to take down

or rcpair, Council may

take down, or secure such building, wall, or other thing, within the

cause the same to be

space of three days aftcr any such notice has hem so given or put up

done,

as aforesaid and complete such repairs, or taking down or securing as speedily as the nature of the case will admit, the Sun eyor may make complaint thereof before any Justice of the I'cacc, a d it shall be lawful for such Justice to order the owncr, or, in his default, the occupier, if any, of such building, wall, or other tlliilg, to take ilown, rebuild, repair, or otherwise secure, to the satisfaction of such Sur- veyor, the same or such part thereof as appears to such Justice to be in a ruinous or dangerous state, within a time to Fe fixed by such Justice; and in case the same be not taken clown, r~paired, rebuilt, or otherwise secured within the time so limited, or if no owncr or occupicr can be found on whom to serve such order, the Council shall, with all convenient speed, cause all or so much of such building, wall, or other thing, as shall he in a ruinous condition, or dangerous, as aforesaid, to be taken clown, repaired, rebuilt, or otherwise secured

And recover the ex-

in such manner as shall b i requisite. irnd all the expenses of putting

penses from such

up suth hoard or fence, and of taking clown, repairing, rebuilding,

owner or occuper.

or securing such building, mall, or other thing, shall be paid by the owner or occupier thereof to the Treasurer,upon the order of the Council, by writing under the hand of the Mayor, or Town Clerk, as aforesaid, for mch payment.

Council may sen the

19. If any such building, wall, or ot l l~s

thing as aforcsaid, or any

materials of

ruinous

bui~ingrpulloddurn, part of the same be pulled down by virtue of the po~vcrs aforesaid,

restoring tp?he Omer the Council may sell the materials thereof, or so much of the same as

aurplw armng from

the sale.

shall be pulled down, and apply the proceeds of such sale in payment of the expenses incurred in respect of such builcling, wall, or other

thing, and the Council shall render any surplus arising from such

sale to the owner of such building, wall, or other thing, on demand;

nevertheless, the Council, although they may sell such materials for

the

the purposes aforesaid, shall have the same remedies for compellihg the payment of so much and such part of the said expenses as may remain due aftcr the application of the proceeds of such sale as are herein given to them for conipelling the p a p c n t of the whole of the said expenses.

20. Three days, at the least, before beginning to dig or lay out Notice of buildingor

the foundation of or for any new house, or other building, or; ; ~ ~ f ~ ~ ~; ; ~ ~ f ~ e i ~

to rebuild any house or other building within the City, the person lar or lowest floor,

intending so to build, or rebuild, sl~all give to the surveyor "t'lation &C., to be OfpriVie" given t o

of the cellar or lowest floor, and the situation and construction penalty.

written notice thereof, together with the lcw1 or intended levels city suntcpur, under

of the privies and cesspools to be built, constructed, or used in con-

nection with such house, or other building; and it shall not be lawful to begin to build, or rebuild ;tnF such house, or otlwr building? or to build or construct any such privy or ccsspool until the particulars

so required to be stated have been approved by thc surveyor, and he

is hereby required to signify his approbation or disapprobation of the

same, within the space of three days aftcr ~ccciving such notice, without fee; and iir default of such notice, or if any such house, or other building, privy or cesspool, be built, rebuilt, or constructed, as aforesaid, without such approval, the offender shall bc liable to a penalty not less than Ten Founds, nor cxcecding 'l'wenty Y ounds; and the Council may, if they shall think fit, cause such house, or other building, privy, or cesspool, to hc nltcrcd, or othwwise dealt with, as the case may require, and thc expCnscs incurred by them in so doing, shall be repaid by thc offcndcs, together wit11 the penalty

aforesaid; and in d~f'mlt of payment thereof for seven days after

demand madc by thc Council, or'thcir duly authorized agent, for the payment thcrcof, the said expenses, together with the said penalty, shall and may be lcvicd and rccnvrred by distress and sale of the goods and chattcls of such offmder, tog-&er with the costs of such distress.

21. The Council may, from time to timc, causc any strcct w i t l h Council may water

the City to be watered, and they arc hereby authorized to hire and ofthe inhabitanb.

strceta at the expenue

employ the necessary number of men, horses, and matcr-carts for that pnrpose, and to make and impose upon the inhabitants of such street, a rate, to bc callcd the watering rate, sufficient to cover the expenses of the same; and thc Cound shall, for the purpose of collecting, raising, and levying such watering rates, proceed in the same manner, and ham and exercise the same powers and remedies as arc hc~einafter provided for collecting, lcvying, and enforcing . b a y

sewer rate to be made by virtue of this Act.

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22. The Council shall cause all the streets, foot-pavements, and Council ta c a m the

streets and drains to

surface chins within the City to bc, from time to kme,

B ,lcuLl,.d, and din,

swept and cleansed, and all dust and filth of every sort found thereon, ashes, &C., to be re-

moved from the

to be collcct,ed and removed; and s1dl causc a11 dust, ashes, and h,,,,,

rubbish to be carried away from the dwelling-houses or othcr build-

ings and premises in the City at convenicnt hours and times; and

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shall

W1 cause the privies and cesspools within the City to be, from time

to time. emptied and cleansed in a sufficient and proper manner: .-.

OecupierrnaY

soil and mhee made

keep

provided alGays, that the occupier of any such house, building, or

on his 0-

promises,

premises may keep and remove any night-soil, ashes, or rubbish as

manwe* if

a

nuieance.

shall be made on his own premises and shall be kept as manure, so that the same be not a nuisance to the inllahitants residing near such premises, and that the same be rrmo\-ed at such times &d in such manner as shall be approved of by the C'ouncil.

Dust boxea to be

erected by the

23. The Council, if they think fit so to do, may cause any number

council.

of moveable or fixed dust boxes or other conreniences, wherein dust

and ashes may be deposited until re~novcd and carried away, to be

provided and placed in such of the streets within the City as they shall judge necessary, and may require the occupiers of dwelling-houses or other buildings or premises, within such streets to cause all their dust and ashes to bc deposited daily in thc said dust boxes or other conveniences, and every person nllo, after such dust boxes or conwniences shall have bccn so pro^-iciecl, shall deposit, or cause or permit to be deposited, any ashes or dust in any part of any street within thc Citv, except in some of the said dust boxes or other con-. veniences, and e ~ e r ~ ' ~ ~ c r s o n who shall l ay or cause to be laid any

dirt, dung, or other filth in a y

of any soch street, except in

Penalty for depositing such dust boxes, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum

dust or ashes except

in dust boxca.

not less than Five Shilling nor exceeding One Pound

provide

lands, &C., for deposit

24. The Council may, from time to time, provide placcs convenient

o f ~ o i l

and matwink,

for the deposit of the night soil, dung, ashes, and otlwr filth and rub-

"nd for builbg

and

bish to be collected under the authority of this Act, and for stabling

stabling.

and keeping all horses, cattle, implements, and other things rrquired for the purposes of this Act; and for any of such purposes the Coun- cil may take and purcllasc or hire any lands or buildings by them considered necessary, or they may cause any new building to be made for the purpose upon any land which shall be taken, purchased, or hired by them under the provisions of this Act, either within or

without the boundaries of the City.

to belong to the

Dusty &C., e o ~ l ~ t ~ 4 25. The night-soil, dung, 'dust, ashrs, filth, and other rubbish,

council. which the Council shall cause to be collected or carried away from

the streets, houses, privies, sewcrs, cesspools, or elsewhere within the City shall be the property of the Council, and they shall have the

and may be

power to sell and dispose of the same as they think proper, and the moneys arising from the sale thereof shall be applied in aid of the City Fund.

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a~

point or contract with

26. The Council may appoint and employ a sufficient number of

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scavengers, or contract with any person or persons, for sweeping, cleansing, and watering the streets, and for removing,aJI dust, ashes, filth, and rubbish therefrom, and from the houses and other premises

therein, and for emptjing privies and cesspools in the manner by this

Act directed ; and such scavengers shall, on such days and at such hours, and in such manner as the Council may, from time to time, appoint,

sufiicieatly

sufficiently execute all such works and duties as they may have re- spectively contracted or bccn employed to perform, and every such

contractor who shall fail to sweep, and properly cleanse or water, or g:3$yff$*

who shall fail to clcan out and empty any privy, cesspool, or sewer

which he may have contracted to clean out and empty, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Council, or ,to collect or remove any dust, ashes, filth, or rubbish which he may have contracted to remove, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Council for that purpose, or who shall lay any night-soil, dust, ashes, filth, or rubbish in any other place than such as is appointed by the Council for that purpose, shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not less than One Pound nor exceeding Ten Pounds.

27. Every occupier of any building or land within the limits of Penaltgforab~--

the City, and every other person who shall refuse to permit the said ing sCaVengerp.

scavengers to remove such dust, ashes, filth or rubbish, as by this Act

they are authorized to do, or who shall obstruct the said scavengers

in the performance of their duty, shall, for every such offcnce, be

liable to a pendty not less than One Pound nor exceeding Five

Pounds.

28. Every person other than the person employed by the Council, Penalty on persons

or by some person contracting with them for that purpose, who shall ,,,,,,

other than scavengere

collect or carry away any night-soil, dust, ashes, filth, or rubbish, by &c.

this Act directed to be removed by persons employed by thecouncil,

from any street within the City, shall, for every such offence, be liable

to a penalty not less than Five Shillings nor exceeding One Pound.

29. Whosoever shall suffer any waste or impure water, or other Penalties for allowing

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hom any Inspector of ~uisancks

to remove the sane, and whosoever &o,

shall allow any waste or impure water, or other matter, to run or flow from any such building or premises, upon, or over, or be on any

carriage or footway, or other place, whether public or private, within the City, or shall allow the contents of' any water-closet, privy, or

cesspool, to overflow or to soak therefrom, so as to be offensive, shall

for every such offence be liable to a penalty, not less than Twenty Shillings, nor exceeding Forty Shillings, and to a further penalty of Twenty Shillings for every day during any part of which the offence is continued; and the Council shall abate, or cause to beabated, every such nuisance, and do what shall be needful for preventing a continuance

ox recurrence thereof, and shall have power to enter any building

or premises for that purpose, and the expense incurred by them in so doing shall be paid by the owner or occupier of the said building or premises to the Treasurer, upon the order of the Council, by writing under the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk, as aforesaid,

for such payment.

30. If, upon the certificate of any two duly qualified medical Bo-a

to be puriiled

practitioners, it ~ h d

appear to the Council that any building, or part on

medid

certi5cate

p~tit io;aer,

of ~ W O

thereof,

thereof, or the premises occupied in connection therewith, within the City, or the precincts thereof, is in such a filthy or unwholesome condition, that the health of any person is or may be liable to be affected or endangered thereby, so that thc whitewashing, cleansing, or purifiing of any building, or part thereof, or the premises occupied

in connection therewith. would tend to prevent or check infectious

or contagions disease, thk Council shall gfive notice in writing to the owner or occupier of such building, or part thereof, or the premises occupied in connection therewith, to whitewash, cleanse, or purify the same, as tire case may require, and if the person to whom such notice is so @\-en shall fail to comply therewith within such time as shall be specified in the said notice, he shall be liable to a penalty, not less than Ten Shillings, for every day during which he continues to make default, and the Council shall, if they shall think fit, cause such building, or part thereof, or the prernises occupied in connection therewith, to be whitewashed, cleansed, or purified, and for such purpose shall have powcr to enter the same, and the expense incurred by them in so doing shall be paid by the owner or occupier to the Treasurer, upon the order of the Council by writing, undcr the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk, as aforesaid, for such payment.

Sustlce may issue

31.

Whenever it shall be made to appear, on oath, to the satisfaction

wt~rrant

authorizing

oEcer of Council, &C.,

of any Justice of the Peace, that there is rcasonable ground for

to enter premises and

believing that any building, or part thereof, or the premises occupied

vicw the ~ t a t c

and

condition thereof.

therewith as is hereillbefore mentioned, within the City, is in a filthy or unwholesome condition, it shall bc lawful for such Justice to grant

a warrqnt lmdcr his hand, authorizing any officer of the Council,

Inspector of Slaughter-houses, or Inspector of Nuisances, or Irzspcctor of Police, with such assistance as may be necessary, aad accompanied

by such medical practitioncrs as aforesaid, to enter, in the day-time,

into such building, or part thereof, or the premises occupied therewith as aforesaid, and to view the same, and the state and condition thereof.

Corporation aorc to

vest in Council, who

32. Anything in the said firstly-recited Ordinaizce, or any other

may grant leases tbere-

Ordinance or any Act of the said Province notwithstanding, the one-

of for not exceeding

thirty yews.

acre section of town land numbered 203 in the Provincial Survey of public lands in the said Province, marked with the letter A, and being situate in King William-street, in the City, and commonly known by the name of the Corporation Acre, shall, by force of this Act, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, vest in the said Corporation;

and it shall be lawful for the Council, from time to time,

and at all times hereafter, to demise or lease all or any part or parts of the said one-acre section; and also, notwithstanding anything in the said recited Ordinance contained to the contrary, to

And all other lands,

demise or lease all or any other lands, tenements, or hcreditaments

&C., belonging to

them for like period.

which may for the time being be vested in the said Corporation, or any part thereof, and to enter into any covenant, contract, or agree- ment (except in the cases hereinafter mentioned), for demising or leasing any such lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any part or par& thereof, far any term not exceeding thirty years from the time W and when each and every such letwe dud3 be made ; or if made, in

pursuance

pursuance of a previous agreement, then from the time when such

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enter into any covenant, contract, or agreement (except in thc cases hereinafter mentioned), for demising or leasing all or any part or parts of the said one-acre scction of town land, or of such other lands, tenements, or hereditaments, to any person or persons who shall improve the same, by erecting or building thereon any new house, erection, or building; or by re-building, repairing, enlarging, or im- proving any house, erection, or building, for the time being, standing on the said lands, or hereditamcnts, or any part thereof, or who shall covenant or agwc so to do within two ycnrs ncxt after the date of such lease, for any term not exceeding thirty Jrars from the time when si~ch lease shall be made; or, if made in pursuance of a previous agreement, then f ~ o m the time when lsuclr agreerrwnt shall have been entered into; and in every such lcasc there shall (except in the cases hereinafter mentioned) be reserved and made payable, during the whole of the term thereby granted, such clear yearly rent as to tbp

Provided, nevertheless, that, in every case in which the said Council b&ionof thsGovenror And, with the appm-

Council shall appear reasonable, without taking any fine for the same:

thirty years, or upon different, terms and conditions than those herein- l,,,e,d cil, may grant longex

shall deem it expedient to demise or lease, for a longer term than and Execvtive Coun-

before mentioned, all or any part or parts of thc said oac-acre section of town land, or any other, the lands, tenements, or hereditaments aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Council to represent the circurn- stances- of the case to the said Governor and Executive Council; and it shall be lawfill for the Council, with the approbation of the said Governor and Exccutivc Comcil, to dcmise a d leasc all or any part or parts of the said one-acre scction of town land, or other the iahds, tenements, or herectitarnent,~ aforesaid, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as shall be approved of by the said Governor

and Executive Council.

33. The Council may from time to timc erect anv buildings suitable Comcil empowered

crcct, $C.,

PublicBatha

for Public Baths and Wash-honses, and as to such wash-houscs either

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with or without open Drying Grounds, and rnalic any opcn Bathing ~ i k c

open J3atGg

ace0.

Places, and convert any buildings into Public Baths and Wash-houses within the City, and &ay from time to time alter, enlarge, repair, and improve the same respectively; and fit up, furnish, and supply the same respectively with all requisite water, light, furniture, fittings, and conveniences.

34. For the purpose of erecting, supplying, and maintaining such Council may b0110~

Baths, Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places as bereinbefore provided,

it shall be lawful for the Council from time to time to borrow on the

crcdit of the said Corporation, and of the rates, rents, revenues, or

other property thereof; real or personal, or any of them, or any part or

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parts thereof respectively, already or tc, be hereafter dcrived bv virtue

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of the recited Ordinance, or of this Act, by mortgage or otherwise,

any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sum of Ten Thousand

Pounds in the whole, and to assign the same rates, rents, revemles, or

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other

other property, or any of them, or anypart or parts thereof respectively, as may be necessary as a security for any sum of money so to be bor- rowed, with interest to the person who shall advance the same;

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money Provided that no such sum of money shall be so borrowed on any aid of money given by the Government towards defraying any portion of the expenses of the said Corporation: Provided always that the rate of interest payable upon the moneys so borrowed shdl not exceed the rate of ten per cent. per annum thcreon.

Government.

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of mortgage,

35. In every such mortgage-deed, the consideration shall be truly

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stated, and the said deed shall be under the common seal of the Mayor,

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Aldermen, Councillors, and Citizens of the City, and may be in the

Sehcdule A.

form in the fichedule to this Act anaexcd marked A, or to the like

effect.

Trderofmort(;ages.

,A

36. Any person entitled to ally such mortgage may transfer his

right and interest therein to any other person, and every such transfer

1 may be according to the form in the Schedule to this Act annexed,

Bchedule B.

marked B, or to the like effect.

Interest on money

borrowed to be palcl

37. Unless otherwise provided by any such mortgage-deed, the

half-yearly, d e m

interest of the money borrowed thereupon shall be paid half-ycarly

otherwise provided.

by the Treasurer to the sevcral parties cntitled thercto.

Mor@age-deedsto be,

38. All such mortgagedeeds shall be made at the costs of the

at

Council,

'Ost

re istered

of the by Council, and be registered by the Town Clerk in a book to bc kept

the T o m 8lcrk.

for that purpose, and all persons to whom such mortgage-deeds shall be made shall be eaually entitled, one with the other, to tlie rates, rents, revenues, or oiher property so to be mortgaged as afore- said, in proportion and according to thc respective sums in such mortgage-deeds mentioned to be advanced, without any preference

Transfers to be also

by reason of the priority of any such mortgage; and every transfer

registered,

as aforesaid shall, within thirty days after the date thereof', be pro- duced to the Town Clerk, who shall causc a mcmorial to be made thereof, in like manncr as the original mortgages are hereinbefore cli-

sum as the Council shall appoint, not exceeding Ten Shillings, and

rected to be registered, for which the Town Clerk shall be paid such

every such entry madc of such transfer shall from thenceforth entitle every such assignee, his executors, administrdtors, or assigns to the full benefit of the original mortgage, and it shall not from thencc- forth be in the power of any person who shall have made such as- signment, to make void, release, or discharge the original mortgage, or any money thereby secured, or any part thereof.

Council ernpomred to

make and levy ~uths 39.. And further, for the purpose of erecting, supplying, and

and Waah-houses maintaining such Baths, Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places as

Rates.

hereinbefore provided, i t shall be lawful for the Council in aid of the income to arise from such Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places, once in every year to make, declare, and levy one equal rate, to be called the Baths and Wash-houses Rate, and which shall be so made according to, but shall not exceed the sum of

Threcpcnce

Threepence in the Pound upon, the last valuation or assessment for

the t,ime beiug acted upon in making the City Rate, under and by

virtue of the said-recited Ordinance, and the Council and every Collcctor or other person to be appointed by them in that behalf shall, for the purpose of collecting, levying, and enforcing suck Baths and Wash-houses Rate, proceed in the same manner, and have and exercise the same powers and remedies by distress or otherwise ss are in and by the recited Ordinance provided and given for collecting, levying, and enforcing the City Rates thereunder, in respect of lands, tenements, and hereditaments occupied or unoc- cupied, as the case may be.

Baths and Wash-

40. The moneys arising from such Baths and Wash-houses Rates

houses Ratee and

as hereinbefore provided, and the income arising from such Baths

income thcrefrom to

he paid to credit of the

and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places shall be paid to the

City Fund,

credit of the City Fund, and the Council shall keep distinct accounts

And distinct accounb

of their receipts, payments, credits, and liabilities, with reference to

kept.

such Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places, to be called the Baths and Wash-houses account, and such accounts, with the

books relating thereto, shall at all times be open to the inspection of open to inspection.

the Mayor or any of the Aldermen or Councillors of the City, and

shall be examined and audited by the persons, and at the times, and Auditedandpublished.

be signed, printed, and published, and the copy thereof be open to

inspection, and copies thereof be delivered to all the ratepayers

of such City, and all mortgagees and other creditors in respect of-

such Baths and Wash-houses applying for the same, in lilrc manner,

or as near thereto as conveniently may be, as in the recited Ordinance

is enacted and provided in respect of the gcneral accounts relating

to the City Fund of the said City; and further, an account of a11

moneys reccived and expended in respect of such Baths,Wash-houses,

and oicn Dathing lac& shall nnnuaily he laid before the Legislature ~; ~ ~ ~ e ~ e ? $ &

for the time being of

the said Province, signed, and at such pcriod, a m a l l y.

and specifying the particulars, and othe&$e

in like manner, or as

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near thcreto as conveniently may be, as in the recited Ordinance is for the purposes of such Ordinance. enacted and provided, in respect of moneys received and expended

41. Itl order to discharge the principal moncy bovrowcd as afore- Moneyborrowed to be

paid off i n a limited

said on security, the Council shall every year appropriate and set time, by means of a

nually as shall be equal, at the least, to five per cent. on the money

apart, out of the moneys then standing to the credit of the Baths and s i d i w fund.

- borrowed, as a sinking fund, to be applied in paying off the re- spective principal moneys so borrowed; and shall, from time to time,

cause such sinking fund to be invested in Government securities, To be invcsted in

Government securities

and to be increased by ncclmulation in the way of compound in- or in

of

tesest or otherwise, until the same respectively shall be of sugcient

estate.

amount to pay off the principal moneys respectively to which such sinking fund shall be applicable, or some part thereof which the Council may think fit then to pay off, at which time the same shall be so appliid in paying off theA&ne and not otherwise.

42. The

n ~ i h * ~ f g t e n d d

Baths and Wash- 42. The Council shall not proceed to erect, or to convert any

hauses to be deposited buildings into, such Public Baths or Wash-houses, or make any such

'" Office """ for inspection. open Bathing Places until they shall have caused to he deposited in the office of the Town Clerk, plans, estimates, specifications, and conditions, and such other particulars as may show the locality, elevation, internal arrangements, admcasurcmcnts, and cost of such proposed erection or convcrsion, and shall havc givcn notice by advertisement once in the South Australian Govemmemt Gazette, and in each newspaper published in the City, calling upon all rate- payers or others desirous of so doing to inspect; the said plans, estimates, specifications, conditions, and particulars as so deposited, at all convenient times within thirty days after the publication of such notice, and during which period the same shall continue so deposited accordingly: Provided, that snch Baths or Wash-houses are not erected on the Park Lands of the City of Adelaide.

When Baths, LC., are

43. TVhenever such Baths, or Wash-houses, or open Bathing

unnecessary or too

Places shall be determined by the Council to be unnecessary, or too

th, ,

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be sold, and the pro- expensive to be kept up, the Council, with the approval of the

ceeds paid to the City

fund.

Governor and Executive Council, may sell the same for the best price that can be reasonably obtained Sor the same, and the Nayor, Aldermen, Councillors, and' Citizens shall convey the same accord- ingly, or the Council way, in their discretion, take down and remove

' or discontinue such Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing

Places, apd sell the materials thereof for such best price as aforesaid,

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and in either or any such cnsc the purchase-money (if any) shall be paid to the Treasurer.

Manngrment

in Council.

44. The general management, regulation, and control of the said Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be vested in and exercised by the Council.

Copies or abstracts of

45. A printed copy or sufficient abstract of the by-laws relating

to the use of the Baths and open Bathing Places respectively, shall

by-1am

up in every Bath-

hung

mom, &C.

be put up in every Bath-room and open Bathing Place respectively,

and a minted com or sufficient abstract of the bv-laws relating to

the use'of the ~gsh-houses

shall be put up in so&

convenient &m!

near every Washing-tub or Trough, or every pair of Washing-tubs

or Troughs in every Wash-house.

of

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46. The number of Baths and Washing-tubs or Troughs respec- tively in any building under the management of the Council, and in respect of which Baths and Washing-tubs or Troughs respectively, the maximum rate of charges is fixed as hereinafter provided, shall not be less than t~qice the number of the Baths and Washing- tubs or Troughs rcspectivcly, in any such building in respect of which any higher rate of charges might be made by the Council as herein-

after also provided.

by Council not ex-

Cfiargea to be 5xcd

47. The Council rnv from time to time make such reasonable

eceding thw in

charges for the use of the said Baths, and Wash-houses, and open

wed~le.

I

Bathing

~ a t h i n ~ Places respectively, as they shall think fit, but so far as

regards the Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places, in respect of which the maximum rate of charges is hereinbefore referred to, not exceeding such charges ns are mentioned in the Schedule annexed to this Act, marked C.

48. For the recovery of the charges at such Wash-houses, the A

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officers. servants. and others having the management thereof may houees.

detain the clothck brought to bc washed, or oth& goods and chatt'eb

of any person refusing to pay the charge to which such person may

be liable, or any part thereof, till full payment thereof' bc made, and

in case such payment be not made within srven days, may sell such

clothes, goods, and chattels, or any of them, rrtu&ing the unsold

articles (if any), and the surplus proceeds of such sale (if any), after

deducting the unpaid charge, and the expenses of such dcduction

and sale, on demand, to such person.

49. It shall be lawful for the Council, from time to time, and at ~'_"p!!e~~~~~~,db

all times hereafter, to fence in or otherwise enclose the reserves of plant, I R ~ O U ~

drives

Crown lands within the City, known as the Park Lands, or any part

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and walks, and otherwise improve or ornament the same; and erect ~, ,, t lodges for

any lodges, or other buildings, as places of residence, or temporary 2;;;;; rangersp

shelter, for any rangers, gatekeepers, watchers, or other persons

whom the Council may hereafter employ for the care and management of the said Park Lands; and do or perform any other act in rclation

to such Park Jhnds as shall render them more fitting and effectual AIKI otherwwe affec-

for the public purposes to which the same have beg1 respectively tuate their dediccrtion to thc recreation and

dedicated and set apart, as specified in the third ~ection

of an Act of arnu~ernent

of the

the Imperial Parliament, passed in the Session of the fifth ancl sixtjh ycar of ITcr Majesty's reign, cap, 36, intitulecl " An Act for regulat- ing the Sale of Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in the Aus- tralian Colonies."

50. Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously, or by negli- ~ ~ $ ~; ; ~ ~ ~ f ~ ~ -

gence, throw down, break, injure, or remove any of thc boundary marks, gates, posts, rails, fences, or enclosures, which haw already been, or shall be hereafter, erected or set up by the Council, or sl~rtll

cut down, injure, or remove, or cause to be cut down, injured, or

removed, any timber or other tree, or any &rub or plant growing, lying, or being upon the said Park Lands, or upon or in any of the

squares, or other public places within the City, or dig, raise, or Or trees, BC., on Park

remove, or cause to be dug, raised, or removed, any turf, clay, sand, Land3~0r4uwes~&0.*

soil, gravel, stone, or other material, from the said. Park Lands, or

other public place, other than a carriage or footway, or from the bed

or banks of the River Torrens, within the City, shall, on convic-

tion, for each and every such offence,

if there shall be more than one, or removinamat,,ala

forfeit and pay a sum not less than Five Pounds, and shall also make fiorn Park~ands

or

full satisfaction for the injury done thereby; and, in default thereof, River To*em.

the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender; and, in case of the insufficiency of such distress, such

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offender

offender shall be imprisoned in any Gaol or House of Correction for any term not exceeding six calendar months, unless such penalty

shall be sooner paid and satisfaction made.

51. Every person who shall neglect, or fail to comply with, any

Penal@

to retnovo a n e d ~ t

nnismx~

when ordered bv

directions or order under the hand of the Mayor, which may here- ",

Mayor.

after he givcn or served, in accordance with the provisions contained in the 103rd clausc of the firstly-recitcd Ordinance, shall be liable to n penalty of Five Pounds for every day or part of a clay during the co~tinuance of such default; and such penalty shall or may- be

Haft recovered.

recoverable and recovered in like manner as is prcvidcd in thc 104th clause of the last-mentioned Ordiilancc, for the l.ecorery of any costs and expenses which may be incurred by the Council as therein re- ferred to..

No stone

timber to

be blastcd within the

52. No person shall blast, or cause to be blasted, any stone, timber, or other material or thing within thc City, without the perxnission of the Council, or of the S u r ~ q m r; and any person offending in this respect shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay any sum not less than One Pound nor exceeding Five Pounds.

City.

No

interment w i t ~ n

t h e City save at the

53. No human body shall be interred within the City, save and

present cemetel

and

except in the Government Reservc, known as the P ~ ~ b l i c

Cemctcry

places

a ~ ~ o i n b d

or Burial Grotmd, now misting thcre, R

I

save ancl except in any

~

by Council with con-

sent of G O - V O ~ O ~

and place or places within the City, which inay hereafter he appointed

Executive.

for that purpose by the Council, with the consent of the said

Pixnishment of

Governor and Executive Council; arid any prrson who shall offend

offenders.

against this present provision shall be deemed guilty of n niisdo meanor, and being thereof l a ~ ~ f d l y convicted, shall be liable to fine and imprisonmen< at the discretibn of the Comt or Judge before whom any such offender may be so convicted.

Offlcem of the Councfi

51. It shall be lawful for any Inspcctor of T3'eights

and Measures,

mly seize bread

under weight.

or other officer or person, a,ppointc.d by the Council for such purpose,

basket, in wliich bread is sold or exposed, or carried, or offered for

to enter into any shop or othcr placc, ancl to search any vehicle or

sale, or carried for delivery, and to \ire&-h sslleh bread by means of a just beam and scales and true weights of the established Imperial standard, and if such bread shall be there~~pon found to bc under the weight at or for which it sllall be so sold .or exposed, carried or offered for sale, or carried for delivery, then it shall be lawful for

euch Inspector, or other officer or person, as aforesaid, to seize such

bread and the person who shall scll or expose, carry, or offer for sale, or carry for delivery, any such brcad under weight as aforesaid, or the person in whose service such last-mentioned person may be, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a penalty or sum of not less than One Pound or more than Twenty Pounds, and the bread so seized shall be dedicated to the use of the poor then bcing in any asylum for destitute persons within the City, or such other chari-

table object as the Council may, from time to time, direct.

City without previously obtaining, and from time to time obtaining,

55. Ro person shall keep or use any weighbridge within the said ~, " $ - - & ~ ~

from the Council, a licence to keep and use the same.

56. When and so soon as such weighbridges shall be licensed, in W c n sufficient

,iu. r )riilgce so li-

number sufficient in the discretion of the Council, with the approval "D' '

c c r i d, all hit7 and

of the $aid Governor and Executive Council, for the purposes of the other bulky goods to

b:

sold by a \ oirrlr~pois

trade of the City, notice thereof, and of the situation of such weigh-

arcs,taincdat

bridges, shall be given by the said Council by advertising the same such bridge.

once ill the South ~zlstrdian Gouerrtment Gazette, and not less tlmn

twice in each p~zblic newspaper published within the City, and there-

after all hay, straw, coals, firewood, bark, shall be sold, offered,

or exposed fbr sale, bartered, exchanged, retailed, or delivered within

the City bv avoirdupois weight only, and that such weight shall be

ascertaine& at some weighbridge licensed by the Council as aforesaid,

and not otherwise, or elsewhere.

57. ,4nd whcreas an Act was passed by the said Governor, with 6vict., No. 13,1843,

as to weight3 and

the arlvicc and consent of thc said Legislative Council, on the eighteefith day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty- three, " For establishing Standard Wcights ancl h1easures in the Pro- vince of South Australia, and for the prevention of the use of such as are false and deficient ;" and also an Ordinance was passed on the ninth day of July, onc thousand eight hundred and forty- five, " To alnend an Act for establishing Standard Weights and 9JT% N0.7y l84.4,

furtlier as to weighta

RIeasures in the Province of South Australia, and for the prcvcntion ,d

measues.

of the use of such as are fdse and deficient;" and also an Ordinance was passed on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred

and fortv-five, " To reg&&!

the use of Weighbridges and Steelyards ;" ~ ~ ~ ~; i $ $ ~ ~; ~ ~ ~ d

and allsdai~

Ordirlancc was r~nssed

on the twenty-thlrd day of ~&ruary,

steelyards.

one tllousaiid eight hundrirl and forty-seven,

To amend the L ~ I &

relating to the Impounding of ~ a t i l e

;" and whereas by the said 10an'111"i".1No.38

1847, as t o impound-

lastly hereinbefore recited Act and Ordinances, respectively, certain ing.

powers and authorities are given to the Governor-in Co~ricil and

other persons therein mentioned; and whereas it is expedient that the

City council should have thc sole appointment, con td, and manage-

me& of all and every the persons,-&uxs, matters, and things within thr City, mentioned 'or re&rrcd to in, or by, llie said Act a id Ordi-

nances, or any, or eithcr of them-Be

it therefore Enacted, That the Trmsfer ofpomcrs of

said City Council, and no othcrs, shall have and exercise the several ;2;b;

tg

iR;"-

t

powers, authorities, rights, duties, privileges, and immunities, in Council.

respect to the persons, places, matters, and things last aforesaid, within

the City, which are given by the said Act and Ordinances rcspectively

to the Governor in Council ancl others, appointed to carry the said

.

- *

Act and Ordinances into execution.

58. ,411d be it further Enacted as follows: So much only of the ~astly-recited

~ c t

and

provisions of the said lastly hereinbeforc recited Act and Ordinances, $

~

~

~

~

~

~

f

~

~

-

respectivrly, as may interfere or bc inconsistent with the exercise by siateut herewith,

the City Council, solely and exclusively within thc City, of the powers

and authorities hereinbefore mentioned or referred to, shall be, and '

are

are hereby repealed, aave as to all things lawfully done before the commencement hereof: Provided always, that the said Act and Ordinances shall be and remain in full force in all respects not incon- sistent herewith.

Mcmbers of Council

59. Every member of the Council shall be exempt and disqualified

exempt from serving

- on Juries.

from serving on any Jury summoned within the City.

Limit of oacial ex-

penditure removed.

60. So much of the said firstly-recited Ordinance and Act respec- tively, as limits to any aggregate per centage or sum of money, the salaries, wages, commissions, or other pecuniary allowances, which are, or may be qssigned by the Council to any officer or official person, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.. -

X0 and 11 Victoria,

No. 8, 1847.

61. And whereas an Ordinance was passed by the said Governor, with the advice and consent of the said Legislative Council, on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, " For the Establishment and Regulation of Markcts;" and whereas it is expedient to provide for the increasing of the maximum rate of the

Limit of amount of

market-tolls and dues

tolls, dues, or sums of money mentioned in the same Ordinance-Be

removed

it therefore Enacted, That so much of the same Ordinance as limits the amount of tolls, dues, or other sums of money, which may be demanded, recovered, received, or taken thereunder, to the maximum rate specified in the Schedule thereunto annexed, shall be, and the same

80 far ag relaw to

any City market.

is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to or afkcts any market or markets already established, or to be hereafter established within the City, but not further, or othcrwisc.

Council empowered to

62. And be it further Enacted as follows: I t shall be lawful for

make by-laws,

the Council, in manner directed by the firstly-recited Ordin-

Act, r e R & T i s h, alter, modify, amend, or repeal such

tiy-laws and regulations, as to them shall seem meet, for all or any

of the purposes of this Act, for the management, use, and regulation

For regulating Public

of Public Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places, and of

Batha and Wash-

houaes,

the persons resorting thereto respectively, and Ibr determining (subject to the provision hereinafter contained) from time to time, the charges for the use of such Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places, respectively; for securing that the Public Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places shall be under the due management and control of the officers, servants, or others appointed

or employed in that behalf by the Council; for securing adequate

privacy to persons using the Baths, and Wash-houses, and open Bathing Places, and security against accidents to persons using the open Bathing Places; for securing that men, and boys above eight years old, shall bathe separately from women, and girls and children under eight years old; for preventing damage, disturbance, inter- ruption, and indecent and offensive language and behaviour, and nuisances; for determining the duties of the officers, servants, and

For removing or

others appointed by the Council; for regulating the situation, size, and

a lewing privies an&

mode and materials of construction of privies and cesspools; for

oesrpoo4

the removing, emptying, cleansing, clwing, and filling up of privies

and

and cesspools, and for regulating such other works of cleansing, and of removing and disposing of refuse or otherwise as the Council may deem necessary for preserving or improving the sanitary condition of

For regulating cellat

the City; for compelling the securing, removing, or filling up of any

traps ;

cellar traps, ways, or openings, which rnay now or hereafter be in or

For regulating weigh

under any footway; for regulating the ke6ping and use or" weigh-

bridges;

bridges and the conduct of the owners and keepers thereof and persons

For regulating sale of

attending or using the same; for regulating the sale and exposure for

hay, &C., by avoirdu-

sale of or other dealings with goods, wares, or commodities herein-

pois weight ;

1 '

before directed to be sold by avoirdupois weight only; for fixing the hours for holding and othkwisc regulating- sales by auction;@-

r

x

3

hay and straw;

for preventing the lighting of fires in the open

air, unlew properly protected; for regulating the storage, quantity,

and sale of gun and blasting powder; and for regulating hackney ~ h s

atorage, quantiv,

and sale of powder ;

and other passcngcr vchicles, that is to say-carriages,

coaches, lZegulatingpassenger-

omnibusses, cabriolets, spring carts, or other vehicles of the Like carriages;

Zicensing and re@-

nature, a d

for licensing and regulating waggons, drays, carts, and lating

for

other vehicles, for the carrying of goods and merchandize, plying, ;~$;~;fg;$:~

kept, or let for hire within the City, and also of waggons, drays, thecity.

carts, or other vehicles used in hawking firewood and water, Rwdatingnmd and within the said City, respectively; for licensing and registering the water carts within the names of and regulating the conduct of the owners, dr iers and con-

ductors thereof; for licensing and registering the names of and re- omers, drivers, and conductors.

plat ing the conduct of porters and hawkers in the City in their Liosnsinpmdregula.

several employmcnts, the amounts to bc paid to the said Council for Ei;kp;yd

or in respect of any or every such licence, the hours within which such

owners, drivers, conductors, and porters shall exercise their respective callings, whether they and such porters shall wear any and what badges, the number and description and furnishing of such hackney and other passenger carriages, the situation and number of public

stands in rcspcct of all or any of the vehiclcs aforesaid, the amount Fixing public etan&

of fares for time or distance to bc paid for thc use of such vehicles, and

respectively, the safe custody and delivery of any property which rnay

punishing the misconduct of the drivers and conductors of and per-

be accidentally or otherwise left in such vehicles respectively; for

sons attcnding the samc, whcther by reason of careless or furious driving or racing or other wilful misconduct, or in the way of impo- sition by cliemsmiiing or receiving more than the regular fare or other- wise, and also for punishing of persons hiring such vehicles respec- tively, for frauddentlg evkdinff the pavm&~t of such fares; for fixiig the amount bf fees -to be paid by any such owner, driver, conductor, porter, or hawker, for such licence; for the Proventing

regulation and government of drivers not hereinbefore referred to; animala.

for preventing cruelty to animals; for preventing the killing of any

-----Preventing

slaugh er

ram, ewe, shee

lamb, goat, or swiniiiXaiat any siaughterhouses or of

in the

0th-es

-$?

to

e chosen andI if by them deemed ex edient,

---

licensed city

bf

the (;ounc$&?the

regulation and conservation o f the Park Lands Co1mming~wk~mdn

a n " = &

banks, and water of the River Torrens; and also to ap- and River Torrow.

point by such by-laws such fines as they shall deem necessary f8r the prevention and suppression of such offences, and for enforcing

V e

such

Provirco-Limit of

m h by-laws and regulations: Provided that so much of the firstly

2%

recited Ordinance as enacts that no fine to be appointed under any

to powder.

by-law made by the Council shall exceed the sum of Ten Pounds, shall, as to the storage, keeping, and sale of gun and blasting powder,

be and the same is hereby repedcd.

Evidence of by-laws,

63. A copy of any by-laws passed or to be passed under and by virtue of the firstly-recited Ordinance or Act or this Act, under the said common seal of the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, and Citizens, with a declaration thereon, signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Town Clerk, or person holding the situation of Town Clerk, when

tho by-lam came into force, that the same had been sent, sealed with the s$id seal, to the said Governor and that all the uther requirements

nf the ninet -sixth section of the said recited Ordinance; or of the v-- bornplied with, shall be received as exdence of the existence of any fifth section o the firstly'-recited Act, as the case may b a a v e been -3-

such by-law, and of the sending and publishing thereof in all Courttr

of law or equity, and before all Justices in. Sessions, or otherwise.

All rents, fines, pe-

nalties, &C., received

64. Anything in the firstly-recited Ordinance or Act, or either of them, or any uther Ordinance or Act of the said Pro~ince,

to the

or rccovorod by the

Council or their

officers, to be paid to

contrary notwithstanding, all rents, costs, charges, and expenses,

the City Treasurer.

which shall'hereafter be received by virtue of this Act, and all fines, fees, penalties, an3 other moneys which shall hcrcafter be levied, re- covered, and received, under or by force of any information, or other

legal proceeding, laid, taken, or instituted, under or by virtue of this

Act, or of the firstly-recited Ordinance or Act respectively, or of any by-law already, or to be hereafter madc, in pursuance of the same Acts or Ordinance respectively, or under or by virtue of any other Act or Ordinance of the said Province, by the Council, or by any Inspector of Nuisances, Iiispcctor of Weights and Measures, Park Lands Ranger, Poundkeeper, or other officer or person already ap- pointed, or to be hereafter appointed by the Council, skill, in all cases in which they are not, by thc first-recited Ordinance, already

Orderu of the Council

directed to be so paid, be paid to the Treasurer.

under this Act.

65. Every order which shall be made by the Council, by virtue of this Act, for freeing from incumbrance or obstruction paving, flagging, macadamizing, levelling, sewering, or otherwise completing or re- pir ing any street, court, or alley, as aforesaid; for fencing or cnclos- ing any occupied or u3occupied land, as aforesaid; for making or repairing any crossing place, as aforesaid; for taking down, securing, or repairing any ruinous or dangerous building, or vall, or other thing, as aforesaid; or for payment to the said Council of any costs, charges, or expenses which they may incur, and charge to the person named in such order, or which might otherwise become payable by

When advertised onca

him to the Council bv virtue of this Act. shall. if not corndied with, A

be advertised, once i i the 8outh ~ustralLwt ~Aerznzent Gaz@e,

and

,

Bmmmmt

a d

inlo~al

newB-

papem.

in each newspaper published in the City; and such order shall not

begin to take effect until the end of fourteen days next after the publication thereof in such Gaze& or newspaper; and thereupon

such

such ordek, and the publication thereof as aforesaid, shall be, a d

the

same are hereby declared and deemed to be a good, valid, and suf- suBicient notioe to

ficient notice, to all owners, lessees, tenants, occupiers, and others owners, aud others intcrcsted,

interested in the premises, to all intents and purposes.

66. If any owner, or occupier, or other person, in this Act referred Amount ordered by

the Council to be paid

to, shall neglect or refuse to pay to the Treasurer the amount which by,,,,

,,

shall be ordered by the Council to be paid by such owner, or OCCU- pier, or other person, in respect of any costs, charges, or cxpcnses which the Council shall incur and charge to him, or which shall or might otherwise become payable by him to the Council by virtue of this ,4ct, then the Council, and every Collector or other person ap- pointed by them in that behalf, shall or may, for the purpose of collecting, levyng, and enforcing the same amount, proceed in the

same manner, and have and exercise the same powers and remedies, 2;;;Fd;;~

by distress or otherwise, as are in and by the firstly-recited Ordinance, rates,

provided and given for collecting, levying, and enforcing the city- rates thereunder, in respect of lands, tcncments, and hereditaments, occupied or unoccupied, as thc case may be: Provided always, that

be called upon to pay, and shall pay, a greater amount than he shall owner.

any tenant who nhall, under thc powers and remedies last aforesaid, $ ) $ ~ ~ ~ ~ p ' ~ ~

in fact owe for rent; such tenant h hall, save and cxccpt in cases arising out of the neglect or default of such tenant, have and enjoy the same rights and rcincdies as against the owner or landlord of the premises occupied by him, as arc, by the last-mentioned Ordinance, given to any tenant who shall pay a greater amount of assessment

than he sllall owe for rent.

G7. I t shall be lawful for any oficer acting under the Co~zncil, Trankmt offenders

with such aid as shall be necessary, to seize and detain any transient may be apprehendd.

or unknown persoil guilty of any offence against this Act, or against

any by-law alreaay made in pursuailce of the firstly-recited Ordinance

'

or Act respectively, or hereafter to be made in pursuance of the same Ordinance or Acts respectively, and forthwith to convey such person

cording to law.

before any Justice of the f rity than this Act for so doing, to be by such Justice dealt with ac- eace without any other warrant or autho-

prcssly provided, may bc had and taken, and all fiumrnonses to ings, &c,

68. All proceedings under this Act, in so far as not otherwise ex- Regulating proceed-

parties and w-itncsses, and warrants, where nacessary, for enforcing the same, may be issued and served, or executed respectively; and all forfeitures, fines, and penalties impose~l, and all sums of money ordered to be paid, may be recovered before any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace, in nmrner and form prescribed by the firstlyrecited Ordinance; and every person feclixrg aggrieved by any conviction or order of such Justice or Justices, shall be entitled to appeal therefrom in maiiner and form, and on the terms respectively prescribed by the same Ordinance.

69. All the provisions in the firstly-recited Ordinance and Act Provisions O ~ N O,

11

respectively not hereby or otherwise altered or repealed shall be ap-

of 1849, and No. 23

,,,,,,

,

,,,,,

plicable

to thia A C ~.

plicable, and shall apply to the provisions of this present Act so far as they are consistent therewith, and in the same manner and to the same extent as if the provisions of this present Act had been conb tained in the same recited Ordinance or Act, in lieu of those hereby altered or repealed; and that this Act, and the said last-mentioned Ordinance and Acts, shall be read and construed together as one Act or Ordinance,

wtmCtiOn"Act~

70. In the construction of this Act, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the context, that is to say-the word " City," shall mean the City of Adelaide, as included within the corporate limits thereof; and the words " Council," Mayor," " Town Clerk," Treasurer," and Surveyor," respectively, shall mean the Council, Mayor, Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Surveyor, respectively, for the time being, of the said City; the word "person," or words applying to any person or individual, shall apply to and include corporations, companies, firms, or other bodies of persons; the word " owner" shall mean the person for the time being receiving, or entitled to receive, the whole or any part of the rent or profits of the rnessuages, tenements, land, or premises, in con- nection with which the word is used, whether on his own account, or as agent, attorney, or trustee for any other person, or otherwise managing such property, or who would so receive or be entitled to reccivc the same, if such messuages, tenements, land, or premises were let; the word " sewcr" shall mean and include surface sewers and drains of every description, whereby any liquid refuse, or any water, shall be carried off; the word "street" shall include every street, terrace, square, road, place, row, or public mews, or lane, along which carriages can pass or are intended to pass, and that, whether there be or not, in addition to the carriageway, a footway paved or otherwise; the word "court" shall signify any space wherein a carriage may or is intended to enter, the same not being a thorough- fare; the word "alley" shall include any court, alley, passage, or

other place, which can be used, or is intended to be used, as a foot-

way only; and the words "tencmcnts adjoining or abutting on such

street, court, or alley," shall mean tenements or premises, the owners

or occupiers of which communicate with or have the right to use, or

commonly use, any such street, court, or alley, or part thereof.

Act "

affect O d ~

City of Adelaidc and 71. The provisi&s of this Act shall be limited to operate in respect

thereof. extend to or affect any town, village, or hamlet, in the said Province,

the Corporate B O ~ Y only of the City, and the Corporate Body thereof; and shall not

already or to be hereafter incorporated, under the provisions of the said firstly-recited Ordinance, until the provisions of this Act may be thereuxlto extenaed, by proclamation, as in the said recited Ordinance provided.

Commsncemeut of

bct.

72. This Act shall commence and take effect from and after the

passing thereof.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULES REFERRED TO.

Form of Mortgage of Bates and Corporat~Bevenue,

The Corporation of the City of Adelaide.

Mortgage, No.

By virtue of an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of the Province

of South Aastralia, passed in the eighteenth year of the Reign of Her Majesty

Queen Victoria, No. 23, and intitded " An Act to alter and repeal certain Laws

relating to the Co~poration of the City of Adelnidc, and to make further and

other provisions in lieu thereof, and to confer furthcr powers on the said Corpo-

ration, and upon the Council for thc time being of thc said City," We, the Mayor,

Aldermen, Councillors, and Citizcns of the City of Adelaide, incorporate, in con-

sideration of the sum of pounds sterling, to us in hand, lent

and paid by A. B., of for the purposes of the said

Corporation, do grant, bargain, sell, and assign unto the said A. B., his executors,

administrators, and assigns, all and singular the rates, rents, and sums of money

arising, and to arise, and be payable to us for or from her^ describe the rate or other

propelty proposed to be mortgaged), and all our estate, right, title, and interest of, in,

and to the same, to hold to the said A. B., his executors, administrators, and assigns,

from the day of the date hereof, until the said sum of puunds, with interest

+

for the same at the rate of

pounds per centum per annum, shall be fully paid

and satisfied; and it is l ~ r e b y

declared, that the said principal sum shall be repaid

on the day of, at the office of the City Treasurer in Adelaide, aforesaid (or other place of payment), snci that, in the meantime, the interest thereof shall be paid on the day of and the day of in every year, at the office of the City Treasurer, in Adelaide, aforesaid (or other place of payment).

Given under the common seal of the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, and Citizens

of the City of Adelaide, in the Province of South Australia, this

day of

one thousand eight hundred and

C. D., Mayor.

B

Form of Transfer of Mortgage.

I, A. B., of

in consideration of the sum of

pounds

sterling in hand, paid to me by C. D., of

, do hereby transfer to the said

C. D., his exccutors, administrators, and assigns, a certain mortgage (or bond) No.

bearing date the

day of

one thousand eight hundred and

and made by the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Adelaide, incorporate, for securing to the sum of pounds, (or if such be by endorsement on the mortgage insert instcad of the words after " assign" the words the within security"), together with all intcrcst now due, and to be- come due therew, and all my property, right, and interest in and to the money

thereby sccured and in and to the rates, rents, and sums of money, and property thereby

assigned.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this

day of

one thousand eight hundred and

A. B. (L. S.)

W2

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Mm'mun Charges for the Baths and Wash-houses and Open Bathing Placer.

1. BATHS.

Every bath to be supplied with clean water for cvery person bathing alone, or for several children bathing together, and in (:ither case with one clean towel for every: bather

For one person above eight years old-

a.

d.

Cold bath, or colQshower bath

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

NO

3

Warm bath, or warm shower bath, or vapour bath

.......... 0

6

For several children, not above eight years old, nor exceeding four

in number, bathing togethcr-

Cold bath or cold shower bath

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

0

6

Warm bath, or warm shower bath, or vapour bath

.. .. .. .. ..

1

0

2. WABH-HOUSES.

Every Wash-housc, to be supplied with conveniences for washing and drying

clothes, and other articles:

For the use, by one person, of one washing-tub or trough, and of a copper or boilcr (if any), or where onc of the washing-tubs or troughs shall be used as a copper or boiler, for the use of one pair of washing-tubs or troughs, and for the use of the convenicnces for drying-

S. d.

For one hour only in any one day

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

0

3

For two consecutive hours in any one day

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

0

9

A fraction of an hour, exceeding five minutes, to be reckoned one hour.

For two hours not consecutive, or for more than two hours in any one

day, such charges as the Council may think fit.

For the use of the washing cc~nveniences alone, or of the drying conveniencer alone, such charges as the Council may think fit; but not exceeding in either case the charges for the use for the same time of both the washing and drying conveniences.

3. OPEN BATHING-PLACES.

Open bathing places, where several persons bathe in the same water-

8. d.

For

oneperson

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

0

2

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Adelaide : Printed by authority by W.

C. Cox, Government Printer, Victoria-square.

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