Baggage Landing Places Act 1853 No 19a (NSW)

No. XIX.

An Act for fixing the Landing Places for Baggage.

[19th September, 1853.1

Baggage at the Port of Sydney from Vessels in the Stream or Oiling WH E R E A S it is deemed proper for the protection of the Revenue that only certain Wharves should be used for the landing of

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales
with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as

follows:—

1. No Passenger's Baggage shall be landed from Vessels arriving in the Harbour of Port Jackson from parts beyond the seas or any of the neighbouring Colonies and anchored in the Stream or Offing except at the Circular Quay in Sydney Cove or at the Wharf in Darling Harbour at the foot of Erskine-street or such other Wharves as may be hereafter appointed by the Collector of Customs and if any such Baggage shall be landed at any other Wharf Stairs or Landing Place the same shall be forfeited together with the boat in which such Baggage has been conveyed from the ship to the shore Provided nevertheless that this Act shall not prevent the landing of Baggage under the usual regulations for the landing of Baggage from vessels lying alongside the several Sufferance Wharves where an Officer of Customs is stationed. No. XX.