Bunbury Town Lot 318 Act 1917 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO SEPTIMO

GEORGII QUINTI REGIS,

XXXVIII.

No. 18 of 1917.

AN ACT to enable the Augustine Congrega- tional Church of Bunbury (Incorporated) to sell and dispose and make use of Bunbury Town Lot Number 318, freed from the trusts and restrictions affecting the same, and to apply the proceeds of any sale or disposal of the property for the purposes of the said Church, and for other relative purposes.

[Assented to 28th March, 1917.]

HEREAS Bunbury Town Lot Number 318 (hereinafter Preamble.

Congregational Church of Banbury (Incorporated) (hereinafterWcalled "the said land") is now vested in the Augustine

called "the Church") for cemetery purposes, and portion of the said land has been used for the interment of bodies: And whereas the said land is not required for the purposes aforesaid, and it is desirable to give the Church the power to sell and dispose and make use of the said land freed from the trusts and restrictions affecting the same, and to apply the proceeds of any sale or dis- posal of the said land for the purposes of the Church, and the

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authority of Parliament is necessary to confer such powers: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Par- liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Short title, 1. This Act may be cited as the Bunbury Town Lot 318 Act,

1917.

Power to sell,	2. The Church
mortgage, lease,

or use Bunbury may sell the said land or any part thereof and trans- fer or otherwise assure the same to any purchaser, freed and absolutely discharged from the trusts and restrictions affecting the same:

Town Lot 318.

(i.)

(ii.)	may mortgage the said land or any part thereof to secure moneys lawfully borrowed, and for the pur- pose of such security assure the same to the mortgagee and his assigns freed and discharged as aforesaid:
(iii.)	may, notwithstanding any such trusts, lease such

land on such terms as may be deemed advisable:

(iv.) may use the said lands or any part thereof for the

purposes of the Church:

(v.) may use for the purposes of the Church any moneys received from the sale, mortgage, or leasing of the said land or any part thereof.

Protection of	3. No purchaser, mortgagee, or lessee of the said land or any part thereof shall be bound or concerned to inquire whether any power to sell, mortgage, or lease was duly and regularly exercised, or to see in any way to the application of any purchase, mortgage, or other moneys.
purchasers and
others.
Magistrate may
order removal of	4. A Resident or Police Magistrate may order the exhuma- being buried elsewhere, due regard being had in every case to the wishes of any surviving members of the deceased's family, and such exhumation and re-interment shall take place accordingly at the expense of the Church and prior to the sale of the property.
corpses buried in	tion of any corpse buried in the said land for the purpose of its
land.

By Authority : Pep e. B.U. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth.