Carrington Wharfage Act 1910 (NSW)

A c t No. 33, 1910.

A n A c t to s a n c t i o n t h e c a r r y i n g o u t of a s c h e m e

of W h a r f a g e at C a r r i n g t o n , in t h e P o r t of

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t h e r e u p o n	or	i n c i d e n t a l	t h e r e t o .	[28th	De­

cember, 1910.]

WH E R E A S , in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1900, the Legislative; Assembly did, by resolution,

declare that it was expedient to carry out a certain work, namely the

carrying out of a scheme of wharfage at Carrington, in the port of Newcastle : And whereas, on the passing of the said resolution, a statutory duty was by the said Act imposed on the Secretary for Public Works, to introduce a Bill into the said Assembly to sanction the carrying out of the said work : 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 New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the "Carrington Wharfage Act,

1910."

2. The carrying out of the works, more particularly described in the Schedule to this Act, is hereby sanctioned, and the Secretary for Public Works, or the member of the Executive Council for the time being performing the duties of the said Secretary, is hereby authorised to undertake and carry out the said works, subject to the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose shall be and shall have the powers and duties of a Constructing Authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1900.
3. The plan of the said works is the plan marked "Carrington Wharfage," signed by the Secretary for Public Works and counter­ signed by the Chief Engineer for Harbours and Water Supply, and deposited in the public office of the said Secretary.

4. The cost of carrying out the said works, estimated at one hundred and twenty thousand pounds may lie defrayed from such loan votes as arc now, or may hereafter be applicable to that purpose, or from appropriations of the Public Works Fund, or partly from such votes and partly from the said appropriations, and shall not, under any circumstances, exceed the estimated cost by more than ten per centum. S C H E D U L E

S C H E D U L E .

T H E construct ion of a wharf of time i on piles, emnmtMieinn at the nor th-western corner of the Inner Basin at the town of Carr ington, parish of Newcastle, county of Nor thumber land , and extending thence in a southerly direction a distance of two thousand four hundrei 1 feet towards Carrington Bridge, and the erection I hereon of three McMyler hoists being t inted in red on deposited plan, subject to such modifications a s may be considered desirable by the Construct ing Author i ty .