Cathedral Close Act Amendment Act 1870 No 20a (NSW)

No. VI.

An Act to amend an Act inti tuled "An Act to

"authorize the appropriation of the Old

"Burial	Ground	or	Cathedral	Close	in
"Sydney	to	certain	municipal	and	other

"public purposes." [5th December, 1870.]

WH E R E A S by an Ac t passed in the thir ty-second year of the reign of H e r present Majesty int i tuled "An Act to authorize the

" appropriation of the Old Burial Ground or Cathedral Close in Sydney

" to certain municipal and other public purposes'" it is enacted among other th ings t h a t i t shall no t be lawful for the Munic ipa l Council of Sydney or the Bishop of Sydney or any of his successors to erect any dwell ing-house residence or other bui lding on any port ion of the land described in ei ther the first or second Schedule to the said A c t except on t he half acre granted as the site for a Town H a l l and if any such dwelling-house residence or building should be erected thereon contrary to the provisions of the said A c t the par ty or parties so offend­ ing shall be subject to a penal ty of one thousand pounds and any colonist may th rough the Supreme Court sue for and shall be enti t led to the said penal ty and the land described in t he Schedule on which such bui lding may be erected shall revert to t he Crown A n d whereas it is deemed expedient to extend the exception contained in t he th i rd section of t he said A c t so as to allow the Bishop of Sydney or his successors to erect on the western port ion of the land described in t he second Schedule to the said Ac t a suitable dwelling-house and buildings for the residence of the chief officiating Minis ter of the said Cathedral Be i t therefore enac ted by the Queen ' s Most Exce l l en t Majesty by and wi th t he advice and consent of the Legislat ive Council and Legislat ive Assembly of New South Wales in Pa r l i amen t assembled and by the au thor i ty of the same as follows :—

in t he said th i rd section thereof contained i t shall be lawful for the Bishop of Sydney or his successors to erect on t he land described in the Schedule hereto being the westerly pa r t of the said land described in t he second Schedule to the said Act a suitable dwelling-house and buildings connected therewith for the residence of the chief officiating Minis ter of the said Cathedral A n d this Act and the said Ac t shall be read together as if t he exception contained in the said th i rd section of t he said A c t had extended to the erection of the said dwelling-house and buildings hereinbefore mentioned. S C H E D U L E .

1. Notwi ths tanding any th ing in t he said Ac t and part icular ly

S C H E D U L E .

All t ha t parcel of land commencing on the east building a l ignment of Clarence- s t ree t a t t h e nor th-west corner of t he Cathedra l g ran t and bounded on the south by t h e said Cathedra l g ran t for one h u n d r e d feet and thence on the east by a l ine bear ing north th ree degrees west to t he land contained in t he first Schedule to the said Ac t and thence on the no r th by the said land to Clarence-street and thence by the said s t reet to t he point of commencement.