Closer Settlement Act 1897 (SA)

No. 688.

An Act relating to the Repurchase of Land.

[Asseded to, Decenzbev rrth, 1897.1

E it Enacted by thc Elovernor, with the advice and consent of

B the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

1, This Act may be cited a s "'t'he Closer Settlement ,let, 1897." Short title.

2, The Commissioner of Crown Lands (hereinafter called the Commissioner) may, subj cct to the provisions hercinnftcr wt forth, repurchase land foi the purposes of this Act, rul~ject to the following conditions, namely :--	for closer settlement.
Repurchase of land

(a) That thc prico to be paid for such land shall not exceed the assessed value of the land for land tax purposes, the value of the improwments on the land to an incoming tenant, and fiftcen per centnm added to such first-mcntioncil value:

( b ) That the repurchase Fe recommcndecl by a Land Board and

the Surveyor-General:

( c ) That the improvements be valued by the Land Board and the

Surveyor-General:

(d) The total purchase-money for all such rcpurchascs shall not in

any one financial year, ending the thirtieth day of June, exceed the amount provided for the purpose on the

estimates of loan expenditure:

688 ( e ) Within

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( c ) Within thirty days after each repurchase, if Parliament be

then in Session, or if Parliament be not then in Session, then within thirty days after thc commencement of the next Session, thcre shall bc laid before both Houses copies

of all recommendations and valuations pursuant to which

the repurchase has been made, and full particulars of-

I. The locality, area, and quality of the land repur-

chased, and of the improvements thcrcon:

11. The names of the vendors and of all persons

interested in thc salc:

111. The price paid and the land tax assessment.

Land repurchased,

how dealt with. 3, All land repurchased under this Act shall be dealt with as

follows :--

(a) The land, except such portions as may be required for dedi- cation or reservation for public purposes or for towns, shall be cut up inta blocks of not exceeding One Thousand Pourids unimproved value:

( b ) The blocks shall be offered as open to be taken up on per-

petual lease under the Crown Lands Acts, but subject to

the provisions of this Act.

Gazette notice. 4,

The notice in the Government h z e t t e that the blocks are open to be taken up on perpetual lease shall contain the following par- ticulars, namely, the valuc of the improvc~ncnts on each block, thc rent, the annual instalments of principal and interest to be paid in rcspect of the purchase-money of im proveinents, and such other particulars as thc Commissioner shall think proper.

Allotment of value

of land and improve-	5, Before the blocks are offered on lease the Iland Board, subject block an'dLt,he
mente.	to the anr>roval of the Commissioner, shall fix the value of each

value of the improvemeits on each such block.

Not to be less than

amount paid by 6. The aggregate of the amounds so fixed shall not be less than

Crown,

the amount paid by the Crown for the repurchase of the land and

the cost of offering the land.

Bent. 7,

The rent shall be at the rate of not less than Four Pounds per centnm per annum on the value of each block as fixed.

P u r c h ~ o f impmve

ments. 8. Every applicant to whom any block is allotted by the Board

shall purchase the improvements on the block from the Crown at

the price named in the Gazette notice, and the purchase-money for such improvements, with interest thercon at the rate of not less than Four Pounds per centum per annum, shall be paid, in yearly instal- ments, within twenty-one years, according to the table set out in the Schedule hereto, as may be arranged with the Commissioner.

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9. Every application for a block of land open for leasing under Applic"OnB*

this Act shall be accompanied by an amount equal to one-quarter of the first year's rent and one-twentieth of the amount payable in respect of the purchase-money of the improvements, and the balance of the first year's rent shall be paid within twenty-eight days after allotment of the land, and in default the amount paid shall be forfeited and the allotment cancelled.

10. In addition to the covenants usual in perpetual leases there Conditions.

shall be inserted in every perpetual lease granted under this Act a covenant by the lessee to spend on the block during each of the first tive years of the lease a sum equal at the least to Six Pounds for every One Hundred Pounds of the value of the block as fixed by the Board, in substantial improvements, consisting of houses and outbuildings, or fencing and provision for water: Provided that the amount so spent by the lessee in excess of the amount required to be expended iu one year shall be set off against the expenditure rcquired in the next or following years: Provided that the purchase- money for improvements by the lessee pursuant to section 8 may be deducted from the amount to be spent by the lessee.

11, Should any of the repurchased la.nd remain unlet for a Lanhrenmining

period of two	after being first offered the same may be let on Unlet
rniscellancous lease.

12. No lease shall be granted under this Act to any person Condition as to value

who is already the holder of land of the unimproved value of One Thousand Pounds, or who would thereby become the holder of land exceeding such value, and no transfer of any lease granted under this Act shall be permitted except on the recommendation of the Land Roard for the district and with the consent of the Commissioner, and no such recommendation or consent shall be given to any transfer

in favor of any lessee or owner of land who would thereby become the holder of land exceeding One Thousand Pounds of unimproved value.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

T. F. BUXTON, Governor,

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'I'HE SCHEDULE REFERRED TO.

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f ib le o f Annual Repayments, in advance, for every Otze Hundred Pounds, including

h t e re s t at Four Pouuds per Centumper Annum, fit. Periods extendi?ig from

T w o to Twenty-one Years.

No. of No. of No. of

Amount, Amount. Amount.

Years. Years. Years.

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Adelaide : By authority, C. E. BRIBTOW, Government Printer, North-terraee.