Gawler Plains Irrigation Act 1896 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO NONO ET SEXAGESIMO

A. D. 1896.

No. 668.

An Act to facilitate the Establishment of the Gawler

Plains Irrigation Colony.

[Assented to, December rgth, 1896.1

E it Enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of

B the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as " The Gawler Plains Irrigation Act, Short title.

1896."

2, In this Act- Interpretation.

'' Promoters " means John Hamison Packard, of Adelaide, licensed surveyor, and Charles Louis Lutz, of Adelaide, civil engineer, their executors, administrators, and assigns, promoters of " The Gawler Plains Irrigation Colony, South

Australia ":

Scheme " mcans the waterworks shown on plans deposited in both Houses of Parliament, and signed by the Engineer-in- Chief and by the promoters, and marked '' Plans of The Gawler Plains Irrigation Colony, South Australia," or such modification thereof as the Governor may in writing approve, and includes all incidental works and all lands held by the promoters for the purposes of the scheme.

3. The Treasurer may issue to the promoters a guarantee that Guarantee.

should the net revenue of the scheme in any year within seven years after the completion of the head works fall short of Two Pounds per centum on the actual cost of the scheme, such actual

668 cost

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cost not exceeding Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, the Govern- ment of South Australia will every year, for a period of seven years from the date of such completion, and whilst the same falls short as aforesaid, and while the head works are maintained in good order and repair, pay to the promoters a sum sufficient to make up the said net revenue to an amount equal to Two Pounds per centum

on such actual cost: Provided that-

I. No interest shall be debitcd by the promoters against revenue

in ascertaining the net revenue of the scheme:

11. There shall be set off against all sums payable under any guarantee any surplus of net revenue over Two Pounds per centum received by the promoters during any year guaranteed.

Conditions of guaran- 4, Any guarantee given by the Treasurer to the promoters shall

tee,

contain the following conditions :-

I. That the Government of South Australia shall incur no liability thereunder until the head works of the scheme have been completed:

11. That all sums paid under the said guarantee shall be a first

charge on the scheme:

1x1. That the Governor shall have a right to purchase the scheme at any time after fourteen years after the completion of the head works, on giving twelve months' notice to do so, at a valuation by a Judge of the Supreme Court, assisted by two assessors, one appointcd by the Treasurcr and the other by the promoters, such valuation not to exceed the actual cost of the scheme, to which shall be added three nnd a half per centum per annum interest from out- lay to end of fourteen years:

zv. All work in connection with the scheme shall be done under

the eight hours system, and no other than South Australian

labor shall be employed without the consent of the Com-

missioner of Public Works.

Price of water+

5. The price charged for water supplied for irrigation purposes shall not exceed Two Pence per thousand gallons.

Deposit.

6. A deposit of Ten Thousand Pounds shall be paid to the Treasurer within one year from the passing of this Act, such deposit to be returned to the promoters to meet the expenditure on the head works at the rate of Pound for Pound on such expenditure after Twenty Thousand Pounds have been expended on such works: Provided that the receipt by the Treasurer of any such deposit shall not be construed into any liabiliby on the part of the Government of South Australia for the carrying out by the promoters of the said scheme, or to authorise the expenditure by the Government of any public money on account thereof.

7. All

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7. All sums of money paid under the guarantee shall be deducted ~ ~ t i o ~ ~ ~ f r o * purchase-money.

from the purchase-money to be paid to the promoters.

8. Unless at least the sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds shall have ~f frc t of A C ~

been expended on works connected with the scheme before the first conditional.

day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, this

Act shall lapse.

9. I t shall be lawful for the Government a t any time, and from Government may

time to timc, to take, at the price to be paid by other consumers, take water.

such water as they may think fit from the outlet tunnel, or from any part of the channel of the scheme, for the purpose of supply- ing the Gawler Water District with such water as the district may require.

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

this Bill.

T. F. BUXTON, Governor.

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