Grants etc Confirmation Act 1839 No 2a (NSW)

A N N O T E R T I O

V I C T O R I A R E G I N A E .

No. I.

An Act to remove doubts concerning the validity

of certain Grants of Land in New South

Wales. [3rd July, 1839.]

been made and issued to divers persons unde r t he Great Seal of Un­	W"HE R E AS cer ta in L a n d s of t h e Crown in t h e Colony of New South Wales have
said Colony and in t he n a m e of H i s l a te Majesty K i n g Wi l l i am the
F o u r t h between t h e t w e n t i e t h day of J u n e in t h e year one thousand
e ight h u n d r e d and th i r ty - seven be ing t h e day of t h e demise of H i s said la te Majesty a n d t h e twenty-fifth day of October in t he same year on which last ment ioned day t h e intel l igence of t h e said demise first reached t h e said Colony a n d whereas doubts have been enter ta ined whe the r such G r a n t s or Conveyances made a n d issued as aforesaid are
valid in law or b ind ing upon H e r Majesty H e r H e i r s and Successors and whereas to remove such doubts a n d to quie t t h e t i t les of H e r Majesty 's subjects ho ld ing or ent i t led to hold any lands in New Sou th W a l e s so g ran ted or conveyed as aforesaid H e r Majesty h a t h t h r o u g h
t h e R i g h t Honorab le Char les Lord Glenelg one of H e r Majesty 's
P r inc ipa l Secretaries of S ta te been graciously pleased to signify Her
Roya l W i l l and P leasure t h a t all G r a n t s or Conveyances of Lands m a d e or issued b y t h e Governor of t he said Colony unde r t h e Great Seal of t h e same and in t h e n a m e of H i s said la te Majesty du r ing the t ime aforesaid in t h e exercise or supposed exercise of t h e powers and au thor i t i es vested in h i m as said Governor should be val id in law and b ind ing upon H e r Majesty H e r H e i r s and Successors Be i t therefore enacted b y H i s Excel lency t h e Governor of N e w South Wales wi th t he advice of t h e Legis la t ive Council thereof Tha t all G r a n t s Heeds or Conveyances of any L a n d s s i tuated in t he said Colony t h a t have been made or issued in t h e n a m e of H i s said late Majesty K i n g W i l l i a m the F o u r t h a t any t ime after t h e demise of H i s said Majesty a n d on or
\ before t h e twenty-fifth day of October in t he year aforesaid be ing the
day on which the said demise was k n o w n in t he said Colony shall be a n d shall be deemed t a k e n and held to be and to have been from the respect ive dates thereof as valid and effectual in L a w to g r a n t and convey such Lands and shall be as b ind ing u p o n H e r Majesty H e r •Heirs and Successors to all i n t en t s a n d purposes as if such G r a n t s Deeds or Conveyances had been m a d e a n d issued in t h e n a m e of H e r presen t Majesty Queen Vic tor ia and h a d been recorded in t h e most r egu la r form of law any t h i n g in any Act or L a w or usage to t h e
cont rary in anywise no twi ths t and ing .

G r a n t s or Conveyances of pa r t s of the W a s t e

No . I L