Grants in Fee Simple Act 1877 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO ET QUADRAGESIMO PRIM0

A.	D. 1877.
no. ss.

812 Act-for declaring that all Grants in Fee Simple o f &and in the Province of Sou.th Austmlia heretofore made or hereafter to be made sjiall be construed to include all Minerals and Metals, including Gold and Silver, on or under such lands.

[Reserved, 21st December, 1877.1

doubts have arisen whether or not all minerals and P1eamble-

WHEREAS owner in fee simple of land heretoforc alienated from thc Crown, metals, more particularly gold and silver, belong to the	and it is desirable to remove such doubts, and to declare as is
hereinafter declared-BC it therefore Enactcd by thc Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the adkicc and consent of the
Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in
this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

Adelaide : By authority, W. C. Cox, Government Printer, North-temce.

1. The grant in fee simple of any land in South Australia Feesimpleof l anb t o include :ill

heretofore granted or hereafter to be granted shall be construed to minerals metals,

include and to cor,vey to the owner in fee simple for the time being incluJing gold and	silver.
of such land the absolute property in all mines and minerals including gold and silver (commonly termed Royal Metals), nothing whatever above or below the surface of the land being reserved by the Grown.

I reserve this Bill for the signification of Her Majesty's plcasure

thereon.

WM.