No. XXX.
An Act to amend the Hay Irrigation Act and to repeal the Hay Irrigation Act Amendment Act, 1895. [13th November, 1896.]
| BE | it enacted by the Queen ' s Most Exce l len t Majesty, by and with t h e advice and consent of t h e Legislat ive Council and Legislat ive |
| Assembly of N e w South Wales | in | P a r l i a m e n t | assembled, and by the |
| au tho r i t y | of t h e same, as | fo l lows:— |
| 1. ( i) The Governor may, by notification in the Gazette, | appoint |
six persons, as follows :—
| (a) | Three persons resident in t he L a n d Distr ic t of H a y ; and |
| (b) t h ree officers of t he Pub l i c | Service, |
| as members of t he H a y | I r r iga t ion T r u s t ; and the | said persons | and |
| the i r successors shall const i tu te the body corporate of t he | H a y |
| I r r i ga t ion | Trus t . |
| The t rus t so const i tu ted , and the members thereof, shall | have |
t h e powers conferred, and be subject to the liabilities imposed on the H a y I r r iga t ion Trus t and the members thereof respectively by t h e
| H a y | I r r iga t ion Act , or heretofore incur red unde r t ha t | Act . |
( i i ) The first appo in tmen t as aforesaid of member s of the t rus t shall be made as soon as pract icable after th is A c t takes effect, and the reupon t h e counci l of the mun ic ipa l distr ict of H a y for the t ime be ing shal l cease to be t he body author ised to carry out t he H a y
| I r r iga t ion | Ac t .
( i i i ) I f t h e Governor shall a t any t ime deem it expedient |
t h a t any person should cease to be a m e m b e r of t h e t rus t , t he Governor m a y call upon such person to resign or may remove; h im from the t rus t , and the Governor shall , as soon as pract icable , after t he occur r ing of any vacancy appoint , by notification in t h e Gazette, some
| other person to be a m e m b e r of the | t rus t . |
| 2. (i) The H a y | Ir r igat ion Trus t m a y elect a pres ident and |
appoint such officers as it may t h i n k necessary for the purpose of ca r ry ing out the provisions of the H a y I r r iga t ion Act as hereby amended .
| ( i i ) The said t rus t may , b y ag reement | wi th t he | lessee, |
exchange a n y land let by the t ru s t before or after the day when this A c t t akes effect for o ther land more; convenient ly s i tuated for the supply and delivery by the t ru s t of "water on the land.
| 3 . Sect ion | t h i r t y - two | of | the | H a y | I r r iga t ion | Ac t | is | hereby |
| amended by subs t i t u t ing t he words " sections twen ty - th ree and | twenty- |
| f o u r " | for | the | words '"sect ions | th i r ty | and | t h i r t y - o n e " | in t he | said |
| section. |
| 4. | The | H a y | I r r iga t ion | A c t | A m e n d m e n t | Act , | 1895, | is hereby |
repealed, and the Schedule to th i s A c t shall s tand in t h e place of tin Schedule to t h e H a y I r r iga t ion A c t : Provided tha t the Governor may
| bv notification in t h e Gazette | amend the Schedule to th i s Ac t by |
en la rg ing or con t rac t ing the boundar ies there in described. A n d the Schedule so amended shall be deemed to be t h e Schedule to this A c t . A n d all land included in t he Schedule to t he H a y I r r iga t ion A c t or in t h e Schedule to t he H a y I r r iga t ion A c t A m e n d m e n t Act , 1895, b u t
| no t included in t h e Schedule to th i s Act , shall he Crown | lands w i t h i n |
| t he mean ing of | t he Crown L a n d s | Ac t s . |
| 5. | Tins Act shall bo const rued as one wi th | t he | H a y | I r r i g a t i o n |
| Act , | and | m a y | be cited | as | t h e | " H a y | I r r iga t ion | ( A m e n d m e n t ) | Act , |
| 1896 . " |
SCHEDULE.
County of Waradgery, parish of Hay: Commencing on the right bank of the Murrumbidgee River, at the south extremity of the east side of Bourke-street; and bounded thence by that side of that street and its prolongation north to the south eastern boundary of section 9of the subdivision of the Hay Irrigation Area, as shown on plan catalogued Misc. 104, Hay, by part of that boundary south-westerly, and by the west boundary of that section and its prolongation north to the south-eastern boundary of section 10, by part of that boundary a line and the south-eastern boundary of section 14 south-westerly, and by part of its west boundary north to a point east from the south-east corner of section 15 ; thence by a line bearing westerly, parts of which form the southern boundaries of sections 15, 20, 27, 37, 38, 49, 50, 50, and 60, to the extremity of the south-western boundary of section 60 ; thence by the westernmost boundary of that section north to the south boundary of the Permanent Common at Day, dedicated 10th May, 1868, by part of that boundary east, and by part of the cast boundary of the common north to a point west from the north-west corner of section 64; thence by a line easterly, parts of which form the northern boundaries of sections 64, 65, 55, 44, 42, 43, 32, and 31, to the west boundary of section 20 ; thence by a line northerly, parts of which form part of the western boundary of that section, and the western boundary of section 22 northerly to the north-western corner of the latter section, by the north boundary of that section a line and the north boundary of section 21 east, and by a line south, parts of which form the east boundaries of sections 21, 20, 10, and 18, to the south-east corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence by a line and the south boundary boundary of that portion north-easterly, and by its east boundary a line and part of of portion 127 (appropriated for racecourse) of 350 acres east, by the south-eastern
the east boundary of portion 130 north to a point west from the north-west corner of section 2, by a line and the north boundary of the latter section a line and the north boundary of section 1 east, and by the east boundary of the latter section a line and the east boundary of section 3 south to the extremity of the latter boundary; thence by a line, parts of which form the south-eastern boundaries of sections 3, 5, and 6 south westerly to a point north from the north-east corner of section 30, in the town of Day ; thence by a line south to that corner, by the north boundary of that section and its prolongation (forming also part of the south side of Murray-street) west to the west side of Ward-street, by that side of that street south to the north side of Short-street,
| by part of that side of that street west to the Murrumbidgee River; and by that river | downwards, to the point of commencement,—but exclusive of any part of the area |
| appropriated for the Great South-western Railway. |