Immigration Act 1857 (SA)

No. 4.

An Act to authorize the nppnintrne?zt qf an .Emigration A p t and to

encourtxqc azzd regulate Irnnzt$ration into t?~e Province of South

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[Assented to, 19th Kovcmbcl; 1857.1 Lz /' zI.-

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AS it is expcdicnt to provide for the appointment of an Preamble,

WHERE there, and the mamgemont and conduct of emigration therefrom to Agent in the United Kingdom, for the sclcction of' emigrants	this Province, and Also to afford cncouragem&t and assistance to
voluntary immigration to this Province-Be i t therefore Enacted
by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and 1Xouse of
Assrmbly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. It shall be lawful for the Governor, with the advice and consent Governorlnay appoint

with the like advicc and consent, to remove such person and appoint mother in his place.

of the Executiw Council, to appoint a person to be Emigration Emigration Agent.

2. Such Emigration Agent shall give security to the satisfaction Agent to f;ivesecurit~.

of the Governor, for the due performance of the duties of his office, and for thc clue expending and accounting for all moneys which may be intrusted to him or which he may receive by virtue of his office.

3. It shall be lawful for such Emigration Agent, subject to tlic Agent map appoht

aIiprova1 and confirmation of the Governor, to appoint such clerks clerl'.rlrr*

ancl sub-agents as may be necessary for the performance of the duties

intrusted to him.

4. I n the selection of emigrants, and in the conduct of emigration, Agent t n obey i ~ - s t rnc ions from

the said Emigration Agent shall be guided bg and obey all inst,rlx- G ayernor.

D tions

tions which he may receive from the Governor, transmitted through the Commis&oner of Crown Lands and Immigration: Provided that the persons to be selected as emigrants or to be assistcd by the issue of embarkation orders, shall be of the laboring class, and shall con- sist of persons natives of Xngland, Scotland, and Ireland, as nearly as may be in proportion to their respective populations, and of both sexes in equal numbers.

Governor may frame

regdations for issue 5, I t shall be lawful for the Governor, with the advicc and consent

ofembarkation	of the Executive Council, from time to time, to frame, annul, alter,
and remirsion certi-
ficatcs.	md vary regulations for the issue of embarkation orders, defining

\I	the terms upon which, and the class and sexes of persons to whom, the same may be granted, and also for the issue of remission certificates to be taken in payment for land to pcrsons who shall have introduced im- migrants of the laboring chss into the said Province: Provided that no such remission certificate shall be granted unless the person
in respect of whom the same is panted would have been eligible
to have been selected as an emigrant under any such regulation as aforesaid in force at the time when such immigrant shall have been so introduced, nor unless such person shall have resided as a laborer for at least two years in the said Province.

Regulations and in- 6. All regulations framed under the authority hereof, and all in-

structione to be pub- structions which may, from timc to time, bc transmitted to the

lished and laid before

Parliament.	Emigration Agent shall be forthwith published in the Sozcth Aw- tralian Government Gazette for general information, and shall be, within one week from their publication, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, then within one week from the next meeting of Parliament, hid upon the table of cach House of Parliament.
Treasurer to receive
rrmission certihates	7, I t shall be lawful for the Treasurer to accept any remission cer- tificates which may be grantcd in conformity with the regulations s0 hereby authorized to be made in ptyment for land to thc extent of
in payment for land.
the sum therein mentioned to be remitted.

Adelaide : Printed by%thority, by W. C.