Jubilee Exhibition Act 1883 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO SEXTO ET QUADRAGESIMO

SEPTIMO

No. 292.

An Act to provide for the Holding a Jubilee International

Exhibition of Works of Industry and Art.

[Asseated to, Febrzkary 28th, 1884.1

HEREAS it is desirable to celebrate the Jubilee of thc foun- Preamble.

W dation of the colony of South Australia by holding an Inter-	national Exhibition of worlrs of industry and art a t Adelaide, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Aus- tralia, with the advice and conscat of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

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1, This Act may be citcd as "The Jubilee Exhibition Act, 1883." short title.

2, I n the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, Exhibition to

there shall be held, in Adelaide, a universal Exhibition of works

of industry and art, to be called “The Adelaide Jubilee &. Inter-

national Exhibition, 1887."

3. The Governor may from time to time appoint such persons as ~ovoxnor may appoint

he may think fit t o be Exhibition Commissioners, and may be their

cornis-

President. The Governor shall be es oficio a member and President of the Commission, and shall have power, from time to time, to appoint others of such Commissioners to be Vice-Presidents, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, such Commissioners shall crtlry out and superintend the said Exhibition, and shall haw exclusive control of all matters connected with the same, until the thirtyfirst day of

December,

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December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine and for such extended time, not exceeding two years, as the Governor may by proclamation appoint.

Incorporation of 4. Such Commissioners shall be a bodr politic and corporate by

Commissioners. the name of " The Exhibition ~ommissidners,~ and by that name shall have succession until the purposes for which they shall have been appointed shall have been respectively carried out or ended, and all claims, demands, and suits by or against them i r r their corporate character shall have been satisfied and concluded, and shall have n common seal bearing their corporate name as aforesaid, and by the same name shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all Courts and before Justices of the Peace.

Duties of 5. Save so far as otherwise directed by the Govcrnor, such Com-

Commissioners, missioners shall do all things necessary for providing, altering, and rnaintaiaing proper buildings and other accommodation for the said Exhibition, and for securing the most effective display of all articles received for the same: Provided that gcneral plans and an estimate of the cost of the proposed building he first approved by the Governor and Parliament.

Power to appoint 6. Thc Commissioners may nppoint an Executive Commissioner,

committees. Secretary, and other proper dficers aad servants, and may appoint and delegate any of their powers to executive and other corn mittecs, and may definc the respective duties of such cornmittees.

~ommiss ione r snu~ 7. The Commissioners, or a majority of them prcsent, at any

lations. and regum gencral meeting, shall lnvc power, from timc to time, to make, repeal, and altcr such rulrs and regulations as they may think fit fur the purpose of providing for-

(1.) The conduct of th& own proceedings:

(2.) The due management of the affairs of the Exhibition and its

(3.) The temporary admission or exclusion of the public, or any several departments :

portion thereof, or any individual, to or from the Exhihi-

tion buildings or grounds, or any part thereof, and for the

bchaviour to be observed therein:

(4:) Thc sums to be paid for such admission, and the manner in which all moneys received by the Commissioners shall be applied towards the objects and expenses of the said Exhibition: and

(5.) The purposes of public instruction, enjoyment, and entertain- ment to which any of the buildings or grounds, or any part thereof, shall be applied.

And such rules and regulations may impose reasonable penalties for

offences against the same, not exceeding Ten Pounds for each

offence, with or without further penalties for continuing offences,

a not

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not exceeding for any continuing offence One Pound for every day during which the offence continues; but all such rules and regula- tions as to penalties shall bc so framed as to allow in every case part only of the maximum penalty being ordered to be paid: And all such rules shall be sealed with the seal of the Commissioners, and submitted to the Governor for approval, and when so approved shall be published in the Government Gazette, and shall be laid before Parliament within fourteen days after the framing thereof, if Parliament be then sitting, and, if Parliament be not then sitting, then within fourteen days after the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, and until such publication such rules and regulations

slr~all have no force or effect.

may from time to time be made in that behalf by the Governor, and 8. Subject to the conditions contained in any regulations which duty.

published in thc Gocernmer~t Gazette, and on rccciving a statutory declaration from any importer or exhibitor, or his agent, of the intention of the declarant to exhibit at the said Exhibition any articlcs specified in such declaration, the Collector of Customs may, by order under his hand, authorise the admission into this province by land or sea of any such asticlcs so intended to be exhibited, and the buildings provided for the Exhibition, or any of them, may be declared and be bond and baggage warehouses, under the management of officers of Customs, and for exempting the importers whose goods are warehoused therein from the necessity of giving bond, shall be deemed bond and baggage warehouses, the property of the Crown, within the sixty-eighth section of the Customs Act, 1864.

9. No Building Act or regulations relaiing to the construction Building Acts not to apply to Exhibition

of bliildings shall apply to any buildings to be constructed under buildings.

the authority of the Commissioners for the purposes of the said

Exhibition.

10. The exhibition of any new invention at thc said Exhibition new

inventions not to

shall not, nor shall the publication, during the period of the holding prcjudioo patent

of such Exhibition, of any description of such invention, nor shall "ghtB''d.

the user of such invention, under the direction of the said Com-

missioners, prejudice the right of any person to register such inven-

tion, or invalidate any Letters Patent that may be granted for such

invention.

11. The exhibitidn at the said Exhibition of any new design Exhibition of dea iw

capable of being registered, or any article to which such design is +,iond	not to prejudice pro-
applied, shall not, nor shall the publication, during the period of the holding of such Exhibition, of any description of such design, prejudice the right of any person to register provisionally or other- wise such design, or invalidate any provisional or other registration that may be granted for such design.

12. From the date of the appointment of the Commissioners c~mnhionm tobe

truateea of lands

until required for Exbibii

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tion and doecribed in	until the thir ty-firs t day of December, one thousand eight hundred
Schedule.
and eiehty-aine, or such extended time as may be appointed as aforesaid, the lands described in thc Schedule hereto, with their appurtenance^, shall be in the exclusive possession and control of the Commissioners, who shall have power to stop, enlarge, or alter all roads and ways over the premises, and shall use the premises for providing for the holding of the said Exhibition thereon, and performing the other duties entrusted to them as aforesaid, until
the said thirtv-first day of December, one thcmsand eight hundred
and eighty-nine, or such extended time as may be appointed as aforesaid, and shall then yicld up possession of the premises and the several parts thereof to the persons or bodics politic entitled thereto.

Penalty on false	13. If	any person commits any of the offences following, that is
representations ae to

haye obtained medals, to say-

, Falsely represents that he has obta'ined a medal or certificate from the Exhibition Commissioners in respect of any article

or process for which a medal or certificate has been awardcd

by the Commissioners:

11. Falsely represents (knowing such representation to be false) that any other person has obtained a medal or certificate from the Exhibition Commissioners:

m. Falsely represents (knowing such representation to be false) that any article sold or exposed for sale has been made by, or by any process invcnted by, a person who has obtained in respect of such article or process a medal or certificate from the Exhibition Commissioners:

R e shall incur the following penalties, that is to say-

I. For the first offence he shall forfcit to Her Majesty a sum not

exceeding Five Younds:

11. For any subsequent offence he shall forfeit to Her Majesty a

sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, or be imprisoned for a

period not exceeding six months.

14. Every proceeding for offences under the last preceding section

~ t m m a r y jurisaic-

tion. .	may be heard and determined in a summary nlanner under the provisions of Ordinance No. 6 of 1850, or of any Acts extending or amending the same, and all convictions and orders in respect of such offences mav be enforced as therein provided. And it s h ~ l l not be	.I	I.
No proof of damage

aecessary. necessary in any such proceeding to prove that any person has sustained damagc by reason of any representation made by the defendant or to set out any copy or &c-simile of any medal or certificate,

hvmg of ciril rights 15. NO provision of this Act shall take away or -prejudicially

and remedies. affect any suit, process, proceeding, right, or remedy which any person may be entitled to at law, in equity, or otherwise, nor exempt

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or excuse any person from answering or making discovcry upon examination as a witness, or upon interrogatories or otherwise, in any suit or other civil proceeding: Provided always that no evidcnce, statement, or discovery which any person shall be required

to give or make shall be admissible in evidence against such person

in support of any information for a misderneanor a t common law or

otherwise, or in any proceeding under the provisions of this Act.

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

this Bill.

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON, Governor.

SCHEDULE.

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SCHEDULE,

All that portion of the Government and corporation reserves, in the city of Adc-

and Frome-road on the east, and King William-road on the west, which is included

in the following description of its boundaries, that is to say :-Commencing at the

north-west angle of the Government IIouse domain; thcncc running north-easterly

146ft.; thence easterly 140ft. : thence east 210ft.; thence sontherly 20ft.; thence

easterly 345ft.; thence southerly in continuation of the eastern wall of the two-storied

building of the Destitute Asylum, 680ft.; thence west 20ft.; thence south 135ft.

to the footpaths of North-terracc; thcnce easterly 60ft.; thence northerly 200ft.;

thence easterly 80ft.; thence southerly 200ft.; thence easterly 380ft. to thc south-

west corner of the University block; thence northerly G O O f t. along tllc mestcrn

boundary of the University block; thence easterly 180ft. along the north boundary

of the University block; thcnce southerly 60Uft. along the eastern boundary of the

laide, situate between the Torrens lake on the north, and North-terrace on the ~ o u t h, thencc north-westerly, on the western boundary of the Frome-road, 2,00Oft., to the intersection of this line with the southern bank of the first creek; thence by the southern bank of the Torrens lake to the point where the bank intersects the cor- poration reserve in the north-east angle of the said Government reserve; thence south-easterly 40ft.; thence south-westerly 209ft.; thence north-westerly 40ft. to banks of the said lake; thence along the southern banks of the said lnkc to the north-eastcm angle of the corj,oration reserve in the north-westerly angle of the Government reserve; thence southerly 133ft.; thence westerly 298ft., intersecting the eastern boundary of King William-road; thence southerly 815ft., along the eastern boundary of King William-road, to the point of commcncemcnt, and also all that portion of the plantation on North-terrace situated immediately bouth of the block of land hercinbefore described, and extending from the old institute on the west to the Frome-road on the east.

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