Labour Settlements Act Amendment Act of 1894 (NSW)

WH E R E A S it is expedient to amend the "Labour Settlements Act" : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,	by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
1. Tins Act may be cited as the "Labour Settlements Act Amendment Act of 1891," and shall be read with and as forming part of the " Labour Settlements Act," fifty-six Victoria number thirty-
four, hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act,

No. XXVI.

An Act to amend the " Labour Settlements

Act." [5th June, 1894.]

2. No twi ths t and ing a n y t h i n g in t h e P r inc ipa l A c t t h e Minis te r

m a y r ecommend to be paid to any Board of Control establ ished there­ under , and t h e Colonial Treasurer may , from a n y moneys voted for t he purpose , pay to such Boards any s u m or sums t h e Minis te r m a y deem necessary or expedient , provided t h a t t h e aggrega te a m o u n t to be advanced by way of loan shal l no t when t a k e n toge ther w i th any moneys advanced before t he commencemen t of this A c t exceed for each

enrolled m e m b e r —

(a) W h o is head of a family dependen t upon him—fifty pounds .

(b) W h o is a marr ied person w i t h o u t a family dependen t upon

him— forty pounds .

(c) W h o is an u n m a r r i e d person over t h e age of twen ty -one years (which t e rms shall be held to have inc luded and to inc lude a bachelor , a spinster , a widower, or a w idow)—th i r ty pounds :

Provided t h a t t he a m o u n t s hereby sanct ioned shall no t be paid to a greater n u m b e r of persons t h a n m a y be ent i t led to receive the same a t t h e passing of this A c t : Provided also t ha t t he Minis ter before m a k i n g

a n y advance beyond the amoun t s provided for in t he Pr inc ipa l	Act ,
and from t ime to t ime thereaf ter ,	shal l be satisfied t ha t t he improve­

m e n t s made upon the Labour Se t t l ement a rc of a va lue a p p r o x i m a t i n g to the aggrega te a m o u n t of money previously advanced by the Crown.

3. I n a n y case where a Labour Se t t l ement has been or may hereafter be in i t ia ted wi th moneys provided by the enrolled members , t h e Colonial Treasurer m a y on the Minis te r ' s r ecommenda t ion pay to t he Board in one sum. or by ins ta lments according as the Min is te r m a y t h i n k fit, subject to t he provisions for r epayment , as provided by section six of t h e Pr inc ipa l Ac t , an a m o u n t no t exceeding t h e appraised va lue of such improvement s as shal l have been made on the L a b o u r Se t t l ement by or at t h e expense of t h e members thereof. The appraise­ m e n t of the value of such improvements shal l be made by any person or by t he Local L a n d Board of the distr ict , as the Min is te r m a y appoint or d i rec t : Provided tha t the t e r m " i m p r o v e m e n t s " shall wi th respect to any Labour Se t t lement be held to inc lude any live stock or work ing p lan t t he jo int proper ty of such S e t t l e m e n t : Provided also

t h a t the aggrega te a m o u n t to be so paid shal l not w h e n taken , toge ther

w i t h a n y moneys advanced before t h e commencemen t of this Ac t , exceed for each enrolled m e m b e r t he sums specified in section two

hereof.

4. The Governor may , by proclamat ion in t h e Gazette, w i t h d r a w

from lease or promise of lease unde r t he Pr inc ipa l Act , w i t h o u t com­
pensat ion, any land requ i red for roads, sites for schools, publ ic bui ld ings , or for recreat ion, or o ther general purpose in connection wi th such set t lement . A n y such p roc lamat ion m a y be cancelled or

modified by proclamat ion in t h e Gazette.

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