Law and Parliamentary Library Act 1873 (WA)

WESTE N AUSTRALIA.

ANNO TRICESIMO SEPTIMO

VICTORI REGIlk 2E.

No. XV.

AN ACT to make provision for the establishment of a

Law and Parliamentary Library.

[Assented to, 29th July, 1873.]

IIEREAS certain monies are now in the hands of the Preamble.

Registrar of the Supreme Court which it is conceived are never likely to be claimed by the parties entitled thereto ; and whereas it is considered expedient to devote such monies to the establish- ment of a Law and Parliamentary Library and to authorise the Governor to repay any of such sums out of the general revenue of the Colony in case that the funds at the disposal of the said Registrar should at any time hereafter be insufficient to meet the demands made upon him by reason of the application of the said monies to the establishment of a Library as aforesaid : Be it therefore enacted

by

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by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:—

Short Title. THIS Act may be cited as " The Law and 'Parliamentary Library Act, 1813."

Registrar of Supreme Court 2 THE Registrar of the Supreme Court shall on demand made	to pay a certain sum into to him in writing signed by the Governor pay to the Colonial
the Treasury. Treasurer the sum of Four hundred and twenty-eight pounds five

shillings and sevenpence.

Formation of a Library 3 THE Chief Justice and the Attorney General for the time Committee• being shall together with an elected member of the Legislative

Council to be appointed in that behalf by the said Council from time to time form the Law and Parliamentary Library Committee.

Such Committee to form a4 THE said Law and Parliamentary Library Committee shall

Library and make rules select and purchase such books as in their discretion seem best for a respecting its management. Law and Parliamentary Library, They shall determine where such

books when purchased shall be kept and the said books shall be deemed to be in their care and custody. They shall have power to make rules with respect to the use to be made of the same.

Certain persons to have 5 MEMBERS of the Executive and Legislative Council and

access to the Library. heads of Government departments shall have access to the said books at all reasonable times ; and other persons shall have access to the said books and be allowed to use them on such terms as to the said committee shall seem fit.

Authority to the Governor 6 IT shall be lawful for the Governor at any time after the said

to authorise a certain sum	sum of Four hundred and twenty-eight pounds five shillings and
to be paid for books pur-
chased for the Library.	sevenpence shall have been paid into the Treasury as aforesaid to authorise the Colonial Treasurer to pay any sum not exceeding Four hundred and twenty-eight pounds five shillings and sevenpence for such books as the said Law and Parliamentary Library Committee shall purchase.

Governor to make good to 7 IN case that it shall be made to appear to the Governor.

of a certain sum from the Court are insufficient by reason of the withdrawal from hiscaused by the withdrawal	Registrar any defic iency that the funds in the hands of the Registrar of the Supreme
Registrar. hands of the said sum of Four hundred and twenty-eight pounds,

five

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ee shillings and sevenpence to meet the demands made upon

pzSm it shall be lawful for the Governor by warrant under his

hand to authorise the Treasurer to pay out of the general assets of the Colony such sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate the said sum of Four hunched and twenty eight pounds five shillings and sevenpence as may be sufficient to make good the deficiency.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

FRED. A. WELD, Governor.

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By Authority; RICHAED PETTIER, Government Printer, Perth.