Manning River Harbour Works Act 1899 (NSW)

Act No. 7, 1899.

An Act to sanction the carrying out of Harbour Works at Manning River. [24th October, 1899.]

WH E R E A S , in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act of 1888, the Legislative Assembly did, by resolution, declare'	that it was expedient that a certain work, namely, Harbour Works at
Manning River, as referred by the said Assembly to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, should be carried out : And whereas the said resolution imposed a statutory duty on the Secretary for Public Works to introduce a Bill into the said Assembly to sanction the carrying out of the said work : 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. The carrying out of the said work (more particularly described in the Schedule to this Act) is hereby sanctioned; and the Secretary for Public Works, or the member of the Executive Council for the time being performing the duties of the said Secretary, is hereby authorised to undertake and carry out the said work, subject to the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose shall be, and shall have the powers and duties of, a Constructing Authority within the meaning of the Public
Works Act of 1888. 2.

2. The plan of the said work is the plan marked " Manning River Entrance," signed by the Secretary for Public Works, and countersigned by the Engineer-in-Chief for Public Works, and deposited in the public office of the said Secretary.

3. The cost of carrying out the said work, estimated at one hundred thousand pounds, may be defrayed from such loan votes as are now or may hereafter be applicable to that purpose, and shall not under any circumstances exceed the estimated cost by more than ten per centum.

4. This Act may be cited as the "Manning River Harbour

Works Act, 1899."

S C H E D U L E .

Improvements to the Entrance to the Manning River.

1. The extension for a distance of nine thousand feet in a south-wester ly direct ion of the wes te rn t ra in ing-wal l from the end of the exis t ing wall, marked " 1 " on plan.

2. The const ruct ion of a b reakwate r on the n o r t h e r n side of the en t rance ,

ex tending easter ly from the ou te r end of n o r t h e r n training-wall for	a d is tance	of	n ine
h u n d r e d and fifty feet, marked " 2 " on plan.

3. The cons t ruc t ion of a breakwater on t h e sou the rn side of the en t rance ,

ex t end ing from the end of the Sou th Spit in an easter ly direct ion for a distance of two
thousand six hundred feet, marked " 3 " on plan.

4. The const ruct ion of a bar r ie r bank and rubble facing on the r igh t bank of t h e river, ex tend ing from the root of the southern b reakwate r in a south-wester ly direct ion for a dis tance of t en thousand feet, marked " 4 " on plan.