Parramatta Town Hall Act of 1878 No pth (NSW)

An Act to authorize the erection of a Town Hall and other buildings on land granted as a site for a Market in the Town of Parramatta and for other purposes therein mentioned. [4th February, 1879.]

WH E R E A S by a deed of grant bearing date the eleventh day of fifty-four under the Great Seal of the Colony of New South Wales May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

Her Majesty Queen Victoria did grant unto David Forbes Hugh Taylor James M'Boberts d iar ies Blakefield James Urquhart and James Edrop Commissioners duly elected for the management of the markets of the town of Parramatta under the provisions of the Act of Council third Victoria number nineteen the parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto to hold to the use of them and their successors Commissioners as aforesaid for ever as a site or place for a market for the use and convenience of the inhabitants of the town of Parramatta subject nevertheless to a proviso or condition for re-entry if the said land should be applied to other purposes or attempted to be alienated And whereas by virtue of the provisions of the " Parramatta Market Act of 1866 " the said Parramatta markets and all lands belonging thereto or held in trust for the purposes thereof were transferred to and vested in the Council of the Municipality of Parramatta aforesaid in trust for and subject to the several purposes and provisions of the "Municipalities Act of 1858" And whereas by virtue of the provisions of t h e ' ' Municipalities Act of 1867 " the said Municipality of Parramatta came to be designated a Borough and all lands theretofore vested in the Council of the said Municipality were thereafter vested in the body corporate of the said Borough And whereas another parcel of land has been granted to the said Borough as a site for such market as aforesaid suitable for the purpose And whereas it has been found expedient to build a Town Hall Municipal Council Chambers and offices and a Public Library for the use and convenience of the inhabitants of the said Borough and the said parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto is so situated as to afford a suitable site for such buildings as well as other buildings which may hereafter be required but the Council of the said Borough have no power to erect any such buildings thereon and it is expedient that they should possess such power 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 and by the authority of the same as follows :—

2. This Act shall be styled and may be cited as the " Parramatta Town Hall Act of 1878." SCHEDULE.

1. It shall be lawful for the Council of the Borough of Parra­ matta to erect or permit to be erected upon the said land described in the Schedule hereto or such part or parts thereof as shall be required suitable buildings for the purposes of a Town Hall Municipal Council Chambers and offices and Public Library or for such other public purposes as may be found necessary or requisite for the use and convenience of the inhabi­ tants of the said Borough and which the Council of the said Borough may deem it expedient to erect thereon and also to pull d o w n and remove or permit to be pulled down and removed any buildings now erected or being thereupon And all trusts and obligations now subsisting to main­ tain a market upon the said land shall henceforth cease and determine.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurements three roods and eighteen perches be the same more or less situated in the county of Cumberland town of Parramatta parish of Saint John and Colony of New South Wales Commencing at its north-west corner in Church-street and bounded on the north by a line of fence bearing east six degrees twenty minutes south four chains ninety-one links to the former public pound dividing it from various allotments on the east by a line of fence bearing south six degrees twenty minutes west one hundred and ninety-one links dividing it from the said pound premises to a former reserved lane leading from the pound aforesaid to Church-street on the south by that lane bearing west five degrees north three hundred and ninety links to Church-street and on the south-west by Church-street bearing north­ westerly two chains twenty-seven links to the point of commencement.