Registrar-General's Offices Act 1908 (NSW)

Act No. 15, 1908.

Hcgistrar-GeneraVs Offices.

Act No. 15, 1908.

An Act to sanction the convi)]etion of offic-c RK,:,sTrAu • , n T G enkuai .'s Uf f k 'ks

accommodation tor the lu'i>’istrar-(Teneral s	—
Department af (liancery-scpiare, and the carrying* ont of other works in (*onnection therewitli : and for ])iir])oses conseapuoit thereupon or incidental thereto. [15̂ 4 1)(~
rniiJx'r, 1908.]

'TTTIIEREAS, iu accordiinco witli tlio provisions of the Public Preamble.

V T Works Act, 1900, tlie Lei^'islative Assembly (lid, by resolution,

declare that it wasF expi'ilicmt to carry out a certain vork, namely, the completion of ollice accommodation tor tluv Registrar-General at Chancery-square : And whereas, on tlu' passing of the said n>solution, a statutory duty was by the said Act imposed on the Secretary tor Public Works to introduce a Rill into the said Assembly to sanction the cai’rying out ot the said work : R(> it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Kew South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1 . This Act mav be cited as the “ Registrar-General’s OtTices short titio.

Act, 1908.” ■ ' '

2. The carrying out of the works, more particularly described WorU siuirtioiicJ.

in the Schedule to this Act, is liercby sanctioned, and tlu( Secretary for Public AVorks, or the member of the Executive Council f(U’ the time being performing tlu' duties of the said Secretary, is hereby authorised to undertake and carry out the said works, subject to the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose shall be and shall have the powers and duties of a Constructing Authority Avithin the meaning of the Public AYorks Act, 1900.

3. The plan of tlic said works is the plan marked “ Pvegistrar- I’lan uf work.

General’s l)e 2)artment Xew Ofiic('s,” signed by tlu'Secretary for Public AÂ orks, and count('rsigncd by the Government Architect, and deposited in the public office of the said Secretary.

4 . The cost of carrying out the said Avorks, estimated at Cost, .and how

seventy-six thousand six hundred and fifty-eight j)ounds, may be defrayed from such Loan  ott's as arc iioav, or may hereafter be,

E a2)plicable

GG Act No. IG, 1908.

Sntliei'land to Cronulla Tramway.

applicable to that purpose, or from appropriations of the Public AVorks P'uud, or partly from such votes and ])artly from the said appropriations, and shall not under any circumstances exceed the estimated cost by more than ten per centum.

.SCHKDUI.K.

T hk site of the jji’oposed liuildino is situated on tlie east side of Queeii’s-square, the southern houndary facing tiollege-sti-eet and St. Mai’y's lioad, the eastern boundary fronting the road leading to the Domain entrance', and tlie northern side a propo.sed new road om? liundri'd and ten fi'ct with', as indicated U[)On the plans.

Tlie building is rectangular in plan, with an inner court-yard, and consi.sts of hasemont, ground, first, and second Moors, the main central block, facing the south, having a third Moor.

'Three ('iitrances will he pro\ ided one on the .southern side, fronting (lollege- s t r e e t ; one facing Queen’s-sc|uare ; and one in the northern facade, facing the proposed new road.

The construction of the building throughout is of a flre-proof character.

'The external walls to the le\cl of the ground-tloor will ho of trachyte, and above

this level they will be of freestone. 'Tin' internal walls, and the walls of the internal

court, will be of brick. Tlie general design is in the Tudor (lolhic style.