River Murray Waters (Amendment) Act 1916 (NSW)

RIVER MURRAY WATERS

(AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 25, 1916.

An Ac t to a m e n d the River M u r r a y W a t e r s Ac t ,

1915.       [Assented to , 19th Apri l , 1916.]

lative Council a n d Legislative Assembly of New South	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­
Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, as follows -
1 . This Act may be cited as the "Rive r Murray Waters (Amendment) Act, 1916 ", and shall be construed as one with the River Murray Waters Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act).
2 . (1) The following words are added at the end of section live of the Principal A c t : — " Nothing in such ratification and approval shall he taken to render the Commonwealth of Australia liable to payment of any greater sum than one million pounds in respect of the cost of carrying out the works to be provided for under the Agreement."
(2) The above words shall be deemed to have been added to the said section at the time of the passing of the Principal Act.
3 . The agreement shall, for the purposes of suhsec- tion two of section three of the Principal Act, be deemed to have been ratified by the River Murray Waters Act, 1915, of the Parliament of the Commomwealth of Australia. G O V E R N M E N T