Sandalwood toll amendment (1847) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO DUODECIMO

VICTORI1E REGIN2E.

No. XV.

An Ordinance to provide for the reduction

or modification of the Toll upon Sandal-

wood, and for the appropriation thereof.

HEREAS in the tenth year of the Reign of Her present Ma- Preamble.

amongst other things, that a toll or charge of ten shillings shall heWjesty an Ordinance was passed, by which it is enacted

due and payable upon every ton weight of Sandal-wood cut and pre- pared for shipment, to the Collector of Revenue or Sub-Collector of

Revenue

12th Viet, No. 15. 1849.

Revenue of the port whereat the same is intended to be shipped ; and whereas by the eighth section of the said Ordinance a power is given. to the Governor to suspend the operation of the said Ordinance for such time as he may deem expedient, but no provision is made for reducing or modifying the amount of the said toll, so as to meet any temporary depression or considerable fluctuation in the price of Sandal-wood ; and whereas it is expedient to make such provision; Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent

Government, wi th aavicc of the Legislative Council thereof, that it shall be lawful for theor Executive Council, to r i6sue Proclamation re. Governor, with the advice of the Executiv Council, by and Procla-

Toil upon Eandol•nrood. .in any way to modify the amount of the said toll, but so as in no(hi eing cite amount of mation issued by him for that purpose from time to time, to reduce or

case to raise it above the sum of ten shillings, as established by the

Ordinance above mentioned.

Appropriation of proceeds II. AND be it enacted, that all proceeds arising from the said ir.

of 'refl. toll shall, after deducting the expenses of collecting and managing the same, be paid over by the Collectors thereof to the Colonial Treasurer as a special account, and shall be appropriated to the con- struction and repair of roads, bridges, and other public lines of communication, by warrant of the Governor for that purpose.

CHARLES FITZGERALD,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

Passed the Councill 9th May, 1849. 3

THOMAS N. YULE,

Acting Clerk of the Council.

Printed by authority of the Government, by E. Stirling, Perth.