State Advances Act 1895 (SA)
ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO OCTAVOET QUINQUA- GESIMO
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No. 633. An Act relating to State Advances and other matters.
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E it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South
Aus-
Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present | B tralia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative |
Parliarnen t assembled, as follows: |
I. | 'I. |
PRELIMINARY.
2, | The chief objects of this Act are t o provide, as follows :-- |
(l) For the establishment of a State Bank for the purposes of this
Act:
(2) For State guarantees for the payment of all mortgage bondsissued under this Act:
(3) For the raising, by mortgage bonds, ofa State Advances Fund,to be placed a t the disposal of the bank for State advances:
(4) For the making of State advances out of the State Advances
Fund to farmers and other producers, to local authorities,
and in aid of industries, at reasonable rates, on convenient
terms, and upon poper securities:
(5) For the keepingof accounts.
Governor by Proclamation. | ||
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- |
" The Bank" means ('The State Bank of South Australia"
established by this Act:
"Board " means the Board of Trustees of the bank:
" Crown lease " means a lease or agreement for sale of lands
of the Crown granted or made by or on beha71f of the Crown:
"Farmers and other producers " includes farmers, graziers, and
persons engaged in agricultural, horticultural, or pastoral
pursuits:
Rural industries " includes the freezing of meat for export, the manufacture of wine, the manufacture of dairy produce,
and any other industry which may by Proclamation be declared a rural industry:" Local authority " means any Municipal Corporation, District Council, Drainage Board, or other corportte body within the province authorised to raise money on the secnrity of its rates:
The State Advances Fund " cornpriscs a11 funds of the bank
raised under Part IV. of this Act:
Mortgage bonds" means mortgage bonds issued pursuant
to this Act:
a Proclamation" means Proclamation by the Governor in the
Government Gazette :Prescribed " means prescribed by Act or regulations:
cc Permanent improvements " includes houses and other buildings,fences, dams, reservoirs, underground tanks, and all other
improvements which the Board shall deem to be permanent, | and in connection with any industry includes such buildings, |
machinery, and appliances as thc Board shall consider necessary for the purposes of such industry: |
Treasurer " means the Treasurer of the province:
" Trustee " means
a member of the Board.
Act is divided into parts as follows :- |
PART | 11.-Establishment | and Management of the Bank: |
PART | 1x1.-State | Guarantees; |
IV.-The | State Advances Fund and State Advances: |
~.-Acco~nts and Audit: | |||
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The Btate Advances Act.-1 895.
PART 11.
ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK.
(a ) The State Bank.
( b ) Trustees.
(a) | THE |
(3, | bank. |
tralia," is hereby cstablishcd for the purposes of this Act.
7, The Bank shall be a body corporate, with perpetual successionIncorporation. and a common scal, and the right and liability to sue and be sued.
8. The Rank shall have the following general powers in addi- g~;;;:~:;;:,"~
tion to any othcr powc14s conferred by this Act, that is to say, power- | establish |
(1) To establish agencies of the Bank at any post offices or else-
where in the province:
(2) To purchase, take on lcase, or otherwise acquire, and to sell,demise, or otherwise dispose of, for thc purposes of the
Bank, any rcal or personal estate.
(9) To maintain, repair, and improve any real or personal property
of the Bank.
9, The Bank shall be managed by a board consisting of fiveManagement. trustees appointed by the Governor.
shall not be removable therefrom, unless an address praying for such removal be presented to the Governor from both Houses of the Legislature in one Session, or from one House in each of two consecutive Sessions.
incapacity or misbehavior, but in every such case a full statement ,,,& trustee from his ofice, such suspension shall cease; but if an address shall be presented, as mentioned in section 11, the Governor | . | , | , | , | , |
of the cause of such suspension shall be laid before both Houses
of Parliament, if then -sitting, or if they be not sitting, then
within seven days after the commencement of the next Session;
and if an address shall not within one month afterwards during
that Session be presented to the Governor by the Legislative
12. The
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PART XI.
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chairman of the Board. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board, but, in his absence from any meeting, the trustees present may select one of their number to be chairman of the meet- ing. The chairman shall have a deliberative vote, and, in case of an equality of votes, an additional or casting vote. | |
exercise all the powers and discrctions of the Board and of the Bank. | |
meeting shall be deemed the decision of the Board and of the Bank. |
D i ~ ~ f i ~ a t i o ~ f o r
incapacitated from holding a Crown office of profit, or is a director, or |
ma[ager, or member of the managing
body o r committee of any banking company carrying on hnsiness in the province; or of any society or company carrying on business within the province, and one of whose objects is the: lending of money on the security of freehold or leasehold lands in the provirlce; or who isam officer or servant ofany such companyor society. No member of the Legis- lative Council or House of Assembly, until he shall have ceased to be a member for at least twelvc nmnths, shallbe appoiuted a trustee or Inspecto~Gcneral, and any person while a trustee or Inspector- General becoming a candidate for either House of Parliament shall cease to be a trustee or Inspector-General.
L ~ ~ c Y or ineolvenc~ 16. If any trustee shall become a lunatic, orbe adjudicated
to disqualify trustee. insolvent, convene a meeting ,of or compound with his creditors, orotherwise take advantage of any Act for the relief of insolvent debtors, he shall cease to be a trustee, and shall be disqualified for re-appointment.
in which any trustee is directly or indirectly interested as director, |
Moneys may be
Bank from depositing money with any bank which is proclaimed by the Governor as a bank in which dcposits may be made by trustees | ||
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a prescribed fee not exceeding Two Guineas for each Board meeting
he shall attend; but no trustee shall, during any one year of office,
receive more than Two Hundred and Ten Pounds for such fees.
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Mone 8 owihg to
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Advances |
claims and charges whatsoevcr, except Crown debts, and except the | |
first charge created by law in respect of the bank notes issued by such other bank. |
(d) | A N D | OFFICERS: |
21. The Trustees shall, subject to the approval of the Governor,f $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ m l,
amoirit an 1nsx)ector-General of the | |
s6d.l be the chi$ executive officer of t.he I3akk. he Trustees shafl also, subject to the like approval, appoint all such officers and servants as may be necessary for efficiently conducting the business | |
of the Bank. |
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where practicable, and may take part in such meetings; but he shall
ing8. not vote on any qucstion, and his abscnce shall not invalidate any
meeting.
shall be referred to the Inspector-General, and he shall report in |
writing to tlrc Board on every such application, and on the proposed securities therefor. H e shall also report to the Board on any matter as to which the Board may rcquire his rcport; and, in addition to any other duties which may be prescribed, he shall, under the Board, control the issue of mortgage bonds, the making of State advances, and the general operations of the Bank.
shall not exceed |
One Thousand Pounds per annum.
PL4RT 111.
STATE GUARANTEES. |
payment by the Bank to the persons entitled thereto of all mortgage bonds and the interest thereon. |
of all sums which shall become payable by the Government under
the preceding section,
THE
STATE ADVANCES FUNDAND STATE
ADVANCES.
mortgage bonds, and shall be at the disposal of the Bank for the purpose of State advances.
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the total amount thereof current at any time shall never exceed |
either- |
(a ) The total amount due to the bank for State advances; or
( b ) Three Million Pounds sterling.
thereon shall be a charge upon the State Advances Fund, and upon all securities held by the Bank in respect of State advances; but so that such charge shall not affect the power of disposition possessed by the
bank in respect of such fund and securitics.
or some multiple thereaf, and shall bear interest at the rate of not exceeding Four Pounds per centurn per annum, | ||
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for sale, a t such times and places, in such sums, on such conditions,
and in such manner as may be approved by the Governor.
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appoint agents
to negotiate or contract for the sale of any mortgagc bonds, and may, directly or through such agents, sell, or negotiate for the sale of, any bonds the sale whereof shall have been authorised by the Governor.
wemptionof
ballot in manner p~.escribed, and their numbers and values, and the places appointed for the palyment thereof, shall be forthwith advertised by the
Bank in the GovernmentGazette.
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The State Advances Act.-1 895.
37, Any mortgage bonds so advertised shall be redeemed on
presentation at the chief office of the Rank, or such other place | |
in Adelaide as may be appointed; and from the day fixed by the | |
advertisement, not being earlier than six months after the date of the publication of the |
ment of State advances the Bank shall redeem or purchase mortgage | |
bonds, so far as such moneys remaining in their hands will permit. | |
sioners of | Audit, and shall not be re-sold or re-issued. |
State adva.nces may be made by the Rank out of the State Advances Fund to farnlers and other producers, to local authorities, | |
and in aid of industries. |
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41. Such advances may be made- | |
I. To farmers and other producers and in aid of industries upon |
the security of lands held in fee-simple, or under Crown
lease:
11. To local authorities upon the security of their rates.
of industries shall exceed three-fifths of the unimproved value | |
of the fee-simple of the land, and of the permanent improvements (if any) thereon; and if the land |
lease, the amount of the advance shall not exceed thc sum which | |
might be advanced if the lands were held in fee-simple, less- |
(a ) The amount of all unpaid purchase-money where the land isheld under or with an obligation or right to purchase; or
(6) The unimproved value of the land where the land is held with-
out any such obligation or right.
44,
In no case shall the unimproved value of any land, for theUnimprovedvcllue. purpose of any State advance, be taken to exceed the azno~int
determined by the then last previous assessment by the Com-
misssioner of Taxes.
45, State advances to be made to any local authority shall be for |
the purpose of purchasing, constructing, or otherwise acquiring bridges, roads, tramways, wharves, jetties, baths, gasworks, electric Lighting works, or permanent improvements, or providing for the redemption or conversion of existing loans. 46,
The
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The Xtate Advances A c t. 1 8 9 5.
The amount of all State advances to any local authority shall |
Limitation of amount. not exceed either-
the works proposed to be constructed or acquired, or the amount of thc loan to be redeemcd or converted; or |
( 6 ) Such a sum as an annual rate of Six Pence in the Pound on the assessed annual value of the ratable property of such local authority would be sufficient to repay with interest, pur- suant to this Act,
Limitation of sd-
company in excess of Five Thousand Pounds. | |
wise, at the option of the Bank. | |
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that the borrowing of such advance and the raising and appropriation of such rates for the due repayment of such advance and the intercst thereon have been duly authorised by the local authority and the ratepayers concerned, and that a deed charging such rates with the due repayment of such advance and interest has been executed by the local authority in the form and manner prescribed:
(c) Nor unless the Inspector-General shall have certified to the Board that all the requirements of this Act have been duly observed, and that the borrower is entitled to the immediate receipt of the advance proposed to be made:
(d) Nor shall any application for a loan be considered unless the Inspector-General shall have received from the applicant a deposit sufficient to cover the actual cost of any valuation which he may deem necessary in respect of such application. |
of mortgage.
covenanta;mpl~eain
with any additions which may be set out in such mortgage. |
52, Every
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terest, and the amount of interest accruing between the time of the
state advances to be advance and the next first day of April or October, whichever shallrepaid with interest* first happen, shall be paid to or d e d k e d by the bank at the time ofthe advance.
53, The rate of interest shall be as agreed by the Bank and the Rate
of interest.borrower, and shall not exceed Five Pounds per centum per annurn.
54, | After the first day of | April or October, as the case may be, first | instal- |
following the making of the advance, the principal and interest shall
~ ~ ~ ~, " ~ ~ ' ' p d be repaid by equal half-yearly instalments extending over any term
of years rncntioncd in ~ c h e d d e D and agreed by the Dank and the
borrower.
55, The amounts mentioned in Schedule D show the half-yearly Instalments as in
instalments of | principal and interest payable in respcct of | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | $ | ~ | c | ~ | ~ |
reduced,
One Hundred Pounds, bearing interest at the rate of five per
evenb. centurn per annum; but if any lower rate shall be agreed by the
58, The balance of the principal money owing in respect of any Repayment of
State advance may be paid, with all interest due thereon, on the day |
appointed for any half- yearly payment, and thereupon the Bank shall discharge the mortgage f'ree of cost, except registration fees; and any portion of such balance may be paid on any such day, and thereafter the interest shall be reduced proportionately. |
57. Any repayment in respect of a State advance may be made Repaymentsmay bein cash or mortgag,e bonds, and all such bonds shall be received by
made in cash or bonds.
the Bank at their face value. | Any bonds so received shall be can- |
celled, as it' redeemed. |
persou in anywise concerncd in the management of the Bank. | advances. |
PAlt'L' V. . ACCOUN'SS
AND AUDIT,
59, The Bank shall, within two months after the thirtieth day of Annual ficancial | statementi!. |
June in every year, lay before the Governor and publish in the
Gouertzment Guzette a financial statement setting forth, under con-venient headings, the receipts arid 1)aymcnts of the Bank during the twelve months ending on the said thirtieth day of June, and also the assets and liabilities of the R m k as on that day. Every such state- ment shall be sigued
as correct by all the trustees, the Tnspector- General, and the auditors of the 13attk, and laid before Parliament
withir, |
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within twenty-one days if Parliament be then sitting or within
twenty-one days of the next meeting of Parliament.
ceding section, the Bank shall keep, render, make, and publish all
such books, accounts, records, returns, declarations, and statements as
they shall think necessary and as shall be required by the Treasurer,
or preecribed,
proper persons, to be appointed by the bank with the approval of the Treasurer. Such accounts shall also once at least in every year, and also whenever so directed by the Governor, be audited by the Com- missioners of Audit, or such other auditors as the Governor may appoint for the purpose.
shall, in respect of such accounts, have all the powers conferred on the Commissioners of Audit by any law in force relating to the audit of the public account^.
PART VI.
MISCELLANEOUS,
63. |
If any mortgage bond becomes spoiled or defaced the Bank may destroy the same, and issue a new bond in its place. Such substituted bond shall bear the same number and date as the original, and shall be executed and issued in manner prescribed.
bonds may be
replaced.
regulating--
(a) The meetings and proceedings of the Board:
( 6 ) The duties of officers, valuators, agents, and other persons employed by the Bank:
(c) The management of the Bank and its agencies:
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balloting for the withdrawal of bonds: |
(e) The' modc of cancellation and destruction of mortgage bonds:
(f) | Forms: |
(g) Procedure in all cases where no procedure is otherwise
provided:
( h ) The penalties to be imposed for any breach of regulations, notexceeding for any one offence Twenty Pounds, and which
penal ties may be summ srily recovered:
(i) All matters and things arising under and consistent with this Act not herein expressly provided for, and for otherwise fully and effectually carrying out and giving effect to the various objects, purposes, powers, and authorities of this Act, and guarding against evasions and violations thereof.
67. All such regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Regulations to be
Governor, and when so approved shall be laid before Parliament |
for thirty days, and, except in so far as the same may be dis- Parfiamnt.
approved by resolution of either House of Parliament, shall be
published in the Government
Gnxette, and when so published shallhave the force of law: Provided that no regulation shall be
repugnant to this
Act, or to the general ~pi r i t and intendment ofthe laws in force within the province.
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apply to the Bank. |
In the name and
on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent tothis Bill.
T. FOWELL BUXTON, Governor.
THE |
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THE SCHEDULES. SCHEDULE A.
Form of Mortgage Bond.
South | [Royal Arms. J | Australia. |
No.
Mortgage Bond pursuant to the State Advances Act, 1895.
The State Bank of South Australia hereby acknowledges that the holder of this bond is the owner of funds in the said bank to the amount of Pounds; and, until the redemption of this bond pursuant to the above-mentioned Act, the said bank will, on every day of and day of pay to the
bearer of this bond the sum of E | , being interest at the rate of | per centum |
per annum. The principal amount of this bond and interest as aforesaid are secured bythe State Advance8 Fund, and on all the securities held by the bank in respect of the State Advances Fund under the said Act, and are also guaranteed by the Govern- ment of South Australia.
Given under the common seal of the State Bank of South Australia this
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Trustees of the
State Bank of
, | Inspec tor -General. | South Australia. |
SCHEDULE B.
THE | STATE ADVANCES |
Mortgage.
I, AB, of[residence und descr+tion] being the owner(or ifthe land is subject to
I'he Real Property Act, 1886," the registered proprietor) of an estate[state nature
of estate], subject howevcr to such encumbrances, liens, and interests as are notificdby memorandum underwritten or indorsed hereon in
[describe the land and refer to
sideration of the sum of € to Le lent to mc by the State Bank of | ||||
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the said bank that I will repay the said advance, with interest at the rate of per | ||||
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follows :-At the time of the payment of the said advance | ||||
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[If the mortgage is of a Crown lease, add the following: -And also that I will punctually exercise my right of purchase and perform and observe all the covenants and conditions on the part of the lessee contained in or implied by the herein referred | ||||
to Crown lease.] |
And for the better securing to the said bank the repayments in manner aforesaid,
I hereby mortgage to the said bank all my estate and interest in the said land (and
ifao easement) above described.In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name (and .If
land not under Rent
day of | 18 | . |
.. .. .. .. .. .. | .. .. .. . | .. .. .Mortgagor. |
Witness.. | .. , | . | .. | ,. .. ,, .. | . | . | .. | SCHEDUJ,E |
No.
Covenants atad Powers to be implied in Mortgage, Covenants by the mortgagor-
(a) To pay the land tax, and all rates, taxes, and outgoings which may be payable by the landlord or tenant in respect of the land or any part thereof:
(b) To keep insured, against loss or damage by fire, in the name and to the satis- faction of the bank, all buildings, erections, and improvements of an insur- able nature on the land, and to deposit with the bank the policies of such insurance, and, within seven days after each premium becomes payable, the receipt for such premium:
( c ) To keep all buildings, erections, and improvements on the land in good repair, order, and condition, to the satisfaction of the bank:Powers to be implied in favor of the bank, without prejudice, however, to the bank's right of action upon the covenants-
(d) If | any half-yearly instalment shall be in arrear, wholly or in part, for twenty- onc days after the due date thereof, then, and in every such case, power to to enter into and distrain on the mortgaged land, or any part thereof, and dispose according to law of any distress found belonging to the mortgagor (except the tools and implements of his occupation and the necessary wearing apparel and bedding for himself and family, to a value of not exceeding Twenty Pounds in the whole), to the intent that the moneys in arrear, and all costs and expenses occasioned by the non-payment thereof, may be fully paid: |
any half-yearly instalment, or any other moneys payable by the mortgagor to the bank, shall be in arrear, wholly or in part, for forty days after the due date thereof, or if the mortgagor shall become insolvent, or execute any statutory assignment for the benefit of his creditors, then, and in every such case- |
I. Power to enter into possession of and hold the mortgaged land, or any part
thereof, and take and receive the rents, profits, and income thereof until the moneys in arrear, or accruing due during the period of such possession, and all costs and expenses of or incidental to the entry or possession, or occasioned by the non-payment of such moneys, hare been fully paid; and any such possession by the bank shall be without impeachment of waste:
11. Power to sell, or lease for any term of years, the mortgaged land, or any
part thereof, by public auction or private contract, at such price or rental, and subject to such conditions, as the bank may think expedient, with power to convey, transfer, or lease to the purchaser or lessee in like manner in all respects as if the land were vested in the bank; and | so that any such sale or demise may be subject or not to the existing | mortgage, and to the payment by the purchaser or lessee of the moneys |
secured thereby: |
The proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be applied-First, in payment of all costs and expenses incidental to the exercise of the powers conferred or to the recovery of the moneys in arrear; secondly, in payment of the moneys in arrear; thirdly, in repayment of the principal moneys advanced, or so much thereof as may be unpaid, unless the land shall be sold sub- ject to the existing mortgage; and, fourthly, t,he surplus (if any) shall be paid over to the mortgagor:
mortgaged premises, or in delivering over any policy of insurance or premium |
(g) If the mortgagor shall make default in paying any purchase-money, rates, taxes, or other outgoings payable in respect of the mortgaged land, or any part thereof, in accordance with his corenant in that behalf, the bank may pay the same. All moneys paid by the bank pursuant to this power, or the power conferred by the preceding paragraph (f), shall be a debt due by the mortgagor to the bank, payable on demand, and until repaid shall carry interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum, and shall with such interest be deemed to be secured by the mortgage:(h) No
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The State Advances Act.--1895, ( h ) No notice or demand to the mortgagor shall be necessary prior to the exercise
(i)The
bank may retain all deeds and documents of title to the mortgaged landuntil the due repayment of all moneys secured thereby.
SCHEDULE | D. |
Table of Half-yearl,y Repaymentsfor every One Nundrad Po?,nds, inckding Irtter~st
at Five per Cmtum per Annum,'for vurivus Periods.
Half -yearly | - yearly |
Term. |
Pityment~. | Payments. | Payments. |
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d. |
7 years. , | 8 | 19 years. . | 31 years. . | 3 3 10 |
74- ". | 8 1 7 | 19% ". | . | 31& ". | . | ||
7 1 3 | . | 3 19 8 |
7 |
6 1 9 | 4 | 21 ". . | 3 | ||||
219 " | 3 16 5 | 33* ". . |
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22 " .. | 3 15 6 | 3 1 6 |
104 ". . | 3 14 | " |
11 | . | . | . | . | 3 13 8 | . | 3 0 10 |
11* | .. | 3 12 10 | 3 0 6 |
.. | 24 ". | . | 3 12 | 36 ". . |
. | 3 11 3 |
.. | 3 | 37 ". . | 2 19 7 |
,13& ". | . | 5 2 9 | .. | 10 | 37* ". | . | 2 19 4 |
5 0 2 | " | 3 9 2 | 2 19 1 |
4 17 10 | 2 18 10 |
4 15 7 | .. | 2 18 |
15+ | ,. | 274 | .. | .. | 2 18 4 |
16 | .. | 4 | 3 6 9 | |||
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