Stock Assessment Act 1862 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO QUINTO ET VICESIMO SEXTO

A. D. 1862.

No. 22.

An Act to further a m e d al2 Act Nb. 20 of 22nd Victoria, intituled

Aft Act &for an Assessment oa #tuck, and for other purposes

therein mentioned. "

[Assented to, 21st October, 1862.1

IIERBAS i t is expedient to amend the l a w ,relating to the Pmmb1**

Assessment on Stock-Be it therefore enacted by the

Govcrnor in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, with the acZvice and consent of the 1,egislative Council and Housc of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament anssembled, as follows :-

l. Waste lands of the Crown shall be divided into three classes- mapke lands to be dimded into three

"First," "Second." and "Third "-as	defined in Schedules A, B, and ,	,	,	,	,	,	1	,
C, to this Act.

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2. Waste lands situated within the limits of Schedule A shall be F ' ' ~ n ~ ~ ~ ~ d $ ~

included in the first class; and the lessees thereof for pastoral A,

purposes shall be liable to pay, as by law provided, the full amount

of assessment, according to the valuation made pursuant to the laws

for the time being in force relating thereto.

3. Waste lands situate within thc limits of Schedule B shall be z$dl,"$,"li{;-

included in the second class; and the lessccs thercof shall bc liable a ~ i e	B.
to pay one-half only of the amount of annual assessment, according to the valuat,ion aforesaid; and such lands shall not be liable to assess- ment for seven years, instead of the four years provided by the Act No. 20 of 22nd Victoria.

4. Waste lands situated within the limits of Schedule C shall be ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , " t

included in the third class; and the lessees thereof shall not be C,

liable to pay any assessment on stock until Parliament shall

otherwise direct. 5. Should

Surve or-deneral 5. Should any doubts arise as to the class in which lands so leased,

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aertain cane^.

or of any portion of such lands, are situated, the Surveyor-General

shall beSrl4uired to fix their and to classify thk same, and

his decision s h d be final.

lands

partly within and 6. Any lessee holding lands in either of the districts comprised in

partly e t h ~ u t Dis- Schedules A and B, under a lease comprising other waste lands, shall

in schedulea A

and B, to pay acoord-

pay an assessment thereon according to the principles established by

ing to area.

this Act, in proportion and according to the area of the lands

included in such districts respcctivcly.

In Her Majesty's name I assent to this Bill.

D, DALY, Governor.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULES REFERRED TO.

The first class shall include all lands lying between the cast boundary of the Province and 134th meridian of cast longitude, and south of a line running east from latitude 32" 26', longitude 132" to longitude 135 *; thence south on a meridianal line to latitude 83" ; thence east on that parallel to longitude 137' ; thence north

on that meridian to latitude 31 O 42"; thence east to Rawnsley's Bluff; thence S.S.E.

to Marchant's Hill; thence in a ~outhcrlg direction, by Eke's Hill, to the Black

Rock to latitude 53O, longitude 138O 53'; and thencc by that parallel to the East

Boundary of the Province.

The second class shall include all lands lying to the north of those described in

Schedule A, between the east and west boundaries of the Province, and south of a line running east from the west boundary of the Province in latitude 30° 32', longitude 129 to Mount Serle; and thence easterly to Mount McKinlay; thence

S.S.E., by Mount Chambers to Mount Victor, thence east to thc 140th meridian

of east longitude; thence south by that meridian to latitude 33 O.

The third class shall include all lands within the Province lying to the north and

east of those described in Schedule B.

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