Stock Assessments Act 1858 (SA)

VICTORIB REGINAE.

A. D. 1858.

No. 20.

An Act f o r m1 Assessmellt on Stuck, and .fur other puyoscs t l~erei~t +-

?)mi tioned.

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- [Assented to, 24th December, 11168.1

W HEltEAS it is cs2edicnt that an asscssinent should Be raised and levied upon certain stock: And whereas by certain Orders in Councjj, clatecl the ninctwnth day of June, orlc tllonsan&5i$it L /LBO

hundred and-, Her Majesty was p l e a s ~ p r e s c r i b e regulations 1' . H -

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for the granting of leases of Waste Lands of the Crown for pastoral 3

purposes, within the Province of South Australia, and &stions have 'dkf! a r d ' w u -

been raised as to h d g c t of the said Orders in Co51ic5 Cnd i t is ------__I I

expedient to p-ov-tliIk final settlement --- of such questions-Be

it thcZi50~- eniged (anything in the Waste 1'3. Act to the V 9

con tZy no tw-ingl the (iovcrnor-in-Chief? the province '

of 'Soutin iiustmiia, with advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

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l. In and fm the year comrnellcing on the first day of January, one ey assessment to

thousand eight hundred and fifty-nim, and in and for every following be paid.

year, there shall be levied and paid to the T r c a s u r w n or beforc the	b
first day of July of each year, upon and in respect of the stock of ever

person - cjgastur in~ or keel, irg the same upon any Waste Lan + S of h&

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tEeC20wn within the said Province, not being within the limits of

the district of any District Council duly cons t i&tT thca@es iGt J

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2. If any person to -- who& a lga&of the Waste Lands of the Governor, on m m ~ - dcr of old lease, to

Crown for pastoral purposes, shall have been P under the grant new lease.

authority of the said Orderkin ~&nci l, or the a s g o f G C 5 e

shall, on or before thc first day of July, one thousand eight hundred \

and fifty nine, surrerider the same, it s\lall be lawful for tllc Governor to grant-tothe person making such surrender a fresh lease of the lands demised by tbe lease so surrendered, for the xesidue of the term

under such gur- provlded tor; conditions of

forfeiture and resumption as were contained in the lease so sur- rendered; and shall contain a proviso that slicli rcnts being: duly paid according to the tenor of such' lease, shalJ3i 'ETfull of all taxes, rates, assessments, or irn ositions upon the land included in such-

lease, or or-~uredi * t h a n, to be imposed by the said Parliament, save and except any general taxes or impositions which

~c-m-dd /C e may be imposed upon all P o a o c k mitEh the skicl Pro"vi6ce.

Waste Lands to be divided into several classes.

years.

eight hullclrecl and fiftyseven, oy uner any lease, issued under the authority of the s ~ r s - i n council, which shall not have been surrendered under the powers hereinbefore given, m n d e r any '

lease \vhicB shall be hereafter -- - issued, not b 4 n a a renewed lease, as llereinbefore provided, shalI pay the7saix assessment at the r a C and to be estimated in the manner hereinbefire provided.

'76 o $ nY * : be made of the e n s capabilities of m,

Waste Lands of the Crown, included m any lease to Esu r ren - + -

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dercd as hereinbefore provided, shall re __ --

of fivc years and no longer, when a fresh /-= /- -

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of the snia lands in inanngr nfie_sad.

8. If the assessment is not paid within one month from and after Proceedings non-payment in of case of

thc day whereupon the same is made payable as aforesaid, a penalty a,,,,,me,~, penalty, and upon such othrr terms as may be deemed reasonable.

of twenty-five per cent. shall be added; and if the said assessment

and penalty be not paid ~vithin one month after such first month, the

same shall Fe recoverable by the Coiumissioner of Crown Lands by

action in any Court of competent jurisdiction in the said Province;

and any lease held by the person making default in such payment

shall be forfeited: Provided, nevertheless, that it shdl be lawful

for the Governor, with the advice and conscnt of the Executive

9. MThenever any lease of the Waste i,ands of the Crown for NO ~sseaament upon

cattle depastured upon

pastoral purposes shtgl E>nvc been ~ _ $ m l l be granted for the first ,,, , , , until the -S- --z +

time, then no assessment shdl be pXy;ihle in respect o m e m ;;$;lpef~;Of~; 22dle9F -y+-

-turcd upon the lands included in such lease until the expiration ~ c n s e. .P

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of four years from the datc of such lease. C

10. All prosecutions, suits, act io~s, informations, or complaints to w h o to

be brc>ught undcr or by virtue of this Act, or upon or by reason of the breach of any of' the provisions thereof, s l d and may bc brought by the said Commissioner, or by any person by him there-	'	,
unto authorized in writing.

1 1. All unbranded wild cattle a e - thc age of @v&e .man&, Ur~branded wild c a ~ n

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which s h a r a t any time bd4=Snning and feeding on any Crovn b e ' o n ~ t o the

Lands, and which shall ham no reputcd or apparent owner, shall bc

and shall bc deemed and taken to be the property of IIer Majesty; ancl it shall be lavful frir.thc saidCommissioncrto cause the same to bc sold and clisposcd of by public auction or by tender, so that thc tiruc and place of such auction, or at and before which such tender is fo be made and thc: cattle to be sold shall be notified in the S ~ t h

Austrntimz Government G'nxetft! at lcast one month next preceding the time of or for such auction or tmdcr, and the purchaser of such cattle, on obtaining thc written authority of the said Coinrnissioncr for that puupos@, shall be at librsty within two mmths next after the datc of snch authority, with necessary and proper assistance, to take possession of such cattle, and for that purpose to enter upon any Crown Lancls where the same may be running or feeding.

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Adelaide: Printed by wthority, bp W. G. Cox, Government Printer, Victoria-aqware.