Sydney Bethel Union Act 1856 No sbu (NSW)

496 20̂ ̂ VIC. 1856.

Mariners' Church.

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YICTOEIA: REOINAl.

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mabinebs’ chubch . A jj to enable tlie T rustees of th e S ydn ey

B eth el U nion to surrender th e Land in M acquarie-street Sydney som e tim e since granted as a site for a M ariners’ Church and to accept a Grant o f other Land in lieu thereof. [29 /̂< December, 1856.]

PreamUe. HEREAS George Allen Thomas Barker Erancis Mitchell Ambrose Foss and John Alexander Trustees of the Sydney Bethel Union are as such Trustees possessed of an allotment of land in Macquarie-street Sydney containing by admeasurement twenty-two and a half perches which was granted by the CroAvn on the thirty-first day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two to the then Trustees of the said Bethel Union as a site for a new Mariners’ Church And whereas it is considered expedient to surrender the said allotment to the Crown and to accept in lieu thereof a grant of a more eligible site for the said Mariners’ Church situate between George-street and the Circular Quay in Sydney afor('said but the said Trustees are not legally competent to make such surrender and to effect the proposed exchange Avithout the authority of the Legislature Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty by and with the adAuce and consent of the LegislatiA^e Council and Legislative Assembly of NeAv South Wales in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as folloAVs — m / m r — ^

Trustees may sur- 1. I t shall be lawful for the said George Allen Thomas Barker

l̂ °̂sncquanv̂ eet Eraucis MitcheU Ambrose Foss and John Alexander as the Trustees and accept in lieu for the time being of the said Sydney Bethel L'nion to surrender and

thereof other land,	y - g j q j j g j . ;\£ajesty the Quceii the Said parcel of land in Mac-
quarie-sti'eet so now possessed by the said Trustees and to accept in lieu thereof and for the like purpose a certain other parcel of land situated between George-street and the Circular Quay in Sydney of which it is intended that a grant shall be issued to tlu ̂ said Trustees.