The Goulburn Cattle Sale-yards Act of 1875 No gcs (NSW)

An Act to authorize the Erection and Main­ tenance of Cattle Sale-yards by the Borough Council of Goulburn on a portion of land dedicated for that purpose. [8th June, 1875.]

Borough of Goulburn was by notice in the Government Gazette dated

WH E R E A S one rood and two perches more or less and situate within the

the fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy- one dedicated as a site for Cattle Sale-yards And whereas by a notifi­ cation in the said Gazette dated the twenty-fourth day of November one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one the Council of the said Borough were appointed Trustees of the said land And whereas it is expedient that Sale-yards for the sale of cattle should be established on the said land and it is necessary that the said Council should for the purpose of holding such sales be empowered, to erect and maintain suitable buildings and yards on the piece or parcel of land in the Schedule to this Act described being the land so dedicated as afore­ said Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :—

certain land containing by admeasurement nine acres

1. In the construction and for the purposes of this Act— The word " Cat t le" shall include all horses oxen bulls

cows horned cattle calves sheep lambs pigs and goats.

The word " Owner" shall include any agent or other person authorized by the owner of any cattle or any person in charge thereof.

The word "Sale-yard" shall include any premises where
cattle are customarily exhibited or kept for the purpose
of sale exchange or disposal in any other way whatsoever.

The word "Council" shall mean the Borough Council of

4. The said Council may from time to time make by-laws for regulating the said sale-yards and for determining the fees and charges so to be paid as aforesaid and the times and modes of collecting and enforcing payment thereof and all the provisions of the " Munici­ palities Act of 1867" relating to the making and confirmation of by­ laws

Goulburn.

2. I t shall be lawful for the Council for the purpose of making provision for the sale of cattle to erect and maintain suitable buildings yards and other premises upon the land in the Schedule to this Act described.

3. So soon as such sale-yards shall be established and by-laws shall be made as hereinafter provided it shall be lawful for the said Council to take and demand from the owner of every head of cattle brought to any sale-yards established under this Act or yarded or brought to any sale-yard or premises within the Borough of Goulburn if the same be intended for sale by public auction or private contract or for slaughter the fees or charges mentioned in the said by-laws Provided that the fees or charges levied upon cattle yarded or brought to other sale-yards shall not exceed the fees or charges levied upon cattle yarded or brought to the sale-yards established under this Act.

laws made thereunder and the proof and enforcement of such by-laws shall apply to all by-laws made under this Act as fully and effectually as if such provisions were incorporated herewith.

5. This Act shall come into operation immediately upon pass­ ing and may be cited as " The Goulburn Cattle Sale-yards Act of

1875."

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land situated in the City of Goulburn and County of Argyle being sections sixty-five and sixty-six of the published map of the City of Goulburn as approved by the Executive Council together with that part of Bourke- street lying between such sections and containing altogether nine acres one rood and two perches.

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