Township and Suburban Lands Act 1872 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO QUINTO ET TRICESIMO SEXTO

No. 20.

An Act to regulate the Sale qf'certmk Townshp atzd 5uDzcrbnn Lmzds,

and far other purposes.

[Assented to, 6th November, 1872.1

HEREAS by "The Waste Lands Alienation Act, 1872," pro- Preamble.

vision is made fbr the sale of town, township, and suburban lands within certain limits therein specifically mentioned: And whereas it is desirable to authorize the sale of certain township and suburban lands, and the reservation a id dedication of other lands for public purposes, beyond such limits-Be it therefore Enacted

by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice

and consent of the Legislative Council and IIonse of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. In the construction of this Act the term "Waste Lands " shall Definition.

mean lands within the said Province situated south of the twenty- sixth parallel of south latitude, and outside of the line defined and described in the First Schedule to '' The Waste Lands Alientition Act, 1H of 1872," and which lands now are, or shall hereafter be, vested in Her Majesty, Her Weirs, and Successors, and which have not been already granted or lawfully contracted to be granted to any person or persons in fee simple or fbr ally less estate, or which, having been granted for any such less estate, have become revested in the Crown, and which have not been dedicated or set apart for

any public purpose.

2. The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and Governor declare mayreserve townehip

hereinafter called the Governor in council, may, front t'ime to time, ..d	suburban	lande.
by notice to be published in the South ~&ral ian Government

CC Gazette,

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Gazette, declare what portions of the waste lands shall be set apart

for the site of new townships and suburbs thereto, and such lands shall thereupon be set apart accordingly and designated as town- ship or suburban lands, respectively: Provided that no such lands shall be so set apart until after such notice slmll have been laid before Parliament for twenty-eight days.

Landa ao deolared to	3. . A11 waste lands so declared and set apart shall be surveyed in such blocks as may be deemed convenient, and shall be delineated in the public maps of the Province, deposited in the office of the Surveyor-Gener al.
be surveyed.

Lands to be eold Ity 4. Such lands when so surveycd and delineated shall, subject to

auction for cash.	the regulations to be made under this Act, he offered for sale by
auction for cash at an upset price, to be from time to time fixed by
the Governor in Council, and shall be sold to the highest bidder at such auction: Provided that the upset price shall not in any case
be less than One Pound per acre.

Lande to be gazetted 5. No such lands shall be oaered at auction until a statement

before sale.

thereof, and the price nt which it is intended to offer the same, re-

spectively, and the time when and place at which such auction will

be holden, shall have been published for four consecutive wceks in

the 8outh Azcstralia?z Government Gazette.

Payment of purchasc

6. No such lands shall be sold as aforesaid unless on condition of the purchsscr paying at the time of sale in ready money a deposit of at least Tweuty Pounds per centurn of the purchase money of such lauds, and of paying the residue of such purchase money within one calcndar montkh next after the day of the date of such auction sale; and in case any such purchaser shall fail to pay the residue of such purchase money within such one calendar month, his deposit shall be forfeited, and the sale of the said lands shall be

money.

null and void,

Governor to grant

7. The Governor may grant and alienate in fee siniple, or for any less estate or interest, any such lands, subject to the provisions of this Act and of the regulations ta be made hereunder; and all such grants and nlieuations, sealed with the seal of the said Province, may be made in such forrri as to the Governor in Council shall seem expedient.

lands.

Dedication to the

public of lands for 8. The Governor, in Council, may, by notice in the South Auska-

certain purposes.	lian Government Gazette, except from sale, reserve and dedi-
cate, or dispose of in such other manner as may seem best for the public interests, any waste lands for the preser- vation of water su ply, or for any public roads or other internal
ing places, or any public reservoir, aqueduct, or watercourse, or for communications, W 1 ether by land or water, or for any quay or land-
the purposes of any hospital or asylum, or for any market place or slrughrerhouse, or for the purposes of any institutions for public in-

struction

35" & 36" VICTORIB, No. 20.

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struction and amusement, or for any public buildings, not being intended for ecclesiastical purposes, or for the interment of the dead, or as places for the recreation and amusement of the inhabitants of any city, town, or township, or other purpose of public safety, con- venience, liealth, or enjoyment, or for any other public purpose, or for the purpose of building or endowiug any conirnon or district schools, not being denominational schools; and upon such notice being published in the said Gazette, such lands shall become and be re- served and dedicated accordingly, and ma8y nt any time thereafter be granted for such purpose in fee siGple: Provided that the delineation in the public maps of the said Province of any public roads shall be deemed a sufficient dedication thereof, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

9. The Governor, in Council may, from time to time by Proclama- Governor may reserve lands.

tion in the said Gazette, reserve such portions of the waste lands for the use or benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants of the said Province,

or for any purposes of military defence, or as forest or mineral

reserves, or for any railway or railway station, as may be described in such Proclamation, and may from time to time in like manner revoke any such Proclamation as to the whole or any portion of such lands so reserved, and thereupon such lands, the Proclamation reserving which is so revoked, shall be dealt with as if the same had never been reserved as aforesaid: Provided always that no Proclamation revoking any Proclamation reserving lands as afore- said shall be issued until a statenlent has been laid before I'arlia- went for thirty days, setting forth the particulars of the Proclatna- tion so proposed to be revoked.

10. The manner inwhich all sales of waste lands shall be conducted, Reglllations may be made.

and the times when the same shall take place, and all other matters relating to the conduct and ma,nagemcnt of such sales in accordance with the provisions of tlJs Act, may be fixed and determined by the Governor in Council, who may make and publish such regulations

and provisions hereof; and may from time to time resclad, alter,

as to him shall tieem meet, for carrying out the objects, purposes,

and amend the same, and make other regulations in lieu thereof for carrying out more fully such objects, purposes, and provisions; and every regulation, when published in the said Gazette, shall have the force of law: Provided that a copy of all regulations made under the authority of this Act, shall be'laid before Parliament within fourteen days from the publication thereof, if the Parliament shall be then sitting, and if the Parliament shall not be then sitting, then within fourteen days from its next sitting for the dispatch of business.

11. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Northern Short title.

Townships Act, 1872."

In name and behalf of the Queen, I hereby assent to this Bill.

JAMES FE RGUSSON, Governor.

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Adelaide : Ry authority, W. C. Cox, Government Printer, Nortl.terrace.