Upper Burnett and Callide Land Settlement Act of 1923 (14 Geo v No. 14) (Qld)

LAND, CROWN. ss. 1, 2. 14 GEO. V. No. 14,1923. Upper Burnett, Etc., Land Settlement Act. 10639' An Act to make better Provision for the Settlement It~ ~ ~ ' 4: ' and Development of Lands in Upper Burnett THE UPPER and Callide, within the State of Queensland. M! U~ : : ~ ~ E [ASSENTED TO 2ND OCTOBER, 1923.J SET~ : : r. ~ ENT B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty~ ACT OF 1923. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Upper Hurnett Short title and Callide Lr:nd Settlement Act of 1923," and shall ,?e ~ ~ ~struction read as one WIth *" The Land Acts, 1910 to 1922," herem of Act. collectively referred to as the Principal Act. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indi- Interpreta- cates, the following terms have the meanings respectively tion. assigned to them, that is to say:- "Area"-The Upper Burnett and Callide Land Area. Settlement Area, being lands in Upper Bur- nett and Callide to which this Act has been extended and made applicable as herein- after provided; , " Local Authorities Acts"-t" The Local Authori- Local ties Acts, 1902-1922" and any Act amending Authoritiell or m . su b st ' ltutl , On f or t h ose A cts; Acts, "State Advances Act "-t" The State Advances State Act of 1916" or any Act amending or wholly Advances or partly in substitution for that Act contain- Act. ing provisions with respect to advances to settlers or primary produ cers ; " State Advances Corporation"-The State Ad- State vances Corporat I'On creat ed by: j': "Th e St a t e OAodvrpaonrcaetsion at Advances Act 1916" or any predecessor of that Corporation having had the like powers under any Statute of making advances to settlers: the term includes any Primary Pro- ducers' Advances Corporation or any other Corporation created by Statute as the suc- cessor of the State Advances Corporation in relation to advances to settlers or primary producers; * 1 Geo. V. No. 15 and Amending Acts, supra, pages 8775, 9177, 9180, and 10096. t 2 Edw. VII. No. 19 and Amending Acts, supra, pages 1860 et seq., 5653, 5918, 8304, 9571, and 10126. t 7 Geo. V. No. 17, 8Upra, page 9603.

10640 ss. 3, 4. LAND, CROWN. Upper B1lrnett &; Callide Land Settlement Act. 14 GEO. V. No. 14, . Water facility. " Water facility"-A bore, well, earth-tank, or dam, or any other method or process for the conservation or utilisation of water: the term where necessary includes all necessary or convenient pumping, storing, delivery, and reticulating appliances or any of them; and generally, save as hereinbefore mentioned, all the terms used have the same meanings as are respectively assigned to them in the Principal Act. Application 3. The Governor in Council may from time to time, coefrAtacitnto by Order in Council published in the Gazette, declare that lands. any Crown lands situated within the region the exterior boundaries whereof are delineated on the map in the Schedule. Schedule. to this Act shall be lands to which the pro- visions of this Act are extended and made applicable; thereupon the provisions of this Act shall be extended to and shall apply to all such lands and to every parcel thereof. . All such lands shall be known as the Upper Burnett and Callide Land Settlement Area, notwithstanding that any of such lands are separated from .each other by lands to which the provisions of this Act are not extended or made applicable. All such lands as aforesaid within the Area which have been acquired or may hereafter be acquired by the Crown, whether by resumption or repurchase or other- wise, shall be deemed to be Crown land subject to this Act, and the provisions of this Act and the Principal Act shall apply to such lands accordingly; and none of the provisions of *" The Clo,ser Settlement Acts, 1906-1917," or any Act amending or in substitution for those Acts, relating to the opening of lands. for selection or lands when selected shall apply to such lands. Group Belectio~ 4. (1.) Crown lands within. the Area, when opened for selection under the Principal Act, shall be opened for Group Selection as- (a) Perpetual Lease Selections; or (b) Grazing Homesteads; and for these purposes the provisions of the Principal Act relating to Group Selections shall apply. .. 6 Edw. VII. No. 32 and Ameniing Acts, supra, page 8901.

LAND, CROWN. s. 4. 1923. Upper Burnett and Callide Land Settlement Act. 10641 (2.) All the provisions of the Principal Act relating Provisions respectively to Perpetual Lease Selections and Grazing~ c; rinCipal Homesteads shall apply to the opening of Crown lands applicable. within the Area as Perpetual Lease Selections or Grazing Homesteads respectively and to such selections respec- tively selected, acquired, and held under the Principal Act and this Act, with, however, the following modifica- tions, namely:- (a) Before such lands are actually notified to be open for selection they shall be allotted by the Minister amongst applicants approved by him. (b) At the expiration of twenty-one days after the date of allotment of any portion to an approved applicant, such allottee may enter upon the portion for the purpose of effecting his improvements or maintaining existing improvements. {c) Within three months from the date of allot- ment of any portion to an approved applicant, such allottee shall personally commence to occupy the portion and shall continue there- after to occupy the portion. He shall commence to improve the portion forthwith upon occupation, and having commenced to make improvements shall thereafter make progress to the satis- faction of the Minister, and shall maintain in good order and condition all improvements on the portion, whether already existing or effected by him. If an allottee fails to occupy his portion within the specified time or to the satisfac- tion of the Minister to improve the. portion allotted to him or maintain all improve- ments, he may be called upon by the Minister, at any time prior to the date of the issue to him of a license to occupy, to show C9,use to the satisfaction of the Minister within a time to be fixed by the Minister why the allotment of the portion to him should not be cancelled and his rights (if any) in the portion should not be forfeited. If he fails to show satisfactory cause for such failure the allotment of the portion to him may be

10642 s.4. LAND, CROWN. Upper Burnett & Callide Land Settlement Act. 14 GEO. V. No. 14, cancelled and his rights (if any) in the portion may be forfeited by the Minister without any further notice or process. (d) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) hereof, at any time after the expiration of a period of six months from the date of allotment to an allottee, the portion may be notified to be open for Perpetual Lease Selection or as a Grazing Homestead as the case may be, with priority of application to such allottee. Within one month from the date of opening, or within such further period as the Minister may allow, the allottee shall com- plete his application to select the portion. (e) The opening prices of the Perpetual Lease Selections and the annual rental during the first period of Grazing Homesteads shall be so determined as to include any enhancement which in the opinion of the Minister is or will be conferred on such lands by the provision of cleared and formed roads, bridges, culverts, causeways, or crossings and of public water facilities under the powers hereinafter con- ferred upon the Minister. (I) The notification declaring any portion or group of portions open for selection may impose a condition that the selector of a portion shall, within a period to be specified by the Minister, provide the selection with a water facility to the satisfaction of the Minister: Provided that the Minister, on good cause shown, may in his discretion grant such extension of such specified time as he may deem advisable (g) Notwithstanding anything in section fifty-six of the Principal Act contained, a Grazing Homestead opened for selection under this Act may contain such acreage as the Minister may determine. (h) Section fifty-eight of the Principal Act shall not apply to the opening of land for Grazing Homesteads under this Act.

LAND, CROWN. s. 4. 1923. Upper B1lrnett and Callide Land Settlement Act. (i) Every lease of a Grazing Homestead under this Act shall be subject to the condition of personal residence during the whole term. (1) The holder of a lease of a Grazing Home- stead under this Act shall be entitled to use the whole or any part of his selection for agricultural, dairying, orchard, or general farming purposes. For the purposes of section one hundred and fifty-five of the Principal Act any cultivation, or orchard, or dairying or farming fixed improvement effected under the provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed to be an improvement. (k) Without derogation from any of the provisions relating to improvements contained in the Principal Act the Minister shall have power to require a selector of a selection under this Act, within a time to be fixed by the Minister, to effect such improvements as in the opinion of the Minister are necessary for the proper working of the selection or to maintain or place in a condition satisfactory to the Minister improvements already effected. Failure to comply with any direction of the Minister under the foregoing provision shall involve forfeiture of the selection: Pro- vided, however, that if any such direction is deemed by the selector to be unreasonable he shall have the right to require the matter to be referred by the Minister to the Land Court, and upon such reference the Land Court shall inquire into and determine the matter accord- ingly. An appeal shall lie from such deter- mination to the Land Appeal Court. For the purposes of such inquiry and appeal so much of the provisions of Part n. of the Principal Act as are applicable shall be applied. (l) Such other modifications as the Governor in Council may prescribe and declare. (m) Without derogation from any of the provisions of the Principal Act a selection shall, without any notice or process under the Principal Act or otherwise, be liable to forfeiture by the Governor in Council for non-payment of any moneys due and payable under this Act. 10643

10644 ss. 5-8. LAND, CROWN. Upper Bur'nett &; Callide Land Settlement Act. 14 GEO. V. No. 14, Public 5. The Minister shall have power, in such manner as eimstpartoeve- he may deem fit, to clear and form such of the roads ment work. serving lands of the Area as he may desire, and to con- struct bridges, causeways, culverts, or crossings in or on such roads. But tJ.1e Minister shall not, during the execu- tion of any such works, have any greater duty, obligation, liability or responsibility than by the Local Authorities Acts or otherwise is imposed upon Local Authorities. During the execution of such works the provisions of the Local Authorities Acts shall be suspended with regard to the same. Upon the completion of any such work, however, the Minister may notify the Local Authority concerned, whereupon the provisions of the said Acts shall apply. Advances to 6. The Minister may from time to time, under and settlers. subject to the State Advances Act, make advances to allottees of portions and selectors of selections within the Area. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provision, the purposes for which and the terms and conditions on which such advances shall be made, and the form operation and effect of any instrument of mortgage or other security taken or to be taken, and the modes and remedies, whether alternative or cumu- lative, for enforcement of repayment of advances with interest, shall be such as are prescribed by the State Advances Act and any Orders in Council and Regula- tions thereunder with, however, such modifications to meet the particular circumstances of allottees and selectors under this Act as the Governor in Council, by Order in Council published in the Gazette, may from time to time prescribe or declare. Publie water facilities. 7. The Minister shall have power to provide such public water facilities in such places and in such manner as he may deem fit. The Minister may make such arrangements for the proper control and maintenance of any such public water facility as he may deem fit. Other publiq works, &0. 8. (1.) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister shall have power from time to .time- (a) To construct carry out a.nd maintain any works;

LAND, CROWN. s.9. 10645 1923. Upper Bnrnett and Callide Land Settlement Act. (b) To ·erect, maintain, and work and carry on the business of any building, factory, or enterprise; necessary or expedient for the more efficient carrying into effect of the objects of this Act. (2.) The Minister may at any time dispose of any such building in such manner and on such terms and conditions as he may determine. (3.) The Minister shall have power to dispose of any such factory or enterprise and of the assets and business thereof, after such period of time and on such terms and conditions as he may determine- (a) To selectors within the Area, and selectors whose holdings are outside the Area, who have been regular suppliers of primary pr?ducts or stock to such factory or enter- prIse; or (b) To a company comprising as members such selectors or such proportion of them as the Minister may require: Provided that upon the petition of at least fifty per 'Cent. of the suppliers to any such factory or enterprise, the Minister shall so dispose of such factory or enterprise upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon: . Provided further that, in the event of such selectors being unable from any cause to determine amongst them- selves the persons to whom or company to which any such factory or enterprise shall be so disposed of or any matter or thing in connection with such disposition which may be necessary therefor, the Minister shall have the right of disposing of such factory or enterprise and the assets and business thereof as he may deem fit. 9. (1.) On the application of the selector of any Water selection within the Area the Minister in his discretion facilities on individual may- selections. (a) Provide a water facility on such selection; (b) Equip any water facility on such selection with all or any necessary or convenient pumping storing delivery or reticulating appliances. (2.) When any such application has been received the Minister may cause an inquiry to be made, and if he is willing to grant the application shall advise the applicant with respect to the most suitable type of

10646 s. 10. LAND, CROWN. Upper Burnett & Callide Land Settlement Act. 14 GEO. V. No. 14, water facility or appliance, and supply to the applicant a specification of the water facility or appliance which he is willing to provide, and an estimate of the probable cost and a statement of the respective times and amounts of the repayments required to be made by the selector. (3.) If the applicant decides to proceed with the application the Minister may provide the water facility or appliance required, as nearly as practicable in accord- ance with the specification supplied to the applicant. The Minister may authorise the applicant for a water facility to carry out the works or any part of them himself with or without assistants. The cost of providing any such water facility shall in the first instance be defrayed out of the Upper Burnett and Callide Land Settlement Fund hereinafter mentioned. Cost of (4.) The expenditure incurred by the Minister in ; : ~ 1~ ~ to be providing a water facility under this section shall, subject deem{d a to the next succeeding provision, be deemed to be a loan. loan to the selector of the selection on which it is situated, and shall be repaid together with interest at, the rate of five pounds per centum per annum thereon by such selector during the period, not being greater than twenty years, agreed upon between him and the Minister: Provided that during the first three years of the period the selector shall be liable for payment of interest only. Cos~ of (5.) The expenditure incurred by the Minister in ~ ;~ l~ ~ ! ~ eo equipping any water facility with a pumping storing a loan. delivery or reticulating appliance, or any of them, under this section shall be deemed to be a loan to the selector of the selection on which such water facility is situated, and shall be repaid together with interest at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum thereon by such selector during the period, not being greater than ten years, agreed upon between him and the Minister: Provided that during the first two years of the period the selector shall be liable for payment of interest only. Common 10. (1.) In the event of a group of two or more fwaacitleirty to a selectors of selections within the Area desiring the group. provision or equipment of a water facility to serve as a,

LAND, CROWN. s.10. 10647 ;1923. Upper Burnett and CaUide Land Settlement Act. common water supply for the members of the group, the provisions of subsections one, two and three of the last preceding section shall apply. (2.) The Minister shall in such case, however, if he is Control of willing to grant the application, in addition to the require- ; :~: ~~y. ments of the last preceding section, notify the applicants as to what arrangements the members of the group would be required to make for the control of the area of land on which the water facility is to be or is situated, and for the access to and extent of user of the water facility which €ach member of the group shall have. Any water facility provided under this section shall not be situated on any road, reserve, or any other public place. (3.) The expenditure incurred by the Minister in pro- Cost of viding a water facility under this section shall, subject ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ y to be to the next succeeding provision, be deemed to be a loan deemed a to the selectors comprising the group for which it has been loan. provided, and shall be repaid together with interest at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum thereon by such selectors respectively in the respective propor- tions as allocated by the Minister during the period, not being greater than twenty years, agreed upon between them and the Minister: Provided that during the first three years of the period the selectors shall be liable for payment of interest only. Unless the Minister otherwise agrees, such selectors shall, notwithstanding any proportionate allocation as aforesaid, be jointly and severally liable for such repay- ment of the loan with interest as aforesaid. (4.) The expenditure incurred by the Minister in cos~ of equipping any water facility under this section with ~ ; ~~ ment a pumping storing delivery or reticulating appliance, deemed a or any of them, shall be deemed to be a loan to the loan. selectors comprising the group for which the same has been provided, and shall be repaid together with interest at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum thereon by such selectors respectively in the respective propor- tions as allocated by the Minister during the period, not being greater than ten years, agreed upon between them and the Minister: Provided that during the first two years of the period the selectors shall be liable for payment of interest only.

10648 s. 11. LAND, CROWN. Upper Bttrnelt &; Callide Land Settlement Act. 14 GEO. V. No. 14~ Unless the Minister otherwise agrees, such selectors. shall, notwithstanding any proportionate allQcation as aforesaid, be jointly and severally liable for such repay- ment of the loan with interest as aforesaid. Securities. 11. (1.) The Minister shall require every selector on or in respect of whose selection a water facility or any p~ rt thereof has been or is to be provided under either- of the two last preceding sections, to execute such mortgages bills of sale liens agreements or other docu- ments and to place in his possession such deeds, leases, and other documents as in the Minister's opinion are- necessary as security for repayment of the loan and interest thereon. (2.) The following provisions shall apply to securities under this section:- - (a) A first mortgage may be accepted by the Minister in the case of an unencumbered selection: Provided that if the selector, sub- sequent to the registration of such mortgage obtains an advance from the State Advances Corporation for any purpose whatsoever, the mortgage ex~cuted by him in favour of such Corporation shall be deemed to be a first mortgage and the mortgage execut!ld by him in favour of the Minister shall be deemed to be a second mortgage. (b) A second mortgage may be accepted by the Minister in the case of a selection which is already mortgaged to the State.Advances Corporation and which is not otherwise mortgaged. (c) Notwithstanding anything in any other Act contained, in the case of a selection which is already mortgaged or charged, but not to the State Advances Corporation, the Minister- may make arrangements with the State Advances Corporation to payoff existing liabilities on the selection, taking proper- security for so doing, and the Minister nIay thereupon accept a second mortgage as security. ~ d) The provisions of *" The Bills of Sale Act of 1891" or any Act amending or in substitu- .. 55 V'c. No. 23, 8upra, page 2149.

LAND, CROWN. s.12. 10649 1923. Upper Burnett and Callide Land Settlement Act. tion for that Act, shall not apply to any mortgage or other security. executed under this Act, or affect the validity or operation of any such mortgage or security in respect of any' chattels comprised therein. (e) The provisions of *" The Mercantile Acts, 1867 to 1896," requiring the registration of mort- gages of live stock shall not apply to any mortgage of live stock executed in favour of the Minister. (f) No mortgage or other security executed to secure a loan under this Act, or any release of such mortgage or security, or any other document or instrumfmt executed for the purposes of this section, shall be liable to stamp duty, any enactment to the contrary notwithstanding. 12. In the event of a selection on or in respect of Protection wunh d icehr aanwyat 0 e f r ftahceilpitryoVoI.rSIp. Oanrst t 0 h f erseeoc t fIOh · nas · nbIneeenorprsoevcitdI . Oedn? fino f rMcfeaiisnteuisroetfer steunrrehnedreeorefdbte 0 intghefoCrrfoewitnedb yfotrhaensye I reecat osor, nowr hI. nattshoeeveevreonrt sw&ehcle. i,cchotifowna' ftoerr of the Minister or the State Advances Corporation facility entering into possession of any such selection, the provided. Minister shall have power to require any incoming selector to execute a mortgage and other securIties re- quired by the Minister in favour of the Minister for a sum to be determined by the Minister not exceeding the fair estimated value to the incoming selector of such water facility, and such sum shall be deemed to be a loan by the Minister under this Act to such incoming selector and shall be repayable, with interest at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum, within such period and in such instalments as the Minister may determine. If a dispute as to valuation arises the Minister shall refer the matter to the Land Court consisting of one member thereof for determination, and its deter- mination shall (notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act) be final and conclusive and without appeal. If such incoming selector, when required by the Minister to execute such mortgage and other securities, does not execute the same, the amount of the valuation * 31 Vic. No. 36, and Amending Acts, supra, pages 2133 et seq.

10650 ss. 13, 14. LAND, CROWN. Upper Burnett & Callide Land Settlement Act. 14 GEO. V. No. 14, ---- ---- .. .. - ~ - - - - - - determined shall become immediately payable by such selector, and in default of such payment the selection shall be forfeited by the Minister without any further notice or process and the portion may be reallotted. Maintenance 13. While any money remains owing to the of security. Minister by any selector, whether as one of a group or otherwise, in respect of any water facility provided under any of the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Minister may require the said selector to perform, either alone or jointly with other selectors of a group, all such acts and do all such thin~ s as in the Minister's opinion are necessary for the effective maintenance of such water facility, whether situated on his selection or not. For the phrposes of this Act any person duly authorised by the Minister shall have the right at all times of free and unrestricted access to such water facility and the land on which it is situated, and the selector shall not obstruct the said person. If the selector fails to carry out any directions of the Minister under this section, the Minister may take such action as he deems proper for the protection and maintenance of the water facility; and any moneys which the Minister may expend on the water facility under this section shall be repaid to the Minister by the selector, either wholly or in such proportion and in such manner as the Minister may determine, or, if the Minister thinks proper, such moneys or proportion thereof may be added to the principal of the loan to the selector, and shall be repaid by him accordingly. Failure of bore, &0. 14. (1.) If any bore, well, tank, or dam, or any other method or process for the conservation or utiliza- tion of water provided under section nine or section ten of this Act is declared by the Minister to be a failure, the cost thereof shall be charged against the Upper Burnett and Callide Land Settlement Fund hereinafter mentioned, and the selector shall not be called upon to pay any sum whatsoever in respect of such water facility aforesaid. (2.) If a dispute arises between the Minister and a selector or group of selectors as to whether any water facility aforesaid is a failure, the Minister shall refer the matter to the Land Court consisting of one member thereof for determination, and its determination shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, be final and conclusive and without appeal:

LAND, CROWN. ss. 15-18. 10651 1923. UPp61' Burnett and CaUide Land Settlement Act. Provided that no dispute shall be held to arise unless a claim that the water facility is a failure is made within twelve months from the date on which the Minister has notified to the selector or group of selectors that the water facility has been completely provided by him. 15. The site of any water facility which it is prO-General M pom " seI . sdtetro. provide under this Act shall be located by the lV 1P1 , 1 o 1 .w 1 e 8 rt8ero.f the 16. The Governor in Council may from time to Form, &c. time by notification in the Gazette prescribe the form, or mortgage. operation, and effect of any mortgage or other security under this Act and any modes and remedies, whether alternative or cumulative, for enforcement or repayment of any loan, with interest. . 17. For all the purposes of this Act- General (a) The Minister shall have and may exercise all~: : ~~ ; .f the powers, privileges, rights, and remedies of the Crown ; (b) All legal proceedings may be brought by or against the Minister in his official name; (c) Subject to this Act, the Minister shall have and may exercise all such powert;, authorities, and discretions, and may do all such acts and things, as a private person in Queensland has or may exercise or do, and the Minister generally may do whatever he deems neces- sary in connection with or incident to any business or enterprise carried on by him. The foregoing powers shall be in additipn to any other powers conferred upon the Minister by this Act. IS. The Minister may arrange with the State State ACodrvpaonrcaetls. OCnorsphoarlaltiothnetroeumpaonna, geasantdhethfeuS 1 ltyatecoAndsvt . Iatnucteeds m Ac o d ar v yp a o n m c r e aa t n ~ Iaogne -deputy and attorney of and for the Minister, be authorised ~ a~ to manage the whole or any pa.ct of so much of the usmess. business of the Minister under this Act a;3 consists of the making and regulation of loans, and for so doing he shall be entitled to receive as the State Advances Corporation 'Such annual management fee or commission as is mutually agreed upon by and between the Minister and such Corporation. o

10652 SS. 19-23. LAND, CROWN.-LAND TAX. Land Tax Act Amendment Act. 14 GEO. V. No. 38, Protection 19. No action against the Minister or the State ~ inister or Advances Corporation shall lie for any act lawfully Corporation. performed in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act tnBhouestMtinoeibnsesisatoefr strue 2 d 0. soNoatshintog inconthstiistuAtect acnoyntabiunseidnessshalel nbteerpcroinse- eSntateterprise. aorSutnadteeretnatkeirnpgricsaerrwieitdhoinn tbhye tmheeaMniinngistoerr fuonrdaenr ythoisf Athcet purposes of *" The State Enterprises Act of 1918." Finance. 21. There shall be kept in the Treasury a Fund to be called "The Upper Burnett and Callide Land Settlement Fund." All expenditure under or for the purposes of this Act shall be paid out of such Fund. . All moneys other than rents of selections received under this Act shall be paid into such Fund. Audit. 22. Accounts kept under or in pursuance of this Act shall be subject to audit by the Auditor-General. Regulations. 23. The Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for the effective execution of this Act. and the provisions of section two hundred and nine of the Principal Act shall apply to such regulations. LAND TAX. T 14 H N E Go.e L o 3 A . 8 N . V D . An Act to 1fu9r1t5h" erinAmceerntdain"TphaertiLcuanladrsT. ax Act of TAX ACT AMENDMENT [ASSENTED TO 15TH NOVEMBER, 1923.] ACT OF 1923. B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and w.th the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- ot ot acoSnofhdnAosrcttrtu. tictlteion t A " mTehn 1 ed . m T Le h an i nt s dA A cT c ta t x m A 1a c 9y t 23b, e" 1ca9int1ed5d" shaaasnlld " b T ei h ts e res L aed a v n ea d rsalo T an a me x wen A idt c h- t ments, herein collectively referred to as the Principal Act. 11 9 Geo. V. No. 20, supra, page 8591. t 6 Geo. V. No. 34, supra, page 6951; 9 Geo. V. No. 3, supra, page 8533; 10 Geo. V. No. 25, supra, page 9204; and 13 Geo. V. No. 3, supra, page 10119.