Walgett English Church and Parsonage Land Sale Act of 1884 No wec (NSW)

An Act to enable Thomas Clark Hichard Kirby Thompson and Arthur Gray Trus­ tees of certain land situate in the Town of Walgett to sell the same and provide for the application of the proceeds thereof.

Ki rby Thompson and Arthur Gray upon trust for the appropriation thereof

[21st February, 1884.]

day of Apr i l in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and WH E R E A S Wi l l i am Frederick Spencer Lof tus dated the twenty-fourth by a deed of grant under the hand of Lord Augustus

eighty-two the land described in the First Schedule hereto was granted to Thomas Clark Richard Ki rby Thompson and Arthur Gray their heirs and assigns upon trust to appropriate the same as a site for the erection of a church in connection with the United Church of England and Ireland as by law established A n d whereas b y a deed of grant under the hand of the said Lord Augustus W i l l i a m Frederick Spencer Loftus dated the twenty-fourth day of Apr i l in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two the land described in the

Second Schedule hereto was granted to the said Thomas Clark Richard

thereof as a site for a dwelling-house garden and other appurtenances
for the clergyman duly appointed to officiate in the church erected at
Wa lge t t of the United Church of England and Ireland as by law established A n d whereas the said sites have been deemed unsuitable
for the purposes for which they were respectively granted and it is
expedient that the said lands described in the First and Second Schcdiiles hereto should be sold and that the proceeds which may arise
from such sale should be applied in the manner hereinafter directed
A n d whereas the said deeds of grant to the said Thomas Clark Richard Ki rby Thompson and Arthur Cray contain no power of sale or exchange over the said lands thereby granted A n d whereas it is desirable that
power should be given to the said Thomas Clark Richard K i r b y
Thompson and Arthur Gray to enable them to sell the said lands and to apply the proceeds thereof as hereinafter directed Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Mos t Excel lent Majesty b y and with the advice' and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly o f
N e w South Wales in Parliament assembled and b y the authority of
the same as fol lows : —
1. I t shall be lawful for the said Thomas Clark Richard Kirby Thompson and Arthur Gray (hereinafter styled Trustees) or other the Trustees or Trustee for the t ime being of the said lands their heirs or assigns to sell and dispose of the said lands described in the First and Second Schedules hereto either b y publ ic auction or private contract and cither in one lot or in several lots and for such price or prices as can be obtained for the same and upon such terms and conditions of sale as the said Trustees may deem expedient and to buy in the said lands or any part or parts thereof at any auction sale or to rescind or vary the terms of any contract for the sale of the said lands or any part or parts thereof and to convey transfer and assure the said lands or any part or parts thereof in fee simple to the purchaser or purchasers thereof his her or their heirs or assigns freed and discharged from each and all the trusts affecting the same and the receipt in writing of the said Trustees their heirs and assigns for any money aiasing from such sale or sales shall be an effectual and absolute discharge to the purchaser or purchasers thereof and shall free h im her or them f rom seeing to the application of any proceeds of such sale or sales and from any liability in respect o f the same.

2. The said Trustees their heirs or assigns shall stand possessed

of all moneys arising f rom each and every such sale or sales as aforesaid and after the payment o f the actual and reasonable expenses of such	sale or sales and of this A c t upon trust to apply the proceeds of such
sale or sales in or towards the purchase of another piece or pieces o f
land in the town of Walge t t as a site or sites for the erection thereon
of a church and parsonage in connect ion with the Uni ted Church of
England and Ireland in N e w South Wale s and to apply the remainder
of the said moneys (if any) which shall not be required for the purpose
aforesaid in or towards the erection of a church and parsonage as aforesaid upon the land to be purchased as aforesaid and the receipts of any person or persons to w h o m any moneys shall be paid under the provisions of this A c t shall be valid and complete discharges to the Trustees their heirs and assigns for such moneys .
3. This A c t may be cited as the " W a l g e t t English Church and Parsonage Land Sale A c t of 1881 . "

F I R S T

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Colony of Xew South Wales containing by admeasurement three roods thirty perches be the same more or less situated in the county of Baradine and parish of Walgett town of Walgett allotment eighteen of section eleven Commencing on the western side of Fox-street at its intersection with the northern side of Wee Waa-street and bounded thence on the south by the latter

Btreet bearing west two chains on the west by the eastern boundary of allotment

seventeen of one rood thirty-five perches appropriated for a Church of England Parsonage bearing north four chains sixty-nine links to a lane on the north by that lane parallel with Wee Waa-slreet bearing east two chains to Eox-street and on the east by that street bearing south four chains sixty-nine links to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land in the said Colony containing by admeasurement

one rood thirty-five perches be the same more or less situated in the county of Barradine

parish of Walgett town of Walgett allotment seventeen and section eleven Commencing

on the northern side of Wee Waa-street at the south-western corner of allotment

eighteen of three roods thirty perches appropriated for a Church of England Church and bounded thence on the south by that street bearing west one chain on the west by a line bearing north four chains sixty nine links to a lane on the north by that lane parallel with Wee Waa-street bearing east one chain and on the east by the western boundary of allotment eighteen aforesaid bearing south four chains sixty-nine links to the point of commencement.