New South Wales: Parramatta Church-street Amended Alignment Act of 1888 52 Vic (NSW)

1888. 52° VIC. 41 Parramatta Church-street Amended Alignment. An Act to adopt and deelare valid an amended Paes, alignment of Church-street in the Borough of Parramatta,and to authorize the Council of the said Borough to erect a public foun- tain and other buildings on land now part of said street, and for the other purposes hereinafter mentioned. [28rd July, 1888. | IEREAS the existing alignment of Church-street within the Preamble. Borough of Parramatta between Macquarie-strect and Dareey- street, and also in the vicinity of Albert-strect is defective and in- convenient by reason of the narrowness thereof, the obstructive angles therein, and the fixing of the public fountain so as to occupy the building line of the said Church-street ; and it is expedient to adopt and declare valid such re-alignment thereof as is hereinafter set forth : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legis- lative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— 1. After the passing of this Act the foot-ways and carriage-ways New alignment of in Chureh-street from Macquaric-street southwards to the southern PetofChureh-street, boundary of the Municipal Council Chambers premises, and from Ilavold-strect to Albert-street within the Borough of Parramatta afore- said, shall be in the places and of the dimensions shown on the plan of the said portions respectively of the said street numbered six hundred and forty-nine, and now deposited in the Lands Titles' Office, Sydney. 2. After the passing of this Act the picce of land situate at the New site for public intersection. of Church-strect and Macquaric-street aforesaid, containing pow ten and a quarter perches, granted to the said Council and its sucees- sors as a site for a public fountain, hy Crown grant dated on or about the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy- four, under the hand of Lis Execlleney Governor Sir ILercules tcbinson, and registered volume two hundred and forty-one folio one hundred and nine, shall be deemed to be and shall become part of Church-strect aforesaid, anything in the said grant to the contrary notwithstanding, and the picce of land shown and delincated on the said plan and thereon coloured blue, shall be used and sct apart asa site for a public fountain and public buildings in the stead of the land comprised in the said grant. 3. After the passing of this Act the carriage and foot-ways as Conformation of new on the said plan shown, except thereout the said portion coloured blue, "™"* shall for all purposes whatsoever be deemed to have been duly aligned and set out under the authority of the Act second Victoria, number two and the other laws in force within the Colony relating to the alignment of streets within the said Town or Borough of Parramatta. 4. An office tracing or copy of the said plan and certified under Now alignments— the hand of the Registrar-Gencral of the said Colony for the time being '¥ Prret. shall, in all eases whatsoever at law or in equity be sufficient and conclusive evidence of the alignment effectuated by this Act without the production of the original plan ; and such Registrar-General or his Deputy shall furnish to any person requiring the same such certified copies or tracings as aforesaid whenever required, at the cost of ten shillings cach. 5. After the passing of this Act the Council of the Borough of Council to have sole >, . control of fountain Parramatta and its successors shall have the whole control and manage- and site. ment of the said piece of land coloured blue on the said plan, hereby ad appointed Power to make by-laws. Proof of by-laws. Short title. 52' VIC. 1888. Silverton Tramway Amending. appointed to be the new site for a public fountain, and may out of the general revenue or other available funds of the said Borough, either remove to the said site the public fountain now on the land so granted as aforesaid, or may erect thereon another fountain in lieu thereof, and a memorial building or structure in connection with the celebration of the Centenary of the Colony in the said Borough, or such other building or buildings as they shall think fit. 6. It shall be lawful for the Council of the said Borough and its successors from time to time to make by-laws, rules, and regulations for the use, government, and management of the said land hereby sct apart as a site for a public fountain and coloured blue on the said alignment plan, and the fountain and buildings thereon, and in any such by-laws to fix maximum and minimum penalties for the neglect or breach thereof ; and such by-laws shall have the force of law when confirmed by the Governor and published in the Government Gazetle in manner provided in regard to Municipal by-laws by the '" Munici- palities Act of 1867," or other the Acts in force for the time being in the said Colony in that behalf, but subject to the like conditions and qualifications as contained in the said Act or Acts respectively: Provided always that no such penalty shall exceed fifty pounds. 7. The production of the Government Gazette containing such by-laws shall be conclusive evidence of such by-laws in any proceedings at law or in equity whatsoever. 8. This Act may be cited as the " Parramatta Church-strect Amended Alignment Act of 1888."