New South Wales: The Glebe Borough Act of 1878 42 Vic (NSW)

Pew South Wales, ANNO QUADRAGESIMO SECUNDO VICTORIA REGIN &. An Act to enable the Borough of the Glebe to sell and dispose of two portions of Jand situate in the county of Cumberland parish of Petersham at Grose Farm on the old Parramatta Road granted to the Municipal Council of the Glebe as sites for Council Chambers and a School of Arts respectively and to provide for the appropriation of the proceeds thereof. [20th November, 1878. | Tue GLEBE Borovan. IEREAS by a deed poll or grant from the Crown bearing date Preamble. the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson G.C.M.G. the Governor for the time being of the Colony of New South Wales and under the seal of the said Colony Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen. Victoria did grant unto the Municipal Council of the Glebe and their successors all that piece or parcel of land in our said Colony containing by admeasurement one rood thirty perches and half of a perch be the same more or less situated in the county of Cumberland parish of Petersham at Grose Farm on the old Parramatta Road portion fifteen and seventeen commencing at the south-eastern side of the old Parramatta Road at the north-western corner of portion eighteen and bounded thence on the east by part of the west boundary-line of that portion bearing south thirteen degrees forty-four minutes east two chains and fifty- a eight 42° VIC. 1878. The Glebe Borough. eight links on the south-east by the north-western boundary-line of portion fourteen bearing west twenty-five degrees seventeen minutes south one chain and eighty- two links to a road wide on the south-west by that road bearing north forty-one degrees twenty- six minutes west one chain and seven links on' the north-west by the south-eastern boundary-line of portion sixteen appropriated for a School of Arts bearing east twenty-nine degrees twenty-two minutes north one chain six links and one half of a link again on the south- west by the north-eastern boundary-line of that appropriation bearing north twenty-eight degrees west one chain fifty-two links and onc half of a link to the old Parramatta Road aforesaid and again on the north- west by that road north-easterly onc chain sixty-five links and one half of a link to the point of commencement with all the rights and appur- tenances thereto belonging to hold unto the Municipal Council of the Glebe and their successors for ever yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year the quit rent of one peppercorn on demand subject to the conditions reservations and provisoes thereinafter mentioned and upon and for the trusts intents and purposes thereinafter declared of and concerning the said land that is to say upon trust to use the said land as the site for Council Chambers and for no other use or purpose whatso- ever And whereas by a deed poll or grant from the Crown bearing date the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand cight hundred and seventy-five under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hereules Geor 0 Robert Robinson G.C.M.G. the Governor for the time being of the colony of New South Wales and under the seal of the said colony Her Most' Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria did grant unto the Municipal Council of the Glebe and their successors all that piece oy parcel of land in the said colony containing by admeasurement thirty perches and one half of a perch be the same more or less situated in the county of Cum- berland parish of Petersham at Grose Farm on the old Parramatta Road portion sixteen commencing on the south-eastern side of the old Parra- matta Road at the western corner of portion seventeen being part of the appropriation for Council Chambers and bounded thence on the north- west by that road south-westerly one chain eighteen links and one half of alink onthe west bylines bearing south twelve degrees forty-two minutes west fourteen links south one degree twelve minutes west twelve links and thence south twenty-four degrees fifty minutes east fourteen links on the south-west by a road one chain wide bearing south forty- one degrees twenty-six minutes east one chain thirty-one links and one half of a link on the south-east by part of the north-western boundary of portion fifteen being part of the appropriation for Council Chambers bearing east twenty-nine degrees twenty-two minutes north one chain six links and one half of a link and on the north-cast by the south- western boundary of portion seventeen aforesaid bearing north twenty- eight degrees west one chain fifty-two links and one half of a link to the point of commencement to hold unto the Municipal Council of the Glebe and their successors for ever yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year the quit rent of one peppercorn on demand subject to the conditions reservations and provisoes thereinafter mentioned and upon and for the trusts intents and purposes thereinafter declared of and concerning the said land (that is to say) upon trust to use the said land as a site for a School of Arts and for no other use or purpose whatsoever And whereas the said parcels of land are not situated in a convenient or suitable position for the purposes for which they were granted And it has been deemed expedient by the said Municipal Council of the said Borough that the said parcels of land and heredita- ments should be sold and the proceeds arising from such sale applied in or towards the purchase of another parcel of land in the said Borough in a more convenient and suitable position and in the erection thereon pv) 1878. 42° VIC. The Glebe Borough. thereon of a building or buildings to be used for Council Chambers and a School of Arts And whereas the said land cannot be sold without the authority of an Act of Parliament 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 :— 1. It shall be lawful for the Borough of the Glebe to sell and Power to sell. dispose of the land comprised in the hereinbefore recited grants cither by public auction or private contract and either in one lot or in several lots as the Municipal Council thereof may think most expedient for such price or prices as may be reasonably had or obtained for the same and upon such terms and conditions of sale as the said Municipal Council may deem expedient with power to buy in the said land or any part or parts thereof at any auction sale or to rescind or vary the terms of any contract for sale without being responsible for any loss occasioned thereby and under the corporate seal of the said Borough to convey transfer and assure the said land or any part or parts thereof in fee simple to the purchaser or purchasers thereof respectively his her or their heirs and assigns freed and discharged from all or any of the aforesaid or other trusts affecting the same. 2. The receipt of the treasurer for the time being of the said Receipt of treasurer Borough of the Glebe for any money to arise from such sale or sales t° be sufficient. of the said parcels of land or either of them or any part or parts thereof respectively shall be an effectual and absolute discharge to the pur- chaser or purchasers thereof and shall wholly and completely exonerate him her or them from secing to the application thereof and from al liability as to the misapplication or non-application thereof. 8. It shall and may be lawful for the said Municipal Council to power to sell on allow any purchaser or purchascrs of the said parcels of land or any or cretit. either of them or any part or parts thereof respectively credit for any part of his her or their purchase money upon such terms as to interest or otherwise as the Municipal Council may deem reasonable and proper Provided that such parcels of land on such part or parts thereof for the purchase money of which ercdit shall be given shall remain unconveyed or shall be rendered a security by charge mortgage or otherwise for so much of the purchase money thereof as shall remain unpaid together with interest thercon until payment thereof the lien of the said Borough as vendor continuing notwithstanding any other arrangement as to othcr sccurity for the purchase moncy or any part thereof remaining unpaid. 4. The moneys arising from such sale or sales shall be applied rusts of proceeds. by the said Municipal Council in the first place in paying thercout the costs and expenses of and incidental to obtaining this Act and the expenses incurred im and about such sale or sales and in the next place in or towards the purchase of lands and premises within the said Borough of the Glebe and the remainder of such moneys (if any) shall be applied by the said Council in or towards the erection upon the said lands so purchased as aforesaid of a building or buildings to be used as Council Chambers and a School of Arts or in the improve- ment of any buildings that may be on the said land at the time of such purchase. 5. The land and premises which shall be so purchased as Landto be purchased aforesaid shall be conveyed and assured to and remain vested in the t9 be vested in the d . ., Borough of the Glebe Borough of the Glebe upon trust to use the same for a site for Council upon trust. Chambers and a School of Arts and with and subject to the same powers and provisions as are expressed in the hereinbefore recited deeds of grant in respect of the land therein described except so far as the said trusts powers and provisions are altered or enlarged by this Act. 4, 42° VIC. 1878. Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Incorporation Acts Extension. Power to make rules 6. It shall and may be lawful for the said Municipal Council and regulations. for any of the purposes aforesaid to make all any or every such rules and regulations for the use of the said land so purchased as aforesaid or any part or parts thercof or for the government or management of any building or buildings that may be erected thercon or any portion or portions of such buildings respectively and to vary or alter the same from time to time as it may think fit for any of the purposes aforesaid in accordance with the powers given to or vested in the said Council by the " Municipalities Act of 1867." Short title. 7. This Act may be styled and may be cited as "The Glebe Borough Act of 1878."