CAP. LII. c. 53. An Act to continue Appointments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts. [16th July 1855.] WHEREAS under an Act of the Session holden in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty (Chapter Fifty-three)," to consolidate and continue the Copyhold and 14 & 15 Vict. "Inclosure Commissions, and to provide for the Comple"tion of Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts," certain Powers of appointing Commissioners and other Officers ' as therein mentioned were limited to continue for Two Years 'next after the Day of the passing of that Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and no 'Commissioner or other Officer or Person appointed or con'tinued under that Act was to hold his Office for a longer 'Period than Two Years next after the Day of the passing of 'that Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next 'Session of Parliament: And whereas by an Act of the Session 16 & 17 Vict. holden in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Ma- c. 124. 6 'jesty, Chapter One hundred and Twenty-four, the said Powers of appointing Commissioners and other Officers were con'tinued, and the Period limited for the holding of Office under 'the said first-mentioned Act was extended until the First 'Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parlia'ment: And whereas it is expedient that the Powers of the 'said first-mentioned Act should be continued as herein-after ' mentioned:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: The Powers of appointing Commissioners and other Powers of Officers limited to continue as aforesaid by the said Act of the Appointment Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty shall be ers, &c. under further continued until the First Day of August One thousand 14 & 15 Vict. eight hundred and fifty-six, and thenceforth until the End of c. 53. conthe then next Session of Parliament, and the Period limited for the holding of Office under the said Act shall in like Manner be extended until the said First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament. CAP. LIII. An Act to relieve the East India Company from the of Commission tinued. 'to 16 & 17 Vict. c. 95. College to be discontinued. No Admissions after 25th Jan. 1856. Students certified at last Examination in 1857 to be qualified may be admitted to Service of Company. Commissioners Power to sell College, &c. As to Compensation to Officers, &c. to the Civil Service of the East India Company, under the Provisions of an Act of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Victoria, intituled An Act to provide for the Government of India, the Maintenance of the said Company's College at Haileybury will after a limited Period be no longer necessary:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: I. From and after the Thirty-first Day of January of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight the said College shall be discontinued and closed. II. No Person shall be admitted as a Student into the said College after the Twenty-fifth Day of January in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. III. Every Student of the said College at the Period of the last Examination in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven shall be examined in the usual Manner for Admission to the said Company's Service, and all those who shall be certified by the Principal of the said College to be duly qualified in other respects may be admitted to the Service of the said Company, notwithstanding such Students may not have resided Four Terms at the said College. IV. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to determine any Question of Priority of Rank which may arise between Persons appointed to the said Service in respect of Vacancies which occurred prior to the Thirtieth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and Persons appointed in respect of Vacancies which occurred on or after that Day. V. The said Company shall, with the Approval of the said Commissioners, as soon as may be after the Discontinuance of the said College, sell and dispose thereof and of all Lands and Hereditaments attached thereto, or, with the like Approval, may, at any Time after the passing of this Act, contract for the Sale and Disposal of the said Fremises from the Thirty-first Day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight; and the Proceeds of such Sale shall be received and held by the said Company in trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the Use of the Government of India. VI. At any Time within Six Months before the closing of the said College, it shall be lawful for the said Company to take into consideration the Claims of the Officers and Servants of the said College whose Interests may be prejudicially affected by the Abolition of the said College, and, under the Control of the said Commissioners, to grant such Compensations, Superannuations, or Allowances as shall appear reasonable, the Charge whereof shall be defrayed by the said Company out of the Revenues of India. CAP. 6 6 CAP. LIV. An Act to enable Her Majesty to assent to a Bill, as amended, of the Legislature of New South Wales, "to confer a Constitution on New South Wales, and to grant a Civil List to Her Majesty." [16th July 1855.] HEREAS the Legislative Council of the Colony of New South Wales, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the Authority of an Act of Parliament passed in the Fourteenth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Fifty-nine, in tituled An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty's 13 & 14 Vict. Australian Colonies, did, in the Year One thousand eight c. 59. ❝ hundred and fifty-three, pass a Bill, intituled An Act to confer 6 And whereas a Copy of the said Bill, as amended as aforesaid, is set forth in the Schedule (1.) to this Act:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Power to Her assent to the Bill in So much of the Acts in Schedule (2.) to this Act as relates to the Colony of New and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: I. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to assent to the said reserved Bill, as amended as aforesaid, and contained in Schedule (1.) to this present Act annexed, anything in the Schedule (1.) said specified Acts of Parliament, or any other Act, Law, Statute, or Usage, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. II. From the Day of the Proclamation of this Act in the said Colony of New South Wales (the said reserved Bill, as amended as aforesaid, having been previously assented to by Her Majesty in Council as aforesaid,) so much and such Parts of the several Acts of Parliament mentioned in the Schedule (2.) of this Act as severally relate to the said Colony of New South Wales and are repugnant to the said reserved Bill, amended as aforesaid, shall be repealed; and the entire Management and Control of the Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in the said Colony, and also the Appropriation of the gross Proceeds of the Sales of any such Lands, and of all other Proceeds and Revenues of the same, from whatever Source arising within the said Colony, including all Royalties, Mines, and Minerals, shall be vested in the Legislature of the said Colony: Provided, that so much of the Acts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her South Wales repealed. Provisions of former Acts respecting the Allowance and Disallow ance of Bills preserved. Majesty, Chapter Fifty-nine, and Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-six, mentioned in the said Schedule, as relates to the Constitution, Appointment, and Powers of the Legislative Council of the said Colony of New South Wales shall continue in force until the First Writs shall have issued for the Election of Members to serve in the House of Assembly, in pursuance of the Provisions of the said reserved Bill, amended and assented to as aforesaid, but no longer: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall affect or be construed to affect any Contract or to prevent the Fulfilment of any Promise or Engagement made by or on behalf of Her Majesty, with respect to any Lands situate in the said Colony, in Cases where such Contracts, Promises, or Engagements shall have been lawfully made before the Time at which this Act shall take effect within the said Colony, nor to disturb or in any way interfere with or prejudice any vested or other Rights which have accrued or belong to the licensed Occupants or Lessees of any Crown Lands within or without the settled Districts, under and by virtue of the Provisions of any of the Acts of Parliament so repealed as aforesaid, or of any Order or Orders of Her Majesty in Council issued in pursuance thereof. III. The Provisions of the before-mentioned Act of the Fourteenth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Fifty-nine, and of the Act of the Sixth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-six, intituled An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, which relate to the giving and withholding of Her Majesty's Assent to Bills, and the Reservation of Bills for the Signification of Her Majesty's Pleasure thereon, and the Instructions to be conveyed to Governors for their Guidance in relation relation to the Matters aforesaid, and the Disallowance of Bills by Her Majesty, shall apply to Bills to be passed by the Legislative Council and Assembly constituted under the said reserved Bill and this Act, and by any other Legislative Body or Bodies which may at any Time hereafter be substituted for the present Legislative Council and Assembly. alter the Pro IV. It shall be lawful for the Legislature of New South Power to Wales to make Laws altering or repealing all or any of the repeal and Provisions of the said reserved Bill, in the same Manner as any visions of the other Laws for the good Government of the said Colony, subject, reserved Bill. however, to the Conditions imposed by the said reserved Bill on the Alteration of the Provisions thereof in certain Particulars, until and unless the said Conditions shall be repealed or altered by the Authority of the said Legislature. 6 6 New South fined. V. And whereas by the before-mentioned Act of the Four- Boundaries of 'teenth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Fifty-nine, it is amongst the Colonies of other things enacted, that the Territories therein described as bounded on the North and North-east by a straight Line drawn Victoria along 'from Cape Howe to the nearest Source of the River Murray, the River and thence by the Course of that River to the Eastern Boun- Murray dedary of the Colony of South Australia, should be erected into a separate Colony to be known and designated as the Colony of Victoria: And whereas Doubts have been entertained as to the 'true Meaning of the said Description of the Boundary of the 'said Colony:' It is hereby declared and enacted, that the whole Watercourse of the said River Murray, from its Source therein described to the Eastern Boundary of the Colony of South Australia, is and shall be within the Territory of New South Wales: Provided nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for the Legislatures and for the proper Officers of Customs of both the said Colonies of New South Wales and Victoria to make Regulations for the levying of Customs Duties on Articles imported into the said Two Colonies respectively by way of the River Murray, and for the Punishment of Offences against the Customs Laws of the said Two Colonies respectively committed on the said River, and for the Regulation of the Navigation of the said River by Vessels belonging to the said Two Colonies respectively: Provided also, that it shall be competent for the Legislatures of the said Two Colonies, by Laws passed in concurrence with each other, to define in any different Manner the Boundary Line of the said Two Colonies along the Course of the River Murray, and to alter the other Provisions of this Section. Wales. VI. If Her Majesty shall at any Time exercise the Power Provision for given to Her by the said reserved Bill of altering the Northern of Portions of the Separation Boundary of New South Wales, and if She shall in the Exercise the Territory of such Power separate from the said Colony any entire Electoral of New South Districts, the Electoral Districts so separated shall cease to return Members to the Assembly of New South Wales; and if She shall, in the Exercise of such Power as aforesaid, separate from the said Colony any Portions of Electoral Districts, the remaining Portions not separated shall continue to return to the said Assembly |