THE SOUTHLAND WASTE LANDS ACT, 1863.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 37, 1 February 1864, Page 7

THE SOUTHLAND WASTE LANDS ACT, 1863.

An Act to amend the Laws now in force for the Sale, Letting, Occupation, and Disposal of the Waste Lands, of the Crown within the "Province of Southland. RESETTED FQJR, HER ASSEXX, 14th bjgceivlber, 1653. "Whereas it is expedient to amend the acts, ordinances, and regulations now in force within the Province of Southland, for the sale, letting, occupation, and disposal of the waste lands of the Crown, and to make further provision thereto : Be it therefore exacted 1 "by the General Assembly, of- New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows -. — Short Title, I. The short title of this act shall be the " Southland Waste Lands Act 1863" ' ■ ' Application and Comtyiencevient- of- Apt. # 11. This act shall, apply to, the Province an.cL to, the waste land within the , of- Southland only, and shall ■nat come into operation until Her Majesty's pleasure shall hare been taken thereon, and the same shall have been confirmed by Her Majesty, with the advice of the Privy Council, and. a proclamation of such cqn^iaation having been given, shaft have been, made Dy the Qoyernpr. ' partial Repeal' g/ Laics. 111. As to . any. sale or. other (feposi-, ■ tioft of land hereafter t.o, fee made, the ; order made "by the Governor in Council on the 19th. day of September, 1860, and the eth, 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, 11th and 18th clauses- of the "Waste Lands Eegulations of the Province of Otago, proclaimed by the Governor on the! 12th day of February 1856,' are I hereby repealed^: Provided always! that tl\e said Order, in" Council and oia^ses shall, subject" to the provisions hereinafter contained, remain in force, ! as to all engagements, contracts, and obligations heretofore entered into thereunder) a^d a& yet uncompleted. 1. — RuitAii Laxd. Section 26 Partially Repealed. IV. So far as concerns rural Iqaid, Secfciou 2Q of the said "Wasts Lands

Regulations is 'hereby repealed. - _ All Rural Lrmd Open for Sale, ,- „- V. All rural land shall hereafter/be open for sale or disposal," except such as, at the time application isTri'a'de for the purchase of the same, is leased, or reserved for leasing, or is included or comprised within any license to depasture stock, or is reserved from sale by virtue of any power or authority in that behalf, given by any act, ordinance or regulation for the time being in force; but it shall be lawful for the Superintendent with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to reserve' or withdraw from sale any land; the sale of which may appear to : him to be prejudicial to the" public interests. ' : Purchasers must ma/cc Application. . • . ' .[ VI. Any persons desirous of purchasing land shall make an application in writing for the purchase thereof to the r Waste Land Board, in/a form to be by the Board prescribed, and the decision of the Board on such application . shall be given on such 'day as it shall appoint not being more than twelve days from the date of application. In the event of two or more persons having made application for the same land on the same day, such' land shall be put up for sale by public auction, open to all bidders. Price of Land. VII. The price at which land shall be offered for sale shall be forty shillings per acre ! and in the event of two or more applications for the purchase of the same land being made on the same day, the upset price at which such land shall be put at the auction shall be forty shillings per acre. ; Price of Lznd may be raised. ';■ VIII. Provided always that it shall 1 be lawful for the Grovernor in Council from time to time if he shall see fit, on the receipt of a recommendation to' this effect from the Superintendent and Provincial Council, to order that an augmentation shall be made in the price at which the waste lands shall be offered for sale, either by selection or auction, to such an amount as shall be expressed in the said recommendation, and from and after a date to be fixed in the order in Council the price shall be raised accordingly. Land, how to be Sold. IX. Where no more than one application shall have been made for the same la&el on the same day, and the "Waste Land Board shall have decided that the land shall be sold, and shall have declared such applicant to be the purchaser thereof, then such applicant shall forthwith pay to the treasurer of the Waste Land Board the purchasemoney thereof; and where land shall have been put up to public auction, as hereinbefore provided, the highest bidder shall be declared, the purchaser thereof, and the person who is declared the purchaser shall, immediately after such sale, pay to the auctioneer or other person authorised by the said treasurer to receive the same, the purchase money of the landpurchasedby him Grant to be issued. K. Upon payment of the purchasemoney the purchaser shall be entitled to a grant from the Crown, in fee simple of the land of which he shall have been declared the purchaser. Any former Purchaser may either — XI. Any person who at any time before the passing of this Act shall have applied for the purchase of land under the Land Regulations then in force, and shall have obtained from the Waste Land Board a certificate entitling him to take possession of the lauid specified in his application, but who shall not have expended on such land forty shillings per acre in im-. provements, so as to entitle him to, a Crown grant thereof - under the said Regulations (hereinafter styled a wformer purchaser") may elect to do either of the following things : — 1. To pay tfie- Receiver of Land Revenue at his ofiice a sum of jaon-ey equal to ten shillings per acre on the quantity of land comprised in his certificate, and be entitled forthwith to a Crown grant in fee simple, free from conditions. 2. To take a Crawn grant in fee simple without conditions for two-.Wrds in value of the land comprised in such certificate. To. be ascertained to the satisfaction of, the Commissioner of Crown lands. Otherwise to abandon their r.hgMs-. XII. Any such forrfter- j:>urehaser who shall not within six months after the coming into, operation of this Act elect to, d;o. 'either of the aforementioned; things, and signify the same in . wriftittg to the Waste Land Board, shall be deemed to have decided to stand upon his rights, and ta remainsubject to his liabilities as though this Act /had not been pasaecL II. — MISCELLAJQEOFS PfiOTISIO^S. Right of Pasturage. '. XIII. On. the; proclamation, o£ new hundreds over country held under , pastoral licenses, the xight of pasturage sjiall remain with the holders of such licenses until the apiDointment of wardens for such hundreds. Land in (^oldfield subject to Waste Land ti Laws. ' XIV. It shall, be lawful for the- - Governor, by proclamation, from, time to time, to declare that anj; district of country to be therein, described, which may be or haje been proclaimed a goldfield under the provisions of the " Mdfields Act, 1862," or any Grold- • fields Act for the time being in force, the pastoral licenses over which' shall have been suspended, or cancelled, shall, from, a date to. be therein stated, be subject to the provisions of the ""Waste Lands Act, 1858," and to the provisions of the several Acts, Ordinances and Regulations for the time being in force within the said Province for the sale, letting, occupation or disposal of the Waste-Lands anything in such Q-oldfields Act to the contrary notwithstanding,

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