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Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 26

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✨ Road Bill Legislation

Province of Auckland.

ROAD BILL, No. 3.

IN THE TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.

SESSION XII, No. *

ANALYSIS :

Title.	3. Land described in Schedule A. may be granted to Edmund Foley.
Preamble.	4. Superintendent may pay compensation.
1. Part of Road described in Schedule A. to be closed.	5. Short Title.
2. Land described in Schedule B. to be opened as a Road.

Title.

A BILL to close up a certain portion of a Road in the Parish of Manurewa in the Province of Auckland, and to authorise the Governor to grant the Land occupied by the portion of the Road so closed to Edmund Foley, and to open a portion of Land known as Fairburn’s grant now owned by the said Edmund Foley as a Public Road.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is expedient to alter and divert the Road running through certain Lands in the Parish of Manurewa in the Province of Auckland, known as Fairburn’s grant, by closing up a portion of the said Road on the North-east side of the present Road as described in Schedule A to this Act, and by declaring that the Land on the south-west side of the said Road described in Schedule B to this Act, which last mentioned Land is the property of Edmund Foley, should be declared a Public Highway according to the terms of “The Diversion of Roads Act, 1853.”

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, and with the consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows :—

Part of Road described in Schedule A. to be closed.

From and after the passing of this Act, that portion of the said Road, mentioned and described in Schedule A to this Act, shall be closed.

Land described in Schedule B. to be opened as a Road.

From and after the passing of this Act, the Land mentioned and described in Schedule B to this Act, shall be opened as a Public Road, and shall for ever thereafter be used as and be a Public Highway.

Land described in Schedule A. may be granted to Edmund Foley.

It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand to grant the Land described in the said Schedule A to Edmund Foley, his heirs and assigns, in fee simple.

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1859, No 26

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

It was nicknamed the 'Shedifice' as it was large and drafty, with a leaking roof. First premier Henry Sewell described it as 'a great wooden barnshaped affair, which might serve for a Hospital, a Jail, or a Barrack'.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Road Bill No. 3: Diversion of Roads in Manurewa

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsRoad diversion, Land grant, Manurewa, Auckland, Edmund Foley
👱🏽 Names

Edmund Foley, Land grant recipient

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