✨ Road Diversion Ordinance
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It shall be lawful for the said Joseph Cornish Helmore his heirs and assigns but at his and their own cost to erect a bridge across the said River Avon of not less than fourteen feet wide in the place on the said map colored red connecting the public road reserved in and by the first section of this Ordinance with the retained portion of the public road described in the third section of this Ordinance and for such purpose to occupy such portion of land in the bed of the said river and on either bank thereof as appears by the said plan to be set out as the site of the said bridge: Provided that such bridge shall be so constructed as to be sufficient to the satisfaction of the Assistant or Acting Provincial or other Engineer appointed by the Provincial Government certified as hereinafter provided for the general purposes of traffic of foot passengers animals and carriages of all descriptions.
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The said bridge shall immediately upon the same being so certified become a public bridge and highway to all intents and purposes whatsoever: Provided only that it shall be obligatory on the said Joseph Cornish Helmore his heirs and assigns at his and their own cost at all times until the expiration of four years from the passing of this Act to maintain and keep in repair the said bridge.
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It shall be obligatory on the said Joseph Cornish Helmore his heirs and assigns on and from the passing of this Ordinance to dedicate to the public as and for a public highway for the general purposes of traffic of foot passengers animals and carriages of all descriptions a new road of not less than fifty links wide in and upon the said Rural Section numbered 7 commencing on the southern boundary thereof in a continuous line with the said road and bridge hereinbefore reserved and provided for and running in through and over the part of the said section described in the schedule and plan aforesaid and therein colored blue but so as such road shall not in any way interfere with the usual and proper flow of water in a mill-race twelve feet wide over which the said road passes as shown on the plan hereto and therein colored brown.
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The two portions described in the said schedule and plan and therein colored yellow of the public road reserved along the north bank of the said River Avon (and which portions are respectively twenty-five feet wide and together with and including the said retained portion thereof colored black on the said map form the whole of the southern boundary of the said Section numbered 7) shall on and after the passing of this Act cease to be a public highway and the same shall forthwith be granted to the said Joseph Cornish Helmore his heirs and assigns in fee simple free from all rights either public or private by which the same were heretofore affected: And it shall be further lawful for the Governor in the name and on behalf of...
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 51
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Diversion of Roads Ordinance for North Avon Bridge and Road
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🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationRoad Diversion, North Avon Bridge, Public Highway, Christchurch, Canterbury
- Joseph Cornish Helmore, Responsible for bridge construction and maintenance