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in the Tenth Subsection of the Nineteenth Section of the Constitution Act to ordain or pass any Law or Ordinance which but for such restriction might have been ordained or passed by such Superintendent and Council affecting any part of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Province which therewas or thereafter should be a public street road highway or thoroughfare.
And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Canterbury entitled The Roads Diversion Ordinance Session XI No. 3 it is enacted that except as therein provided no public road shall be closed up or diverted except under the authority of a Special Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council in that behalf.
And whereas it is for the public benefit that the parcel of land mentioned and described in the first Schedule hereto and in the plan hereunto annexed should become a Public Highway in lieu of the parcel of land mentioned and described in the second Schedule hereto and in the plan hereunto annexed and that the said last mentioned parcel of land should cease to be a Public Road.
And whereas Matthew Eaglesome of Graingeston Farm Lower Lincoln Road farmer hath conveyed the parcel of land mentioned in the first Schedule to the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury and his successors upon trust for a Public Highway and upon the treaty for the said conveyance it was agreed that the said parcel of land mentioned in the said second Schedule should be given to the said Matthew Eaglesome in exchange for the parcel of conveyed by him as aforesaid.
Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:—
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From and after the passing of this Ordinance the parcel of land so conveyed as aforesaid by the said Matthew Eaglesome and more particularly described in the first Schedule hereto and in the plan hereunto annexed shall be and remain for ever a Public Highway.
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From and after the passing of this Ordinance the Public Road passing over the parcel of land described in the Second Schedule hereto and in the plan hereunto annexed shall be closed up and the said parcel of land shall be granted to the said Matthew Eaglesome his heirs and assigns for ever in exchange for the parcel of land conveyed by him as aforesaid.
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This Ordinance shall be entitled and may be cited as The Diversion of Roads Special Ordinance No. 2, 1867.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1867, No 28
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🏛️ The Diversion of Roads Special Ordinance No. 2, 1867
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationLegislation, Roads, Highways, Land Exchange, Crown Lands
- Matthew Eaglesome, Conveyed land for public highway