✨ Road Diversion Ordinance
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And whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Provincial Council Powers Extension Act 1865" it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent and Provincial Council of any Province and notwithstanding the restriction contained in the Tenth Sub-section 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 then was or thereafter should be a public street road highway or thoroughfare.
And whereas it is for the public benefit that the parcel of land mentioned and described in the Schedule A to this Ordinance and delineated on the Plan hereto annexed and thereon coloured Pink should become a Public Highway in lieu of the parcels of land mentioned and described in the Schedule B to this Ordinance and delineated on the Plan hereto annexed and thereon coloured Green and that the said last-mentioned parcels of land should cease to be a Public Road.
And whereas Sir John Cracroft Wilson C.B. hath conveyed the parcel of land mentioned and described in Schedule A to this Ordinance 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 parcels of land mentioned and described in the Schedule B to this Ordinance should be given to the said Sir Cracroft Wilson C.B. in exchange for the parcel of land 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 conveyed as aforesaid by the said Sir John Cracroft Wilson C.B. and more particularly described in the Schedule A hereto and coloured Pink on the Plan hereto 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 parcels of land described in the Schedule B hereto and coloured Green on the Plan hereto annexed shall be closed up and the said parcels of land shall be granted to the said Sir John Cracroft Wilson C.B. 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 intituled and may be cited as "The Diversion of Roads Special Ordinance No. 4 1873."
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1873, No 47
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🏗️ Diversion of Roads Special Ordinance No. 4 1873
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksRoads, Diversion, Public Highway, Land Exchange, Canterbury
- John Cracroft Wilson (Sir), Conveyed land for public highway
- Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury