✨ Provincial 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
described in the first column of the Schedule hereto should become a
public highway in lieu of the parcel of land described in the second
column of the said Schedule and that the last-mentioned parcel of land
should cease to be a public road and should be granted in exchange for
the first-mentioned parcel of land in manner hereinafter mentioned.
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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When and so soon as the parcel of land described in the first
column of the Schedule hereto shall have been transferred to the
Superintendent and his successors for a public road the same shall be
and remain for ever a public highway and a public highway passing
over the parcel of land described in the second column of the said
Schedule shall be stopped up. -
When and so soon as the parcel of land described in the first
column of the said Schedule has been so transferred as aforesaid the
parcel of land described in the second column of the said Schedule shall
be granted in fee to the persons transferring the parcel of land described
in the first column in exchange for the land transferred by them. -
This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as "The
Diversion of Roads Special Ordinance No. 5 1873."
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1873, No 52
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🏘️ Diversion of Roads Special Ordinance No. 5 1873
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentRoad diversion, Public highway, Land exchange, Provincial Council, Ordinance
- Superintendent of the Province