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thority of this Act shall be valid in law provided that there shall
be thereon endorsed, except on any lease not exceeding twenty-one
years as aforesaid, a memorandum to be signed by the Governor
declaring his assent thereto.
8. The Commissioners with such assent as aforesaid may Lands may be set apa..
set apart any such lands as sites for Churches, Chapels, or Burial as special endow-
Grounds, and also by way of special endowment for Schools, Hos- ments.
pitals, or other Eleemosynary Institutions for the benefit of the
said aboriginal inhabitants, and may either manage such lands for
the benefit of such special endowments and may exercise in re-
lation thereto the same powers as are hereby vested in them, or
may with such assent as aforesaid tranfer such lands to any per-
son or persons, Body Corporate, or Bodies Corporate as Trustees
of such Endowments, subject to such provisions for ensuring the
proper application thereof as may be thought fit.
9. All monies which shall come to the hands of the Com- Application of monies.
missioners under the provisions of this Act except in respect of
special endowments, shall be applied by such Commissioners for
the benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants for whose benefit such
lands may have been set apart in such manner as the Governor
of the said Colony may from time to time direct.
10. All monies which shall come to the hands of the said Proceeds of special
Commissioners in respect of special endowments shall be applied endowments.
to the proper objects of such endowments.
11. The Commissioners shall publish yearly in the Govern- Publication of ac-
ment Gazette of the Province wherein such lands shall be situate counts.
a statement of a dealings and transactions whatever, respecting
such lands, toget er with a general report of their proceedings
and of the state of the property under their charge, and an ac-
count of all monies received and expended by them under this
Act.
12. The Governor in his discretion shall from time to time re- Governor to regulate
gulate the expenses of management and make provision for auditing expenses
the accounts.
13. Such expenses of management shall be defrayed by each Expenses of manage-
set of Commissioners, or by any trustees respectively, out of any ment.
money which shall come into their hands under the provisions of
this Act.
14. Where any lands shall have been set apart or reserved Provisions of the Act
for the special benefit of the said Aboriginal inhabitants or any of extended to lands over
them, or where upon any sale of lands, by natives a certain portion which native title not
of the district sold shall have been or shall be specially excepted extinguished, with the
out of such sale, but over which lands so reserved, set apart, or ex- assent of the aborigi
cepted, the Native title shall not have been extinguished, it shall nal inhabitants.
be lawful for the Governor, with the assent of such Aboriginal in-
habitants to be ascertained in manner provided by this Act, to de-
clare such lands to be subject to the provisions of this Act, and
to appoint Commissioners for the management thereof in like man-
ner as if such Native title had been extinguished.
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Continuation of Act for management of Lands set apart for Aboriginal Inhabitants (Sections 8-14)
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration6 August 1856
Legislation, Land management, Special endowments, Commissioners, Governor, Accounts publication