Saint Mark's Alexandria School Site Act 1855 19 Vic (NSW)

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Preamble.

19° VIC. 1855. Saint Mark's Alexandria School Site.

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Glebe of Saint James' Church Sydney to convey a portion thereof to the Trustees of Saint Mark's Church Alexandria (North) near Sydney as a site for the erection thereon of a School

and a Schoolmaster's Residence. [13th Decem- ber, 1855.]

HEREAS a church of the United Church of England an Ireland called the Church of Saint Mark situate in the parish

of Alexandria (North) near Sydney has been erected and divine worship has been conducted therein for a considerable time pas And whereas at present there is no parochial school-house of or belonging to or in connection with the said church in the said parish or elsewhere and it is of essential importance that such a school-house with a residence for the master thereof should be forthwith crectec And whereas there is no land in the said parish which Her Majesty's Government can give or cause to be granted as a site for the erection of such a school-house and residence And whereas a piece of land containing three roods and five perches or thereabouts situate on the southern side of the New South Head Road being a portion of certain. lands within the said parish which were granted by [fis late Majesty King William the Fourth to Trustees as a glebe for the Church of Saint. James in the city of Sydney forms the most desirable site for the erec- tion of such school-house and residence as aforesaid And whereas the Government of the said Colony is willing to grant to the said Trustees of the said glebe lands an equivalent quantity of land in some other locality in lieu of the said three roods and five perches or thereabouts of the said glebe lands if such quantity of the said last-mentioned lands shall be granted and appropriated for the erection thereon of such school-house and residence as aforesaid and the said present Trustees of the said glebe lands are therefore willing that such portion thereof shall be dedicated and appropriated to the erection and maintenance of such school-house and residence as aforesaid And whereas a public meeting of the inhabitants of the said parish was lately held whereat the Reverend George Fairfowl M'Arthur the present incumbent of the said Church of Saint Mark was chairman and at such meeting it was resolved unanimously that a parish school to accommodate one hundred and fifty children together with a residence for the master should be forthwith erected in the said parish and that the education in such school should be conducted upon the principles hereinafter mentioned And whereas the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds has been, already subscribed towards the object aforesaid by the residents of the said parish and others and it is expected that such further sum as may be required will be readily subscribed if such portion as afore- said of the said glebe lands can be obtained with an indefeasible title thereto for the erection thereon of the said school-house and residence And whereas the said Trustees of the said glebe lands have no power to alienate any portion thereof for the purpose of erecting such school- house and residence and it is therefore necessary in order to carry the aforesaid objects into effect that such power should be conferred upon them and it is expedient and desirable that such power should be conferred upon them And whereas the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Sydney the Reverend Robert Allwood clerk the Honorable