The Sydney Town Hall Act of 1862 26 Vic (NSW)

'Town Hatt Site EXCHANGE,

Preamble,

Municipal Council may sell present site for Town Hall by auction.

Council may exchange instead of selling,

How land to be conveyed.

26° VIC. 1862.

Town Hall Site Exchange.

An Act to enable the Municipal Council of Sydney to substitute for their present site a more

convenient site for a Town Hall. [9th Decem- ber, 1862. ]

THEREAS the lands described in the first Schedule hereto have been granted to the Municipal Council of Sydney and their successors as a site for a Town Hall for the use and convenience of the inhabitants of the City of Sydney for the time being and for no other purpose whatsoever And whereas the said lands are so situated as not to afford a suitable site for such purpose and the erection of a Town Hall thereon would not be for the convenience of the said inhabitants And whereas the said Council have no power to alienate the said land And whereas it is expedient that they should possess such power and the authority by sale or exchange of the said lands to obtain a more convenient site and to erect thereon a Town Tall for the use and convenience of the said inhabitants Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :—

1. It shall be lawful for the Municipal Council of Sydney by public auction at such time as shall appear to them most advantageous to sell the lands described in the first Schedule hereto with their appurtenances in one lot or in several parcels not less in any case than twenty-six feet in width and cighty-six feet in depth for the best price that can he obtained for the same And the said Council shall at any such sale have power to buy in the same and sell the same again without being liable for any loss thereby occasioned and also power to make any special conditions or stipulations as to title or otherwise.