Campbell’s Exchange of Ways Act 1866 30 Vic (NSW)

CAMPBELL'S

ExcHance or Ways.

Preamble.

Present lane and part

of lane abolished.

30° VIC. 1866. Campbell's Exchange of Ways.

An Act to abolish a certain back lane leading from Elizabeth-street to Phillip-street near the Circular Quay in the City of Sydney and a portion of another back lane leading southerly thereout and all rights of way con- nected therewith and to vest the fee simple thereof in Robert Campbell Esquire and to create and dedicate to the public in lieu thereof and in exchange therefor a new lane or street from Elizabeth-street to Phillip- street and to divest all right or title in or to

the said last-mentioned lane or street from the said Robert Campbell. [6th December, 1866.]

7 HEREAS it is expedient to abolish a certain back lane sixteen feet wide leading from Elizabeth-street to Phillip-street in the city of Sydney between allotments numbers twenty-two and fiftcen of section number one hundred and four of the said city of Sydney and allotments numbers sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen. twenty and twenty-one of the said section number one hundred and four and so much of a certain other back lane sixteen feet wide leading out of the said first-mentioned back lane in a southerly direction as is com- prised within the distance of thirty-one feet from its junction with the said first-mentioned back lane and to abolish all rights of way over the same and to vest the fee simple and inheritance of the lands forming the said first-mentioned back lane and the said portion of the said secondly -mentioned back lane in Robert Campbell formerly of Sydney aforesaid but now residing in England Esquire his heirs and assigns free from all rights of way existing therein and to create and dedicate to the public in perpetuity in lieu of and in exchange for the said rights of way so to be abolished as aforesaid and the vesting of the said lands in the said Robert Campbell as aforesaid and in con- sideration thereof a public lane or street of the uniform width of twenty feet from Elizabeth-street aforesaid to Phillip-street aforesaid through allotments numbers twenty-three and fourteen of the said section number one hundred and four hereinafter more particularly described (which said allotments numbers twenty-three and fourteen are the property of the said Robert Campbell the same being vested in him in fee simple in possession) and to divest from the said Robert Campbell his heirs and assigns all right and title in or to all those portions of the said allotments numbers twenty-three and fourteen over which such last-mentioned public lane or street is to be formed 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 :—