Parramatta Town Hall Act of 1878 42 Vic (NSW)

1879. 42° VIC. 5

Parramatta Town Hall.

An Act to authorize the erection of a Town = [aeesvarm

Town Hau.

Hall and other buildings on land granted = — as a site for a Market in the Town of Parramatta and for other purposes therein mentioned. [4th February, 1879.]

TILEREAS by a deed of grant bearing date the eleventh day of Proambie.

May in the year of our Lord onc thousand eight hundred and fifty-four under the Great Seal of the Colony of New South Wales Her Majesty Queen Victoria did grant unto David Forbes Hugh Taylor james M'Roberts Charles Blakeficld James Urquhart and James Edrop Commissioners duly clected for the management of the markets of the town of Parramatta under the provisions of the Act of Council third Victoria number nineteen the pareel of land described in the Schedule hereto to hold to the use of them and their successors Commissioners as aforesaid for ever as a site or place for a market. for the use and convenience of the inhabitants of the town of Parramatta subject nevertheless to a proviso or condition for re-entry if the said land should be applied to other purposes or attempted to be alienated And whereas by virtue of the provisions of the " Parramatta Market Act of 1866" the said Parramatta markets and all lands belonging thereto or held in trust for the purposes thereof were transferred to and vested in the Council of the Municipality of Parramatta aforesaid in trust for and subject to the several purposes and provisions of the "Municipalities Act of 1858"? And whereas by virtue of the provisions of the '' Municipalities Act of 1867" the said Municipality of Parramatta came to be designated a Borough and all lands theretofore vested in the Council of the said Municipality were thereafter vested in the body corporate of the said Borough And whereas another parcel of land has been granted to the said Borough as a site for such market as aforesaid suitable for the purpose And whereas it has been found expedient to build a Town Hall Municipal Council Chambers and offices and a Public Library for the use and convenience of the inhabitants of the said Borough and the said parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto is so situated as to afford a suitable site for such buildings as well as other buildings which may hereafter be required but the Council of the said Borough 'have no power to erect any such buildings thereon and it is expec ient that they should possess such power 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 and by the authority of the same as follows :—