The United Church of England and Ireland School at Paddington Sale Act 45 Vic (NSW)

1881. 45° VIC. 29

"United Church of England and Ireland School at Paddington Sale.

An Act to enable John Cooper Frederick vs» cures

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Oatley Prosper Nicholas Trebeck Thomas 4 1»

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Matthews and Richard Westaway as Paerctey Save Trustees of certain land situate at Pad- dington to sell the same and providing

for the application of the proceeds. [8th November, 1881.|

Ww ITEREAS by a deed of grant under the hand of Sir Hercules Preamble. George Robert Robinson dated the thirtieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six the piece of land in the parish of Alexandria at Paddington near Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales described in the Schedule hereto was granted to John Cooper Frederick Oatley Prosper Nicholas Trebeck Thomas Matthews and Richard Westaway upon trust for the erection thereon of a school- house in connection with the United Church of England and Ireland as by law established and upon the further trusts in the said deed of grant declared And whereas a school-house was erected upon the said land and is now being used in connection with the said United Church of England and Iveland And whereas by a deed of grant under the hand of Sir Alfred Stephen as Administrator of the Govern- ment of the Colony dated the first day of June one thousand cight hundred and seventy-two certain land in the said parish of Alexandria was granted as a site for a church in connection with the United Church of England and Ireland in New South Wales And whereas a church known as "St. Matthias' Church" being a church in con- nection with the said United Church of England and Ireland has been erected thereon and the instruction given in the school-house erected on the land comprised in the first recited deed of grant is given in connection with the said "St. Matthias' Church" And whereas there is an inconvenient distance between the site of the said church and the site of the said school-house and the obligations imposed upon the Trustees under the first-mentioned grant would be more effectually discharged if the said school-house were erected and the instruction given therein carried out at a less distance from the said "St. Matthias' Chureh" And whereas the deed of grant to the said John Cooper Frederick Oatley Prosper Nicholas Trebeck Thomas Matthews and Richard Westaway contains no power of sale or exchange over the school-house site and it is desirable that power should be given to the said Trustees enabling them to sell the said site and to apply the pro- eeeds as hereinafter directed 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 said John Cooper Frederick Oatley Powers of sale. Prosper Nicholas Trebeck Thomas Matthews and Richard Westaway (hereinafter styled Trustees) or the Trustees for the time being of the said school land their heirs or assigns to sell and dispose of the land deseribed in the schedule hereto and the buildings. thereon either by public auction or private contract and either in one lot or in several lots for such price or prices as may be reasonably had and obtained for the same and upon such terms and conditions of sale as the said Trustees may deem expedient with power to buy in the said land or any part or parts thereof at any auction sale or to rescind or vary the terms