Cooma Church of England Parsonage Act 1886 50 Vic (NSW)

Cooma CuurcH oF

Eneuaxp

PaRsonaGE,

Preamble.

50° VIC. 1886.

Cooma Church of England Parsonage.

An Act to authorize and empower Robert Dawson the surviving Trustee of certain Church of England lands at Cooma and to authorize and empower the said Robert Dawson and James Litchfield David Ryrie and John Edward Pretty Walker the Trustees of certain lands dedicated by the Crown for a site for a Church of England Parsonage at Cooma aforesaid to sell the said respective lands and to provide for

the application of the proceeds thereof. [10th September, 1886. ]

\ HEREAS at a sale of Crown Lands held at Cooma on the

fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty- one John Lambie the abovenamed Robert Dawson and Francis Smith as Trustees for the Church of England at Cooma became the purchasers of the lands described in the First Schedule hereto And whereas by Crown grants bearing date the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one under the hand of the Governor of the Colony of New South Wales with the seal of the said Colony affixed the said lands deseribed in the First Schedule hereto were granted to the said John Lambie Robert Dawson and Francis Smith as tenants in common instead of joint tenants as Trustees for the Church of England at Cooma And whereas the said John Lambie died on or about the third day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two And whereas the said Francis Smith died on or about the eighth day of December one thousand cight hundred and sixty-three And whereas it has been found that the said lands are unsuitable for the purposes for which they were originally purchased and that it would be expedient to sell the same and apply the proceeds arising from such sale partly in completing the erection of the Church of England buildings at Cooma aforesaid and partly in paying off certain debts now existing on the said Church And whereas by Crown grant bearing date the second day of April one thousand eight hundred and cighty-tive the lands and hereditaments described in the Second Schedule hereto were granted unto the said Robert Dawson and James Litchfield David Ryrie and John Edward Pretty Walker To hold unto the said Robert Dawson James Litchfield David Ryric and John Edward Pretty Walker upon trust for the appropriation thercof as a site of a dwelling-house garden and other appurtenances for the Clergy- man duly appointed to officiate in the Church of the United Church of England and Ireland in New South Wales erected at Cooma And whereas it has been found that the land so granted is unsuitable for the purposes for which it was granted and that it would be expedient to sell the same and to apply the proceeds arising from such sale partly in the purchase of another piece of land much more suitable and upon the same trusts and partly in the completion of the buildings of the Church of England at Cooma aforesaid and partly in the payment of certain debts now existing onthe said Church Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and