Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Incorporation Act of 1886 50 Vic (NSW)

Sypyey Mecuantos Scnoor or ARTS Incorporation,

Preamble.

Short title of Act.

An Act to repeal the "Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Incorporation Act of 1874" and to re-incorporate the said Institution and to enable the Committee to borrow money and with the sanction of the members of the said Institution to sell demise or otherwise dispose of either absolutely or by way of mortgage the real or personal property of the said Institu- tion and for other purposes therein mentioned. [237d October, 1886. ]

HEREAS a certain Literary Society or Institution was established in Sydney in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three under the name or style of the "Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts" the objects of the said Institution being the intellectual improve- ment of its members and the cultivation of literature science and art And whereas by an Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty the members of the said Institution were incor- porated And whereas it having been found difficult to manage the said Institution under the provisions of the said Act it is expedient to repeal the same and to re-incorporate the said Institution by an Act containing simple provisions 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of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That the said Act shall be and is hereby repealed but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of any enactment in the said Act contained or any proceeding act matter or thing instituted done or commenced there- under And be it further enacted as follows :— 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the "Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Incorporation Act of 1886."