Mulgoa Irrigation Act 54 Vic (NSW)

68 54 VIC. 1890.

Mulgoa Irrigation.

Meco An Act to enable and authorize George

— Chaffey and Henry Gorman to establish a system of Irrigation and Water Supply within and adjacent to the Police District of Penrith: to acquire lands to establish Irrigation Works; to authorize the sale and supply of water for irrigation and domestic use; and to construct, make, and lay dams, weirs, or flood-gates upon or across the Nepean and Warragamba Rivers, and for all other purposes which may be incidental thereto. [19th Decem- ber, 1890.]

Preamble, ; 7 WEREAS it is expedient and would be to the advantage of the inhabitants of the District of Penrith, in the Colony of

New South Wales, and of the public generally, to establish a system, whereby the waters of the Nepean and Warragamba Rivers may be conserved and utilised for irrigation and domestic use, and for watering stock, and for other purposes. And whereas George Chaffey and Henry Gorman have acquired, and are about to acquire, large areas of lands within the Police District of Penrith, which lands are suitable for agricultural and horticultural purposes, if provided with a supply of water. 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 :—

PART J. Preliminary—Powers and dutics of the Promoters. Title. 1. This Act may for all purposes be cited as the "Mulgoa Trrigation Act." Portions of Acts at 2. Nothing contained in the ' Municipalitics Act of 1867," or

variance with this. the "Country Towns Water and Sewerage Act of 1880," shall be con- strued to control, limit, or restrict the operation of this Act, or to interfere with its provisions in respect of the construction or mainten- ance of works, or the storage, distribution, or supply of water, or in respect of the borrowing of money, the valuation of property, or the fixing or levying of rates. Provisions subject to 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or in any general legislation. : , ay . . nA way interfere with the rights of the Crown to the general control of natural supplics of water; and the provisions of this Act shall he subject to the provisions of any general Icgislation to deal with water conservation throughout the Colony, and shall not in any way interfere with any right conferred before the passing of this Act. Interpretation of 4. In the construction of this Act, unless the context requires fennss a different meaning, the expression— " Crown Lands" means Crown Lands as defined by the " Crown Lands Act of 1889." " Trrigation" means the use of water for flooding, moistening, or watering lands for agricultural or horticultural purposes. "Domestic