Mort’s Dock and Engineering Company (Limited) Enabling Act 1913 (NSW)

An Act to vest in Mort's Doek and sey pox

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for an estate in fee-simple, portion jane of a certain street or road known as William-avenune, Woolwich, and in exchange therefor to dedicate to the council of the municipality of Hunter's Hilla certain piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 24% perches or thereabouts, situate at Woolwich, in the parish of Hunters Hill, county of Cumberland, and State of New South Wales. [15th October, 1913. ]

W ITEREAS Mort's Dock and Engineering Company, Preamble. Limited, a duly registered company carrying on business at Woolwich, near Sydney, is seised in fee- simple of certain Jands on which the works of the said company are carried on, and the piece or pareel of land

Act, 1913.

Mort's Dock and Engineeri ing Company (Limited) Enabling.

land mentioned and described in Schedule A hereto:

And whereas the piece or parcel of land mentioned and described in Schedule B hereto, being portion of William-avenue, situate at Woolwich, in the parish of H[unter's Hill, county of Cumberland, and State of New South Wales, is now in use as a road or street at Woolwich aforesaid: And whereas the said company is desirous, with the assent of the council of the munici- pality of Hunter's Hill, by which municipality the land described in Schedule B hereto is at present controlled and managed, to have vested in it (the said company) for an estate in fee-simple the land mentionedinthe said Schedule B, for the purpose of extending the works and dock accommodation of the said company, but are prevented from doing so by reason of the position of the said portion of the said William-avenuc in relation to the existing works of the said company: And whereas it would he of great advantage and convenience to the said company for the purpose of extending its works and affording further and improved dock accommodation of arent public utility that the said company should be enablec to close up 4 and have the exclusive use and possession of the said portion of William-avenue aforesaid: And whereas the council of the municipality of Jfunter's Ifill, as custodians of the said William-avenue, is willing to consent to the said portion of W illiam- avenue described in Schedule B hereto being closed anc the soil thereof vested in the said company upon the said company dedicating to the public and undertaking to form as a road or strect the picce or parcel of lan of the company described in Schedule A hereto for the purpose of connecting the portion of Woolwich-road for public traffic with Elgin-street, Woolwich: And whereas the said company is ready and willing to as aforesaid dedi- cate and form as a road or street the piece or parcel of land described in Schedule A hereto in lieu of the said portion of William-avenue described in Schedule B upon being permitted to close up and have the exclusive use and possession of the said piece or parcel of land described in Schedule B hereto: And whereas the closing of the said portion of William-avenue as aforesaid would not create any public loss, disadvantage, or inconvenience if the said piece or parcel of land described in Schedule A hereto was as aforesaid dedicated and formed in licu thereof as aforesaid; And whereas it