No. 3-Sr:
4 5723:
~josscssio~~ or occupation of any Clcbe .oie Laricl p'osscsseil and occupied by, o r Rppropriatcd to the IXC of, any such Chaplain or Miaister.
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An Act to restrain the unautlioriscd occupation of
Crosvn Lands. aahJ, assq
MERE AS
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th e U nail tti o ri sed o c c u p:l t i 011 o F the 11 n a1 i en a t ed preanlbleCrown Lands of Xew South Wides is derogatory to t h e rights bf His Ptlajesty and his Successors, and conducive to inariy illegal and dishonest practices; ancl whereas the Laws now i n force are insufficient
for the speedy and efkctual rernoval of intruders upon s u c h Lands : Bepennities tor
it therefore enacted, by His Excelleiicy the Governor of New South l,ccupationot
Wales, w i t h the advice of the Legislative Couiicil thereof, that from arid after thc First clay of Jauuary next, any person who shall be found occupying any Crown Lands lying waste i n New South Wales, within the lirnits allotted 'for Location by the G o v e h n e n t Order of the Four- teenth d a y of October, One thousatid eight hundred and twenty-nine, either by residing, or by erecting a n y Tent, H u t , or Building thereon, or by clearing, enclosing, or cultivating any part tliercof, shall on con- victidn thcreuf,' forfeit and pay the following Penalties ; that is to say, for tlic first offence, any s u m not exceecling Ten Ponnds, ;it the discre- tion of the Jristicc or Justices before whom the coinplaint shall be heard;
for the sccond offence, T w e i i t y I'oancls ; and 'for tba third, aud any subsequent ofl'eiice, Fifty Pounds, to be recover.ed in n summary w a y before a n y O K ~ C or more Justice o r Justices of the Peace, upon the in- forination and cornplaiiit on oat11 of m y Carnrnissiorier of Crown
Lands : Providcd always, tlint no informatiori shalt lie For any SeconclProviao as to
o k subscquent offence, uritil onc morith al'tei a corivictioii f'or.tIic formct'[cnccu.
0 Kc 11 c c
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un t u t t i o r i d Crown Lalids.
aubxquent of-
724 836,
Pennlty for nc- 11. A n d ba it declared. ~ lenacted, d That from and after the said
I,;uldq tlcyond First day of Jatiuary next ensuirig, it dw11 rwt bc laivl'tll for any Person
locdtitin with- to occiipp a n y Crown Lands in New South Wales, beyond the litnits
allotted a s aforesaid, without having first obttiiiied n Liccnsc for such piirposc, i n conformity with tile Governincnt Rcgcilntioris i n such cage
rnslde nncl provided ; atid t h a t any persou who shall bc f ~ u r l t l occupying, as aforesaid, a l l y Crown Land in New South W d c s bcyurid t h c limits allottecl as aforesaid, and s h l l not hold a v ~ i l i t l Licxusc froin tlic Go- verrirneait of N e w South \'Vales for depsstiiring Ciittlc w1d other Ani-
i d s bcyoiitl t h e limits as aforesaid, evcry srlch P(JI*S~II, o n conviction theroof, shall forfeits niid p i y the Pcnaltics liorciribd'oro i i r i i m c c l , i t 1 the
case of Persons utilawfiilly occupying W a s t e dliiiicls of the Gro\vn with- in thc said limits of' Location.
cupying C ~ O W I the limit> of out fi Licciise.
Penalty for 111. Aud be it eaactecl, That if m y Person slid1 forge, counterfeit,
~ c s s e or Li- or altel; or shall utter, or malie w e of, IroocviIig tlic sime t o bc l'orgcd,
C I o m L a i ~ h . co~luterfei ted, or altered, any ]Lease, IAicerlsc, o r olllcr Docurnen t, pur- porting t o be a11 authority frorn the Govemr-nent of New Sor~ch VValcs to occupy a n y Crown Lards withiii thc sarne, with intcmt to evade any of the provisioms of this Act, such Person shnll, i f free, be guilty of pisdemeanaui*, and being corivictcd tlicreufsliull bc liablc to be tram- ported for any term not cxceediog Seven Yews, or to f,c imprisoned
fpbr any term not exceeding Four Years, at tlie discretion of the Court;
and i f sucb OEwder be 4 Convict iindcr sentcnce of trimsportation, he 6118ll be liable t o be transported for any term iiot exceeding Seven Yegrs, or to be worked io Irons or1 the Roads or Public Works of tho said Colony, for auy term uot exceeding Four Years.
foiging RIIY
cenw to occupy
Proceedings %V. A n d be it enacted, That no proceeding hacl, oc conviction ob!
'flticu l i n t to to iitTect Land. tained uri4er this Act, shall be held to determine thc title to any lands or twiements.
For protecting V. And for- the protection of persgns acting in thc execution uf
i n t l y ~ ~ ~ ~ c u l l m this A c t : Re it enacted, That all actions and j~rosccntions uncler this A c t shall be oonlrnpceq wit tlicec caletlclap rnor1r;hs afteta tIla Fact was committed, arid riot ~jlierwkje, and notico i n writing of such action, ant1 the cause thereof,. shall b s given to tlie defendant one ct~llendac nlontli at the least, before tlie oornnien~erncr~t of tlia action ; and in
priy such action, the dafeiiclmt may glcad. thc geueral issue, and giv~
this Act and tlla special matter i n euidencc at atly trial to be had tticreupon ; ancl no plnintilf sfiaI1 recover in arry strch action, if t m d m
Q € YiilIicienE arneiids sliall liavc becn rnadc bcforc ~ u c i i actiori brought ;
rrri Snns acting o f thla Act.
7” GUL, rv. No, 4.
VI. A n d be it ennoted, ‘ n a t dl fitica rceovrrcd under this Act, A p o y r h t i o a
U1 Flllcs.
shall be levicd in the rnnnrier providcd by iiri Act of tlie said Govcrnor m i d Council passcd in tlie Fifth Yew of llis Present h4ajesty’s lteign;
intitulcd, U Art Ad t o regttlute szt~tzmary prcicetdings bc,f?fbre Justiws of
the Peuce,” and shall be paid to the w e uf i-lis lM:ijjesty, ‘a-Iis Heits, and
~ucccssors, for the public uses of the said Coiouy, a ~ t d iu supper(; of‘
the Government thereaf.
VII, Arid he it fu~.tht?r enacted, That this Law or Ordinance shall nmmencc- cutrimet1ce a i d take epect fcow the said first day of’ Jbnnnry ~ e x t e n - t i o n o f ~ c t .
suing, and shall be ancl coiltinue i n fobrce until the thirty-first clay of Dcceinber, in tho year One thotisand eight htlnrlred and thirty-eight,
ment and durn.
‘( RICHARD IROURICE, GOVERNOR.”
P u s s d the Council, 29th JuZy, 1836.
E. DEAS TI-IOB’ISON,
CLERIC OF T I I E COUNCIL.
