ANNQ VICESINO QUARTO
T I C T O X I A 3 R E G I N B .
No. 12.
An Act t o Regulate the OccupaGon of Land Applied for by Tender.
[&W3RTED TO 1'iTIK SEPTWm, 1%k)
IiER13AS by an Orcler of the Quem's Most Excellent Majesty in Freomb:e C o i z i ~ i l bcaring dnto the ninth clay of March IS47 it wits by tho 13th
iltlil 13th scctions thereof provided that any person desirous of wqniring
it 1c:~so of any lttiu of Crown Lands should tender for tho same in such
m~1111c1' 11s thcroin is mentioned And Wherens tenders for leases of Rnns within tho Colony of Quoendued ham been trmsmitterl to and received by the Govcmmcnts of Now South Wales m d Queenslrmd respwcthcly And Whereas it is expedient that lenses should be issued in pursuance of the
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51 ITendeys foy Orown Lunds Act.--1860.
the aforesaid sections t o all persons who have tendered and whose tenclera have been accepted or received ancl opened ancl who shall not hayo stocked the lands comlsriseli in tlic saine And Whereas it is also exlie- dieiit t o make regulations concerning the occupation of the lands to be comprised in any such lease t o be granted as a€oresaitid Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the aclvictt and consent of the Legislative Couiicil and Legislative Assenibly of Queens- land in Parliament Asseinbled ancl by the authority of the saine :IS
follon~s :
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W ~ o : l l of 22 Triol 1 The Order in Council of tlic 9th March 1847 ancl all .IXcg:.u- lations ninclc in piirsuance thereof so fax as they in anywise affcct or arc inconsistent with this Act ancl the Act of Parliamcnt of Ken.
South Wales made ancl passed in the twenty-second year of the Reign of IIer Most, Gracious Majesty and numbered seventeeii intit~ilecl cc An Act t o Impose an Assessinent on Runs in the Unsettlecl and Intermediato
C c Districts and t o Increase the Rent of Lands for Leased Pastoral Purposes
( 6 within the Settled Districts of New South Wales" so far as the same
affect the provisions of this Act shall be and the same are hereby repealed 1 rovicled that nothing herein contained shall prejudice any- thing already lawfully clone uncler the said orders and regulations or cominenced or contracted to be done thereunder respectively.
No. 17
Tenders for PlIllA 2 &I persons whose tenders for runs have been dready received
liXhl0 to l'ene ancl opeiiecl by the Governnient of New South Wales or the Govern- ment of Queensland under the 12th ancl 13th sections of the hereinbefore recited orcler in Council d a h d 9th March 1547 relating to runs i n the Colony of Queensland and of which such persons shall be entitled t o a lease under the said 12th section of such Orcler in Council shall be liable until such lease shall have been granted t o pay and shall pay rent on such tenclers as if such lease had been graiitcd such rent t o be the same and t o be payable at the same time and manner specified in this Act for leases ancl shall be subject t o forfeiture for non-payment of rent in manner mentioned in the Unoccqiecl Crown Lancls Occqiiltion Act of 1860 not- withstanding t,hat such tenclers may not have been finally reported on but no such party shall be called upon t o pay more than one year's rent for eaclirun till the said tenders shall have been accepted and reported on Provided always t h t in the event of its appearing that any such tender comprises land leased or uncler proinise of lease or applied for under any previous ten- der ailcl that such tender has ultimately-been declined then and in every such case ihe rent paid on such land as doresaid shall be returned i o the parties or party whose tenders or tender shall have been so declined
~ , e w s e s o ~ ~ a l l ~ a t e n . 3 The Governor with the advice of the Executive Council shall
[lerea for t o begrant n lease of the lands comprised iii any accepted tender for the term of fourteen yeam ancl the term of every such lease shall com- meiice from the first clay of January or July iiearest t o the acceptance of any such tender Provided that all lessees who have occupied their runs for the first time since the 1st January lSG0 may come under the provisions of this Act
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granted
7 I n a11 cases wficrc Bent or Assessment Tax &~LU htive been paid in Proportion of ~ i ~ ~ , t
idviiace prior t o die passing of this Act for a period any portion of which remitted
shdl be iiicludcd in any lease t o be granted as aforesaid a ~ ~ o ~ o r t i o ~ ~ t ~ p u t of arch Rent or Assessment Tax shall be remittcci
8 . This Act s h d l commence on the fbst day of Octolsw next and ~ ~m" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ t
shall he styled and may be cited as the
Act." Tenders for Cromn Lands
By Authority : From .!I' P. PUGII'S Printing Office, George-streat, Brisbsno,
