Broken Hill Trades Hall Site Act of 1898 No 31



An Act to vest certain land at Broken Hill in Trustees on trust for the erection of a Trades Hall.
Preamble
Whereas by section one of the Silverton Tramway Act of 1886 certain persons were authorised to make and construct a certain tramway across the lands described in the Schedule to that Act, and to take and use so much of the said lands as might be required for the purposes of such tramway: And whereas all the rights, powers, authorities, privileges, liabilities, and obligations conferred and imposed upon the said persons by the said Act were under the provisions of section fifty-four of that Act assigned, transferred, conveyed, and released to the Silverton Tramway Company (Limited): And whereas the land described in the Schedule to this Act was at the time of the passing of the said Silverton Tramway Act Crown lands and formed part of the lands described in the Schedule to the said Silverton Tramway Act: And whereas in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one the said company surrendered all its rights, title, interest, claims, and demands whatsoever to, in, or upon the piece of land described in the Schedule to this Act: And whereas on the fifteenth September, on thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the Governor, by notice in the Gazette, dedicated the land described in the Schedule to this Act as a site for mechanics’ institute, museum, hall, or other institution for public amusement: And whereas it is expedient that the land described in the Schedule to this Act should be vested in trustees on trust for the erection of a trades hall:
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:
1   Land vested in trustees for the erection thereon of a trades hall
All the estate, right, title, and interest to the land described in Schedule hereto is hereby vested in a board of trustees consisting of one representative from each of the registered trades unions in the county of Yancowinna, whether affiliated or not with the Barrier Labour Federation, the said trustees to be elected from time to time under the provisions of the by-laws of each of such trades unions. Such trustees shall be trustees for the purposes of the Trades Hall, and shall be superseded from time to time by their successors as elected under such by-laws; and the said land shall be vested in the said trustees from time to time without the necessity for any conveyance or assignment whatsoever, and the trustees for the time being shall administer the provisions of this Act as though they had been the original trustees until their successors be elected, but subject to the conditions hereinafter expressed, and on trust for the erection and maintenance on the said land of a hall for the use of Trades Unions registered under the Trades Union Act 1881.
s 1: Am 1915 No 42, sec 4.
2   Conditions
The trustees in the next preceding section mentioned shall hold the said land subject to the conditions following, that is to say:
(1)  They, the said trustees, shall, within three years from the time of the passing of this Act, erect the hall mentioned in the next preceding section.
(2)  They shall within the time aforesaid expend on the erection of the said hall and the buildings connected therewith a sum of not less than five hundred pounds.
And upon the breach of any of the said conditions the said land shall revest in the Crown, and become Crown lands within the meaning of the Crown Lands Acts.
3   Trustees may make rules
The trustees may make rules for regulating the use of the said hall, but such rules shall have no effect until approved by the Minister for the time being charged with the administration of Chapter 5 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
s 3: Am 1997 No 55, Sch 2.1; 1998 No 54, Sch 1.2.
4   Name of Act
This Act may be cited as the Broken Hill Trades Hall Site Act of 1898.
Schedule
All that piece or parcel of land situated in the town of Willyama, parish of Picton, county of Yancowinna, in the Colony of New South Wales: Commencing at a point on the northern side of Sulphide-street; thence north by the building-line of Blend-street one hundred and ninety-eight feet; thence by a line west sixty-six feet; thence by a line south one hundred and ninety-eight feet; thence by the building-line of Sulphide-street east sixty-six feet, to the point of commencement,—and containing one rood eight perches or thereabouts.