No. 357. 33 VICTORIA, under this Act but the said collection of objects of natural history and all the goods chattels and effects last mentioned shall not be removed from the National Museum without the consent of the Governor in Council; and the trustees shall have power and be capable in law to hold the same and to receive purchase and hold any other books works of art specimens goods chattels and effects and with the approval of the Governor in Council to sell exchange convert into money and deliver any part of the same and to make donations of any part thereof. Power to make rules &c. Vide 16 Vict. No. 34 s. 7, 27 Vict. No. 228 s. 39, No. 176 s 171. Annual report. 6. The majority of the trustees for the time being at any general meeting assembled shall have power from time to time to make repeal alter and re-enact such rules and regulations as they think fit for the purpose of providing for (1.) The conduct of their own proceedings: (II.) The due management of the affairs of the corporation in its several departments : (III.) The admission or exclusion of the public or any individual to and from the library museum and national gallery or any part thereof: (IV.) The conditions subject to which the reading of books or manuscripts or making copies or extracts therefrom and the inspection of objects in the museum and taking copies thereof or instruction in the different schools of industry and art may be had and the amount of fees to be demanded for such instruction and the appropriation of such fees: and (v.) For the most effectual use of the books and exhibits for the purposes of public education and enjoyment. And all such rules and regulations shall be reduced to writing and the common seal of the corporation having been affixed thereto shall be submitted for the approval of the Governor in Council and if approved they shall be published in the Government Gazette. 7. The trustees shall on or before the thirty-first day of March in every year report the proceedings of the corporation during the previous year to the Chief Secretary and such report shall contain a 22 Vict. No. 86. full account of the income and expenditure of the corporation duly audited by the Commissioners of Audit and a copy of such report and of all the rules and regulations approved as aforesaid shall be laid in each year before Parliament. Section 4. SCHEDULE. All that piece of land in Victoria, containing two acres three roods and sixteen perches situated in the county of Bourke, parish of North Melbourne, city of Melbourne, being part of section twenty-seven, commencing at the point of intersection of the south-east side of La Trobe street with the south-west side of Russell street, bounded on the north-west by La Trobe street, bearing south sixty-two degrees west, six chains; on the south-west by the Public Library reserve, bearing south twentyeight degrees east four chains seventy-five links; on the south-east by Little Lonsdale street, bearing north sixty-two degrees east six chains; and on the north-east by Russell street, bearing north twenty-eight degrees west four chains seventy-five links to the point of commencement. All that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County of Bourke 33 VICTORIA, Parish of North Melbourne, in Victoria, and containing by admeasurement One acre No. 357. three roods and thirty-two perches, being part of section twenty-seven, commencing at the north-west corner of said section and bounded on the north by La Trobe Section 4. An Act to direct the Payment of Certain Moneys into the Consolidated Revenue. [2nd October 1857.] WHEREAS by several Acts now in force certain moneys are prentes s. 86. S. appropriated or directed to be applied for the benefit or in 13 Vict. No. 29 favor of some asylum or hospital or for some public charitable use 16 Vict. No. 14 institution or society or for and towards the relief support mainte- s. 6. nance or cure of immigrants or sick persons, and it is expedient that s. 20. such moneys should in future be carried to and form part of the 18 Vict. No. 5 consolidated revenue: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most 18 Vict. No. 30 Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- 8.21. lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present s. 5. ss. 18 21. 18 Vict. No. 39 21 VICTORIA, Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows No. 17. (that is to say): Repeal of certain Application of 1. An Act passed in the second year of the reign of Her present Majesty intituled "An Act for the more effectual appropriation of fines and penalties in certain cases in the Colony of New South Wales," and another Act passed in the eleventh year of the same reign intituled "An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act for the more effectual appropriation of fines and penalties in certain cases in the Colony of New South Wales," and also so much of any other Act as appropriates or directs to be applied as aforesaid any moneys shall be and the same are hereby repealed. 2. All fines penalties forfeitures and sums of money, which, if certain penalties. the same were imposed in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, would be payable for the use or on behalf of the poor of any parish township or other place or for the use of the general rates of any county riding or division or to any person or officer or for any purpose inapplicable to the state or circumstances of the colony, shall henceforth be carried and paid to and form part of the consolidated revenue. Application of Passenger rate Vict. No. 133 s. 1. 3. All fines penalties and forfeitures to which this Act applies other penalties. (not hereinbefore appropriated, [all sums of money levied as a passenger rate upon immigrants,] and all sums arising from the sale of impounded cattle remaining unclaimed, which by any law now in force are directed to be paid over to any benevolent asylum hospital or other charitable use institution or society, shall henceforth be carried and paid to and form part of the consolidated revenue. Repayment of money arising from sale of im See 37 Vict. No. 478 s. 27. 4. At any time before the expiration of two years from the date of any sum or sums of money the proceeds of the sale of any impounded cattle. pounded and unclaimed cattle as aforesaid having been paid into the Treasury, any person entitled thereto may demand and receive from the Treasurer of Victoria any such sum or sums of money upon giving such proof of the validity of his claim as the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council by any regulations made or to be made for that purpose shall require. And the Treasurer shall in his accounts have credit for all sums so repaid in accordance with this Act. Commencement of Act. 5. This Act shall take effect from the first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven; and all sums of money received during the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six or in any previous year and now remaining in the possession or control of the Treasurer of Victoria under the head of "Immigrants' Fund" "Poundage Fund" "Unclaimed Poundage Fund" "Fines for Charitable Purposes" and "Chinese Fund" shall be transferred and paid to and form part of the consolidated revenue of Victoria. An Act for the Remission of Penalties and the Discharge of Persons from Imprisonment in certain cases. [22nd August 1860.] HEREAS penalties which are made payable to parties other than the Crown cannot be remitted or pardoned by the Crown where no express provision has been made for that purpose by the statutes imposing such penalties, and it is expedient that the law as to the remission of such penalties should be amended and made uniform: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the power of the Governor to order the discharge from prison of persons imprisoned in default of finding sureties to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour or in default of compliance with orders made under the provisions of the Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her 4 Vict. No. 5. present Majesty and numbered V and it is expedient that such doubts should be removed: 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 Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows : offences may be remitted. 1. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to remit in whole or in Penalties for part any sum of money which under any Act now in force or hereafter to be passed may be imposed as a penalty or forfeiture, although such money may be in whole or in part payable to some party other than the Crown; and to order the discharge from prison of any person who may be imprisoned for nonpayment of any sum of money so imposed, although the same may be in whole or in part payable to some party other than the Crown. 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to order the discharge from prison of any person who may be imprisoned in default of finding sureties to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour [or in default of compliance with orders made under the provisions of the Act hereinbefore mentioned]. Persons impriced may be Repealed by 27 Marriage and discharged. Vict. No. 268 s. 2, Matrimonial Causes," ante, p. 1656. and re-enacted in s. 40 of that Statute, p. 1663. Title of Act. Debentures may be issued. An Act to authorise the raising of Money for certain consolidated revenue of Victoria funds for the completion of the State railways, and for the purpose of providing for the defence of the colony against invasion or attack in time of war, and for the construction of works for supplying water to divers parts of the colony 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 Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows: 1. This Act shall be called and may be cited as "The Public Loan Act 1865." 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time or at any time to cause to be made out and issued debentures(@) secured upon the consolidated revenue of Victoria for such sum or sums of money not exceeding eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling in the whole as may be required for all or any of the several purposes hereinafter more particularly expressed (that is to say): (1.) For completing the construction of the State railways. (III.) For the construction or completion of works for sup- (a) Debentures issued under this Act may be converted into stock, see 36 Vict. No. 439 s. 15, "Public Moneys (Debentures Conversion)," post, p. 2194. |