BROOKTON RECREATION RESERVE. 16° GEO. V., No. XXV. Short title. The Brookton No. 25 of 1925. AN ACT to enable the Brookton Road Board to acquire certain land for a Recreation Reserve, to improve the same, and for the control and management thereof by the Board, and to authorise the grant of Reserve 16183 to the Board, with power to sell and apply the proceeds in or towards the purchase and improvement of other land to be so acquired. BE it [Assented to 16th December, 1925.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Brookton Recreation Reserve Act, 1925. 2. (1) The Governor may grant to the Brookton Road Board (hereinafter referred to as "the Board ") the land described in Part I. and Part II. of the Schedule to this Act for an estate in fee simple. (2) The Board is hereby empowered to purchase or acquire the land described in Part III. of the Schedule to this Act by agreement with the owners, or as for a public work under and subject to the Public Works Act, 1902. (3) The land so granted to the Board and so purchased or acquired shall constitute the Brookton Recreation Reserve (hereinafter referred to as "the Reserve "), and shall be held by the Board as a ground for exhibitions and sports and for the purpose of public entertainment, under and subject to the provisions of this Act. may be granted to 3. The Governor may grant to the Brookton Road Reserve A16183 Board the land comprised in Reserve 16183 (Brookton Board. Lot 337) for an estate in fee simple, with power to sell the same on condition that the proceeds of sale are applied in or towards the purchase or acquisition of the land mentioned in subsection (2) of section two of this Act, and the improvement of "the Reserve." Board. 4. (1) The Board may improve "the Reserve" and Powers of the set apart portions of "the Reserve" for and may construct thereon show grounds, a racecourse, tennis courts, cricket, football, bowling, croquet grounds, and other improvements, and may provide, maintain, manage, and control grandstands, pavilions, refreshment rooms, shelter sheds, kiosks, and other buildings and structures, and may conduct or authorise public entertainments and exhibitions. (2) The Board may lease portions of "the Reserve" for any of such purposes: Provided that no such lease shall be granted for a term exceeding three years without the consent in writing of the Governor. revenue and loan poses of this Act, 5. The ordinary revenue of the Board, and such moneys Power to expend as the Board may borrow (which, under and subject to moneys for purPart VII. of the Road Districts Act, 1919, the Board is hereby authorised to do), shall be applicable towards payment of expenses incurred by the Board in the exercise of any power conferred by this Act. 6. (1) The Board may make by-laws for all such matters By-laws, and things as it may be necessary or convenient to prescribe for the purpose of carrying the purposes and objects of this Act into effect, or for the use, control, and management of the Reserve" or any part thereof, and the buildings and structures thereon; and may impose a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for the breach of any by-law. (2) The power to make by-laws shall include power to prescribe and levy tolls and charges for the right to enter and make use of "the Reserve" or any enclosure, building, or structure situated or being thereon. 7. Those portions of the streets and of the way men Closure of portions tioned in Part II. of the Schedule to this Act shall, on the of roads. grant thereof to the Board, be closed, and all rights of way over the same shall cease. THE SCHEDULE. PART I. Λ Reserve A Λ 9014 (Brookton); part of Reserve 10161 comprising Brookton Suburban Lots 256 and 262; Reserve Λ 13286 (Brookton), and the land lying between Montgomery Street and the North-East boundary of Brookton Suburban Lot 263, as delineated and coloured red on a plan deposited in the Department of Lands and Surveys and indorsed “Plan referred to in the Brookton Recreation Reserve Act, 1925." PART II. That portion of Whittington Street from the West corner of Suburban Lot 270 to the South-West side of Montgomery Street, and those portions of the other streets and of the way lying between the Reserves and Lots mentioned in Part I. and Part III. of this Schedule, as delineated and coloured blue on the said plan. PART III. Brookton Suburban Lots 255, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 266, 267, and 270, as delineated and coloured green on the said plan. INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE CONTINUANCE. 16° GEO. V., No. XXVI. No. 26 of 1925. AN ACT to continue the operation of the Industries Assistance Act, 1915. [Assented to 16th December, 1925.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Industries Assistance Short title. Act Continuance Act, 1925. 2. Section fifteen of the Industries Assistance Act Continuance of Act. Amendment Act, 1917, as amended by section four of the Industries Assistance Act Amendment Act, 1924, is hereby further amended by omitting the figures "1926," and inserting the figures 1927" in place thereof. 66 Short title. Amendment of section 2. Amendment of section 6. Amendment of section 16. No. 27 of 1925. AN ACT to further amend the Bush Fires Act, 1902. [Assented to 16th December, 1925.] BE by advice and consent of the Legislative E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: -- 1. This Act may be cited as the Bush Fires Act Amendment Act, 1925, and shall be read as one with the Bush Fires Act, 1902, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act. 2. The following words are hereby added to section two of the principal Act, namely, "and shall be administered by the Minister for Lands, hereinafter referred to as 'the Minister.' 3. A proviso is hereby added to section six of the principal Act as follows: Provided that, subject to section seven, it shall be lawful during such prohibited times for any owner or occupier of land to burn off the bush between two plough breaks or spade breaks, between the hours of eight o'clock in the evening and twelve o'clock midnight, for the purpose only of protecting any dwelling-house or other building or stack of hay, wheat, or other produce within ten chains of a dwelling-house or other building. Provided also that the outer break shall not be distant more than ten chains from the property to be protected. 4. Section sixteen of the principal Act is amended by substituting the word "Minister" for the words "Colonial Treasurer. |