Tit ( 19 OF 1884. ] PIERS AND WILARVES (CHAIER's ).
way of mortgage, all or any portion of the said wharves and
piers, to any person or persons, corporation or company , and to
enter into all such covenants, provisoes, declarations and agree
ments as the said Catchick Paul CHATER his executors ,
administrators or assigns shall think fit and proper.
Duration of
ordinance. 22. The rights, powers, and privileges granted by this ordi
nance to the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, his executors,
administrators, and assigps , shall continue in force for twenty
years to be computed from the date of the proclamation thereof.
Provided always that the Governor in Council may, from time
to time, so often as the Governor in Council shall think it
expedient, by order, to be published in the Gazette, declare that
the duration of such rights, powers, and privileges shall be
extended for any further term or terms not exceeding ten years
at a time, and thereupon such rights, powers, and privileges
shall continue in force for such extended period.
Cessation of 23. Upon the cessation of the rights, powers, and privileges
powers.
granted by this ordinance, it shall be at the option of the Gov
ernor in Council to purchase the wharves and piers and works
by this ordinance authorised from the said Catchick Paul
CHATER, his executors, administrators, or assigns for a price
which shall be exclusive of any allowance for past or future
profits of the undertaking, or any compensation for compulsory
sale, to be determined in case of difference by two arbitrators
to be nominated one by the Governor iu Council , and the other
by the said CATCHICK Paul CHATER, bis executors, adminis
trators, or assigns; and in case the said arbitrators cannot agree,
by an umpire to be agreed upon between them . If the Governor
in Council does not exercise the option to buy within one month
of such cessation as aforesaid , the said CatchCK Paul CHATER,
his executors, administrators, and assigns shall, at their own
expense , remove the said wharves and piers and works, and
restore the site thereof to its former condition , and in the event
of their failure to do so within one year of the date of such
cessation , it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to abate
and remove the same, and restore the site thereof to its former
condition at the cost of the said CatchiCK Paul CHATER, his
executors, administrators, or assigns, and the amount of such
cost shall be a debt due to the Government, and recoverable
against the said Catchick Paul Crater, his executors, admi
nistrators, or assigns accordingly.
Saving of 24. Nothing in this ordinance, otherwise than as specially
rights.
enacted herein , shall be construed, to interfere in any way with
any existing rights in the land on which the said wharves, piers
or tramways are to be constructed , or the lands or foreshore
adjoining the same, and the power and privileges given by this