466
Title to reclaimed land, and
extinction of private rights therein.
Cost of works and agreements with lessees for contribution to cost and
acceptance of portions of reclaimed land.
No. 6 of 1889.
PRAYA RECLAMATION.
7. All the land and foreshore and bed of the sea to be reclaimed under this Ordinance, and all the land occupied by the present Praya roadway and wall along the line of the intended reclamation, are hereby declared to be absolutely the property of the Crown, free from any restriction whatever, and the Governor shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to deal with the same and to dispose of the same for building or any other purpose in the same way and to as full an extent as in the case of other Crown lands; and all property, estate, rights or supposed rights, and easements or supposed easements of any persons or class of persons, whether Crown leaseholders or licensees or otherwise, to the user or possession or occupation of, in, over, or in any way in relation to such land, foreshore, bed of the sea, embankment, reclamation, or Praya roadway and wall, or in relation to any wharf, landing place, pier, or other place situate thereupon, are hereby declared to be absolutely extinguished and determined.
8. Whereas the Crown lessees or their assigns registered in the Land Office at the date of commencement of this Ordinance in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof fronting the Praya along the line of the proposed reclamation (which persons, with their executors, administrators, and assigns, except where repugnant to the context, are hereinafter referred to as the lessees) or the majority of them, have already declared or signified their readiness to contribute towards the cost to be incurred for and in connexion with the works authorised by this Ordinance, provided the Governor will grant to them respectively Crown leases of such equitable proportion of the proposed reclamation as may be available, having regard to public requirements in respect of the roads and streets to be made on the land when reclaimed, and in the case of each lessee having regard to the claims of other lessees; AND WHEREAS it has been agreed that the cost of the said works shall also include a sum not exceeding 5,000 dollars for preliminary expenses, a sum not exceeding 180,000 dollars by way of compensation to owners and occupiers of wharves and piers along the line of the proposed reclamation, and a further sum not exceeding 105,000 dollars for the purchase of a portion of the land in course of reclamation opposite Marine Lots Nos. 95, 96, 97, 98, and 105:-
(1) A further plan, signed by the Surveyor General and countersigned by the Governor, showing in detail the portion of the
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
466
Title to reclaimed land, and
extinction of private rights there-
in.
Cost of works and agreements with lessees for contribu-
cost and
acceptance of portions of reclaimed land.
No. 6 of 1889.
PRAYA RECLAMATION.
7. All the land and foreshore and bed of the sea to be reclaimed under this Ordinance, and all the land occupied by the present Praya roadway and wall along the line of the intended reclama- tion, are hereby declared to be absolutely the property of the Crown, free from any restriction whatever, and the Governor shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to deal with the same and to dispose of the same for building or any other purpose in the same way and to as full an extent as in the case of other Crown lands; and all property, estate, rights or supposed rights, and easements or supposed easements of any persons or class of persons, whether Crown leaseholders or licensees or otherwise, to the user or possession or occupation of, in, over, or in any way in relation to such land, foreshore, bed of the sea, embankment, re- clamation, or Praya roadway and wall, or in relation to any wharf, landing place, pier, or other place situate thereupon, are hereby declared to be absolutely extinguished and determined.
8. Whereas the Crown lessees or their assigns registered in the Land Office at the date of commencement of this Ordinance in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof fronting the Praya tion to such Toadway along the line of the proposed reclamation (which persons, with their executors, administrators, and assigns, except where repugnant to the context, are hereinafter referred to as the lessees) or the majority of them, have already declared or signified their readiness to contribute towards the cost to be incurred for and in connexion with the works authorised by this Ordinance, provided the Governor will grant to them respectively Crown leases of such equitable proportion of the proposed reclamation as may be avail- able, having regard to public requirements in respect of the roads and streets to be made on the land when reclaimed, and in the case of each lessee having regard to the claims of other lessees; AND WHEREAS it has been agreed that the cost of the said works shall also include a sum not exceeding 5,000 dollars for preliminary expenses, a sum not exceeding 180,000 dollars by way of compensation to owners and occupiers of wharves and piers along the line of the proposed reclamation, and a further sum not exceeding 105,000 dollars for the purchase of a portion of the land in course of reclamation opposite Marine Lots Nos. 95, 96, 97, 98, and 105:-
(1) A further plan, signed by the Surveyor General and counter- signed by the Governor, showing in detail the portion of the
* As amended by Yo. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
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