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Diversion of Roads Ordinance 1863

11. The Diversion of Roads, Special Ordinance 1863

Analysis. Preamble.

1. Superintendent to lay out and construct road through private property.

2. Road to be closed and cease to be a public road.

3. Title.

Whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, entituled "The Diversion of Roads Ordinance, Session XI., No. 3," it is enacted that excepting as the Ordinance otherwise provided, no public road shall be closed up or diverted, and no new line of road shall be laid out or constructed, passing over any private lands, except under the authority of a special Ordinance of the said Superintendent and Provincial Council. And whereas it is expedient that certain public roads or parts thereof shall be closed

up or diverted, and new lines of public roads or parts thereof be laid out or constructed, passing over private lands:

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province of Canterbury, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows:

1. Superintendent to lay out and construct road through private property.

It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the said Province to take all steps necessary for the laying out and construction of a road through private property according to the description and along the line set forth in the Schedule to this Ordinance and the Plan hereto annexed, and to enter upon, and cause to be entered upon all lands within the said Province for the purpose of making such surveys as may be necessary, and the possession of all the lands required for the use of the said road along the line so set forth and described.

2. Road to be closed and cease to be a public road.

The public road described in the Schedule to this Ordinance and the Plan hereto annexed shall be closed up and shall henceforth cease to be a public road.

3. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled, and may be cited as "The Diversion of Roads

Special Ordinance, 1863."

Schedule.

Road Closed Up. Locality. Quantity.

A. R. P. Latter's Spur, Heathcote District. 7 2 0

Road to be Taken. Locality. Quantity.

_{A. R. P.}

Owner

Latter's Spur, Heathcote District. 2 3 0 J.C. Wilson C.B.

Notes.

Passed by the Provincial Council 20th August 1863, assented by Superintendent on behalf of the Governor on 4th September 1863. Sam Bealey, Charles Bowen, Henry Bacon Quin.