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Township of Geraldine Ordinance 1873

7. The Township of Geraldine Ordinance 1874.

[23^rd January 1874.]

Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Township of Geraldine Act 1873” it is provided that it shall he lawful for the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Canterbury by Ordinance to be passed in that behalf to enact that all or any of the portions of reserves described in the Schedule to said Act being portions of reserves for public gardens and recreation grounds in the township of Geraldine in the said Province shall be sold by auction as town lands or reserved for public purposes and to provide that reserves for the purposes of public gardens and recreation grounds of equal extent to those so sold or reserved shall be made in the said township.

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

1. Parcels of land in Schedule C to be sold by auction.

The portions of reserves for public gardens and recreation grounds in the township of Geraldine described in Schedule C to this Ordinance shall be sold by auction as town lands at such time and place and for such price and upon such terms and conditions as the Superintendent by and with the advice and consent of his Executive Council shall determine and proclaim.

2. Parcels of Schedule A to be held in trust by Superintendent for service of the Province.

The specific purposes of public utility for which the portions of reserves for public gardens and recreation grounds in the township of Geraldine described in Schedule A to this Ordinance are held shall be and are hereby changed and such lands shall be henceforth held by the Superintendent of the said Province and his successors in trust for the public service of the Province of Canterbury.

3. Parcel of land in Schedule B to be Reserve for Public Gardens and

Recreation Grounds.

The portion of the township of Geraldine described in Schedule B to this Ordinance shall be reserved for the purposes of public gardens and recreation grounds.

4. Title.

This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as “The Township of Geraldine Ordinance 1873.”

Schedule A.

1621 (in red). One rood, more or less, being part of Reserve No. 305 (in red) in the town of Geraldine, having frontage to and being bounded on the north- eastward by Talbot street, on the north-westward by Cox street, on the south- westward by a line parallel to the first-named street, and two chains fifty links distant therefrom, and on the south-eastward by a line parallel to the north-west boundary, so as to contain the above quantity.

1622 (in red). Two roods, more or less, being part of Reserve No. 305 (in red) in the town of Geraldine, bounded on the eastward by Talbot street, on the south- westward by High street, on the westward by a line parallel to Talbot street and 250 links distant therefrom, and on the north by a line at right angles to the eastern boundary, so as to contain the above quantity.

1623 (in red). Two roods, more or less, being part of Reserve No. 306 (in red), in the town of Geraldine, bounded on the eastward by Talbot street, on the north- eastward by High street, on the westward by a line parallel to the eastern boundary and 250 links distant therefrom, and on the southward by a line at right angles to Talbot street, so as to contain the above quantity.

Schedule B.

1624 (in red). Eight acres one rood and thirty-six perches, more or less, situate in the town of Geraldine, bounded on the north-eastward by Totara street, on the south-eastward by Jollie street, on the south-westward by High street, and on the north-westward by a line at right angles to the north eastern boundary, so as to contain the above quantity.

Schedule C.

1625 (in red). Three acres two roods and fourteen perches, more or less, being part .of Reserve No. 305 (in red), situate in the town of Geraldine, bounded on the north-westward by Reserve No. 1621 (in red), on the southward by Reserve

1622 (in red), on the eastward by Talbot street, and on the westward by lines parallel to and two chains fifty links distant from the eastern boundary.

1626 (in red). Three acres three roods and twenty-two perches, more or less, being part of Reserve No. 306 (in red), situate in the town of Geraldine, bounded on the northward by Reserve 1623 (in red), on the eastward by Talbot street, on the southward by the southern boundary of the township, and on the westward by lines parallel to and two chains fifty links distant from the eastern boundary.