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IV. Whenever, by the payment generally,i I. Be it therefere enacted by the Lieuten- tafter such investigation as in the first section’ant Governor, Council and Assembly, as fol« of this act referred to), of all the tenants andglows, that is to say, so soon as it can conve» occupants of the Estate, the Government shalllnicntly be done, after the passing of this Act, have been fully reimbursed and sustained in re- lthe Lieutenant Governor in Council shall gard of the purchase of the same, and shalllcause so much and such parts of the Wilden have a sufficient amount in hand in excesslness lands in this Island belonging to the Go— thereof to enable them to do so, it shall be lavv- VCl‘nment thereof, as they may deem expedient. ful for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to i to be, from time to time, and at any time or order the return to such tenants or occupantsltimos here-after, as they may see fit and pros as may have paid the same (or their executors l per, surveyed and set out in farms or locations or administrators) of any amount paid by them Of not 1083 than fifty 01‘ more than one hun‘ in excess of their own due and proper share or dred acres to each farm or location, in such proportion of the sum required to make the way and manner as the said Lieutenant Gov- Estate self-sustaining, such return to be made 01‘1101‘ in UOUDCil may deem most expedient in such way and under such regulations asmay for the purpose of selling the same to any be ordained for the purpose by order of the person or persons desirous of purchasing the

Lieutenant Governor in Council, and a warrant same “IN-101‘ the PI'OViSion-‘S Of this Act.

or warrant; on the Treasury, in the usual 1L When the said wilderness lands or form, shall be issued in accordance with such am. part thereof Shall have been SO surveyed order, and a receipt 01' discharge from further and set out. .- s aforesaid, the Lieutenant Gov- instalments or payments shall also, if required, 0mm- of this Island? for the, time being, in be Signed and endorsed by the Commissioner,Council, shall, from time to time, fix the price 0f PUhliC LilmlS, UPOD the deeds Of those ten- to be. charged per acre for such wilderness ants or occupants who shall have fully paid upllandg' i” their share or proportion, Whenever he shall be1 In authorized by order of the Lieutenant Gover- ' nor in Council, to sign and endorse the same.

The. Commissioner of Public Lands .shall advertise for sale, in the Royal Gazette newspaper of this Island, the said Lands so

V. The Commissioner of Public Lands surveyed and set out as aforesaid, briefly de- shall demand and receive from each tenant, oe- scribing and specifying therein the lands of- cupant or purchaser requiring such endorse- fercd for sale, and giving such other particu— ment of discharge, the sum ot five shillings, tlars relating thereto as he may think neces- to be paid into the Treasury of this Is- sary. Any person or persons applying to the land for the use of the Government. Commissioner of Public Lands and consenting and agreeing to purchase a farm or location, at the price fixed thereon, as aforesaid, and complying with the terms and provisions of this Act, shall, if the said Commissioner shall consider him or them eligible, be entitled to have a farm or location conveyed to him or them, in manner and form as hereinafter men- tioned, subject to the provisocs, conditions and restrictions in the Deed of Conveyance of such farm or location, and in this Act set forth and

VI. The unsold Lands belonging to the Estate shall, nevertheless, still remain vested in the Commissioner of Public Lands, as be— fore, to be managed and disposed of in accord- ance with the said Land Purchase Act, or otherwise, as may, from time to time, be by law ordained.

VII. The provisions of this Act shall ex- tend to all Estates heretofore purchased, as

lwcu a: to} ghost? lglléll, ma); hgreaitler contained, with respect to such Land, and on lie Bulge mi“ 1%,.“ m 0‘ emmen “n er w paying to the said Commissioner five shillings ‘an um 9‘50 1 ' for the survey of said land, and five shillings

An Act to encourage the settlement and for the Deed of Conveyance Duplicate there-

Cultivation of Public Wilderness Lands lof, provided always that no greater quantity

[Passed April my“ 1868.] ithan one hundred acres of such land shall be

V 11E REAS it is deemed expedient to em conveyed to any one person under this Act. courage the settlement and cultivation: IV. When a farm or location is so sold by of the Public Wilderness Lands in this Island, ; the said Commissioner of Public Lands, under by selling the same on terms advantageous to i this Act, the said Commissioner shall execute persons desirous of settling thereon. and deliver to the purchaser a Deed of Con»-