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Act No. 1 of 1936
CROWN RECLAMATION

An Act to enable the Crown to reclaim a certain portion of the Harbour of Nassau.

1 of 1936

[Commencement 1st June, 1936]

1. This Act may be cited as the Crown Reclamation Act.

Short title.

2. It shall be lawful for the Crown to reclaim and fill in within the period of five years all that portion of the Harbour of Nassau bounded as follows:

Enables reclamation of portion of the Harbour of Nassau.

On the north by a line drawn between the north-western point of the Armstrong Street Fire Wharf (or Abutment) and up to a point fifty feet from the north-eastern point of the property owned by George Murphy, Esquire (formerly called "Harry Smith's Wharf");

On the south by the wall adjoining Bay Street;

On the east by the western side of the Armstrong Street Fire Wharf aforesaid;

On the west by the eastern side of the wharves and abutments constituting the eastern water front of the property belonging to George Murphy, Esquire, as aforementioned.

3. On the completion of the reclamation and filling in as provided by section 2 of this Act all that portion of the Harbour of Nassau so filled in and reclaimed shall be and continue to be subject to the rights of the King, his heirs and successors.

Reclaimed land subject to the rights of the King.


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