Act No. 61 of 1959
BAHAMAS PLANTATIONS COMPANY, LIMITED, VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENTS (No. 2) |
An Act to
validate certain instruments relating to land situate in the Island of New
Providence and known as "Old Fort", "The Wilderness" and "Charlotteville"
respectively. | 61 of 1959 |
[Commencement 3rd
September, 1959] |
WHEREAS by an
indenture dated the 24th April A.D., 1913, and made between The Bahamas
Plantations Company, Limited (hereinafter called "the Company") of
the one part and Adelaide Clarke Dolley of the other part and now of record in
the Registry of Records in the City of Nassau in the Island of New Providence
in Book W. 10 at pages 579 to 582 the Company conveyed to the said Adelaide
Clarke Dolley in fee simple by way of mortgage All the hereditaments (hereinafter
referred to as "the said hereditaments") described in the Schedule
thereto which description is set out in the Schedule hereto: |
AND WHEREAS by an
indenture dated the 7th May, A.D., 1914, and made between the Company of the
one part and the said Adelaide Clarke Dolley of the other part and now of
record in the said Registry of Records in Book W. 10 at pages 583 to 586 the
Company further charged the said hereditaments to the said Adelaide Clarke
Dolley: |
AND WHEREAS by an
indenture dated the 28th April A.D., 1922, and made between the Company of the
one part and the said Adelaide Clarke Dolley of the other part and now of
record in the said Registry of Records in Book S. 11 at pages 136 to 139 the
Company granted and released the said hereditaments unto the said Adelaide
Clarke Dolley in fee simple free from all right or equity of redemption and from
all claims and demands under the said indenture of mortgage and the said
indenture of further charge: |
AND WHEREAS
Charles S. Dolley and Ella Bowen executed the said indenture dated the 24th
April, A.D. 1913 and Charles S. Dopey and Paul A. Meeres executed the said
indenture dated the 7th May A.D. 1914 and the 28th April A.D. 1922 respectively
as President and Secretary respectively of The Nassau Trust Limited which
purported to act as the director of the Company: |
AND WHEREAS The
Nassau Trust Limited was an unincorporated association of individuals and
doubts have arisen as to whether such association could validly act as a
director as aforesaid. |
1. This Act
may be cited as the Bahamas Plantations Company, Limited, Validation of
Instruments (No. 2) Act. | Short title. |
2. The said
indentures dated the 24th April A.D. 1913, the 7th May A.D. 1914 and the 28th
April A.D. 1922 respectively are hereby declared to be as valid and effective
for the purposes stated therein respectively as if the same had been executed
by the Company in strict compliance with the Articles of Association of the
Company and all other legal requirements. | Validates indentures dated
the 24th April 1913, the 7th May 1914 and the 28th April 1922. |
SCHEDULE |
1.
All That lot of land situate in the Western District of the Island of New
Providence and containing by admeasurement Seven hundred and ninety-five and
one-half acres or thereabouts bounded on the Northwest by the Sea on the
Southwest by a swamp and the Waterloo Estate on the Southeast by land belonging
to William Joseph Menendez and on the northeast by Crown Land the Love Estate
and the Bradford Estate which said premises were formerly part and parcel of a
lot of land originally granted to a certain Micklethwaite and of lands known respectively
as Charlotte Ville Estate and Wilderness Estate or however otherwise the same
may be abutted bounded known or described. |
2.
All That piece parcel or tract of land situate in the Western District of the
Island of New Providence called or known as "Love's" and containing
Two hundred and Thirty-two acres bounded on the North by the Sea and on the
East partly by land the property of Andrew Deveaux and partly by Vacant Land on
the South by Vacant Land and on the West by land belonging to William Bradford
or however otherwise the same may be abutted bounded known or described. |