Act No. 7 of 1944
ACQUISITION OF LAND (AIR FIELDS) |
An Act to
make provision for the acquisition of certain lands for the construction of
aerodromes and other works required by his majesty. | 7 of 1944
2 of 1950
32 of 1954
6 of 1957 |
[Commencement 29th
June, 1944] |
WHEREAS it is
provided by section 2 of the Acquisition of Land Act, in this Act referred to
as the principal Act, that the expression "public purpose" includes
any purpose authorised by the legislature: |
1. This Act
may be cited as the Acquisition of Land (Air Fields) Act. | Short title. |
2. The
acquisition under the principal Act by the Governor in Council of the land
described in the Schedule to this Act for the construction or maintenance of
aerodromes and other works required by His Majesty is hereby authorised and
shall be deemed to be a public purpose within the meaning of the principal Act. | Amendment of section 2 of
Ch. 252 |
3. Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 6 of the principal Act, any notice published and
posted or which shall be published and posted in relation to lands hereby
authorised to be acquired shall be deemed to have been or to be published and
posted in accordance with the provisions of the said section although the
compensation paid or to be paid for the said lands shall be provided by the
Parliament of the United Kingdom. | Interpretation of section 6
of Ch. 252. |
4. Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 37 of the principal Act if the Governor in Council is
satisfied that compensation for the acquisition of the lands
described in the fourth paragraph of the Schedule to this Act has been or will
be paid out of funds provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Air
Council established under the authority of the Air Force (Constitution)
Act 1917, enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, may request the
Governor in Council to convey such lands in fee simple to any person authorised
by law to hold such lands on behalf of the Air Council, and it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council to convey such lands accordingly. | Compensation, etc., for
lands acquired. |
SCHEDULE (Section 2) |
All
that area situate in the Western District of the Island of New Providence, the
boundaries of which commence at a point on the West side of the Oakes Field
Road, 50 feet in a direction N 80° 07' 40" W (true) from a concrete pillar
or monument situate on the East side of the Oakes Field Road at a point
approximately 525 feet South of the intersection of Meadows and Nassau Streets,
and extend thence N 80° 07' 40" W (true) 678.74 feet thence S 56° 26' 20"
W (true) 307.58 feet thence S 28° 52' 20" W (time) 239.30 feet thence S 9°
16' 50" W (true) 498.94 feet thence S 33° 50' 50" W ( true) 427.08
feet thence S 34° 05' 50" W (true) 205.52 feet thence S 52° 45' 50" W
(true) 399.57 feet thence S 31° 25' 50" W (true) 91.00 feet to the centre
of a gate on the Southern side of the Farrington Road which gate is parallel to,
and 20.00 feet from the centre line of the said Farrington Road, thence along
the Eastern and Southern sides of the original Farrington Road to a point
marked by a concrete monument or pillar, situate about 940 feet east of the
intersection of the Farrington Road and the centre line of the Gladstone or
Lake Road, thence S 0° 04' E (true) 1914.00 feet to a point on the Eastern side
of the Pipe Line Road approximately 383 feet North of its intersection with the
Adderley Road, thence along the Eastern side of the Pipe Line Road-crossing the
Adderley Road-to the junction of the said Pipe Line Road with the Harold Road
thence along the Eastern and Northern sides of the Harold Road to its junction
with the Blue Hill Road thence Northwardly along the Western side of the Blue
Hill Road to a point about 450 feet North of the Lemon Hill or Tucker Road
thence N 78° 32' S0" W (true) 773.67 feet thence N 7° 03 10" E (true)
411.11 feet thence N 10° 42' 55" E (true) 88.60 feet thence N 79° 04' 25"
W (true) 230.87 feet thence N 31° 56' 35" E (true) 472.74 feet thence N 58°
03' 25" W (true) 1635.15 feet to the Eastern side of the Oakes Field Road,
thence N 21° 34' 05" E ( true) 107.00 feet along the Eastern side of the
Oakes Field Road thence N 68° 25' 55" W (true) 50 feet across the Oakes
Field Road, thence N 21° 15' 05" E (true) 432.28 feet and N 12° 39' 05"
E (true) 460.00 feet along the Western side of the Oakes Field Road to the
point of commencement. |
All
that tract of land containing about 2,070 acres and situate about one-half (½) mile
south of the 9th Mile Post on West Bay Street in the Western District of the
Island of New Providence beginning at an iron pipe, marking the southeast
corner of a tract of land owned by G. R. B. Baxter and known as Orange Hill, thence
2,310.90 feet along the north-western edge of a locally called Burma Road to a
point, thence. |
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S 5° 03' 00" E
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467.90 feet
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S 1° 34' 00" E
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1558.10 feet
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S 34° 53' 00" W
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750.55 feet
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to a post planted in
the water of Lake Killarney, thence,
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S 3° 35' 00" W
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5650.00 feet
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S 81° 55' 00" E
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1602.35 feet
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to another post
planted in the water of Lake Killarney, thence,
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S 44° 40' 30" W
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4066.30 feet
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N 45° 19' 30" W
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2229.49 feet
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S 89° 39' 30" W
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7508.81 feet
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N 9° 02' 00" W
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2315.20 feet
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N 28° 30' 00" E
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1253.47 feet
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N 50° 0' 00" E
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3471.58 feet
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N 51° 30' 45" E
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565 feet
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N 68° 17' 45" E
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2822.75 feet
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N 87° 39' 30" W
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4866.84 feet
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N 7° 09' 30" E
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1205.40 feet
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N 87° 30' 00" E
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848.40 feet
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S 5° 28' 20" E
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1200 feet
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to the point of
beginning.
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The
said tract of land being bounded on the north by lands of The Caves Company
Limited, E. V. Jaeger, the said G. R. B. Baxter, Bahamas Land and Finance
Company-the said G. R. B. Baxter and the said Caves Company Limited-on the east
by the said land of the Caves Company Limited, Lake Killarney, the property of
the Crown, and land of the said Caves Company Limited, on the south by Crown
land and by land of the said Caves Company Limited, and on the west by land of
the said Caves Company Limited. |
AND
ALSO All That tract comprising two lots of land situate on the south side of
the Island of New Providence and being a portion of Clifton Estate and
containing in all Five and fifty-seven one-hundredths acres, the said tract of
land being separated by an existing public road thirty feet wide and being
bounded northeastwardly by land the property of Nassoak Limited and running
thereon four hundred feet southeastwardly by Crown Land and running thereon a
total of six hundred and forty-six feet southwestwardly by the sea and running
thereon three hundred and ninetysix feet and northwestwardly by land the
property of Caves Company Limited and running thereon a total of six hundred
and thirty feet. |