Street Alignment Act 1844

And be it enacted that the said boundary posts and marks so placed as aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to be the property of the Town Trust, and shall indicate and define the position, direction and breadth of the several streets and lines of communication vested in the Trustees of each town respectively.

7. Survey to be given to Governor etc.

And be it enacted that whensoever and so soon as the several streets and lines of communication within any townsite shall have been ascertained and marked as aforesaid, the chief executive officer of the Department within the meaning of the Land Administration Act 1997 shall report the same and lay before the Governor in Executive Council a map or plan of such town in duplicate, having the streets and lines of communication delineated accordingly thereon, both of which plans shall be signed by the Governor in Executive Council, and one shall be retained in that Department or some other convenient place and the other shall be delivered to the Chairman or Acting‑Chairman of the Town Trust, either of which plans so signed by the Governor or any copy thereof duly certified by the chief executive officer of that Department, shall and may be given in evidence of such streets or lines of communication in any cause or suit regarding the same.

[Section 7 amended: No. 126 of 1987 s. 13; No. 31 of 1997 s. 141; No. 28 of 2006 s. 452(2).]