Short title.

The Lodging-house Act.-1877.

Justices of the Peace under the provisions of this Act, or of any regulation made in pursuance hereof, which appeal shall be to the Local Court of Adelaide of Full Jurisdiction only; and the proceedings on such appeal shall be conducted in manner appointed by the Ordinance, No. 6 of 1850, for appeals to Local Courts.

24. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Lodginghouse Act."

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

FIRST

We, the undersigned, being inhabitant householders within [here state the city, town, district, or place in which the lodging-house applied to be registered is situated], do certify that we know [here state the name of the keeper or manager of the common lodging-house], and believe him to be a fit and proper person to keep and have the management of a common lodging-house.

(Signed)

Adelaide By authority, W. C. Cox, Government Printer, North-terrace.

An Act to provide for the Payment of Compensation to certain Selectors of Sections of Land, in the Northern Territory, of deficient area, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, 21st December, 1877.]

WHEREAS, pursuant ton "The Northern Territory Amendment Preamble.

Act, 1868," and to an Act amending the same, being No. 2 of 1869-70, the holders of land orders who should comply with the conditions in the same Acts mentioned, were entitled to select three hundred and twenty acres of country land in the said Northern Territory, instead of one hundred and sixty acres, by virtue of each land order held by them respectively: And whereas, certain of such land order holders or their legal representatives have duly exercised their right of selection, but the area of the Sections selected by them is less than the quantity of land to which they were entitled, and it is desirable to compensate them by payment, at the rate of Three Shillings and Ninepence per acre for the quantity deficient: And whereas certain other holders of land orders entitled by virtue thereof to one hundred and sixty acres each of country land have been permitted, although they have not complied with the requirements of the said Acts, or either of them, to select the extended area of three hundred and twenty acres of land in the said Territory; and it is expedient to legalize the issue of land grants to them, notwithstanding the irregularity: And whereas certain other persons, not having applied for the extended area of three hundred and twenty acres within the time prescribed by law, have selected Sections containing one hundred and sixty acres or thereabouts only; and it is desirable to grant to them the right of selecting a sufficient quantity of land to make the total quantity up to three hundred and twenty

acres;

Treasurer may pay

ficient area to persons named in the First Schedule hereto.

The Northern Territory Selectors Act.—1877.

acres; the intention of this Act being that all bona fide selectors of country land in the said Northern Territory shall, so far as possible, be placed on an equality-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. The Treasurer may pay to the persons named in the First Schedule compensation for de- to this Act annexed, or to their legal representatives, the sums set opposite to their respective names in the said Schedule, as full compensation, at the rate of Three Shillings and Ninepence per acre for each acre deficient in the area of the Sections selected by them in the Northern Territory, pursuant to the said Acts and by virtue of the land orders mentioned in the said Schedule; such payment shall be accepted by them in full satisfaction and discharge of all claims whatsoever which they or any of them, or any person claiming under them, may now or hereafter have against the Government of South Australia by reason of the area being deficient as aforesaid, or of the right of selection given under the said land orders and Acts respectively.

Governor may issue

mentioned in the

Second Schedule

hereto.

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to be caused to be issued land grants to persons to the persons named in the Second Schedule hereto, or their legal representatives, land grants for the Sections of land selected by them in the said Northern Territory, and in such Schedule respectively mentioned, notwithstanding that no notice was given by them of their intention to apply for and accept the increased area of three hundred and twenty acres of land pursuant to the said Acts, or either of them. The persons to whom such grants shall be so issued, shall thenceforward be to all intents and purposes in the same position as regards the Government of South Australia, as if they had applied for and selected the land included in such grants respectively, pursuant to "The Northern Territory Amendment Act, 1868."

Persons mentioned in the Third Schedule hereto may select further land.

3. The persons named in the Third Schedule hereto, or their respective legal representatives, may each select out of the unsold surveyed waste lands of the Crown in the said Northern Territory any such surveyed and unselected Section as will make the total quantity of land selected under the respective land orders mentioned in the said Schedule, up to three hundred and twenty acres; and the Governor may issue a land grant of such land to such person upon application: Provided that this right of selection shall be exercised, and the application for a grant of the land selected, made in Adelaide to the Minister having charge of the administration of Northern Territory affairs, before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine; and provided that this concession shall not confer on such persons any further rights whatever against the Government of South Australia.

4. This