233 Union Wharf

• Author: Ralph Hone
• Pages: #5

CHAPTER 233.

UNION WHARF.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PRIVATE PIER OR WHARF TO BE 47 of 1952.

KNOWN AS 'UNION WHARF'. 18 of 1965.

[11th August 1952.] WHEREAS the Trustees of the Estate of the late Sir Harry Oakes, Bart., are the owners in Fee Simple of the land known as 'No. 1. Dock' situate on the waterfront of the Port of Nassau to the East of and adjoining Union Street and have obtained all necessary consents to reclaim a portion of the sea-bed to the North of the present sea frontage of the Said Land owned by the Trustees aforesaid.

AND WHEREAS with a view to the development of the land to be reclaimed the Said Trustees have agreed with Arthur Vining Davis, Esquire, of the City of Pittsburgh in the State of Pennsylvania, one of the United States of America, that the reclaimed land, or a portion or portions thereof, shall be developed primarily as a private commercial pier or wharf.

AND WHEREAS because of the congestion in the areas on the waterfront of the Port of Nassau now used as piers, wharves, and abutments it is in the public interest that additional pier and wharf facilities be made available.

1. This Act may be cited as The Union Wharf Shortftitle.

   Act.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

   requires'Union Wharf' means any pier wharf or abutment with or without warehouses situate thereon on any part or portion of the waterfront of the land now owned by the Trustees of the Estate of the late Sir Harry Oakes, Bart., situate on the waterfront of the Port of Nassau to the East of and adjoining Union Street in the City of Nassau, Island of New Providence, and any,

   part or portion of any land reclaimed from the sea-bed adjoining and to the North of the Said Land owned by the Trustees aforesaid;

   'warehouse' means any building situate on or appurtenant to Union Wharf and used for the purpose of storing merchandise or cargo of any description either entering or leaving the Port of Nassau;

   'cargo' means any commodity, article or thing produced gathered, raised or manufactured either within or without the Colony;

   'ton' means two thousand pounds weight or forty cubic feet measurement;

   'vessel' means every description of ship, vessel or boat (including aircraft) used in navigation and however propelled.

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