3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Deviation. Works Act, 1902, it shall be lawful for the Minister for Works to deviate from the line as described in such Schedule to the extent of one mile on either side thereof.

4. At any time after the passing of this Act, and until the expiration of twelve months from the publication of notice in the Government Gazette declaring the railway open for traffic, the Governor may

(a) With the object of encouraging the cultivation and settlement of the land, compulsorily purchase any land in parcels of not less than one thousand acres, each parcel being the property of one person or two or more persons, jointly or in common, and situated within fifteen miles of any part of the line of the railway, and which land is certified by the Minister for Lands as suitable for closer agricultural settlement;

(b) Compulsorily purchase any land situated as aforesaid for townsites:

Provided that no land shall be compulsorily purchased under paragraph (a) of this section until the Land Purchase Board has favourably reported thereon.

5. On the determination by the Governor from time to time to exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any land within such defined limits may be taken under the Public Works Act, 1902, and the provisions of that Act shall apply, and the amount of the purchase money shall be determined as compensation is determined under that Act:

Provided that, on the exercise of any such power, or on the acquisition by the Governor within the said period of land situated as aforesaid for any work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1902, no regard shall be had to any increased value occasioned by the railway, and the purchase money shall be assessed at the probable and reasonable price which the land, with any improvements thereon, or the estate or interest of the claimant therein, might have been expected to realise if offered for sale at the date the land was taken, and if the railway had not been constructed or authorised.

Governor may require surrender, etc., to be made.

Application of

No. 46 of 1909.

Incorporation of 2 Edw. VII., No. 47.

6. Before the purchase money is paid for any land compulsorily purchased under the authority of this Act, the Governor may require the claimant to execute a surrender, conveyance, or transfer of the land to the Crown, or as the Governor may direct, free from all encumbrances.

7. All such lands acquired under paragraph (a) of section four shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agricultural Lands Purchase Act, 1909, and the purchase money may be paid out of any moneys authorised to be raised and expended by that Act, or as therein prescribed.

8. Subject as aforesaid, the Public Works Act, 1902, is incorporated herewith.

SCHEDULE.

ESPERANCE-NORTHWARDS RAILWAY EXTENSION.
Description of line of Railway.

Commencing at a point in or near Government Reserve 8102, and proceeding thence in a generally North-North-Westerly direction for about 6 miles, and terminating at a point in or near Government Reserve 13328, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A. 21870, deposited pursuant to 2 Edward VII., No. 47, Section 96.

Total length, about 6 miles.

DAIRY CATTLE IMPROVEMENT.

13° GEO. V., No. XVIII.

No. 36 of 1922.

AN ACT for the Registration of Bulls and the Improvement of Dairy Cattle.

[Assented to 23rd December, 1922.]

E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the Dairy Cattle Improvement Short title and Act, 1922, and shall come into operation on the first day of commencement. January, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

2. (1.) This Act shall apply only in those portions of the State comprised within areas defined from time to time by an Order in Council published in the Gazette.

(2.) Any such Order in Council may, by a subsequent Order, be altered or revoked.

3. In this Act

"Inspector" means an inspector appointed under this

Act.

"Owner," used with reference to a bull, includes any part owner or lessee of a bull, or any person in possession of the bull.

"Registration" means the registration of a bull under the provisions of this Act.

"Unregistered," used with reference to a bull, means that registration is required by this Act and that no such registration for the time being is in force.

Act to apply only areas.

within prescribed

See S.A., No. 1498, sec. 3.

Interpretation.
See Ibid., sec. 4.

Inspectors.

See ibid., sec. 5.

Bulls to be registered.

See S.A., No. 1498, sec. 6.

Method of registration.

See ibid., secs. 7-11.

Registration to be renewed annually. See ibid., sec. 10.

Power of entry and inspection. Ibid., sec. 12.

Power to require name of owner and

production of certificate of registration.

Ibid., sec. 13.

4. The Governor may appoint such officers of the Department of Agriculture as he thinks fit to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act.

5. (1.) Registration under this Act is hereby required for every bull kept within an area defined under section two.

(2.) If, after the commencement of this Act, any unregistered bull over the age of nine months is kept within an area defined under section two of this Act, the owner of such bull shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Twenty pounds.

6. (1.) Registration shall be effected annually in the prescribed manner, at the Department of Agriculture in Perth, on payment of a fee of five shillings; and a certificate of registration in the prescribed form shall be issued to the owner of the bull.

(2.) On proof of the loss of a certificate of registration, and payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence, a duplicate certificate may be issued.

7. Every registration shall be in force from the day on which it is made until the first day of January next ensuing and no longer, and shall be again effected in the like manner from year to year:

Provided that every registration effected within twentyone days after the first day of January in any year shall be deemed to have been made on that day.

8. Any inspector may at any time enter upon any land or premises where he has reason to believe that there is a bull and make such inspection, investigations, and inquiries as he thinks fit for the purpose of ascertaining whether the bull is registered.

9. (1.) Any inspector may

(a) require the owner or any person in charge of a bull to state his name and address, and, if the person in charge of the bull is not the owner, the name and address of the owner;

(b) require the owner of a bull to produce the certificate of registration of such bull.

(2.) If

(a) the owner or person in charge of any bull, upon being required as aforesaid, refuses or fails to state his name or address, or the name or address of any owner of the bull, or states a false name or address; or

(b) the owner of any bull, upon being required as aforesaid, without reasonable excuse, fails to produce such certificate of registration for the bull,

he shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Twenty pounds.

officers.

10. Any person who in any way obstructs, hinders, or in- Obstruction of terferes with any inspector in the exercise of his duty under this Act shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Twenty pounds.

11. (1.) After the expiration of two years from the commencement of this Act registration may be refused if the bull is below a reasonable standard to be prescribed:

Provided that if on application to the Department of Agriculture registration is refused, the owner may, within the time and in manner prescribed, appeal from such refusal to an appeal board consisting of the Dairy Expert of the Department, and two other members, being cattle breeders, to be appointed by the Minister.

(2.) The appeal board may allow or dismiss the appeal, and the decision of the board shall be final.

(3.) Every appellant under this section shall on lodging his appeal with the Department of Agriculture pay a prescribed fee, not exceeding three pounds, and in default of such payment the appeal shall be treated as a nullity; the fee to be returned to the appellant if the appeal is upheld by the Board. If an appeal is upheld, the Board may award to the appellant such reasonable costs as the Board in its discretion thinks fit.

(4.) If, after registration has been refused under this section, an owner is convicted under section five of keeping such unregistered bull, the Board may order the bull to be emasculated, and it shall be lawful for an inspector to cause the bull to be emasculated accordingly at the owner's risk and

expense.