Grand Etang Forest Reserve Ordinance (Chapter 135)

1(WS Grand Eiiuu) Forest Rcscrne, « hdltl,UICI1 Cap, ~a;-l!l:l-l lr cvtsr.m . I"tcl\ln"Ii~, (]IAllTER ms, GIH:NADA. AN OHDINANCE: Tt) I'1l0VII1I': [,'Oil '11m !'llfo:SCllV/\TION OF FnUEST GIlOW'IH IN TIl!': VlCINllY IW 'Ill!': OIl,'\NI! F:TANG I\S 1\ F'OIli':::lT nESI;:H VI': FOil TilE /lIo~NEI"IT 0'" TilE: COI,dNY. [tst June, lULl;'l WTmHp.I\R it iK of vil n l ifllpOrllllH'P for the ('onservatioll and promotion of the rainfall and water sllpply in the 1:;1011(1 of Grenada that the forest growth ill tIll' vicinity of the Grand Etung should be malntatned and preserved : AND WHEREAS divers boundary surveys have from time to time been made of the Crown Lands in this vu-initv 1I11t, being dlsconneeted one with the other, doubts anrl displl!.('s have nrlscn as In tile extent and limits of such hllHl'l : AND WIlEHli;AS it' has been deemed expedieut, for cna'Jlil1g t.hc novernlllt'nt 1.0 more readily prevent encroachments L>eing made in the said forest land, that a well-defined and compact area or block of land should be ('onsl.illlll'd as (l Fnust HpSI'l'VP und Lhul. the same should he t!elll<lrl'alct! aud (lr'llrlli!et! hy one ~allTOI1ll(lin1~ boundury line consisting so 1',11' ns possihle of mnun l.niu ridges or oUIPl' tlln Ilt'an'st 1l<II.III',!l htllllH!:lry uuuks : AND Wf1l~HRAS tile (1o"c!'t)llr 11;\~i ,u:I'llrdillgly nrrlcrcd thnt a cOll1plete map or plan of survey of sur.h nn area in this 11l4',dll.v ~i1101lItl til' 1I11'I'illI'" lIt!' 1l"'llrd IIIHI l.l ru l, ltlly plll':il,I' lands or lands clatllll..'d or owrurt hy pri':ule individuals lying within such natural boundurv line should he acquired for the purposes of Incorpuru.t.iug Ill!' S,lllll~ wil.h in t.he proposed Forest Reserve : AND WfH~lm.'\H in pursunuc« of the said OIders tile IIlHP or plu u 01 ~"lr'':I'.v wil.lI a ITpnrl. t.lu.rcnn hus hceu prepared by l.he Crowu Lauds Couunissioner .:ll(! Surveyor which Ill8p or plnu and rl'port wpre on tile tv-nty second day of 1'la,V, IDOG, laid Oil 111(' table III Ute Lepislutlvc Cuunc il and were ~;lllJsHIlWllt!y ('II t Ill' ~Ull\l' (hy hy direction Grand Et.aiu) Forest Reserue. lR30 of tile Cnunclt lodl~ed for rccord in I IH' I h'l'ds <Int! Land Reglstry : AND WHEHEAS the su id plots of 1<11H1 desl'rihed in Selledllle C 10 the said report were ut. the date of the said report tile only private lands ('[llllpri,'il'd within the llplHHlnries of the proposed Forest Reserve hut I lie said 1'10ls of land have slnr:e that date. namely, on the twenty-second dny (If May, ID()(i, aforesaid, been duly declared by re;;l1lut,illn of the Legtslative Council to he selected and I'Pqllired for pnhlic purposes under the provisions of til(' Pull"!' Lands Acquisition Ordinance: AND WHEHEAS consequent upon such Resolu Lion of Council the whole of the lands comprised within tile boundary line delineated on the said plan !llay now herear: I:!' be regarded and treated as belonging 10 tile Crown, which ract is attested to and stated in the report uf'orcsn id : Now be it t'IHll'l.t·d by the Legislative Couuoil of Gri-undu as follows: I. 'l'his Ordinance may be died as tile fm,\NU ETANO FOIU~ST IU>:SEHVE Of:lHN:\NCK :~. The lands depicted, defined and delineated in tile map or plan of survey as aforesaid and l'dcrrcd to in th(~ HI'[HlI't thereto attrwllCd, shall he hereurt.-r known tllH! pn-sen'cd as " The Grand Etang Forest Reserve ... 3, All the lands aforesaid shall for ever Ilt'realler form part of the Crown Lands and shrill be strictly l'f",('rv('t! rllld set apnl'l, for l.hc pulillc purposes of forest conservation. Short. 'Hie el'l" !.IntI of .. t hIt o 1I1lHI , tlltlln~ 1"01 {:~it n ('f'l·rvn:' p"ll)"""~ or t,h~ n'''H''n'n