16Appointment etc of Commissioners for claims to Crown grants

#### 16 Appointment etc of Commissioners for claims to Crown grants 16 Appointment etc of Commissioners for claims to Crown grants > > (1) The Governor may issue one or more Commission or Commissions under the Great Seal as the same may become necessary, and may thereby nominate and appoint three or more persons to be “Commissioners for examining and reporting upon claims to grants of land within the Colony of New South Wales,” and one of the said persons shall be appointed by the Governor to be President of the said Commission. > > > (2) The said Commissioners, or any two of them, of whom the President shall be one, shall have full power and authority to hear, examine, and report upon all applications for grants of land under the Great Seal that may be referred to them under and by virtue of the provisions of this Act. > > > (3) Each of the said Commissioners shall, before proceeding to act as such, take and subscribe before one of the Judges of the Supreme Court the oath set forth in the Second Schedule, and the Colonial Secretary shall cause the said oaths so subscribed to be recorded in his office. > > > (4) The Commissioners appointed under the Act fifth William IV number twenty-one, and in office at the passing of this Act shall continue to be Commissioners under this Act without reappointment and without taking the abovementioned oath, and shall have and exercise the same powers and duties in all respects as if they had been appointed under this Act and had taken the said oath.