VPRS 15026 Register of Applications, Ballarat, Unused Roads and Water Frontages

This series consists of a register of applications made in the Ballarat district for licences to occupy unused roads and water frontages. The register gives the application number and subsequent file number, the name of the applicant, the location and area of the land, the rental charged and the date of the licence and its issue. the remarks column indicates any changes in status of the licence.This series was created by the Unused Roads and Water Frontage Branch of the Public Works Department (VA 669) (from 1905 to 1928) and after that by the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) (from 1928 to 32).The Branch and later on the Department of Crown Lands and Survey were responsible for the issue of licences under the provisions of the Unused Roads and Water Frontages Act, 1903 (No 1894) and the subsequent Local Government Acts, 1915, 1928 and 1958 (Nos 2686,4683 and 5316) and the Land (Unused Roads and Water Frontages) Act 1961 (No 6794) for the occupation and use of unused roads and water frontages by the owners and occupiers of adjoining land and for ensuring that the annual rents were paid.Occupiers of lands applied for a licence to the Minister for Public Works and since 1928 to the Minister for Lands to occupy and use any unused roads and water frontages. Notice of licence number issued was published in the Government Gazette with the licensee required to pay an annual rental for the use of the unused roads and water frontages.