New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe portion of land lying between Pitt and George Streets in the city of Sydney, and more particularly described in the First Schedule hereto, is hereby, under the designation of Martin-lane, declared to be, and dedicated to public use as, a public thoroughfare or lane connecting Pitt with George Street, and to be in substitution of the lane connecting Chisholm-lane and Angel-place, formerly called Terry-place, which the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council was by the Principal Act empowered to form and dedicate to the public: And it shall be the duty of the Minister for Public Works to form the said Martin-lane in accordance with plans to be approved by the Governor with the advice aforesaid. And for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this section all estates and interest in, and all rights, claims, and easements in respect to or over the portion of land hereby dedicated are, so far as they might be inconsistent with such provisions, hereby abrogated and annulled. Upon the formation of such lane the same shall, upon a proclamation by the Governor with the advice aforesaid published in the Gazette, become vested in the Municipal Council of the said city in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and obligations as in the case of other public highways of the said city: Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to waive or annul the reserve or power of reservation of two feet in width in front of the adjoining land on the north of Martin-lane, which the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, was authorised to make under section five of the Principal Act: Provided further that it shall be lawful to increase the depth of allotments fronting Martin-place by two feet if the Governor in Council shall alter the alignment of Martin-lane so as to include two feet on the north, now reserved.