Survey of Bermuda (Parish Boundaries) Act 1899. | Land Portal

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This Act makes provision for the ascertainment, determination and marking of parish boundaries by Commissioners to be appointed under this Act for that purpose.The Act also prohibits the removal of mutilating of survey marks and stipulates that it shall not extend, or be deemed or construed to extend, so as to ascertain, define, alter, enlarge or increase or decrease, nor in any way to affect, any boundary or boundaries of any city, town or parish, nor the boundary or boundaries of any land or property.

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Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British overseas territories. Vacationing to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has also developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995.

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