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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 59, 19 September 1844, Page 3

AW ORDINANCE to amend an Qrdinamfi*. provide for the Summary Recovery if Co»tp«S#f|*L. Hon for Damages done by Cattle Trgspas «S«f» (Passed the lltb day of July, 1844.) Preamble, reciting Clause 2, of Cattle IS’Wgd ||. Ordinance,, ji Whereas by an Ordinance enaoted by tht i Governor of New Zealand, w|th the advice and eons sent of the LegislativeCouncil thereof, Session,fjL ; No, 16, intituled •? An Ordinance to provide fflf the Summary Recovery of Compensation for. D*it I mages done by Cuttle Trespassing,'* It is that “ Whenever any Cattle shall trespass upou tb(|, land of any person which shall be subsnuituljg ) fenced, and shall do any damage thereon, it shall, be lawful for the Police Magistrate of the* or for any two Justices of the Peace having juried diction therein, upon application of the person «ufw fering such damage, to bear and determine the cas% in a Summary way, and on being satisfied by tha Oath of a credible Witness ai to the amount of »nc% damage, to award to the party sustaining the samfe any sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, by way of compensation for the same, ** Extended to ease of Cattle Trespassing on 4<an<t whether fenced or net, 1. And whereas it is expedient to extend tfaft provisions of the aaid Ordinance to the case of Cattle found trespassing upon any land whether the same shall be substantially fenced or not? Bq it therefore enacted by the Governor of New Sega land, with the advice and consent of the Leginl&i tive Council thereof, as follows Whenever (mar Cattle shall Trespass upon the land of any p.ewHu and shall do any damage thereon, it shall be lawful for the Police Magistrate of the District, or for an* two Justices of the Peace having Jurisdiction therein, upon application of the person suffering such damage, to bear and determine the case in E Summary way, and on being satisfied by the Oath or solemn affirmation as the c».-e may require, (of tw« witnesses, competent from practical knowledge og otherwise, to estimate the same, as to % anoiud of such damage, to award to the party Sustaining tbe same, any sum not exceeding Twenty PouttdZ by way of compensation tor the same, JmterpreMion 4mm, 2* Fur the purpose of this Ordinance and of tta said recited Ordinance, tbe word ** Cattle'' shall taken to include 'Homed or N eat Cattle, HatsCf* Mules, Asses, Sheep, Goafs and smn% This Ordinance shall come Opmtioo qb the Ist day of October , 184$, msmt MTmoY,