CONSTITUTION OF ROAD BOARDS.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 182, 4 January 1878, Page 5

CONSTITUTION OF ROAD BOARDS.

,• In reply tq.nume/JOT in the Otaria and other "districts,' we publish' below the clauses of the jftoad Bonrd Ordinance, 1871. relative to the constitution' of lloa'd' Boards, and we. regret that a' short delay s in- giving the' in-, 'formation has; uniwofdiihly' occuri'edl"'' 'The 'followin'g'are the'clait_es"referred,to :-r^-/. - , ; -

■ Any part of the Province bf Otago pot being.wholly or in .pai*t.comprj.s"<**d within thp limits;oV a inuhicipalitv/br of a borough constituted under /the- Municipal Corporations jAot, IB'i7, "or within any city, s ' town, /oryplnce'speeilied. in the first column of the first schedule of the Municipal ' Corporations Apt, 18^7, and being of an urea of 'hot Rs's than fifteen., square miles, may" be con-' s-tituted .a .-.road district;: in .manner uextjierein-: ' , aft qr, mentioned. ' - . ' ;y y yy- : 1 -Tf a majority 'in nu'mborsVnf the-'persons i-ori the ! roll or rolls'forthe.lime^bping in* fprce. under the regulation of Electors Act/. 18M, br.a*ny*ofeher. Act for the like purpose, sh-O.l^icrn. and pr.es«nt : :-tq, thq/.Rupqrintendeii fc (no\y ,G.overno,*;),/i petition ' in the form" of 'tho'second' Schedule hereto, or. to the\jikejVffpct,.. : pi*a'vin!? bim to constitute the: ■ prtrtion of the Province, in which snob parson;* • shnll'reside -a- road/distfkst.under this, Prdinjnicfif ; and in su^ch;pßtitibn y sball/.setfo^ of the pbrtibh'of , the' Province': to: which -shrli pWitibn •-' shall -refer : ? It • slia.llibe.-lawf uUfoi* lli^ Superintendent (how Governor), 7 if be 'shall think fit so to do,, by pr^cV^^ti^nyjtoconritithte/sunh/portion or\the' { PrnviTice'^a I *rha , ?l^i^ti:icfc by su.-jH J ! name : as|ir^ and'by^.the^prpclamAtio.n /shill-;. be assigned/to/ the "sjinie : : :;dc however,, that . tbe SupefinteiKlent J(n>>:w "/Governor) m'i.y/.ifLha/ : jthink jfi.fsV hefore/ making .' s'p.ch': ; a'---ni;opWinationV - 'cause ir/qniry fo /b.*i-mMe/b*y^«uoli persons, arid 'in'* jßhqli^m.^vnjena/s hft;mav:. : thihk fit to direct^ asfp' : the q^pe^re.ncy^f^. vafyingtVth'e ; hniVndan( i B/'pi*o-^ Z'pbsf'd^/Sthe^pe^^^ Jjjortionqp^^^^ ;-pbVed*bftuiridaries/'. af-flis'tinct/ .*'«*»_ . *n£y. *d<Ltq {(fij^. proposed- bqnn/^ c.qmprisfe'd ' therei ty * aVid^d-ilajid,^ rm.ayj.-hy';th%ipf^ s district; :^ j ;di-^^(shs^W^hjeh ; cßv^ MW^dfcaud^dft^ *dMsipptfe*p^fi^^ ,as;«fo.ri3§s^'i^^

triut jßoard otatokfo^^fc^ .(po^GoveriiOi-jiaf ho shall .iiave^fecefve^ft^iy tion to thaßc^ct.siguod :ity,,ouo-fout¥»7oivinp^H ;of.th < e'riu.ni ! ;>erp'.f-p''i , i*'niß iiahle^o'beSr'atfe'd funded tbiaprdinnncejin respset <■>* ■•ateaMa.prmieftyin ■ •: fc he -Maid district,,: ..shulj, ..DyrproSlVthfinionVwithitu.threfi^p9nUis;aftcr fhereotiiptoft 10 siiuevilividty thedistdct: into two or ,irib'i-« sep.mVte mihwlivi- ■ : sions by=s.ach{,>»am_sVas.,sh;iil by such jVi-oolatui.-'-.' .t,ior>;l»>- : ;^_ia;!ied. to the^me," and in aud'hy-'siteh' proclamation the boundafkn of.; the sub-divisionY shall be set f..rth: And the Governor "i>Hy, by " such prochvrijsi v;iffn,-s -or . hy; any ; subsequ.jut To' 7 elaniation, divide -any su!)-.livisi<n ' \.,t.>\ ' t-.h'-iSS wat (ls, and liyihe^pnajLtiiritTtmoiisCttuliii^'Muon'' warfls.-shall iset :forth . the .boundaries /thereof, : - Provided- ; that; within three _ months before anvVl-i v-ipp^reT** for ; holding any olyctioiipf members, o f,- tht*. d'u-y tnot hoar I- in or for such oi^ricc.\ .''"''" ''^''^-f '-•*'*-• 'ihe' inhabitants of every distri d^.* constituted" "" hereunbu* shall' be a body corporate under the name of the .V.«lisot-i.ct board and ratep^vera ' ? . of suoh ■ district, and by that nairie shall : h"ivb p^fpetual succession and. a coinino"n,>artl, and sh dl 'A be cai>able.in r law,by such numt, for thd/puYpOitVi, ' '" and . suhjoct to the -provisions 'of this /h-diuaiVce'-f of doing aud siiifering.alhsiioh act..-* 'and. tilings hT' bofiies corporate may by law do and suffer. - The following are the'Scha'dulesahove referred '• — , '■ " i-i ' ' ';' Second Soubdulb,*' ; ; A) y; y ; yTo Jlis;Excelle.noy thp,. Gfovenioi-y .... , •"-. We, the undersigned, being such' nmnher'bf " persons as i.-rrequired^by'the sixth ssotion- of they Otago Hoads .Oidinance^flSTL, ..respectvfutly re-l quest that .your. Excellency , will, uuder the pro-y' visions of the said Ordirianc'?; con-'titu'i- ' : th'e dih'-'^' tricy described in'.tho. Schedule; hereto v,- Road, Distriot iau'dei-J;he said Ordinance.:- r -.""'- '." - And'yo'ur Petitioners'lrifl A. i. r y ; ■"•■'-"■yhi iz 'xkihtilS(mstiviMyT7 .Ay : - A c y (Schedul,e. v above...referi*ed to.)-. ,"• \S S r . PIIOXY PAPEUS". V-'''*' ' •""'''■'" 'y'' u „Tp A.8., of [giving description and place of - abode.] • ..;•;.,..:■- --„ „..,-., ■ liy virtue of tlie'pi ; oVisibriV'6f tii'e'OtH^'feoitds" Ordinance, 1871, I, 0. D.; of: [state residence and^ description], being a'ratepayer. enrolled on rate payors'- roll for [y •] district- in respect of [statcy shortly property for which rated]' [oiHfhio rate- ■'■' payers' roll say] being enrolled pn tlm, electoral' -' roll for the disurict of •'■ - 'in respect "of [state, what property] .hereby, authorise you to sigri-juy. name for-mo and on my behalf toia petition "for the constitution of the district specified in the Schedule hereto iifto a, Road-District under tho said .Ordinance.- ;',..' ' Bated this ; ' day of ; ' IS7S .'- .' '"' 'M .''. ;■'. ' • ."(, a . .L c ■ (Signodf - ' O.D. : bigned before mo at this day of ' ••"•"* ■'■ ■''■'- -- " "• v ■-■ '*■- .- r-J.P..- •<