The Fielding Star. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1882. ROADS AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION BILL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 23, 2 September 1882, Page 2

The Fielding Star. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1882. ROADS AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION BILL.

Tin-. pvev^ions of this RH^ nre-vfn^\ I liberal, m the sum i»f £<<:(). "faO <ut \ i-of %Uh I'uldiu- orki- Fund will be | transferred in air amount called the i ".^Juin Loads \ccount." In ■ nch ' final. ci:il }ear there shall be trans- j ferred t'rnm the r'onsol i«i:i t«-tl Fund to j i the Main Roads Accui.t, out of the : I mor.ioi! received du'ing- such year ■ from Tin 1 sale <>f Crown Lands (called | tlio Land Fund) after deducting cost ! ;of surveys, r.rf> on Crown Lands. ! one-third of tin 1 price of lain! han^edw lover to County Councils or Uoad j i Hoards, twenty per cent on the-frrtr-— cecils of and sold lor cash, winch is lu-prouriatml 'for. making' I'oads.to open unsold Crown Lanns. After these -uins are deduct- d, the sum not ex-c-'Piiiiiti- C KJO QOCKwUI be p' iJ <>vcr to : the Main Roads Account. When a. ! Council desires aid under this A ci-_ii>r .i the construction of ain i i ex ro.nl, or any jiortion thereof, it .shjiU cause ■ ' proper estimates uf the cost of the ] wwrk to I) ■ prepared, with plans and \ sp c ficatioiis where necessnty,.in such j ! manner us the. Mi motor may direct. Thq^Clouncil inaji. ;ijipiy_^iii; -the .total cost -IIU t«iiVs>tr ! n-c^u>n, 'of'which one'fi;u:th shall he ru-jinyablo. Should the .Minister {.-rant the application, ' t!ie ' ouncil shall take a poll of th>- ! ratepayers, and, if the proposal rs"l ! cairicd, levy a special rate, which' '-Mm-R-' : shiHc'vcnf- Vi ro'psry the one- [ fourth within ten Years, by ten equal yearly payments, without intere-t. Monies ..not required, for the tioii of the rosufc,- rimy be applied, to reduce the debentur. s. When any loc;il body ile>ires t<> "' tair^an advance ; towards tho cun-'i .rtion of any dis- ] trict roads or- 1 i\'HV iV«ork9 -within its jit: isdictiou*" it "'shall ajjply to the M^inister, and all the previous _p.ru-.. 1 visiui.s will a|ipiv, exriopt that th • whuie of tin* advance' sliall be ; re- ! l i payable to thv Crown. 'I he special i rate to be lcvieiMn each case slndl be sufHcient to pay fifteen yearly instalments, ea.AkjPof wliibh' 'yliull be equal to ( .T ceii t." %n "the whide am .'iiat ajij/lied for by the local body. fn the event of the dJlxJitmri's 1 h/ud iWuigv:]jAidi' at m.:turiry, the Audiror-Ccneral may appoint .1 receiver of the ra f o on I wtiifh *the (TFbeilti/flTks siiuu'feil. WlipYi ! „- -- -« -i ■ -r- T-- -I c d;una i ire is d(>ne. to a mam roaa or river works by floods, tempest, or accident, the repairing of suc^j .shall be deemed construction, "or when anv bridge on a main road requires to be entirely rebuilt^, .the., may direct the whole f)r"a*riy' portion" oT the I money to he advanced to the Coiinci' or Councils, in whose Ccuinty or ties Che bruise may 'lie m! for the' cost of the, construction of a new bridge on the same terms as apply tyiclitfirict/ roads. All applications under the Act made prior to the Ist January J.SB3,I shall be deemed to have been made on '■ that^daj'j . -'ajill cutt nj^lieatKM^^.Wul'.ei; j prior to the :il)th of June in such year i shall be (heine.il to have JLci.o- madu on that day. ]>ut all applications for aid in the construction of work, the necessity for which has arisen from extraordinary Jamaye, iya-y be,jyante(l at any time^pf tl^e 2yejir^if fiiiid.s are i available. All applications "ranted shall be deemed to have lapse<l--unlp^s' the poll be taken anil the proposal j carried, and. dcJuuitures . ha,ndcd over i within vhree months from the-jtifn^:o,t'' ■ the forwarding- by the Minister oftlie . certificate .to t the^'r^eJisuiror,. _of -the | amount pastctf. '" OToifW HleiVnoT be sufficient funds to the credit of the fund, the Minister will make »Tant> pro rata to the btjd-i^S/ \ybo -l>aye.-ap-plied; aj)]lications in cases of extraor- ' dinary damage to have priority. Two or more local bodies may make joint ap^jHcation for ajd uujder Aci. AnJ- local? body /vihicli /ql)taiilssnone'v under the Act, and applies it to an}' other juirpu.se tiian tlneroimfflj* lit was granted, all such moneys so S improperly np])lied shall be decnexl-t-u--be a debt due to the Crown from each andfali ot. the 'inelnbevs pti'the-docnl-bodv v^h* coWfeented 'to 1 su'cli iinj)ft».per appli afionj and maV 'be' recovered in' siny court or .competent j.ur^ai^tion;. .