THE COUNTY OF WESTD ACT.

Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 285, 9 November 1867, Page 3

THE COUNTY OF WESTD ACT.

Tte|oiiowitig is a fcopy of/C^^ finajl^lpassed : — / fd£ ■i' :: M^ &a *? expedient Ho pi^Ves^ of of the distnsry ? ; from tjie Province of C^G ene ral it'thefrefore enacted, Mrliament df .New_ZealanJ(fity o f the by thejf as follows— Jfe Aqt shall be The-jfehort title JSAct^i&BT." CountyrofWe/the Province of si That^r.fcipnjf hv the schedule.. $&e»i&d/froni and cease BP^BBjr*6 shal^>e se/^Provirice of CanX '■'- &+rSm*£ o£ /s/* nd .be "culled tlie f-% oS^^sion shall be made uJiSity«ie M a^d4Siinance S ofthe I &o said CouiMat the time of the cominf I i^operatio//f this Act shall remain in I . forle withii#e said County so far as the I ' aanfe are applicable. . . ■ ; 4V All powers now by law vested in. the 1 Siifente^ent of the said Province either B iolilv oriwith the advice and consent of m. th'glxettntive Council of the said Province ■ bH?11 wi& the said County become vested H ia^he Go/ernor. Provided that the Go- ■ vernor i/Council may from time to time ■ delegat/all or any of the said powers tp ■ sucli porSba or persons as he may think nt H and snoject to such limitations as he may ■ thmVfit and may in like manner alter or W revgfe such delegations, and any Act F. wKiffl is now. by law required to be done ' bylny public officer of the Province of ' CVnlerbury shall be done within the said ' County by s\ich person or persons as the governor shall appoint or direct. '/?■'&. In order to provide for the construcl /Itiqii'^establishment and maintenance of: 1/ Vrpads bridges wharves ferries 'and other I /public works witliin the said County the I Governor in Council may from time to I ?time constitute and define road districts I / 'tiierein and such districts may from time M dter and abolish and may provide for the m constitution of Boards for the manage- ■ ment of the business of such di^ricts and H mafe'from time to time mtike regulations B fl f tli'e election of such Boards and for deB M [ing the number of members thereof and jli|egulations may from time to time ror or repeal. - [j , ,4\il roads bridges wharves ferries fiinsl watercourses streams ditche3 and like -within any such district not being property shall be deemed at law to ujider the control arib^inanagement of :; Board of the district and it shall be of the Board out; of any moneys available for such purposes to establish maintain form and cleanse roads bridges wharves ferries drains streams and ditches. in Council may from time authorise any such Board to upon all .lands buildings and -within its district and may for the due and impartial atid collection thereof and for v T«* the amount of such rates shall be l n tft e woiks and for the purdescribed and for the the salaries of the officers of c 01 and all other expenses incident Wa. 18 ' I'^1 '^ transaction of its business. ■ l %°a r^ s shall keep true and faithaC( % °^ a^ nioneys received and 11^ them and such accounts shall °P e %nspection at all reasonable w^- f rom time to time be I'2^1 ' 2^ a^. manner as the Governor ne -^\ Treasurer shall keep a ate a f "% be called the Goxmt y into which account ? ¥ a^\ l)lic moneys arising ■ ti?- '^if which by law or ■ \'i i?! 111 h<%fter in force would %$, ,}F | a; ng «Vlii s Act have been ! >« :*to|tl pro v\jy account of the ' -vdf^frf tp.«terbu *-.^,j j n the inter- i \ '^sMb $ ur Jb ision of c ' The ' said C\y Ull( j er } ,\ties Act 1858 'Vj "The ! , \stland accoui^l, m ° 1 „ j.i_ it^tA account mr^sLi sums as toeii^f.i^ froni\ % € electric telegralthin the sa§ nd the BU rpliler such pay^ B s Bn ajl be distribulo the several tR. oar^ s and . Mnifelities within thW^ ■■\Q9P n ty in suJroportions as Icharf^ ?^ manent pfc debt of oi B^* ll6 sai|E>rovin l ee and J^i\the a *^ c^ s !iobeapp«6nedbttweer ■^i^ccordjf 1 " 0^^ tf^id Count] I sshe¥ c a °^ tlitfiictCounty respecCi l ror ° *-*8 ( ojftime contribute I } C >ffthe interest anc ;'dcbt allocated t( Go vVunen R the Province o: bel^iii time to time de ' v l^\ tn e Col%aV Treasurer out oi s hereby.;#de payable to th< lQ^l|omVest,land^ccpunt and shall b( a W?v" v n " a t o 'tne said provincia i\and- for the saic 1110^ t0 advfo^and: assist thi *- - personybr personT~tt \ ' ' "^-^yjl' delegate arfj powers unde: \ As, of the Gold fields Act an< f^^^B^ " yAfit in the exercise .pi all sucl T'-^'W^ers and in the expendiLu|-e and dis I v mtion of the money to be 'paidint'p thi Cfcty of Westland account. /> \ The said Council. sliaU' consist d u i*nembers whereof one member wh< shalbe the Chairman thereof shall bt a PPlted by the Governor in Counci fourfcembers sliall be e^|cted for th< electAl districtof Westlalndtwa member for tlilown of HokitikajindWo memberi for thStown of-*Greyinf;iith as the sai( - V cleetorl districts and tb^ns. are several!]

W:} :^ ■:■■.-. ■.. : /defined by an Ordinance of t2ie Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury intituled " The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance 1866 " and all "the laws applicable to the election of members of Provincial Councils apply to the election of the Council hereby constituted. 15. Upon and after the day on which this Act shall be brought inio operation as hereinafter provided the members elected to; represent the districts and towns aforesaid in the Provincial Council* of the Province of Canterbury shall cease to be members of the said Provincial Council and so much of the said Provincial Council Extension Ordinance as provides for the election of membera for the said district and towns respectively is hereby repealed. 16. All estate and interest of the Superintendent of the said Province in any public reserves or lands within the said County shall upon the coming into opera.tion of this Act-forthwith vest in the who shall have with respect to ' such reserves all the powers conferred upon the Superintendent and Provincial Council by grant under " The Public Reserves Act 1854." > .17. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time as he may, think fit by proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette to make regulations for the sale letting disposal occupation and .management of any waste lands of the Crown and to alter the laws in force within the said County of Westland at the time of the coining into operation of this Act regulating the sale letting disposal occupation and manage-, meut of such lands within the said County of Westland.and to sell.let and dispose thereof at such prices sind in such allotments and generally in such manner as lie shall deem expedient and in like manner to alter vary or annul any such regulations and to make others Provided that -it shall not be lawful by any such l'egulation to authorise the sale, of land classified under such regulations as rural land at a less price than ten shillings per acre Provided also that nothing in this section contained shall affect or authorise the making of regulations to affect any promise contract or engagement made by or on behalf oi her Majesty previously, to the coming into operation of this Act and then incomplete or unfulfilled.. 18. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to do and order all things I necessary for bringing this Act into! operation according to the true intent thereof. 39. This Act shall come into force upon such day as the Governor shall by proclamation direct. .