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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2900, 23 June 1925, Page 3

In* amended l>v adding thereto the following clause: — “In order to remedy minor anomalies and injustices in connection with any classification heretofore made the classifiers if they consider any modification equitable. may upon the direction of the Board modify the classification of any land by dividing' it into more than one class, provided always that no such modification shall increase the total rates payable in respect of the land so subdivided. On such subdivision any such modification shall be deemed to be part of the classification list for all the purposes of Section 35, Subsection (3). No such modification shall be deemed to be a re-classification of any land in the Board's district, and no person affected thereby shall have any right of appeal in respect thereof.” And also providing that cS. Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act contained, no person shall be entitled to vote at any election of a member of the Board, or at any poll upon a proposal submitted to the ratepayers of the district, or shall he capable of being elected or of holding office as a member of the Board, while the land in respect of which his name appears on the ratepayers’ roll is, by reason of the classification of that land for rating purposes, exempt from payment of all rates made and levied by the Board of (he district. And lhat

!). Section 33 (1) of the principal Act be amended by adding after the word “subdivisions” the following words "or any defined part of any subdivision (whether called by a distinctive name or not)” And that. 10. Section 3d (2) of the principal Act be amended by striking out the word “equally” and by adding after the word “subdivision” in line 2 and line 3 thereof the words “or defined part” and alter the word "subdivisions" in line 4 thereof the words “or defined part.” And also providing that 11. Section 3>S of the principal Act he amended by adding after the word “district" in line 2 thereof the following words “or subdivision or defined part.” And that 12. (.1 ) lft he Hoard is oi. 1 opinion that any local authority whether within the district or outside, ihe district is deriving or will derive benefit from the operations carried out or proposed to be carried out under the powers conferred by (lie principal Act and this Act, then and in even- such ease the Hoard may apply to the Govern-or-General to apportion the cost, between the Hoard and the said local authority, and the Governor-! ienerai may thereupon by notice gazetted apportion the cost- accordingly, and the apportionment so gazetted shall be lina.l and binding on all parties concerned. (2) When making any such apportionment the Governor-Gen-eral may apportion among all or any of the sub-divisions of the district l.lu proportion of the cost fairlv chargeable to such subdivision. (3) tie fore making the apportionment aforesaid the GovernorGeneral may if lie thinks proper appoint some fit person or persons to be a commissioner or commissioners with all the powers of a commission appointed by tlm Governor-General i.u Council under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 11)03 for the purpose of inquiring into the proportion of the said cost fairly chargeable to the said local authority and the various subdivisions of tiic district, and the commissioners so appointed shall inquire into the said matters and shall report to the Governor-General thereon. (4) The commissioners shall also have power to inquire us to whether the public interest is deriving or will derive particular or special benefits from the said operation, and may embody in snc.li report (lie extent to which they consider the public interest should contribute to such operation, but it shall be in the discretion of tiie Governor-General whether lie will or will not act in accordance with any report by tin* commissioners as to the contribution by the public interest. And that 13. Section 34 of the principal Act be amended by adding thereto "in case of a separate rate ol a special rate the .Hoard shall classify in accordance herewith the subdivision or dehnite aieu affected. Any such classification shall be in addition to any other then existing classification of the land included therein, and no variation between any such classical ions in respect of any of the lands included therein shall in any wise invalidate any or all of sueli classifications."

and NOTICE IE HEREBY PU'RTHER tiJVEN Unit a Copy of the said Bill and a Plan of the lands a fleeted have been DEPOSITED at l lie M AGIST it AT E’ S COURT at PALMERSTON NORTH and also at the M AGISTRA lE’S COURT PONTON and remain there OPEN FOR INSPECTION for a period of THREE WEEKS from the date hereof. A Copy may also be inspected at the Boards Office, Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North. Dated at Palmerston North this •Jilt day of .June, 1U25. R. H. SPENCER, Clerk to the Board.