Parmerston North Burgess Roll.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1463, 24 September 1885, Page 3

Parmerston North Burgess Roll.

A Bill Intituled an Act to amend "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," enable a Burgess Roll to he formed for Palmerston North. WJiereasit is desirable to amend " The Corporations Act, 1876,' {hereinafter called' 1 the said Act)". Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New. Zealand in 'Parliament . assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — The Short Tittle of this Act. is "The Municipal Corporations Act 1870 Amendment Palmerston North Burgess Roll Act, 1885." ..■.'•■■ Struck Out.— No proceedings under section sixty-three of the said Act, shall be commenced without the written consent of the Attorney-General, and tlie amount of the penalty recovered, less any ex : p jnses. incurred f ty. the viformant, to be fixed bij the Justices hearing theinformation, shall be paid into tJie borough funds. Any penalty now or hereafter sued for yi<xy be remitted m whole or m part by iJ'ui Governor. Wberoas iC appears that by & recent fire the bnrges3 roll of the Borough of Palinerstph North has been destroyed, and ttiere being no . written or .printed cippy thereof existing by which another : : ipll could be made, it. has been, impos- ' jsible to hold the annual election of-Coun-cillorsfor the said borough on thfl second Thursday in^ September, as -by -iaSy jre- , qsiired: ' • ; ...-"'•.-• -v^L^f 'And whereas it^i^'n6ces«ar^;tb.-;iji?ke- - provision m that .bbMf^'^^^ere^re f urther'enactea as'f ollows :— s The "Town Cler^ ptj^ Borough ; of i; Palnierstori North 7 iiia^V|?%witb. v afteri, the ; passing of this Xct, comDile from,: 4 the valuation-roll of the said borough a burgtss list for tl«e .Bai(rborpugli,, :; ancf l when poinpleted sliall cleposit the jaifi-a, f>r publieinspectidn during hot le^ttljii^ Bd\'on days at the offices where tJiS Borough Council niay, for.the .time: be*,, inw/liolding their sittings, and the sajdj, Clerk shall forthwith, on the completipn 6f such list, notify the fact to.the .Ma3';op o and to the Returning Officer^ of *;;[;li| r .saji(l* ■•-; borough ■;: ; j .', ::^/ r ;ii!rt.4]-| -■ ;■ The Mayor of, the sawybp.r^H^ or any Conncijlbr "actmg l.folßrKiw.i, ..iS^all tuerenpon ffive'public^tice.of .-tb&.-Mr-^ ' gess list being so depositedy.and:'shaU :ak" ■".' the sanie time give notice that- a special" meeting of the Borough Council; will be held at the expiration of seven days fro.ni i:. .the giving of such notice for the'Teyistyn of the burgess list. - - j , •At such; special meeting the Coiincl; .shall revise -the ; burgess -listv-yind m^* make all necessary alter atiori§,^cn£re.c- :- ; tioii3,-and erasures which shall ! 4J€Hprov6il •: .to be requiredby any burgesS-'wliA^ay object to any entry 6n v guch;'Jli'nrgesr listi. m the sauie'manner as i? ijt^Ve.the'btn--gess listpirepareil m. 6r<|l^arjOcjui|cse <)f • law, saying^s 'to times of hotice| v .., .- : The revision of such list .biting/completed, the Mayor, or C- uncillor acting for him, shall ' initial all cprreetionsmnd alterations i made ' :tiierein, : and shall, together: with two other Councillors, sign guch amended list, which sliall thereupon v ;b ; 9 the burgess roll for the borough, and v ' r ghall come into force on the day it i" signed, and shall remain: m force until a .new burgess roll is made and comas into -force m ordinary course of law. The Beturning Officer on receiving . notice of the' complfition of the burgef-s list shall give public notice of an electipn be held for Councillors m the place of . those wlio should have retired on the second Thursday m the month : of Sep- • temberlaat, and shall appoint the day of election m" manner that the day of nomi- : nation shall be as early as possible after the CQUiinjj into force of the new burgess ; iroli'aß. aforesaid. . . ' The members to be elected at such election phall <?omo into office on their ". 'election, landrr thereupon the Councillors shall retire who should have-retired m -■•the tnorith of September.' Such election 'shall be daemed to De m all respects good and 'valid as if it had been lield on the :> second Thursday m September, as by law required ; and all acts and proceedings of the Boroush Council since the said second Thursday m September shall '" be deetrfed to, be and to have been good and valid, notwithstanding the election , of .Conncillom.required by law to be held * as aforesaid m- September was not so held. ■„..;. .-.?. ' : ; ' " incase there is no. valuation roll from " wliick the burgess list aforesaid can be jnade. up, the ; Governor, on the application of the .Borough Council, and at its ; costs ,; and '; charges; shall direct the Pro.^pertyiTax Commissioner to transmit as early as possible a copy of the assess- • ment roll of the said borough, prepared under «• The Property Assessment Act, 1879." to the Mayor of the said borough, and^ such assessment roll shall, for the of this section^ be deemed to be the ralnation roll for the said ..borough, and- the Town Clerk isr hereby authorized to compile a burgess list i'thersfrom. • J Ndt\vitHstariding an) thing m this sec--1 fion contained, "and; ''new; valuation, roll •j^nd burgess roll for the said borough • shall be priepArad'.in ordinary course of; Igiyf fpr the' ii(B3ct year m the same man-; • ijer as if this Act had not been passed.