Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1885. THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1481, 15 October 1885, Page 2

Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1885. THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT.

The Act relating to this subject makes provision for compelling Justice^ who wish to remain nn the roll to talce their full share of Court yrorlc; It provides that m November the Justices of the Peace resid/mg s within a radius of three miles from the Courthouse where a Resident Magistrate's Court is held, if ' withinifa borough, or within^ radius of five miles if the C6ur| is held iwithiniia ftojvn district; shall, meet and form a list of the several Jus|ices fesideAt , within the res*p?c|ive 'T'adii, and shall settle and deternfine a rota for the attendance of the Justices within such, radii respectively for their attendance m rotation at ;the Court or elsewhere where their attendance will be required during the twelve months commencing on the first of January then next ensuing. Ifvat any time any Justice «hali f absent himself from attendance when required according to the rota,, , he, shall be specially . summoned on the next occasion when the attendance of Justices is required ; and if, nn such last-men- : tioned occasion, he shall again fail •to attend,^ the Clerk of the CoHrt shall notify the same to the Minister tof Justice* '' and he' shall i ipso "facto cease to be a Justice of the Peace, unless within a month from the date of (the lastimentiohed occasion he shall satisfy the Governor that his second absence resulted from some reasonable cause. Every Justice whose^jpffice^ becomes vacated as 'aforesaid be disqualified [frpm "being "re-appointed for the space of one jyear from the ;date on notification shall be gazetted " tHat he has ceased -tOybf a' Justice" of the Peace by virtue of this Act.