I. CREATION AND CONSTITUTION.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue I, 30 April 1842, Page 32

I. CREATION AND CONSTITUTION.

ttrtdtiobi.—l.. Every settlement within the cotttiy; having a' population of 2,000 sbals, shall be a' borough within the meaning of this ordinance; and shall be governed by a council, to be elected by the burgesses 1 {hereof. ItiCorporati6n;—2. In every borough there shall be a body corporate; which shall take and bear the ntfme of " the mayor; aldermen, and burgesses " of such borough; and by that name shall have perpetual succession; and shall have a c6mmon seal, and shall, by the council thereof, do all acts, and have and enjoy all rights and privileges; which bodies corporate in such may do, have, or enjoy. Lite Council. — 3. The council of every such "body corporate shall consist of a mayor and eleven aldermen, to be elected as hereinafter provided. •zrProiilamaiion of Borough. Boundaries. — 4. Whenever the population of any settlement shall amount to 2,000 souls as aforesaid, his Excellency the Governor shall, by proclamation, declare the same to be a borough within the meaning of this ordinance, and shall at the same time, with the advice of the Executive Council, define the boundaries thereof : provided always that such boundaries shall not in any case extend to a distance greater than seven miles, in a straight line from the principal mar-ket-place of the settlement.