LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 51

LAW QUERIES.

[Answered by a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Kevr Zealand, letters and Telegtams must b« xdirtaed to " LEX," c/o Editor, Otdj,o Witness, r>unedHJ.] A.A. — The cost of fixing up a bill of sale over a threshing plant is a matter of arrangement with a solicitor. Ratepayer asks: "Is it legal for a county councillor to employ his own brother as surfaceman " Answer: Yes P. — (1) Before surrendering the lease, you should stipulate for a refund of rent and for such other consideration you think reasonable. "(2) Yes, if you do not surrender. Beotohtoit.— lf probate of the will is obtained here. «,nd the money bequeathed is also here, there will be a, certan amount of duty to pay if the final balance of the estate exceeds £100. D- X- — X the concern is solely a. mining partnership,, then, each member shares in the profits and losses thereot in the proportion which his share or interest in the partnership mining privilege bears to the whole of the shares or interests therein. Settler asks: Can the county council compel me by law to pay special rates on bridges that are of no benefit to me? These bridges are between 40 and 50 miles away, and I never see them." Answer: Yes; the bridges .are built for the benefit of the community — not for one individual. L. -t- P- — (1) You apply in the prescribed form to the Superintendent, Government Advances to Settlers Office. Wellington. The officer ir change ot the Advances to Settlers Office in Dunedin will send you the necessary fora? if you write to him for it. (2) It depends upon th? amount of the loan applied for. The scale of fees is set out on the form. Subscriber.— (l) Application for ..he oldage pension must be made to the deputy registrar of old-age pensions for the dk- , trict within which you. father resides. | The deputy registrar will supply you with i the necessary form if you apply to him for it. (2) If 'the family Bible has been destroyed by fire, you will have to produce other evidence of age. It should not be difficult to obtain reliable evidence on this point. (3) The claimant must sign the pension claim and make the ; statutory declaration, but otherwise the eldest of the family can act on his behalf. ' A Neighbour writes: — "Will you advise me about two old people who are getting the full old-age pension? Thej axe not ableto look after themselves. They have three married daughters with growing-up daughters, but they don'i seem to take any Heed of them. They have married sons, but their families are all boys. A neigfc-. bour's little girl comes in the daytime and does * little for them. They are not fit to be left at night. They have been more than good parents to their daughters Could the daughters be made to look after them? Answer: There is ! a moral responsibility on the pV ' of the daughters to look after their aged and 1 infirm parents but not, under the circumstances, a legal one. You had better j invoke the assistance of the clergyman of ' the denomination to which the old couple belong and ark him <o try and uwpken. the sons and daughters to a sense of their moral responsibility in the matter. Inquirer. — (1) It is not absolutely necessary to emDlo> a solicitor. The form of notice runs thus: " Notice to Fence. To C. T).. occup'er of fdeseribe land wi.h sufficient particularity to identify it]. Take notice that I desire that a fence I between the above-described land and tho j adjoining land — viz. land with sufficient particularity to identify it'. — of ivhich I ?.m occupier, be erected immediately (or on or before the — day of — , 1903). n;id propose 'hat such fence shall be a (describe tlie fence). Thi« nohec is given under " The Fencing Act 1903." Dated thi° — d*\ of August, l°0<» A E." (21 Your nejghbom m«7 within 21 c'B.y? after receiut of the notice serve en you n cioss-nntice signifying any objections he may have. (3) The fence must be a sufficient fence a1?a 1 ? defined 'v the Fencing Act. A description of *be different kinds of sufficient non-rabbit-prcof fences was published in tlm column on July 14 last