WESTLAND BILLS.

West Coast Times, Issue 356, 13 November 1866, Page 3

WESTLAND BILLS.

The following was introduced by Mr Bright on Wednesday, November 7, and read a first time ; the second reading being made au Order of the Day for Tuesday week: — A Bill to declare Valid the Election of certain Persona to serve as Members of the Municipal Council of Hokitika. "Whereas in pursuance of the powers vested in him by Section 3 of " The Municipal Council Ordinance'" SessionXlV. No. 2 the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury did upon the Petition of one hundred householders resident within the town of Hokitika praying that the said town might be declared a Municipal District under the said Ordinance by and -with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Province by Proclamation published in the Government "Grazette" of the Baid Province of Canterbury on the day of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six declare the town of Hokitika to be a Municipal District under the said recited Ordinance by the name of Whereupon the householders of the said town of Hokitika and others entitled to vote nominated and elected nine persons to be members of the Municipal Council for the said town of Hokitika And whereas doubts havearisenas to the validity of such election -which doubts it is expedient to remove : Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury by and with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows : — 1. That the several persons who were declared by the chairman and assessors duly appointed to conduct the first election of councillors for the said town of Hokitika at the Supreme Court House in the said town on the day of One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six to have been duly elected to serve as the members of the said Municipal Council are hereby declared to have been duly elected according to law and shall and may during their respective terms of office have and exercise all the rights powers and privileges conferred upon Municipal Councils by the said recited Ordinance notwithstanding any error omission or irregularity, in the mode of conducting such election or any proceedings precedent thereto. 2. This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as " The Hokitika Municipal Ordinance 1866," We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following Bill from its introducer, Mr Barff, M.P.C. :— Westland Board of Education Bill, 1866. Whereas it is expedient to institute a Board for the formation and management of Schools in that part of the Province of Canterbury called Westland : Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province by and ■with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows : 1. There is hereby constituted a Board under the name of the "Westland Board of Edncation " and hereinafter called the Board. 2. The Board shall consist of not less than three nor more than ten members five to form a quorum. 3. The number of Members within the said District shall be from time to time determined and the members appointed and be removable by the Superintendent with the advice of the Executive Council. 4. There shall be a Chairman of the Board who shall be one of the members thereof and shall from time to time be appointed and shall be removable by the Superintendent with such advice as aforesaid. 5. Every appointment or removal of a member or of the Chairmau of the Board shall be made by warrant under the hand of the Superintendent and every such appointment or reniov il ghall be notified in the Provincial " Government Gazette" and shnll take effect from the date of such notification. 6. The Board shall hold sittings at such times and places as the Board shall appoint due notice of such sittings to be gr. pu by advertisement in two or more local papers. 7. It shall be lawful for the Board from time to time to make and to revoke and alter such regulations as they may think fit for the conduct 01 the business of the Board Provided that ali such Regulations and every . such revocation and alteration shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council. 8. The Board shall entertain and decide upon applications for grants of money for establishing or aiding the establishment of new schools and for aiding existirg schools. 9. That it shall be lawful for the Board to examine any person who may be desirous of becoming a Teacher or Master or Mistress in any school as to his or her knowledge and qualifications and for that purpose from time to time to appoint fit persons to examine Candidates and it shall be lawful for the Board to make such Regulations respecting the subjects comprised in and the general conduct of such examinations as they shall from time to time think fit: Provided that all such Regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council. 10. The Board shall admin 1 ster all funds voted by the Provincial Council for the purposes of Education in Westland subject to any appropriation thereof that may be made by the Provincial Council. 11. The Board shall in the month of March in each year render to the Superintendent a full report of all proceedings and transactions effected by them by virtue of this Ordinance during the year ending the 30th day of April preceding. 12. This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as " The Westland Board of Education Ordinance 1866."