CONFERENCE OF LOCAL BODIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 794, 15 June 1881, Page 2

CONFERENCE OF LOCAL BODIES.

(From the N.&'; Times);.' 1 : The conference of delegates represent ing the various Local Bodies met again for bußinesa in the Counoil Chamber on Monday laßt, Mr Hutchison, of Weilingtori.in the chair.;; The* ttfti follbwing resolutions,' moved by'Mr Macarthuri'and seconded 1 by Mr Linton,' were ;oarried unanimously :—" That the llthlclause'.'of th[e Land \ Act;' 1877, \AmendmenJb Act, 1879,' should'. be-'repealed' (so, thit 4 %e whole 'of the ; ha)f-yearlyj instalments on deferred payment' lands', untilj'ojie third of the purchase money h'aVbeehjreaohed, opuld be handed over to' the County Oouncilß for roadmaking within the 1 block dealt with as provided.in the BOth.olause of the Land ; Act, 1877. That in dealing with any"block'of Orbwh land; takitig into account the.suVsp receivable froNn deferrod payment'lands,' an estimate should be made of (h[e amount to complete all. the roads* within such block, and - that as lqnd; is, sold-f or .cash suoh sum per acre be to,the County Council or-Highway 7 tho /Counties Act,is tjot.in force)'of fh[e district willliii which the bloctjls silua|eeV • for expenditure solely on thß construction, of roads within the block'dealt with/aftd that the" l Government;., if/ for financial reasonsihould add.ita thb'.'upaet price the amount'es'timate'd''as' necessary 1 for roadmaking arid- guarantee to pu> ■ chasers that the amount of their purchase !money so allotted should be spent in the !construction'of. roads in their.blnok within one year from thejalo;; tho money to ; be handed byer'at" ohco t6;,the'Coahty Council or Highway ;Boafd; as the csbb 'may he,"; The Hon Mr Giaborne. moved !and MrDaiiiels seconded. ".That Crown ;lands and .buildings should be [rated and [the prooeess equitably distributed among itho Local; Governing-J.Bodies in the .district . in'.; : which, -such '■ jj rate is :rnised ; That; the Coiinty'Giuncils be [subsidized by the-oolohy'at'pe'r mile of main roadsmaintainedby .Buehj.Councils; •That County'; Oounoils should have a representative ion the Waste Land Boards; That inj '■ consisting ..cjiiefly of goldfields, tlie 20 per cent of lapd revenue taken away, by the Financial Arrangements A : et,-'IBBO, should jb^estored l to .. County Councils," The,resolutions were • all' ,i qa'rriod. 7 ;VM?' Oars6n[ for £ on % expendjttjre op new/'Wojks approved by' thai G'ov'erhmeht' Ke ! gr[jlhled to looal bodies, .fbr ( ll\e~ of new works, aubh auroras 1 , bridges, &c'. ,>; Carried. MrLintoni.moved and'-Mr. Carson seconded;^'That} the chairman and members of the Conference be a deputation toy/aitiori the/QoVernmep| with the reaolutions'paased at this Conference;' and press -UDon. the.; Governmeht; the: advisability! 6f \ (he .principles. ; therein being;,legisjated. on in ; Bessipn,". [Carried,' \"fc%&6s'it i jsiiw\ having accorded to Mr Macarthur, the business terminated,' ;:

Enabling. the said, arrangement to, ,be tarried o\A\ a h'eroinaftpr appears:"'' Be it therefore enacted by the Uoneral Asßßmbly of;Ne^2«alahd ! in Parliament assembled, aiid by the authurjty. of, the •arite,- A follows;--. 1. The short title of this Act is'" The Masterton and Grey town' Lands Management Act,; 1871, Anieiidment Act, 1881," 2. It shall be lawful for the; said Trustees'; lipbn having n conveyance executed to them of a fee-simple estate in possession jree : fr6m enWihbfahces, of and in the lands mentioned in the second Schedule the,said Board is. hereby authbriaecl and empowerod to execute), to convey to the said Board the lands mentioned in the first. Schedule hereto,: in leg-simple in possession free from encumbrances; and also to pay to the said Board the sum'of four hundred pounds;. to bi wised as hereinafter appears. 3-1 Bhall be lawful for the said Trustees to, borrow and raise from any persoii whomsoever, the said sum of four hundred

pounds,; bearing interest at a rate not /exceeding,ten pounds per centum per and'upon the terms that the saidprincipal money shall be repaid by half'"^"w yearly instalments of not less than twonty'five, pounds," the 'interest at the rate , aforesaid, which shall be repayable, half-' ' yeariyj being , proportionately reduced after each such part-payment of principal money., ;:;) " , . . "4.'lt shall be lawful'for the Baid Trustees to convey and assure to the person lending the said sum of four hundred pounds the land mentioned-in'the Second Schedule hereto by way of mortgage for securing the repayment of the said sum of four huu'dred' pounds and interest, as hereinbefore provided, which said mortgage shall contain a power of sale and any other provisions usually contained : or implied in mortgages of freehold land in the;cblohyr , •." "i5.-The principal and interest payable under the said mortgage shall be, and it ißjierebymadfi, a first charge upon all rents and profits received by the said . Trustees in respect of any lands vested in them as such' Trustees. .

First Schedule,

Lajidtok conleuedbyth Masterton Trmlm to the Education Board.

AU-that 'area'ih the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement two (2) acre's; (1) mod thirty-nine (39) poles, more or less, being Sections numbered fifty-four (54)' and fifty-two (52), and part of fifty (60), Bituate in the Borough of,'Masterton, and bounded towards the'North-eastj'by Bussell Street, foiir hundreda'nd seventy-five (475) links; towards the South-east of Queen Street, five'hundred and twenty-five (525) links; towarjds the South-west of Section No. 56 four hundred and seventy-five (475) links; and towards the' North west by Chapel Street, five hundred arid twenty-five (525) links; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as tho same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Wellington. Secosd Schedule, land to be conveved by the Education Board to IheMaxkrlon Trustees. All tho area in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement one (1) acre, more or less, being Section numbered eighty-nine (89), in the Borougli.of Masterton, and bounded towards the North-east by a public road ; towards the South-east by Section No 91; towards the South-west by a public road; and towards the 1 North-wesf by a public road; as tho same is delineated oh the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Wellington,

g The bill has been sent to the Trustees at Masterton and Graytown for their approval. It will be noticed that town aore42is eliminated from its clauses,