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1904. NEW ZEALAND.

"THE STATUTES COMPILATION ACT, 1902": MEMORANDUM BY THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL ON THE EDUCATION ACTS COMPILATION BILL, 1904.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Act.

MEMOEANDUM.

The alterations in wording and omissions from the Acts compiled are as follows:— "The Education Act, 1877," No. 21 :-— Sections 2 (relating to the date of commencement of the Act) and 3 (repealing prior Acts) are omitted. The interpretation clause (section 4) is made to include definitions given in various amendment Acts. The definition of " outlying district "is altered to exclude town districts. Section 5 (dividing the Act into Parts) is made to include Part V., " Manual and Technical Instruction," and Part VI., "Public-school Teachers' Incorporation and Court of Appeal." In section 8 the words " Except where otherwise provided by this Act " are added at the beginning. In section 9 the reference to " The Neglected and Criminal Children Act, 1867," is altered to " The Industrial Schools Act, 1882," the Act now in force. In section 12 the schedule of Education Boards includes all existing Boards. The reference to " The Counties Act, 1876," is altered to " The Counties Act, 1886," and the last paragraph is omitted. In section 15 the words " second Monday in August first following the coming into operation of this Act " are substituted for " thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine," and the words " and month " are omitted ; the references to members retiring from office in the years 1879 and 1880 are omitted. Section 16 (relating to elections to fill ordinary vacancies) is omitted, being superseded by section 5 of " The Education Boards Election Act, 1900." In section 18 the words "In the case of education or school districts hereafter constituted " are added at the beginning; and the words "for such districts " are substituted for " under this Act." In section 19 the word " education " is inserted after " Where a new." In section 21 the words " or any crime punishable by death or imprisonment with hard labour for any term of three years or upwards" are substituted for the word "felony." , In section 25 the words " then existing education district " are substituted for " district constituted by any Act or Ordinance hereby repealed or otherwise " ; the words " upon the thirty-first day of March next " and the words " Where the limits of a district as existing immediately before the coming into operation of this Act have been altered hereby, all such property within such altered limits shall, on the thirtyfirst day of March, vest in the Board of the district where such property is situate," are omitted. In section 30 the words " then existing education district " are substituted for " district under the provisions of any Act hereby repealed or otherwise." In sections 35, 38, 46, 55, and 62 the words " ' The Education Act, 1877,' or any Act or Ordinance thereby repealed," are substituted for the references to the Acts or Ordinances repealed by that Act. In section 49 the proper reference to " The Magistrates' Courts Act, 1893," is given in lieu of " The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,"