A COUNCILOR'S VOTE.
— i- # ■- ■ MATTER CF ELIGIBILITY. IPy Telegraph.--Own Correspondent.) ILvMILTON. this day. The question apse at tlu; last meeting of tin- Waipa i'ounty Council as to whether a membn- of the Council, holding certain hunt, in the West Taupo county, was eligiDc to vote at ihe meeting of the Coin.il on the proposal to take in portion 0] the county I including these lands) ai part of 'the Waipa county. A bgal opinioi was obtained on ihe matter from the city solicitor.-. Messrs Swarbi-i.-k nnd fwarhrick. who stale! thai every lale|lyei- in those couiilie-w-J.- naor ■ h'ssiiitero.-tcii in the ipi.---tiebi. ! elthoiig the councilor in i|i"'stion might have . greater interest than anyone cl.-c. it wa an interest of exactly the same nature.md they did nol think a court, would hid that, his voting on this question wa. illegal. Tn view of thi opinion, ihe Council declared the coucillor in quos?tion clii gible to exerciseihis vote.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 8
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154A COUNCILOR'S VOTE. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 8
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