The Municipal Corporations Act of New South Wales contains provisions prohibiting Mayors and Councillors from being concerned in contracts with Councils, similar to those in the New Zealand Act, and also provides for the recovery of penalties not exceeding £100 or less than £50 for any offence against that portion of j the Act. An information under the Act was recently laid against the Mayor of Wentworth, and the Magistrates inflicted a fine of £50 and costs. This decision was appealed against, with the result that the decision of the inferior Court was reversed. The case is of considerable interest in this Colony, as a good
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Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1752, 25 May 1886, Page 2
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106Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1752, 25 May 1886, Page 2
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