THE HARBOURS ACT.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15016, 10 July 1914, Page 4

THE HARBOURS ACT.

-. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. allowanxes"to members. (VCC-U.T. TO f'THB PBESS. !n WELLINGTON, July 9. The Harbours Act Amendment Bill, which was circulated to-day, contains =i provision that a Board may, by a resolution passed at a meeting at which all > members are present, agree to pay any of its members a y special allowance df £1 Is for each attendance at the Board, in addition to reasonable expenses actually incurred in travelling io or from meetings, or uoon any other Board business. The Bill provides m regard to the system of voting by tho payers of dues that "where such" dues have been paid by two or more persons jointly only one of such persons 'shall be entitled to vote.in rosnect of such payment." The Act of 1910 provides that tho power of voting shall be exercised by "the registered owners or partowner? of any ship registered at the port,;' etc. The new Bill propose* to 5 ,$« word "British" P beforTthe *ord "ship.' liyery candidate must Tt^^^K 0 ? £3 > whi<J b will be forfeited if ho fails to poll one-eighth ol tho rotes polled by the successful or i-ue lowest successful candidate, as the caso may be. ' u)s A m Po rt «nt. addition is io Section ItJL 1? f me ° d »K Act of 1910, which SSSLn « ?' hor l an ? ] **™ is held smultaneously with a local body elect on, vho Board «imll not have to pay n)o.e.thau the actual cost of adrertiwnj and printing m connexion with the harbour board election (exclusive of the miff prm > in ? *he roll), together with 1U per cent, of the actual esnenses incurred by the local autboritv in con-. _w ne ,ts °T n and the harbour board elections, exclusive of tho cost of advertising and printing