A COUNCILS TERM OF OFFICE.
PECULIAR STATE OF AFFAIRS. : (BS TELEGIUX'II—rr.BSS' ASSOCIATION.) ! Dunedin, August 27, >'A peculiar state of affairs was-revealed in ■ the - Magistrate's Court to-day in' a case in which tho Bajr Town Board made a claim against-a resident for half "the cost of the construction of footpaths, kerbing-and channelling.' Counsel for the defence ".said ha noticed by,, looking through the minutes that at-a meeting on June all-the mem,bers of the:,board, with .the exception of tho ■ chairmanj handed in their resignations,'which fl-cre accepted by, .tho chairman. In crossv(Examination the clerk to-the board said that by tho time mentioned above all the members had beea told that they should have goyo out of office the previous September iu terms of . the Act In .answer to, further questions witness said that the Reading of tho Act. was gbsouro,..an'd member? thought tliey had a right to remain .in/ office, till their successors Were'appointed.' Counsel for tho defence submitted there was' 1 no 1 plaintiff m existence, and his Worship nonsuited plaintiff. Leave to appeal was granted.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 287, 28 August 1908, Page 9
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174A COUNCILS TERM OF OFFICE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 287, 28 August 1908, Page 9
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