DIGEST OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LAWS,

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2602, 20 November 1865, Page 5

DIGEST OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LAWS,

c entoiced before two or more justices of the peaoe. Tae .order, for .BMHB^^C^^^A^Sj? • not to be Jssued.uaesslt b^proyeatotlie a^jafaction of the Justice '-isiuWg' the Warrant that the w holo/i'or^«om^ B peoified part of the sum, in absolutely wqplwdby the official .agent for the purpose. of t ,tho Act, and the .Tushce may fiViLiUefwtf>i*'<mly'of thri' B aid 4mn T 'but, « if necessary, another Warrant or warrants maybe, issued until the whole -sum (Shall have been contriouted., Tho last clausq prwdes thafe, ,th,o, nwiority ianmnbor and value of thd shareholders m tiui^company may both before a'nd'after incorpom. tton mtL and alfir rules for the 'feovelhrnpt of tho oomp»ny.' '" ', ' '' l! ,'

THE RELIGIOUS, 'OHAIUTABIiB/ ' AND KDTJOAtfIONAIi THOSfa'AOT AMENDMENT ACT, 1865.' " ' | Mr So'well took charge 'of this ' Act, in the Houio'of Representatives, and it received his Excel-. , lenoy's assent, on,beb»lf,o£ ,her Majesty, on the ptli October. Itis intended to, remove d,oubts as to the interpretation of "The Religious, Charitable, aud Educational Trusts Act; 185G," ' and to enable Piocesnn Synods of the' branch of tho United Churcli of England and Ireland in Now Zealand to manage ond regulate church property within their respective dioceses. The definitiou of the words " Diocesan Synod" isduemed and taken to mean a body 'of persous associated for religious, charitable, and educational purposes, within the meaning of "The Religious, Uharitable,' nnd Educational Trusts Act, 1556." In the schedule whiob. is annexed to thoActthe powers of trustees are defined to be : ■ the right to sell and absolutely dispose of auy trusb piopeity iv respect of which no trust may have beeu created inconsistent with the present power— may exchange the said property for any other freehold' hereditaments situate, in the colony of New Zealand, and exeonte the necessary deeds. The whole or any portion of the trust property may be leased by any trustee to nny person for a. term not exoeediug 21 years in pos-> session, and not in reversion, at such rent as may bo deemed reasonable— the ' rents of the property so leased being applied to the pnrposes to whioh tho annual income orpioceeds of the trust property mny, ' for the time, bo properly applicable, and the receipt in writing of any trustee, or of a duly authorised agent, will be a good and effectual disohargeforall money paid. Every trustee to be chargeable only for inch money as he may actually have received, although he may have joined in any receipt for money received by nny co-trusteo. Ha wdl also uot be answerable for loss of money deposited iv tho hands of any banker or agent, nor from deficiency of security— unless the loss may have happened through his own wilful neglect. ' '

THE HOWARD'S PENSION ACT. This Act was introduced in tlie House of Representatives by Mr. W. H. Eyes, member for Wairau, Marlbocougb, and received lum Excellency's asseut oa the 26th September. The preamble states that William Lott Howaid retired from the civil service iv the year 1859, was placed on the, retiied list, and au allowauco awarded to him uudor the piovisions of the said Act. Iv the session of the General Assembly of IS6I the Civil Service Amendment Act, 1861, was passed, and, theiefore, it was deemed equitable, under the special circumstances which induced the retirement ftoin the Government service ot Mr. Howard, that the allowance to him should be regulated by the piovisions of that -Act. The allowance granted to the said William Lott Howard, as a retirea officer of the civil service of the colony, will consequently henceforth bo regulated by the provisions of the Civil Seivice Amendment Act, IS6I, and the Colonial Treasurer is accordingly empowered to pay the said William Lott Howaid the sums to which he may be so entitled. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUOXIUiI ACT. , Tlii* Act received his Excellency's assent on behalf of her Majesty on the 26th September. Its ptoviaions are intended to defino what number of members of the Legislative Council shall be pfniSenfc to constitute a meeting for the exercise of its powers, and it is provided that so much of the 39bh section of the Constitution Act as required the preseuce of at least five members of the Council, including the Speaker, to constitute a meetiug, shall be repealed. The necessary number of membeis of the Legislative Council to constitute a quorum shall be regulated from time to time by rules or orders of the Council,