LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Friday, October 5.
The Council met at 2.30.
The Pacific Cable and Electoral Act Amendment Bills were read a first time in committee.
The amendments made in the Muni cipal Corporations Bill by the seleci committee were considered.
A new Clause was added providing that all by-laws of separate boroughs united become the by-laws of the united borough, and can be repealed by such, but, until repealed, shall apply only in the boroughs to which they originally belonged.— The bill was reported. In Committee on the Assessment Bill, clause 43 was amended, by 16 votes to 6, to provide that in case of an owner who has been absent from the colony for a period not less than two years the graduated land tax payable shall be increased by 20 per centum. The following Bills were passed through Committee without amendment, read a third time, and passed : — New Zealand Consols Act Amendment, Midland Authorised Area Land Settlement, Fisheries Encouragement Act Amendment, Rotorua Town Council, and West Coast Settlement Reserves Act Amendment. The Council rose at 9.45 p.m.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 7046, 6 October 1900, Page 2
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