PIG HEADED ACTS OF PAST LEGISLATOR
(To the Editor.) 'Sib,-— Here is a sample case : six months ago I bought a property in the Township of Kamo. In due time I was notice to pay the township rate, which I did, and got a receipt. Some ♦weeks after I nominated a candidate for the licenmug Committee, but was informed that T. was not aratapayer, and that the paper I eijffied ' w<w inforaialV Ifp«r sir, the man I : fcou^t the prbpsrity^fttjsafceccupied it only the I first, throe mouths Viffthe financial year, but his name Jg ; still "on the roll and, if he wishes, Loan vote against my interest in the said townLuiip, although he is outside its boundaries, and |j[ •wjll.t'tccupy the' propjarfcy juno ihogthjof. the ■ÜBMiMjriMHHhv^ay the fates and fiavo no" act wants amendingHhis a + ver J' simple-, amendment I^^BHflHwßpiy'-J&y. removing the seller's hHHSHHHK rolF.Tuid inserting the purBH|B^P^uce, for no local body has a ljwgniTu^iemana» rates from a man whose name is not on the roll. This is a great injustice to j ratepayers, and I hope our member will try to amend it next meating of the Assembly. r. K. Dkvlin.
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Northern Advocate, 21 January 1888, Page 3
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