THE SITTING MAYOR AND THE MAYOR ELECT.
A CURIOUS POSITIOH UNPER THE ACT. The Mayor-elect will be installed on the second Wednesday in May, but the new Councillors take office from the day of their election. A rather curious situation might have arisen in connection with, the Mayoralty. Had Mr Harley been elected he would not have presided over the first meeting of the new Council. Under the provisions of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1900, a Mayor is elected on the last Wednesday in April, but do£s not t take office until the second Wednesday in May, when he is installed. As the t nest meeting of the City Council will t be held next Friday, May 2nd, it will i be seen that had Mr Piper been unsuc- 1 cessful at the poll, he would have held 1 the Mayoral chair for another meeting, s presiding over a new Council, for, un- i like the Mayor, Councillors cease to c hold office the moment the election is t over and the poll is declared. Of course, in the present instance, as Mr Piper is both Mayor and Mayor-elect, the com- , plication does not matter, I t ''''"'"•_ j 1 Cr. T. A. H. "Field advertises his < thanks to tho electors for his election 1 to tho Council. 1 7
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 25 April 1907, Page 2
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219THE SITTING MAYOR AND THE MAYOR ELECT. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 25 April 1907, Page 2
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