LIABILITY FOR RATES.
POSITION OF THE CROWN.
PROBLEM AT WANGANUI.
The question whether the Crown is liablo for local body rates is likely to he raised in a case which directly affects the city of Wanganui. At a meeting of the Wanganui City Council'this week permission was granted tho city solicitor to tako steps to recover rates from the superintendent of the Advances to Settlers Office. A report from the solicitor himself gave rise to the decision.
The solicitor slatod that tho superintendent of the Advances to Settlers Offico, as mortgagee, had entered into the receipts of the rents and profits arising in respect of properties of which ho was mortgagee, and where default had been made in payment of the instalments payablo under tho mortgage. Ho understood that the superintendent had been advised by the Crown law officers that ho was not liable for rates. The solicitor therefore proposed to tako the matter up with the superintendent and, if necessary, to issue a summons in one case with a view to testing the matter. "This is a serious matter," said the Mayor, "and I move that the city solicitor act 011 his own suggestion and proceed for, recovery of the rates." The motion was carried.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20821, 13 March 1931, Page 12
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