LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7301, 3 December 1910, Page 6

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Tfio Legislative Council met at 2.30 ■o'clock yesterday afternoon. STAMP DUTIES TJia Stamp Duties Amendment Bill was put tlirongU comuutloo without amendment, read tiio third time and passed. MUNICIPAL LAW Xho Municipal Cot Iterations Amcndmenpßili was recommitted for consatteratirii (■;■ Mißge-ltd new clause. On the motion of the Attorney-General dii' Council-inserted a new clause to o'.ereertaiu di'UionlUts found lo anso in connection with heavy traffic license* ,m the lour centres. Its main provision .•■is Hi at such licenses granted in any of Hm chi- of Auckland. Wellinfft ? n, Ciu-isteluirch, or Dunedin, shall extend i,iml ho available, not 'only within the city, but al-o within the district or oveir local anlhorUv any part of- which is with in live miles of any "art of trio honndarv of that city, and the fees payable in respect of those licenses shall be apportioned among the several local .aiif horities within whoso district the license is so available. . . . Anotlrer new clair-o, made provision tor financial adjustments on alteration of borough ‘ boundaries. The Attorneyr.enoral said similar legfelmtion in regard to counties would have to be introduced 'next year. Hie Council also added a danse prowitling that any magistrate or any two or more justices may appoint in writing any nincer, agent, or sorvnnt of any council to bo a special constable to act for sneh time and within such limits within the borough ns may he appointed by the council. Every such special constable shall bo'sworn in by a justice'to execute the office of constable within the‘limits to which his anno in bn on t extends, nnd when so sworn in shell have, exercise, and enjoy the same powers nnd immunities, and ho Ijablo to ‘all such duties and responsibilities ns constables have or are luHi’eotf -f o by Jaw. The Bill was reported ns amended, read tfie tliirtl time and passed. THE LAST BATCH OF BILLS

The folio-wins’ Bills wore received from the House and put through all stages: Government Railwavs Amendment Bill (No. 2)y ' Mining Amendment Bill. Reserves and Other Bands Disposal And Puolio Bodies Empowering Bill. a Native Land Claims' Adjustment Bill. Coalmines Amendment Bill. •, AVaihon and Ohincmuri Rivers Improvement Bill.- f ■ FruitFrtrms Establishment BillLaw pf Libel Amendment Bill. (The discussion on the second reading of this Bill is elsewhere). The Council rose at 11 p.m. and will meet again at 10 a.m. to-day.