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Otago Daily Times, Issue 207, 7 August 1862, Page 7

DUNEDIN IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE, 1862. An Ordinamefor Promniinrfthe Trnproi-ementof (te City of-ltanedin. ■ ~ effecS emrL- -tS W d«nt to make further and more proSpnf tX f DT. (Ua > and hr tue sanitar^ i,nSS «Mw*^' ai!« ia °thw-respects to amend tho"£ "^'^wn Board OMinauee, 1353," aa-1 the Dunedm Roads and Streets Ordinance, 1655:" th?ProvS?nfnf the Superintendent of -Of the Prnvfn "Pn g °' ' tUe' a'lviCe anJ ~oi tiie Provincial Council thereof; as follows :— 1. This Oi-dinance shall be termed, and maybe ', 05S£S^ eSS& to--a» "»—Wovei/eni ! "I clamamauon in the Provincial Government GaSte, « which proclamation shall not be made unless and until i the b-overnor shall intimate that he has left thi« Or 1 amanee to its operation. And the Members of the i i°^^a^ Of Du'ledin > e]ected under the said first < recited Ordinance, shall superintend the execution of < tins Ordinance until the election of their successors > m office under this Ordinance. 3. From and after the date upon which this Ordi- 1 nance shall come into operation iv manner aforesaid 1 such parts of the said two recited Ordinances as are 1 repumiant to and inconsistent wilh this Ordinance I shall be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided s always that, except in so far as hereby repealed the' said recited Ordinances shall be effectual to all intents , and purposes, as if this Ordinance had not been ) 4 Immediately after the passio^ of this Ordinance, i the Board shall divide the said City into Wards or 1 iJistneis, and fix and determine the boundaries c thereof • and it shall be lawful for the Board to alter r vary, add to or diminish the boundaries and extent « ot the said Wards, or any of them, and to vary the number of said Wards, in such manner as the' state i of the population thereof, or other circumstances, shall appear to them from time to time to require; and the boundaries of the Wards shall run T along the middle of the streets by which they are de- ! clanaT to be bounded, except when the contrary is , specially mentioned: Provided always that suoh w Wards, and boundaries thereof, and any alterations < thereon, shall be intimated by advertisement, to be r made in the Provincial Government Gazette and in f newspapers published in Dunedin. a 5. Immediately after the passing of this Ordinance ' and the division of the said city into Wards, as here- r "•before directed .and yearly thereafter as the Bonn! * shall direct the Board shall cause to be collected the IN aines and Residences of every pc; sun in each Ward ;, who may be liable to be rated, as hereinafter men- , honed, in consideration of any lands, lmiluin"s and i hereditaments owned or occupied by him, and situatsd s within the boundaries of any such Ward • and shall ,\ cause a list of such persons in each Ward to be made r and published in one or more newspapers circulated in t JJuuedm, togetlier with a notice of the time when and the place where the Board wiil attend to hear any objections that may be made to such lists; and at v the time and place- so named, the Board s shall attend, enquire into, hear and <let»r- I 1 mine any,such objections; and the decision of the h .Board shall oe final and conclusive in regard to any a and every object ion made against every such list • and c the said lists, when thus settled and revised shall be ! transcribed in a book to be called the Rate-p-ivers' ° Roll, and shall be lodged with the books and papers of * the Board ; and if at any time after the completion of c such Rale-payers' 1101 l any person not being liable to be H placet, on such Roll at the time of its completion shall v thereafter become liable to be rated for or on account ° of any lands, buildings, and hereditaments owned or ° occupied by him within any such Ward, it shall )» ° competent for such person to apply to the Board to * i%it S "ame inserted in tlie Ratepayers' Roil for the Ward in which such premises are situated • and if c it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the i Board that such person was not at the time of the c compiling or making the Rate-payers' Roll as afore- a said liable to be rated, but has .since become so, and c has for the space of three months previous to such i application been so liable, the Board shall cause the a name of such applicant to be plated on the Rate- ] payers' Roll tor the Ward or Wards in which he is so ] qualified to vote. t 6. The Members of the Board to be elected under s the authority of this Ordinance shall be ratepayers i upon the ratepayers' roll for any of the said Wank' and shall be "elected by a majority of the votes of the c ratepayers on the ratepayers' roll for the Ward for f which they are elected. s 7. Every male person of fall age who shall, under l the provisions of this Ordinance.be liable to be rated l or assessed for or on-account of any rate levied or i assessed by the -Board, and whose name shall an-jear c on the ratepajers' roll for any of the said Wards, as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed a ratepayer t for the purpose of any such election for any Ward on c the roli for which his name so appears. } 8. Thereshallbe three Members oftheßoard for each ' Ward, whose election shall be made in manner as follows:—The Clerk to the Hoard shall prepare a book a for each Ward, and shall direct a Clerk to attend at ! some convenient place in or adjacent to each Ward * upon the fust Monday in the month of December in s every year, and the Rate-payers in each Ward intend- 2 lug to vote in sacli elect ion shall appear personally at such place, and the names of tin; persons voted for i and the names of w.h voters siml! be inscribed in a the said book by the Clerk, and subscribed by each ( voter. J t 9. At any such election, ifc shall be competent for J any ..candidate or Ratepayer on the Ratepayers' Roll r for the Ward ■to object to any person tendering his a vote and before he has voted, only on the ground "that "* such person is not a Ratepayer on the Ratepayers' * Roll for the Ward, or has voted before at the same s election; and on such objection being taken, the Clerk >s acting at such election snail register such vote, but N shall at the same time make a memorandum of tlic l name of such voter, and report such objection to the i{ Clerk of the Board in the Register Book as herein- a after directed : Previded always that no elector shall r ha% re more than one vote in tne election for a Ward without prejudice to his voting in any other Ward or ( Wards if qualified as aforesaid. - - * 1

10. Every such-Election shall commence at nine o'clock in the morning of the day on which it is to take place, and shall continue until eleven o'clock of the said day ; after which no new Candidate shall be voted for, and if at such last-mentioned hour the names of not mere persons than the number to be elected shall be inscribed for Ihe office iv each Ward respectively, the election iv such case shall be declared to be at an end and no Voles shall theraafter be received ; but if the names of more persons than the number to be elected shall be so inscribed then the said Book shall remain open until four o'clock of the said day, after which no votes shall be received (except those of sue]] Electors as may be within the Polling Place waiting to tender their Votes), and the Election shall be declared at an end : Provided always that it shall be in the power of the persons voted lor by a writing under their hands to terminate the Polling at any time of the day after eleven o'clock, they may think proper. 11. Not less than six nor more than twelve days before the first Monday in the month of December in every year, the Clerk to the Board shall cause intimation to be made by advertisements in newspapers published in Dunedin, and iv such other manner as the Board shall deem proper, of the days and places of election. 12. At the expiration of the period so fixed within which such Elections shall take place, the Clerks appointed toattend the same shall deliver the said books to the Clerk of the Board, who shall make up and write in each of the said books a state of the votes in the Ward, and shall affix to the door of his office, within two days thereafter, the names of the persons having the majority of votes, who shall be held to be elected as Members of the Board; and the said books in which the names and votes are inserted, in manner above described, shall remain open and patent for the inspection of all concerned, at the office of the Clerk of the Board, for four days after every such Election. 13. If any person shall, at any time, obstruct, lunder, or molest either any Elector in giving his vote, or the Clerk acting at any Election, in the performance of his duty,, every person so offending shall, upon conviction before a Justice of the Peace, be liable to a penalty, of one ponnd for each offence; and if any person not qualified to vote shall nevertheless vote "at any such Election, every such person so offending shall, upon conviction as aforesaid, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds for each offence. 14. It shall be competent to any person who considers that he ought to have been returned as a Member of the Board, to complain ngainsc the Clerk's return, provided the complaint be made by petition to the Board, signed by the complainev, or by some person on his behalf, and lodged with the Clerk to the Board, within four lawful days after the Election; and on such petition being presented, the Board shall remit to a Committee of five of their number to inquire into the merits of such disputed Election, and report thereon to a subsequent meeting of the Beard, and the determination of the JBoat-d on such report shall be final and conclusive j and if, upon the Clerk's reprt, or uuon a scrutiny demanded, and the said Committee's report, there shall be found to be an equality of votes at any of the said Elections, the Board shall determine which of the Candidates shall be preferred.