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Otago Witness, Issue 488, 6 April 1861, Page 3

GOVERN WENT NOTICES 4 . KAITANGITA ROAD DISTRICT. ■ftTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a JLI MEETING of the Trustees, recentlyelected for the Road District of Raitangita, will be Held at the Premises of James Rolland, Ks(j., In said District, upon WEDNES; DAY, _ the Ist day of May, 1861, at 2 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of electing Two of their number to act as Representatives to the General Road Board. By Order, JAMES A. CHEYNE, , Clerk to Road Board Dunedin, Brd April, 1861. GENERAL BOARD OF ROAD TRUSTEES. ICfdTICE IS HEREBY GrVEN, iii accordance J3I with clause 39 of the " Roads Ordinance, 1856," that the Representatives from the Tokomairiro District Road Board have given notice of , their intention to propose, at a future meeting of the General Board, that certain Road Lines in ; said district be shut up, and exchanged for other Rights of Way, as proposed by the following Resolutions of the Tokomairiro District Road Board :—: — January 16, 1861. — "Resolved, that a Road be laid off as a branch road, from the main road at the west bridge over the Tokomairiro river, through sections 194, 195, 196, and through part of 197, at a point 15 chains or thereabout from the river bank, from thence in a straight line or nearly so through .sections 198, 199, 200, 201, 202. 203, arid 204, Block XXV., past Mr. Jartles Smith's station to the bridge over the Washpool ■ creek ; thence through portions of Blocks XLVIH., XLIX., L., LIV., LV., along the line '■ now partially made arid used as a dray, track as Jar as the outside of the survey towards Mount Stuart, at Roxburg Station. " That the road line extending from section 197 through 198 to 204 inclusive, and lying between Blocks XXV. and XXVI. be closed and . given to the proprietors of the said sections : and also that such parts of the River Side Road , through the above-named sections, and through , 194, 195, 196, aiid f97, as will not be required for the road line above prop'dsed to be opened, shall be closed, and conveyed to the proprietors of the said sections as compensation in full for the new line above described. " That the River side Road through Sections in Blocks XLVIIL, XLIX., L., LIV., and LV., where any such road has been reserved, and where the same wiil not be required for the above proposed new line of- road, be elosfed, and conveyed to the proprietors of the said sections, as compensation in full for the new line of road be- ' fore described. '. By order of the Board, JAMES A. CHEYNE, '. Clerk to the Board. General Board of Boad Trustees. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of the " Roads Ordinance, ' 1856," a MEETING of the PERSONS liable to be Rated for Roads within the recently proclaimed Hoad District of EAST TOKOMAIRIRO will be held at the School-house, within the said District, upon TUESDAY, the 16th day of April 1861, at 2 o'clock, p.m,, for the purpose of Electing Trustees for said Road District. By Section 7 of said Ordinance, it is enacted ' that " every person of the male sex, and twentyone years of age and upwards, who is rated or ( liable to be rated for roads, within any part of the Province, in virtue of this or any other Ordinance, shall be qualified to be elected a member of any District Board of Road Trustees." And by Section 9 it is enacted that "the Electors assembled at every such meeting shall, by a majority of their number, appoint a Chairman, and make their elections of not less than three persons, qualified as aforesaid, to form the District Board of Road Trustees ; a,nd the state of the votes shall be ascertained by a show of hands, or in such other manner as to the Chairman shall ■ seem expedient ; and at the meeting of which he is Chairman, he shall be disqualified to be elected a Trustee, and shall have no vote except a casting vote in every case of an equality of votes ; and he shall declare the state of the votes to the meeting, which declaration shall be final ; and shall forthwith make a true return in writing of the names and designations of the persons elected, such return to be made to the Clerk of the General Board of Trustees ; and, in default of so doing, shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding five pounds." By order of the Boatd, JAMES A. CHEYNE, Clerk to the Board. Dunedin, March 6, 1861. General Board of Hoad rustees. NOTICE is hereby Given that, in pursuance of the "Roads Ordinance, 1856," a MEETING of the Persons liable to be ; rated for Roads within the recently proclaimed Road District of WEST TOIvOMAIRIRO, will be held at the premises of Mr. Henry Clark, within the said District, upon TUESDAY, the 16th day df April, 1861, at 2 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of electing Trustees for the said Road District. By section 7th of said Ordinance, it is enacted that " every person of the male sex, and twentyone years of age and upwards, who is rated or liable to be rated for roads, within any part of the Province, in virtue of this or any other Ordinance, shall he qualified to be elected a member of any District Board of Road Trustees. " And by section 9 it is e7iat:ted, that " the electors assembled at every such meeting shall, by a majority of their number, appoint a chairman, and make their elections of not less than three persons, qualified as aforesaid, to form the District Board of Hoad Trustees ; and the state of the votes shall be ascertained by a show of hands, or in such other manner as to the chairman shall seem expedient ; and at the rrieetihg of which he is chairman he sliall be disqualified to be elected a Trustee, and shall have no vote except a casting vote in every case of an equality of votes ; and he shall deplare the state of the votes to the meeting, which declaration shall be final ; and shall forthwith -make a true, return in writing ofthf names and designations of the persons elected ; such return to be made to the Clerk of the General Board of Trustees ; and in default of so doing shall forfeit and pay a penalty Kdi exceeding five pounds." By order of the Board, JAMES A. CHEYNE, Clerk to the Board. Dunedin, March 6, 1861. ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Meeting of the Justices of the Peace for the district of Otago, will be holden ut the office of the Resident Magistrate, at Dunddin, on TUESDAY, the 16th day of APRIL Next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of taking \nto consideration applications for PUBLICANS' LICENSES for the year 1861-2. ROBERT CHAPMAN, Clerk to the Bench. Resident Magistrate's Court, Diinedin, llth March, 1801. Note. — All Applications for, such Licensees mnst be delivered to. me On or before TUESDAY, the 2hd day of Aprii next. NOTICE; tO MEMBERS Of THE OfAdd RURAL DEANERY BOARD. THE.A^NtfAL MEETING of the Board vill be held in the Temporary Church, Dfineain, on WEDNESDAY} the 10th day of April next, at li o'clock a.m. ' A. CHETHAM STRODE, Secretary. Dunedin, 25th Mdren 186i.^ TO SHOEM ! AKERSY* ~ ? 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