LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 51

LAW QUERIES.

[Ansieered by a Solicitor of the Supreme Churl o Reiv Zealand. Letters and Teleorams must be addressed to " LEX," cjo Editor, 'Olago Witness Dunedin.] C. M. — Yes. the occupied of land within Southland County may impound stock trespassing upon his property. Berwick. — A local authority cannot recover interest on overdue rate- if, after six months have expired and before a summons has been issued, the ra<tes themselves have been paid. Ignorance. — The Government Advances fco Settlers Act was passed in 1894. The statute was amended in 1895, 1896, 1898, and 1899, extended in. 1901, and again, amended in 1905. In 1906 the statute was consolidated and amended. Last year yet another amendment was passed. This year the measure appears in the Consolidated Statutes, which, it is understood, came into force on the 6th inst. Subschiber. — If a residence sita held 1 under the provisions of the Mining Act ia . entirely unused for its proper purpose, or unoccupied or neglected for any continuous period of three months, the license over it is liable to forfeiture by decree of the Warden's Court. Also if the wte is entirely unused 1 foi its proper purpose, or unoccupied or neglected for any continuous period of six months, the license is deemed abandoned by operation of law. B. A. — A person who is registered In an electoral district is not deemed' to have left that district and forfeited his qualification • by reason only of absence from the district, .tuilees lie becomes registered, in anj ot&gr district. But he is not entitle^

to vote at any election for the district in which, he is registered unless at some time within the six months immediately previous to the election he has been actually and bona fide resident therein for nat less than six days either separately or continuously. The foregoing remarks apply equally, of course, to a female elector. Cyclist. — You ha.ye no claim under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act. F. M. L. aisks : " Can the proprietor of a paper sending anyone the paper for any length of time without its being ordered by the one ihe is sending it to demand payment for it?" — Answer: No. Old Chitm. — If A is in possession of evidence to prove conclusively that B made a falsa documeii't, knowing it to be false, with the intention that it should be used' or acted upon a<s genuine, then he may lay an information for forgery. Subscriber. — (1) You do not state why the men started late, or whether they did an equal amount of work undei the contract. Full disclosure of all the facts U essential. (2) The partnership wil' ba subject to the agreement. Entee Nous. — (1) No payment is made for the first week under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Ac 4 where the worker's incapacity loes not continue for a longer period dian tiwo weeks. (2) A ii the party responsible. (3) See Notes and. Queries above.