FOXTON HARBOR RATE
MONEY FOR DREDGING LEGALITY CHALLENGED The plans of the Foxton fiarboi Board to levy a rate yielding approxi mately £.1026 for the purpose of purchasing a launch to .assist, in keepin: the fairway of the port open receive •a setback (his week when the. matte came before the fvairanga County Conn til. A ratepayer objected that the lev was illegal and the country clerk, M N. I. Xielson, reported that he ha looked into the legal position and found that such was the case. Apparently th board had no power to levy a. rate foi the purpose it contemplated, and eoulr' levy only for the purpose of paying interest and sinking fund on its £l6,oo'' loan. Inquiries are to be made from the Harbor Board audit depaitnient.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 23 January 1936, Page 12
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130FOXTON HARBOR RATE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 23 January 1936, Page 12
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