MAYORAL CHAIR VACATED
TEMPORARY DILEMMA ARISES. LEGAL POINT AT NAPIER COUNCIL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Napier, Last Night. . The position of . the Mayor of Napier is at present in doubt in view of the passing for payment by the council of an account to a company in which the Mayor (Mr. J. Vigor Brown) is a shareholder. The council’s debt was incurred prior to the closing of nominations for the last election, but the account was passed at a meeting after the election, nt which Mr. Brown presided. The Mayor has since disposed of h’s shares in the company- concerned, and paid them the amount of the council’s account, and the company In turn lias made a refund to the council. As it is not clear whether the refund and disposal of the shares will have the making the Mayor's position legal, Mr. Brown vacated the chair at this week’s meeting of the council, pending advice from the council. The borough solicitors are to be asked for an opinion, and Mr. Brown is also consulting his advisers.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1927, Page 7
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