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ANNO SEXAGESIMO PRIMO
VICTORIA, REGINA,.
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No. V.
A BILL INTITULED
AN ACT to further amend the Constitution Act of 1889, and for the better Protection of the Aboriginal Race of Western Australia.
[Reserved, Mk December, an.]
| under the control of a responsible Minister of the Crown, with a pro- | IAT HEREAS the welfare of the Aboriginal Race will be betterpromoted if entrusted to a sub-department of the State |
| vision for the appropriation of a sum of Five thousand pounds per annum for the use of such sub-department, to be supplemented by animal votes as occasion may require: Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Aus- tralia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
| 1. THIS Act may be cited as the Aborigines Act, 1897. | Short title. |
61° VICTORI}E, No. 5.
The Aborigines Act, 1897.
| Repeal. | 2. | THE Acts and parts of Acts mentioned in the Schedule |
hereto are repealed.
| Interpretation. | 3. | IN this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- |
| " Governor " means the officer administering the Government, |
acting with the advice of the Executive Council.
" Minister" means the Minister of the Crown appointed by
the Governor to administer this Act.
" Writing " includes print, and part writing and part print.
| Protectors of | 4. | THE Aborigines Protection Board is abolished, and the |
| Aborigines to go out | powers and duties of the existing Protectors of Aborigines shall |
| of office. Governor | |
| may make new ap- | cease at the passing of this Act, and the Governor may from time |
| pointments. | to- time appoint, and from time to time remove, Protectors of Aborigines. |
| Moneys of Board to | All sums standing to the credit of the Aborigines Protection |
| pass to Treasury. | Board, and all sums due from the Colonial Treasurer to such Board, shall revert to the Treasury. |
| Establishment of the | 5. |
THERE shall be a sub-department, to be called the Aborigines of the Aboriginal natives, providing them with food and Clothing when they would otherwise be destitute ; providing for the education of Aboriginal children (including half-castes), and in generally assisting in the preservation and well-being of the Aborigines.
| Aborigines Depart- | Department, and to be charged with the duty of promoting the welfare |
| ment. | |
| References in any statute to the Aborigines Protection Board (by this Act abolished) shall, if the context permits, be read as references to the Aborigines Department, and to the Minister having the control thereof. |
| Sum to be placed at | 6. | THE Colonial Treasurer shall, in every year, place at the |
| the disposal of the | disposal of the Aborigines Department, out of the Consolidated |
| Aborigines Depart- | |
| ment. | Revenue Fund, the sum of Five thousand pounds to be applied to |
| See Constitution Act, | the purposes of the said Department. |
| 1889, s. 70. |
| Unexpendedbalances | If in any year the whole of the… |