Adelaide Municipal Corporation Act 1840 (SA)

ANNO QUARTO

HEREAS by the Third annual Report of the Colonization Commis-

sioners for South -4ustralia to Her Majesty's Princi a1 Secretary of

State for the Colonies dated the 23d dry OF April and orrterpx by the House

of Commons to be printed the 13th. clay of May l839 the expediency of

g i~ ing to the several towns establisld and about to be es~ablinhed in the

said province as they r a y ec tively acquire a yopula tion of 2,000 inhabitants

Elcctive Municipal institutions su the pri~wiples therein detailed is recom-

mentlcd to the fhvorable consideration of his Lordship.

:IKD WHEREAS Her Majesty's said Principal Secretiiry nf State by a

ciespatch dated the 19th day of August 1839 sddresijed to ' is Excellency the (;.overnor reco~.lunend.a that measure8 should be takcn for passing a local

enactment embracing the principles therein mentioned : And whereas the

City of &\delaide having attained a ~~)p~ l&mea ;~eec I iy the requisite amount i t i. rspdient in compliance with the aforesaid reoornmendation that the said

City ~hould now acquire an elective Mucicipd 1nr;titution.

BJ[~L. IT T H I: R E I ~ R E ENACTED by His Escclleucq Lieutenant-Coloncl George

Ctaelcr, Knight of the Royal I-lanoverian Guelyhic Order Governor and

Gmmnncier-in-Chiefaf Her Majesty's Provinoa of South Australin by and

.u ith the adrice nml consent of the I_regislati;-r? Cmmcl: thereof as fvllowsl that

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I. That there shdl be confstitutetl at &C time aid in the manner

hereinailer mentioned in rand for the City of Adelaide a I' ?du&ipal

Corporation for the well-being good order ancl gsvernn:or,t t ! ;~eu~ currsIscmg

of a M b p r Alrlenncn (lolanaon Council-Men and Citizens that is to say

sf Himteen Coum~on C'olu~cil-Jleu of w h ~ ~ l onr: shall be Mayor and 'I'luee

0 tl.1 ors

others Aldcrmen and of	Citizens therein who shall be enrolled is
manner hereinafter ment	hich Municipal Corporation shall he a body

Corporate and shall have Seal and shall take and bear the nnmt

of The Mayor and Corpo of the City of Adelaide " and by that

name shall have perpetual su n anl shall and may sue and be sued in

~ i l legal proceedings and shall l& capable in Law to take hold and convey

Jnnds and generally by the CounGil hereinafter mentioned to do and suffer all ,hcts as a Body Corporate und& and subject to the provisions hereinafter cuntained.

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i I. Shat from and after the &issing of this act the boundzries of the said

City for the purposes of this act$hall bc the inner limits of the park or puidic ltmds origirdly laid down by tl& survey and delineated in a map and plim thereof executed by Wjlliam LPght Esquire first Surveyor General of the province and now deposited in the Land Office at Adelaide and all public roads-bridges streets squares tehaces areas and spaces of land now existing or hereafter fror;; time to time toxbe formed v i t h the said limits shall in so

far as aecessavv for carrvinn intcr effect the purposes of this act be vested iu

and be deemea the pr&e&y OE the said '~o;~omtiorr who shall have the control management and nlainthnance thereof: 3['rovided ne-ccrtheless 11wt sub-ect to thereservation herein&fter mentioned the powers R I. duties of th:,

said corporation shall also eaten4 over and r o r n y r i h d tLr	iiitrol manasp-
jnent and rnxintcnonce of all road. ancl. h idqcs vilicll may n :v	or here&:;.,.

Ire laid out formed or constmcte8 on the saitE park or public IJ& : i'ro-:idiirl

also that the rights of Her MGesty her heirs and slzccessw natl of tht. C o r c x l z r and Cunncil of the Pfovincc are hereby cxgredg 1.cser~etJ nlltl

nothi:lg hcrein contnirlcd shall pkaverrt the Governor in ccunc.1 'zo:,~ alignill:;

altering and varying the cIi:e&ion and conilition of the pr:!.:i, , road.; ancl

thoroughfkrcs Iccding through t k park lands from time to iim c r r stoppin

up the same and substituting ot,hbrs in lieu thereof or wnera i t ~~-crr&il~;:: ?,.

any act or power over tile same which the Governor in t a inc i l ~YI:L) by laly

.	nou. conlpctently exercise: l'rovidecl also that subject to the ~3rd reservation thc powers and duties of the said corporation shall extend over and compre- hend that part of the river 'l'osrms r t r d its tributaries included within tip outer limits of the park or publio lands in so far as may Le necessary fjr
carrying into effect the provisions~of this act.

111. I'rovided also and' be i t kwther enacted that it shall be lawful for

His E x c e l l e: ~ ~ ~ the Cbvernor byiand with the advice and consent; of the

villages ports or sea landing places as from the increase of population other circumstances he may deem fit and the extended territory so ~nc!u&d and thc proprietors and inhabitants thereof shall bc equally subject t l, th,: provisions of this act and possess the like privileges ancl immunitics as if t h e s-,rne had been expressly here~n described as forming a, pnrt OF the stzid municipalitg.

1,egislative CouncJ from timc to time to extend the boundaries of the

IV. That every male person of full age who shall at t ! ~e date of the e;l- rollrnent aftermentioned have been at least six months resident within the P-'rovince and be the poprietor or occupier of any land house warehouse countingllou~e or shop within the said city of the annual value of not Ies,; than twenty pounds actually residing within thc said city or within sevel

miles thereof shall if duly enrolled according to the provisions hereinaftel

containell be rjualified and entitled to vote as a citizen of the said corm

poration at the election of cornmm councilmei~ after-mentioned: Provirlec

always that after any rate shall hate been imposed in virtue of the proviyionr

hereinafte

hereinafter contained no such pelson shall bc so ~nrc: l lcd i u any yt.,lr unlcss

he shall have paid on or before the fifteenth day of July all rates if

any payable by him except such as shall :hare heconle payable within one calendar month next heforc: I'rovided also that no person being an alien shall be so enrolled and that no perdon who within six months p i o r to such enrollnrent shall have received p:tblic charitable relicf

or who within two years prior to such cnl*ollment shall have been convicted

) {;f felony or of a inlsdemeanor followrd l ~ y iraprisonment of three months

with hard labour under a sentence of any supreme or superior c o ~ ~ r t	within
Her Majesty's dominions shall bc so enrolled.

'Cr. That for ascertaining the numbcr of the qualified constituency and

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revising the list of voters as well for conrlucldhg and declaring the electio~l conmon couilcill~inn as may by Che said common council be nominated f j r the time shall be rcturninq oiiicer a t and preparatory to all subsequent elec- tions: And the sixid bench of Magistiates s h d l annually at the quarterly meeting in J u n e nmninrate a ~ ~ d uppoint two or more fit ancl proper persons to be assessors to the said Mayor and one fit and proper person to act as auditor in manner aftermentioned and the said returning oHicer and assessors or a majority of thcir nunzber shall have power t o appoint polling places and also such clerks ancl other officers as may be necessary for the proper conducting the registrations and elections under this act and to require the attendancc 2nd assistance of thc Town Clerk (.'ollectors and other olficers appoirlterl in mannrr hereinafter provided to examine parties ,aid witnesses upon oath or clcclarntion to call for lllr production of books a d other writings ancl documents and tn adminibter thc usual and ~wluisi te oaths 3 r d declarations of officc to 111eMayor Aldermen and Conmon C:ounchen on their. clcction: A n d the said 1,eturning officer and assessors sllall also have y o w r t o make such adjournments and continuations of the d::j s :ppninted for the business of registration ancl election ss circumstances may fro~rl time to time require.

cf common council-men a i-etuming oEcer and two or more assessors shall

be appointed in manner after rrrentioned Chat is to say thc Bench of Magi-

s t ~ a t e s for the Province assembling a t Adclaicle shall and they are hereby

rcquired within fifteen days after the passing of this act to nominntc

and appoint, a fit and proper person to execute the duties of returning

oflicer and two or more other fit and proper prsons to execute the dutiw

of assessors a t and preparatory to the first election undei. this act a i d thc

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I X. ?'hat p ithin not less than tmcntj--one JaJ S or more t hm thirty days

f imi atltl after the passing of this act ant1 nnnutllly on the first daj si Scpte:nbcr

thereafter the retulning oficcr for tlw timr bring appointed as aforesaid shall

cause advertisements to Le insertrcl in the Sozt!/t A u ~ t r d i m Ccxetlc rm:i in each of the public newspapers in Adekide appointiog.a period of not less than

one tvecli or greater than Fourtwn ( l ;:yj within ~ v h ~ c l i i t shall bc c.olupetent

for all persms I~ossessing the rerluizite qunlilicntion and desi~ous of voting nt

the electio,i of conmoll coui~clllfien	to cl i t i~n to b o f~nrollccl as qu:tlifi.?tl
clwtors in the manner after menl iox~	l and also nppointi115 a day at t h e

diitnnce of nol Icsr than time ~;es !, s t h e r, d i w f o ~ publicly revising tht:

szid roil arid a3cfli tnining the numb; o f qualified electors.

for any person already e n r d w ciaLn u e w to be enrotld rt nay wbse pent ]registry but the qualificatik of such person shall cantime m the roll of voters unless his name s h q have been chjected to and expunged fram t h e

rdl as aftermentioned. f

VITT. That irnmediatelyjon the expiration of the period appointed for receiving claims t h e K e t u m Officer shall prepare sl oompletelist spci- fying the mmes residences and qualifications of a11 persoas so e w d e d or chiming to be enrolled whkh list he shall authenticake and shall cause tc

, he printed and published f o ~ at least one fortnight prior to the day of public

revision: And every pers whose name shall have been inserted in the

as not being entitled to be @rolled or ta continue on the roll as a qualifiei

id l i ~ t may previoas to su $ I day of publicxevision ob3ect to eny other pdsol:

voter by giving at least a $eebs previous notice thereof in writing to th t

said Ketutuiug Ufficer in f c p as nearly as may be of the schedule R heretc

annexed u 110 shall thereupo@forthwith give due notice themof to the objectm party if resident in the saidgity and on the day appointed bk advertisemen the I-ieturning Oficer shall &misted by the said assessors puhlicly revise th, iists ~ l t d hear and dispoae of &l1 objections andin cases where the qualiticatio~ of the persons objected to sh#ll not be proved to his s.atisfitctioo the Returning

Otficcr shallexpunge their Gmes horn the roll and shall prepare and certifj

and cause to be printed and $ublished an authenticated copy of the roll o

citizens and all persons w M e names are repterad therean rrnd uo other

shall be deemed to be the q&iified voters a t the said election.

IX. 'l'hnt on the legistrition being so completed the Returning Office

sbail cause to tic in-.at cecl.' o w e in each of the said newspapers anc

Gawtte a ublic advrl !i:;i-in&t declaring the total nunmher of voters admiitec

or quorum empowered io retirn n member of the common council ixi manne on the rol f , with the: pi.r~~,ixtb;l r q i i r e d Lo constitute each electoral scrtior

after provided which shall bic as mar1 y 8s the numbers will admit one 19tf

part of tile whole qudiiied wtem and the returning officer &.all by the saic arlvertisernent app;~int !,oilingpiaces and n day fos ~wxiving the v:, tcs of nl electors who may exercise t k l r option of fwming such electoral sections o ~ U O S U M S and also polling:, places a n d a day at a dist~nce of no mare khm three days thdreafter Sol. conzpletin: the election in case

the entire number of common councilmen shall not be returned b:

quommsiin manner after mmtioned.

S. That it shall be competent to the electors by voluntary classificatio~

to form themselves into 8s many electoral sections or quorums a the13 arc members to be el&ted ancl each of these quorums may provide! t h y can agree u p o ~ a unadnrous vote return one ~nember to the commor

c~uncil and on the said first a~ppointed day between the hours of ten s'cJoci

of the forenoon rancl Sow o'clock of the afternoon and a t the poHing plac~

or placesqppuinted as aforesaid when and as often as ariy nuulbcr o cltmlified electors amounting to the proportion required to cons titut finch quorum as aforesaid shalt assemble and appear personally at th roil a2:d declave their unanimous vote in favor of m y single candidate th

i<c.tuzning Officer or such wsessur as he may appoint to be fix him at suc' I oliing place shall enter in a. *poll hook in the form as nearly as may b

of the schedule C hereto amerred the names of the electors in every suc cjnnrunz respectively specifying under proper columna thc names of the cail ciidates so voted fbr and st .$our o'clock of the afternoon the asses ,c? L

acting a t sepatnte polling p lam shall certify and seal their respcct; ;.- 2:	h o k s a r d promecl to deliver them to the said returning oflicer and thp- ::, 1
returning officer shall forthwith scrutinize the poll books and declar:. !..-

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yeturned to the common council all hernkiers so elected by the unanimous votes of such quorums respectively: Provided always that no elector voting with any such quorum in the return of a member as aforesaid shall be com- petent to vote a t the subsequent part of :the election as hereinafter provided

or for more than one candidate.

XI. That in case the common council %hall not be filled up in whole or in part by electoral quorums as aforesaid thiFhole or such number as may not be so elected shall be returned by ordinary election in manner aftermentioned that

is to say between the hours of ten of theforepoon and four of the afternoon on the

day and a t the polling place or places appoibted as aforesaid for the completion

ofthe election i t shall be competent for every qualified elector who has not previously voted with any such sections or uorums in the return of a candidate

the number required to complete the colmon council and the Returning

to exercise his vote or votes in favor of t6 1 e whole remaining ~nenlbers to

Officer or such assessor as he may appoint to be for him at such polling place shall enter such votes in separate poll books in the form as nearly as may be of the schedule C hereto annexed specifying under proper columns the candidates in whose favor such votes aie respectively exercised ~ n d at the hour appoiuted for closing the election the assessors if acting a t separate polling places shall certify and seal their respective poll books and proceed to deliver them to the returning officer and the said returning officer shall forthwith scrutinize the poll books and dqlare duly returned as common councilmen those candidates to the number ,required to fill up the council who possess the majority of votes and in %he case of several candidates possessing a a equal number of votes he shall cast lots, and declare duly re- tkrned such candidate or candidates in whoie favor the lot is determined.

XII. That no enquiry shall be permitted:& any election as to the right of

any person to vote except that the mayor 4r other presiding officer shall

if required by any two qualified electors put to any voter at the time of

,	his tendering his vote the questions whether hc is the person named on the roll of qualified voters and whether he has already voted at the same election And no person required to answer the said'questions shall be permitted or qualified to vote until he shall have answered the same and if any person shall wilfully make a false answer to the said questions he shall be deemed
guilty of perjury and may be indicted and puni~hed accordingly.

XI IT. That no person who ia not enrolled ipon the list of citizens and a ho

is not the proprietor or occupier of a house within the said city of the yearly 'rental of at least fifty ounds or possessed of personal property to the value tot a t least five hundre 1 pourds shall be capaWe 01 being elected or of acting

1 as a common councilman and no person who has at any time been convicted

of a inisdemeanor followed by imprisonment of three months with hard

Id~our under a sentence of any supreme or supt%or court within Her Majesty's dominions shall be capable of bemg so elected

XIV. That no person who is directly o i indirectly by himself or any

partner concerned or interested in or under any contract with by or on behalf

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of the said corporatiou or to which such corp:~iration is a party other thau ooctracts of lease or contracts with a cotlipany the shares of which are trans- ferable by sale of which such person may be a.' shareholder nor any person who holds directly or inciircctly by himself or a n y partner any place of profit oKce or employment under or in the appoint@ent of the said c,wporation shall be capable of being elected or of acting a$ a common councilman while he shall hold such employment or during the subistence 01 such contract or while any claim arising out of the same shdl be uns5ttled.

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lihatl be d & l d duly ~ ~ by the e d

til be shall have m d e slrd subclibed a

se may be of the schedule B heteh annexed

tr common conncilmatl under the ro-

d candidate shall wimly make a t alm he shall be deemed guilty of pe 'ury

anrd thdi forixt a d	hot less than W nor more than	2	100
naamrabk in mann	ibr penalties under this mt

XVI. Tbt the entire electi$n being completed the returning officer sbil.

mnamolp, the whela number to thsembla an the follawinar dav and the councif

or s majority of their mmber &ing so a~mmbled shd'I prbceed to elecb a

c h ~ r n a n who sbdl hare not ay a deliberative but also a casting vote in	m e s d equality and the meetibg shall thereupon proceed by the same mode
of dealion ~161 in the caple of ele&on of common councilmen (as nearly as may be) tb slwt from the cammon a$mncilmen four aldermen and the said alder-
men being M elected th all proceed to elect a mayor being one
oE tb mid aldermen by llot and the said returning officer shall
t,hehru on adminiater to said parties the usual andrequisite oaths

p d L d by law.

.XVII. That annually on tbe said oaths being administered in future I

~ ~ B W B	4 e myor aldermen and Qornmon council of the preceding year shall	1
d&	thF? exception aftcnentionqd go out of office and their whole powers and

duties rhdi h transferred to thdir auccemors: Provided nevertheless that . . -. - -- -

any af the psas~na so going o& of o%ce @hall be eligible to be re-elected

Providd a h thrt ode-half of $he alcEerrnen including the mayor as an alderman shall without re-electi4a continue in office for two years whicIl cantinaiq aldermen shall preview to the second general election under this act be btennind by baud an$ at all subsequent elections ahall be the

ddeman jualor in office.

XVlit. Tha* it shall and myibe lsrwfd for the mid common council to order i

raymwt to the myor af such or allonanee ae they may deem reason. 1

able and	provided that t@ said mlmy or allowances shall not exceed
t b mm	per annun withkit the approval of the Governor in Council.

XIX. That the mayor for th6 time being shall during the period of his /

rnayonrlt7 and Br one year thereiftar and the aldermen for the time being 1

shall dumg thei~ tarn of affice $uve exercirre and enjoy all the rights duties

a d ptiv i leg~ d justices of the ptirce of and far the said city and all acts and

W$ done urba be done by th- in that capacity after duly qualifying by

taking the oatb pesmibed by lak ahall be as good valid a d effectual to all ,

i f i k ~ t s a d p p o m s BB if their -&mes had been specially inserted in Her

Majesty's c ~ m m i h of the et: PMvidedneverthless that no such mayor

or alderman shall in virtue o thd powers hereby conferred be capable or P" entitled to act as a justice of the ,peace at any Court of Gaol Delivery or

Gmthd Qmrter Sessions m at WY meting of the Justices of the Province. '

XX. That every qualified who shall be elected to any office

&is aot shall &wept such ofice b$ taking & declaration in the form as nearly

as mey be of the eehedule E 60 thia act annexed within five days	1
after notice of his electia and *every pI"xsa,n accepting and fillin. any rueh oBce shall execute the thereby committed to him or in efadt
the~eofpay t~ the Warnet d tkexxwporatian such fine not exceeding aily
pound8 ILB the tlotplmm couaciltlap by bye law to be made in manner after-
povided for penatties w i n a t dk act md any office not so accepted	mentioned dealare wh& +" shall be leviable in manner after

shall

&]l thereupon be deemed to be .vacat$ ,and shall bo filled up by a

MW election in manner here'in mentioned: : Provided always that no pewon

incapacitated by naturd infirmity shall be qable to such fine as aforesaid.

XXL That if an erson holdin thk office of mayor alderman or

from the province for a continuous period o t six months the common council	common councilman a a become ban rupt or insolvent or shall be absent 1
shall imrnediatelyEdeclare such person to hs disqualified, and to have ceased to hold his said office and shall proceed to supply the vacancy by a new election: Provided that so s w n as the cause of disqualification shall be removed m c h person ahaU become re-eligible.

XXII. That the common Council shall annually ono month after the said

election appoint a ftt person not being a &ember thereof to be town clerk and mother fit person to be treasurer and the said common.xounci1 are hereby authorized and empowered a t any time to appoint such other officers as may be tlecessary for carrying into execution the provisions of this act and from time to time to discontinue the appointment of such officers and to take proper security for the due execution of theip respective offices and to pay or order to be paid to such officers reasonable salaries or allowances and in case of a vacancy by death resignation removal or otherwise to appoint other fit persons to supply such vacancies.

XXIII. That if any extraordinary vacancies shall be occasioned in the common council during the currency of any year the qualified c1eeto;s sha!l on public notice by the returning officef of not less than five nor m:m than ten days elect persons properly qualified to supply buch a acancle:; .er the same manner as nearly as may be as it above provirlt4 in the rnse d'

the ordinary poll election: Provided always that no such m w r?ccLion shrill be made unless the number of common ~ouncilmen :~malning d ier such vacancies shall not exceed two-thirds of the \t+hole council: :lr;d similar vacancies occurring in the office of mayor or aldernwrl h n l i lix supplied by a new election to Ee conducted in the same manner. as nearly as may be as

is above p o ~ i d e d in the case of ordinary p ~ l l elections.

XWV. That all acts and questions whatgoever coming before the cauncil may be done and decided by the majorib of the members present and voting at any properly constituted m e e t 4 the whole number present at such meeting not being less thab one-third *art of the number of the whole

mayor or in the absence of the mayor S U C ~ alderman or in the absence of	council aod at all such meetings the mayor af present shall preside and the
all the aldermen such common councilman as the members of the council then assembled &all choose to be the chaii.man of the meeting shall have both a deliberative and a casting vote in all cases of equality of votes and minutes of the proceedings of such meetings shall be duly recorded and authenticated by the mayor alderman or kmmon councilman wesiding: Provided always that reviouh to any extr+rdinary meeting of the council being held a notice of t e time and place of: such intended meeting shall be given three clear days at least before :such meeting to thc members specifying the business proposed to be trarpacted and no business shall be transacted a t such meetings other than is s@cified in the notice: Provided always that such formalitfea $hall not be reqisite for meetings occurring by
appointment at stated interv~ls for the traaskiction of regular business.

XXV. That it shall be lawful for the comcil te~

appoint out of their own

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body from time to time nu4 and so many eommitteea either of o general orspecial~ature and consist* of such number of persons as the may think

fit: Provided that the acts c$,f every mch committee shall be su ject to the 'b	approval of the common cpmcil unless such committee shall have been
authorised in ,cases of einer&~cg to act without such approval and in every such case the act of such cemit tee shall be specially reported to the next meeting of the common couq@ll.

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XXVI. That the said co&rnon council shall have power subject to t h e provisions hereinafter m e n t i t ed to carry into execution all necessary public

improvements within the sal city as regards streets footpaths walks high- ways causeways and bridge* and edifice5 of every description planting -or felling of trees and shruba &ging of wells conduits and sewers and other

like works to take order fofj the preservation and the advanta eous and	beneficial uae thereof for th evention of fires the su pression o infectious B	diseases the regulation of W	s and measures the esta lishrnent and regula- i
tion of markets the regulat	the quality oj bread butchers' meat and other

p~ovisions and the seizure an64 forfeiture of unwholesome provisions exposed

for sale the mppreasion andkestraint of gambling of disorderly houses pla

houses and houses of ill-fame &d repute the regulation of carters porters any

dxivers and the xelhoval an4 abtement of all kinds of public nuisances for the

pro r paving lighting eleanshg draining supplying with water regulating

an ge improving the aaid city @l for the health comfort and well-being of

.the inhabitants. .

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XXVAI. That for raising t b fieoessary funds to carry the purposes of this

act into execution it shall be @wful for the said council and they are hereby authorised and empowered sqjec t to the provisions liereinafter mentioned from time to time when and 90 often as they shall think ~t necessary but

not exceeding once every qu*ter of a year. to make and levy in manner

aftermentioned a just find eggtable rate ol;'assessrnent in the nature of a borough rate upon all proprie$ors and occupiers of houses shops warehouses counting houses lands dene+ts and hereditaments within the said city s Provided always and be it ena#ted that no such rate shall be levied on any public buildings lands or otheqroperty belonging to or possessed by or for

- the use of Her Ma esty her h&m and successors or the Colonization Com-

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- missioners of this rovince W are hereby declared to he exenipt from and

in nowise subject; to the imp n of any rates under this art: Provided also that houses in the course bf erection or which for the entire que~ter in respect of which tiny rate $ay be imposed in manner after mentiolled shdl remain unoccupied by aky proprietor or by any tenant representative of such proprietor shall be exe$~t from the rates applicable to every such

quarter during which such hou@s may remain so unoccupied.

XXVIII. That for this purpo&e' the said council shall from tirne to time at

meetings specially called estim+;te as correctly as may be the total amount of money required i i order to ce ry into effkct the provisions of this act to

be raised in the manner herein%lireoted and not to exceed at any one time nine pence per poundupon the fdr annual value of sll rateable property within the said city to be computed fccording to 8 valuation made in Inannex aftermentioned: Provided d w a p and be it enacted that in order to prevent injustice by 'the partial operatio$ of this act as affecting the inhabitants of remotely sir-ualed districts or pqtg' of the said city it shall not be necessary

in all cases to levy a uniform r a p throughout the limits of the said city but

thc said common council shall h@e power in the levying of rates in particular districts ar parts of the said city to have regard to the situation of the sawe with respect tc, the extent artd manner in which they may be likely

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j;,,n time to time to derive benefit fsam the provisions of this act for lighting draining or othc~wise and so to apportion modify or alter from time to time the amount of the rate leviable from such districts or parts of the said city as a due regard to the rights of the parties interested therein may to the said common council appear to require.

XXIX. That the said Common Council shall cause public notice to be given

ef the amonnt of money so propnsed to be raised for the purpescs of this act the causes rendering the rate necessary and the objects to which the same is in- tended to be applkd at lenst once in the So76lh Aztstralian Gazette and shall after the epsiration of seven days authorize certain fit and proper persons to be by them appoi~lted as Collectors af rates to ascertain the fair annual value of the said rateable propcsty and to levy the amount required.

XXX. That the said Collectors of rates shall on valuing and assessing

the said rateable property deliver to the rate payers if resident within the said city or to their l i n o ~ n agents or representatives if absent therefrom written notices specifying the valuation rate of assessment and amount leviable from each in respect of the property rated and clemancling payment within a reasonalJe time and in case of non-payment thereof the Rlavor or any two Justices of the peace for the Province or for the said City shall and may issue a warrant to any constable or othcr person named therein to levy the same by di3tress ant1 sale of the goods ancl chattels of the persons so rated and assessed and failing to pay and in default of sufficient distress by imprisonment in the same manner as after provided in the case of penalties under this act: 3'rnvidccl always that no sale of such goods and chattels shall take place until after the expiration of thre'e days after the seizure thaeof and that no such imprisonrncnt shall exceed the term of one month: Provided also that all pitrties aggrieved by the proceedings of the said Collectorsor Justices shall have neht to appeal to the common council who shall have power to hear and cleterke fin&iy on the matter.

XXXT. That such rates shall be wholly payable in the first place by and recoverable from the occupant (if there be spch) of the said property rated but such occupant by whorl1 such rates slmll hc paid shall be entitled to deduct one half of such rates frorn the rent payalk to the proprietor or his agent or other person by whom such rateable preniiscs shall have been let who shall in the second place b-. liable wholly for such rates and from whom the same may be wholly levied in case of thc removal or in default of any actual pos- sessor of the said premises and such rates shall be instantly due and payable at and from the time stated in the Collector's notice of demand.

XXXII. That the City Treasurer shall a t least once in every quarter of a

year cause to be published in the first Gaxetta after the first days of January April July and October respectively a list of the persons who shall be in arrear of rates and of the amounts respectively due and from and after the date of such publication such rates with oltdinary bank interest thereon and the expense of proceedings taken to recovkr the same shall constitute a lien and have priority and be preferable after clown debts to every subsequent security or claim of any tiescription against the estate real and personal of the debtors respectively.

XXITI. That in case any proprietor of any lands tenements and here- ditaments (subject to be rated under this act) who shall not be possessed of any distrainable goods whether resident within the province or not shall ermit the rates due in respect of such property to remain in arrear unpaiB for s period of three years it shall be lawful for the said Collector or such officer as

may

rhgy be dutharized by thi said Coryoration in that behalf to make application b petition to the Supfrenxe Court of the province and the said court shall d g er such nottea by gubliration or otherwise as may be deemed nwessary and, p;tdp&r , summarily adjudgk and order such lands tenements and hereditaments

or such part thereof as msy be sufficient to ay the whole arrears of rates due

a t or prior to the said ap$lication with or 8. inary bank ' interest thereon the

Costs of such application &d expenses of sale to be sold by public auction

$'ad t'he rdceeds to bt! , aid into c o ~ % and the said court is also horebgt

au?iorize f amt e r n p ~ ~ e r e B to order payment to the said corporation or such l	d'&kr as aforesaid of the qaid amount of rates interest costs and expenses 1
hcurred in preference to &y	mortgage or othm right of security over the said

p h n i ~ e s and tb issue ahd grant to the purchasers a deed or deeds of coimy- ance in terms of law free of any mortgage or other buithen or incumbrance. whatsoever and such conveyance to the said premises sold shall be as good p l i d and effectual as if fhh same had been granted by the lawful proprietor

thereof arly law or praktichto the con%rary notwithstanding: And any balance

nr shl~l remaining after p$' ment of tle said rates costs ancl expences shall be

paid by the Clerk of the sa f d court into a public bank at the sight and approval of the Chief Justice subject to the future ordersof court. for behoof of the party

Or patties having inteyeut herein.

XXXfv. That for the &ore effectually carrying the purposes of this act

into execution the said Common Council are hereby authorized and cm-

powered subject to the pfvlvisions hereinafter mentioned to make and pass duch bye laws orders and regulatibns as may be deemed necessrtry which shall be equally valid a ~ d effectual as if expressly inserted herein and to impose fines and pknslties for offencesin contravention thereof (not exceeding the sum of five pounds in Bach case) such fines and penalties to be recovered by summary proceeding%&fore the Resident Magistrate Mayor or any two,

of Her Majesty's Justices bf the peace for the province or for the said city in I

manner after mentioned.

XXXV. Provided alwap and he it enacted that all such bye laws and

irders sh$I on being ma#e and passed by the said Common Council in,

c i r t ~ e of the poqers above cbnfened be immediately communrcated for the ?pproval or disallowance c# his Excellency the Governor in Counoil and

no b e laws orders or resolutions shall be carried into exeoutlon or be of

municated and if a t any tirqe within the said period the Governor in Council any I orce or effect until the expiration of forty days after being so com-

shall disallow any bye law or part thereof such bye law or part disallowed shall not comc into operaticin: Provided also that i t shall be lawful for the

the time within which sucb bye law if disallowed shall h d come into force Governor if he shall think fit at any time within the said period to enlarge

and no such bye la* shall in that case come into force until aftet the

expiration of such enlarged time: Provided also that the maximum alnouat of the or-din-ary expenditure of &e said C orporation in exercise of the powers herein conferred on them is hereby estimated and fixed at the sum of S500 for eh& and every quarter of a year and it shall not be competent for the said Corpotatian to exceed the said amount or incur expenditure of an uliu~ual description dr contract loans fur the ereciien of public buildings execution of extensive improvements or the like without the approval of the Governor in Council duly notified and when and so often

i;t wag- be necessary for the said Corporation to incur extrbordincary ex-

pen8"ltp Yt shall be itrcumbbt ori 'theriz to t~msrnit for such apprwal a

copy 'of the minutes 6r res01n;tiioncl sta'tin the specific object and p*se a d

the grounds of such e)rtraurdi.oi:ary expm f hre.

XXXVI. ?hat no work imp~ovement or undertaking the cost of which

shall exceed £400 shall he executed unless the same shall have been agreed to and sanctioned by a minute or resolution passed a t a meeting specially called for the consideration thereof in the mannor hereinbefore directed and the execution of every such work improvement or undertaking where the estimated expence thereof shall exceed £400 shall be by con- tract and after advertiscn~cnt for tenders in the South AustralZan Gazetle and the contract shall be approved of by like minute or resolution.

XXXVZI. That in order the inore effectudly to enable the said Corporation

to make repair and mairitain in good condition all public streets roads and thoroughfarcs within the said municipality they are hereby authorised and empowered subject to the approval of the Governor in Council in manner hereinbefore provided to erect turnpikes and impose and levy tolls on the principal thoroughfares leading to and from the city.

XXXVTII. That in order to provide for the expences of the first election and such proceedings as may be necessary to bring this act into operation i t shall be lawful for his Excellency the Governor by warrant under his hand from time to time to authorise ~ n d direct p a p e n t of such sums as he may see fit m d proper to be made by the Colonial rreasurer out of the public funds of the province which sums shall so soon as the Corporation has Ly rating or otherwise acquired sufficient funds be immediately repaid by the City Treasurer out of the first ctnd readiest means under his control.

XXXIX. And whereas a large proportion of the expences incurred in consequence of crimes committed within the said province is properly appli- cable to the citv Be i t enacted that when and so soon as the said Corporation shall have raisid sufficient funds to meet the expenses of ordinary re&ilation and of carrying into effect the purposes or t h i s ilct above mentioned such filnds shall contribute to the cost of prosecdtiori to the maintenance of the gaols and to the general expenses nttwdiilg the atlirritisfration of justice in so far as the same arise from and are incurred in consequence of felonies and misdemeanors committed or suppwed to have been committed within the limits of the said city and the City Treasurer shall accordingly answer and obey all orders of court and all lawful demands for payment of such expenses duly ascertained.

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X L. That anllually on the 15th day of August the City Treasurer

shall lay before the Common Council a distinct account or statement of the *hole property revenne and debts due to and due by the Corporation of

every description or from whatever source as we8 as of the actual receipts

and disbursements income and expenditure for the year preceding and

S W ~ secoonts and statements shall be emmined by two Auditors of whom one shall be nominated by the l~snch of Magistrates and the other Ly the Common Council sncl on or hefore the 15th day of September an a h t r a ~ t of the said accounts shall together with the i9uditors7 report thereon be published in the South dwstralian Gaze!te for public information.

XEI. And whereas on the fifteenth day of &taber last an act was

passed by his Excellency the Governw in Council inlituled '' An Act for

raising md organising a Polioe Force for the B~uhvinct: of South ~ u s t r a h "

in which certain provisions were made and powers, granted for the niab-

1 tenmce of the public peaoe and good order and whiah a d is now in Lmeficd ~er t t t i on Be it therefore enacted that nothing hmein co~ltaiaed shall be .mstrued to repeal alter or innovnte to any extent whitever the yroiisiun~

~f the said act or to confer on the said Mayor Aldermen and Comman Cuunoil

any

any of the powers thereilz!'appropriatetI 01 which hy usage or general under- standing are commonly as@gned to the Police department but the function- aries appointed under t h l authority of the said act or by any similar act to be hereafter passed shaq continue to exercise the said porvers and dutiek as exclusively and extenavely as heretofore both within and beyond the limits of the said City anphing expressed in this act to the contrary not- withstanding.

XLII. That if any perjFon shall act as Mayor Alderman Common Council

man or other officer under'rhis act without having made the declarations herein before required in t6at behalf or without being duly qualified at thc time of making such declamtions or after he shall ceabe to be qualified ac- cording to the provisions of ,his act or d t e r he shall have hecome diqualified to hoid any such oZce he &zll for every such offence hrf'cit the sum of £50

to be recovered with all co$s oi' suit by any qualified clcctor vho shnll sue for

I	the same within three calendar m o n t: ~ ~ after t lx cornrni;sion of smh ofyence And every person so sucd by reason of not being qur2ificcl in re?pect of estate shall pi-ove that he was at the i i ne of so a c i i q ~~udi f ied 3s aforcsaid or
otherwise shall ray the ~ a i $ penall y svi13oul any icrthcr cs idcncc being given
on the part of the plaintG C h n ,112t surh perbon 11:s ac;ed in the execution
of such oEce: Provided a l ~ ~ y s that it shall be law-ful for zny defendant hy Judge's order to be obtained c ilhin {curteen dag S alter he shall ha\ e been sued with process in any sugh aciion to rcquire the plainliff to give security for costs and in such case aJI further pcoccediligs in the cause shall be stayctl until the plairLtiff shnll gii-c.sccuritp to the sctis~sctioll oC the prope;. officer of court for costs in case s vcdict s h l l pass fcr the cle:endant or the plaintiff become non-suit or dSscontime such x i ion or if upon demui-rer or otherwise judgment shnll bc given a2::inst the l,lai:it,ff and the defcndant sliall in either of such c x e s recover his full costs as belween atioxey and client: Provided also that no such action slmll be brought ulzless the plaintiff shall within fourteen clays after the conimis~iou of i h e o:lbncc Lavc served a notice
in writing personally upon the party committing such oTence of his intention
to bring such action and in tase the plain,iX alrcll oblain a verdict the money recovered shall d t e r paynlent of costs a i d e:,ycntes be paid to the City treasurer and applied in aid of the Corporation fund: Provided always that all acts and proc~edings of $ny persou in possession of the office of and acting as Mayor Alderman Con~mon Councilman or ocher officer shall nutwith- standing such disqualification or wnnt of qualification be as valid and effectual as if such person had been duly qualified.

XLlII. That if any person who shall have or claim to have any right to

take any money or any rewad by way of gift loan or other device or agree	vote in any election under this act shall after the passing of this act ask or	or contract for any money gift office employment or 0 t h reward whatsoever
to give or to forbear to give his vote in any such election or if any person by
himself or any person employed by him shall by any gift o r r e n ~ d o r l y any agreement or security for any gift or reward corrupt o- procure any person to give or forbear to give his vote in any such electionsuch persvn so offending in any of the cases aforesaid shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of $50 btzrling to be reccovered with full costs of suit by any qualified elector who shall sue for the same by action of debt bill plaint or information in the Supreme Court to be paid and applied as aforesaid And any person so offending IR any of the cases doresaid being lawfully convicted thereof shall for ever be disabled to vote in any election under this act and to hold exer- cise or enjoy any office or franchise to which he then shall or at any time afterwards may be entitled as a Citizen of the said Corporation as if such
person were actuall~~,dead.

That

XLlV. That irnmeJiately on any conviction or judgment Leing obtained

declaring Gr having the effect of declaring any person who shall have been

to any such office un?er this act to Le not duly qualified or ta have

ceased to be qualified or tc~ be or have become disqua1:fied to hold any such

office such office shall from and aftcr the date of such con\ iction or judgment

be +so facto determined and v d ancl a pew clection shsll Le proceeded

with to fill up the vacancy in manner provided by this act.

XLV. That all fines penalties and forfeitures imposed by this act or by any bye law made in pursuance t.hereof fur the recovery of which provision is not otherwise made bfr thls act shall and may be recol erecl at the suit of any qualified elector on the roll of citizens by action bill plaint or information in the Supreme Court if the same shall exceedtin amount the sum of $50 and if not exceedinq the s d amount in. a summary manner before any Resident Magistrate Justice of the Peace for the l'r~vinceor the said City as nearly as may be in form and manner provided by -4ct of Council for summary proceed- ings before Justices and all such fines and penalties shall be adjudged to Le

p i d to the City Treasurer for the time bein- to the credit and on account of

the Corporation fund: Provided always an$ be it further enacted that all such fines penalties and forfeitures may be remitted in whole or in part by

the Governor.

XLVI. 'l'hat no pcrsan although liable to the rate contributing to the

corporation fund shall Le deemed an incompetent witness in proof of any offence agsimt this act by reason of any penalty or forieiture for such offencz being apldicaLle to t ! ~ usa of the corporation fund and no Justice of the peace shall bc disabled from acting in the execution of this act by reason of

his being liable to the rate contributing to the corporation fund.

S I,V IT. T l ~ a t no such summary conviction order xarrant C,T other matter

made, or p - p o r t i n g to be made by virtue of this act shall be quashed for want

f ~ r i: ? OS be rernwed by c e ~ l i o r a r i or otherwise into the Supreme Court and

no warrant or commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein provided that it be therein alleged that it is founded on a conviction and that thcre be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same and where any distress shall be made for levying any money by virtue of this act the distress itself shall not be deemed unlawful nor the party making the same deemed a trespasser on account of any defect or want of form in the summons convic- tion warrant of distress or other proceedings relating thereto nor shall the party distraining be deemed a tres asser ab initio on account of any irregu- larity afterwards committed by Rim but the person aggrieved by suc:r irregularity may recover full satisfaction for th3 special dzmasc if any in

an action upon the case.

XLVTII. And for the protection of persons acting in the execution of this*

act be i t enac~ec-l that all actions and pro~ecutions against any person for anything done in pursuance of this act shd l be commenced within six calendar months after the fact committed and not otherwise and notica in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall be given t c ~ the defendant one calendar month a t least before ths cornmancement of the action and in any such action thP. defendant may plead the general issue and give this act

and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon and r, ~

shall recover in any such action if tender of sufficient amends &all have been made before such action brought or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into court after such action brought by or on behalf of the defendant and if a verdict shall pass for ,the defendant or the plaintiff become nonsuited or discontinue any such action after issue joined or if upen demurrer or otherwise judgment shall be given against the plaintiff the defendant shall recover his full COY t s as between attorney and client and

have

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have the like remedy for the same as any defendant hath by law in other

cases.

XLIX. That throuqbout this act unless there be something in the sob-

ject or context repugnant to quch construction every word in the singular number shall be construed to'extend to the plural and every word in the masculine gender to the femiiiine And no misnomer or inaccurate descrip- tion df any person body corpohte or place named in this act or in any schedule hereto nmered or in any rollyist notice or poll book hereby required shall hinder the full operation of this act provided that the description be such as

.to be commonly understood.

1.. That whenever a dag on which anything is by this act appointed t o he done falls on n Sunday the Monday immediately fnllow~ng shall be held and deemed to be the d q appointed and all acts and deeds then dolle shall be as valid and effectual as if done on the day specified ill this act.

LI. I'rrarided always and bc it enacted that nothing in this act eontsinecl

shall be deemed to eRect or apply to any right title or interest of Her Majesty

her heirs and successors. !

GEORCE GAWLER,

Governor South Australia.

Passed in Council this 19th day of August, 1840. l

A. MUXD'T', I

C:lerlr of Council.

POLL R ~ ~ r r l s i O F YOTERS at the e l e c t i ~ ~ of Common Councilmen, forthe Corporation of1

presiding at the poll.)

SCHEDULES RBFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ACT.

(-41.

NOTICE OF CLAIM.

To the Returning O$Ecer o f the Citg of Adeelaide.

I HEREBY give you notice that I claim to have my name inserted in the List of Citizens of the Corporation of Adelaide: that I am proprietor [or occupier, us the case may be] of [here state the premisesfounding the gmdi- &ation] and that I am otherwise qualified, and not disqualified, in terms of

the Act constituting the said Corporation.

Dated

[8igned with the name, occupation, and ~eaidence oftho claimant. J

(B)

NOTICE OF OBJECTION.

To the Returning O J c e r o f the City of Adelaide..

I r r m m y gike you notice that I ob'ect to the na11.e of [describe theperson

objected to in the !ist] being retaine

tion of Adelaide. d on the List of Citizens of the Corpora.

Dated

[$ignt?d with the name, occupation, and residence, and stating the puaZ$cation

for whzch the o@ector has claimed to be enrolled.]

at (Here date the Polling-place) the (date) before (the Returning Oficer or A ~ e s ~ ~ o r

f Cadda tes voted for, and votes yro~rcssiceZy nunz6ered.

C

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a CD>-

DECLIR.4TION OF 4USLIFICATION BY COXMON COUSCILMEN.

k

I H$ REPY : d e e r t possess the qudifications requzuired, and am in no

m a n n a dkq~~d$~;ed, Iected 9 Colgmon Councarnan, in terms of the

Act wnbtituling the ation of the city AclelbiJe; and this decIiara-

tion 1 make, bdievin	to br: true, &nl	to the p i n n and
penalties in the said

(E?.

DECLARA$ION OF ACCEPTANCE OP OFFICE.

I mmesy declare thai1 accept the ofiice of 4

to which 1 have been elwted, and that I will faithfully execute the duties

thrrcof, in terms of the .W constituting the Corporation of the City of '

Adelaide.

Made and subscribed th4 [date]

before me,

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