Adelaide Municipal Corporation Act 1855 (SA)

No;. 5.

An Act to amend a certain Provision of the Act hTo. 1 1 qf 1849,

'' To constitute a Municipal Corporation for the Ci9 ~

Adelaide."

[Assented to, March 5, 1856. ]

HEREAS, by an Ordinance No. 11 of 1849, " To constitute a Preamble.

W Municipal Corporation for the City of Adelaide," it is N, 11 . 1849 i

amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, in manner therein specified, to extend the provisions of the said Ordinance, or such of them as might be deemed proper, by Proclamation to any town, village, or hamlet, with such modification as to the number of Aldermen, Councillors, and other office-bearers of the Corporation as might appear best adapted to such town, vil- lage, or hamlet: And whereas it is expedient to modify the said provision in manner hereinafter specified-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the same:

1. I t shall be lmful for the Governor, with the advice of the Corporation may be

Executive Council, on such application as in the said ordinance modi&,+ation aa to established with such

specified, to extend the provisions of the said Ordinance, or such of number and names of office-bearera, and

them as may be deemed proper, by Proclamation, to any town, vil- .ii other rnrnerq

lage, or hamlet, in the said Province, with such modifications as to may be thought best.

the number and names of the office-bearers of the Corporation,

and withrespect to all other matters, as shall appear to the Governor

and Executive Council to be best adapted to the size, population,

and circumstances of such town, village, or hamlet, and by such Pro-

clamation to define the functions, powers, and duties of any office-

bearers thereby designated in the place of the office-bearers by the

said Ordinance directed to be elected or appointed or any of them, and

to declare the Limits within which such provisions shall be in force

for such purposes, and to determine the boundaries of the respective

wards (if my), into which the same may be divided.

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l%ovisions of ~ Act

applicable to existing	2. I t shall be lawful for the Governor, with such advice as afore- said, upon the petition of the majority of the ratepayers, by Pro- clamation, to alter the names and numbers of office-bearers in any Corporation now existing, and to define the powers, duties, and functions, of any office-bearers by such Proclamation designated, in the place of the office-bearers by the said Ordinarice authorized to be elected, and all acts done by any such office-bearers after their election, shall have the same force and validity as though done by
Corporatioae.
the office-bearers by such Ordinance authorized to be elected. ,
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Corporation8 to cease	3. Whenever the provisions of the said Ordinance shall have same shall be independent of the authority of the District Council, of any district in which such town, village, or hamlet may have been theretofore included, and shall, from and after the datc of the Proclamation extending such provisions, cease, and be deemed and taken to have ceased to form a part of such district.
to form parts of dis-	been, or shall be, extended to any town, village, or hamlet, the
tricts.
Governor may add
new land to existing	4. I t shall be lawful for the Governor, with such advice as afore- said, on such application, as in the said Ordinance specified, and with the consent of any existing Corporation, by Proclamation, to include any land within the limits of such Corporation; and by such Pro- clamation to alter the divisions of wards therein, or to form one or more new wards, and to alter the number of functionaries or office- bearers, and to make all needful provisions for giving wmplete effect to such union, as aforesaid.
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timos for performance
Governor may &er	5. I t shall be lawful for the Governor, with such advice as afore- performing all or any of the acts, matters, or things, by the said Ordinance required, or authorized to be done in any Corporation now existing, or which may hereafter be established undcr authority of the said Ordinance, or of this Act.
of Acts required t~ be	said, by Proclamation, to alter the times for holding the elections, or
done by Ordinance
Governor may extend	6. I t shall bc lawful for the Governor, with such advice as aforesaid, provisions of a certain Act No. 23 of 1854, "To alter and repeal
provisions of Act No.
23 of 1854 to any	by Proclamation, to extend to any Corporation canstituted under
Corporation.	the powers given in the said recited Ordinance, or in this Act, the
certain laws relating to the Corporation of the City of Adelaide, and
to make further and other provisions in lieu thereof, and to confer further powers on the said Corporation, and on the Council for the time being of the said City," or such of them as may be deemed suitable to the circumstances of any such Corporation.
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