Charters Towers Water Board Act of 1906 (6 Edw VII No. 8) (Qld)

WATER SUPPLY. 6 EDw. VII. Ko. 8, 1906. Charters Towers Wate.r Boa1'd Act, WA.TER SUPPLY. An Act to Provide for the Election of the lVIembers 6 Edw. VIL No.S. of the Water Board of the Water A . re . a of CHA T R H T E ERS Charters Towers, and for other purposes. WA; ~ : B~ RD ACT OF 1906. [ASSENTED TO 5TH NOVEMBER, 1906.J B E it enacted by the King'!' Most Excellent Majesty, _ by and with the advice and consent of the Leg-is- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of ( ~ ueensland in .Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-... . 1. This Act may be cited as "The Oharters Towers Short title Water Board Act of 1906," and shall be read as one with : ~!8tructioll '" The Water Authorities Act of 189] ,"'* herein called the of Act. Principal Act, subject, however, to such express provisions {)f this Act as vary any of the provisions of the Principal Act. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indi- Interpreta- .cates, the following terms have the meanings set against tion. them respectively, that is to say,- H Water Area "-The water area of Charters 'rowers as constituted for the time being under the Principal Act; " Water Board "-'1'he Water Board for the water arp,a of Charters Towers ; " Local Authorities Act "-" The Local Authorities Act of 1902,"t and any Act amending or in substitution for that Act; " Rawtepayer ' '-Ad person namedl.inblche books of the ~ fo~ ! ! : rtion ater Boar as a person la e to pay water Board. rates. 3. (1.) The Water Board for the water area of Charters Towers shall consist of six members, who shall be elected by the ratepayers of the water area. (2.) }"'or the purposes of such eJections the Water :Board shall be deemed to be a local authority within the * 55 Vie. No. 11, supra, page 4411. t 2 Edw. VII. No. 19, supra, page 8355.

9186 WATER SUPPLY. Charters Towers Water Board Act. 6 EDw. VII. No. 8, meaning of the Local Authorities Aet, and the water area shall be deemed to be an Area and classed as a town without wards within the meaning of that Act. (3.) The members of the 'Vater Board shall be elected in manner provided by the Local Authorities Act, and notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, the following provisions of the Local Authorities Act- namely: PART III. Subdivi. ~ ion II.-Qualification of Member's: Subdivision III.-Betirements and Vacancies: S1f,bdivision I"V.-Ouster from o ifioe : Subdivision "V. - Qualifioation of Voters (except section twenty-five thereof): PART I"V.-ELECTION OF MEMBERS: and the Rules as to Elections contained in the Third Schedule to that Act shall be applied accordingly so far as the same are applicable, subject, however, to the following modifications and provisions :- (a) Elections shall be held in every year in the water area at the same time and place as elections under and for the purposes of the Local Authorities Act are appointed to be held, or if no such elections are appointed to be held then on such day of the first seven 'days of l'ebruary in every year and at such place as the returning officer under the Local Authorities Act shall appoint for the City of Charters Towers, but separate ballot-papers and ballot-boxes shall be provided and used; (b) At the first election the whole number of mem- bers of the Water Board shall be elected, and at the conclusion of that election all the late members of the Board appointed under the Principal Act shall go out of office, unless they or any of them are re-elected j (c) If the water rat'es payable in respect of land, whether of one or more tenements, amount to less than five pounds, the ratepayer shall have one vote; if such rates amount to or exceed five pounds and are less than ten pounds, he shall have two votes; if such rates amount to or exceed ten pounds, he shall have three votes.

WATER SUPPLY. 918'7 1906. Okarters Towers Water Board Act. (d) The Governor in Council mav, bv Order in Council published in the Gazette, f~om time to time give all such directions and make all such orders as to him seem expedient in respect of any matters where the aforesaid provisionlil of the Local Authorities Act are inapplicable or inappropriate or insufficient; and every such Order in Council shall have the same effect as if it were enacted in this Act, and shall not be questioned in any proceedings whatsoever. 4. The Water Board shall provide, without any pay- Supply of ment, for use in the Reserve at Charters Towers known as ;: ~ !~ ~ :~ . Lissner Park, a supply of water not exceeding two million gallons in quantity in any year. And a further supply, not exceeding two million gallons in anyone year, shall be provided, without payment, for the use of such Reserves as are under the control of the Shire of Queenton.