District Councils Act 1865 (SA)

A.D. 1865-6.

No. 21.

An Act further to amend the Act Na, 10 of 1858, intituted "An Act

to consoliaate and amend the Laws relatilzg to District Councils."

[Assented to, 16th Mmch, 1866.1

HEREAS it is expedient further to amend the District Counb p ~ ~ ~ b h

cils Act, 1858-Be it therefore Enacted, by the Governodn-

Chief of the P~ovince of South Australia, vith the advice and con- sent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

shall be the returning officer at the election of Councillors and and Auditors. 1. The Chairman for the time being of any District Council $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $, &,

Auditors under the Ballot Act: Provided that the Council may appoint any other person to be such returning officer. A . , L

2. Xo person shall be entitled to vote at any election held under NO person h a l l rob a t election, or Le

the provisions of the District Councils Act, or to sit or act as a qualified to net as

Councillor under the said Act, unless hc shall be of the full age d	m"
twenty-one years; and any person voting or sittiug as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penaliy of not less than Ten nor more than
Twenty Pounds, to be recovered in a summary way, before any two Penltg.
of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Province.

3. No rate shall be Freeoverable by action, or in a summary ~wenty-one days' no-

tice to be given befotr

manner, before any Justice of the Peace, from any person liable to r,,ww~ of

P 9 the same, until twenty-one days after n written notice of the I

amount of such rate shall have been delivered to such person, or

left at his residence, or upon the hm, land, or teuement assessed.	d	,
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2 E 4. Every

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District Cuzincils Act Amendment Act.-1 865-6.

Minute book to be

open to inspection. 4. Every ratepayer in the district may, on the days of the meet-

ings of the Council, between the hours of twelve and four, and, upon payment of a fee of 0 ne Shilling to the Clerk of the District

Council, inspect and take copies o f or extracts from the minute book of the Council.

Bloughtering licen~er 5. 80 licence to keep a slaughter house within the limits c;f any

Ilistrict C o u l d shall be granted except by the Council of such dis-

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trict: Provided that the passing of this A c t sha,ll not invalidate any slaughtering licence heretofore l awfully granted until after the 3 1st day of March, 1866.

6. This Act and the District Councils Act, 1858, shall 'be read

together as one Act.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen, I hereby assent to

this Act.

D. DALY, Governor,

Adelaide : Printed by authority, br W, C, Cos, Government Friater, Victoria-sqwe.