District Councils Subsidy Act 1890 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO TERTIO ET QUINQUA-

GESIMO QUARTO

VICTORIB REGIN&.

A.D. 1890.

No. 481.

An Act to amend " The District Councils Act, 1887," and

for other purposes.

[Asseded to, October zgth, 1890.1

HEXEAS it is desirable to amend " The District Councils Preamble.

and District Councils of a grant or subsidy out of the general

W Act, 1887," and to provide for the payment to Corporations

revenue of the province, in lieu of certain licence and other fees

heretofore received by such Corporations and District Councils-Be

it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South

Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parlia- ment assembled, as follows:

'& Corporation " shall mean any Municipal Corporation. District "

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The District short title.

Couricils and Corporations Subsidy Act, 1890," and, except so far as inconsistent therewith, shall be incorporated and read as one with " The District Councils Act, 1887.''

2. Sub-sections 6 and 7 of section, No. 126 of ' L The District Repea'.

Councils Act, 1837 ," are hereby repealed.

I n the construction of this Act, except where the subject matter or context or other provisions hereof require a different construction, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say:-

3,

& 54" VICTORIR, No. 481.

District Cowcila and Corporations Subsidy Act.-l 890,

District" shall mean a District constituted by or under or

continued by any District Councils Act:

District Council " shall mean any District Council by or under

any District Councils Act, established or continued:

a Geneml rate " shdl mean a general rate declared by a Corpora-

tion under section No. 201 of " The Murricipal Corporations

Act, 1.880," or by a District Council under section No. 155 of a The District Councils Act, 1887 ":

Municipality " shall mean any locality the ratepayers or inhabi- tants of which are incorporated or are continued, or become incorporated, under the provisions of The Municipal Corpora- tione Act, 1880."

p a i d f o r ~ c e ~ e a ~ 4, All fees payable on and after the first day of July, one thousand

&C., under L L The

Liceneed V i c t d e r ~ eight hundred and ninety, under " The Licensed Victuallers Act,

1880*" and"me 1880," or under " The Auctioneers Act, 1862," or any Act amend-

Auctioneers Act,

the Treasurer. required for any business to be carried on or act done within any 1862,- tobepaiato ing the same or substituted therefor, in respect of anv licence

~ i s t r i c t, shall b e paid to the Treasurer as part of the general revenue

of the said province.

Feegpliamaer "The

Licensed Victuallers 5. The fees payable and paid on andafter the first day of July,

A C ~, 1880, for one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, under or by virtue of The Licensed Victuallers Act, 1880," or any Act amending the

licenaefOrbbusieas

within a Municipality

to be paid to the	same, or substituted therefor in respect of any licence reauired for
Treasurer.	any business to be carried on within a ~ u n; c i ~ a l i t ~, shail be paid to the Treasurer as part of the general revenue of the said province.

Grants to bo made to 6,

I n lieu of the fees mentioned in sections 4 and 5 of this Act, grants of money shall be made to District Councils and Corpora,tions out of the general revenue of the said province as hereinafter provided.

District Councils and

Corporatiom.

A ~ O U ~ of grants. 7, Every such grant to a District Council or Corporation shall

be of an amount equal to Five Shillings in the Pound on the amount

of any general rates not exceeding One Shilling in the Pound declared on the assessment during any one year, and actually collected by the District Council or Corporation claiming such grant: Provided that the grants to all District Councils or portions thereof not previously included in any Uist ric t Council constituted since January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, be of an amount equal to Ten Shillings in the Pound for three years, and Five Shillings in the Pound afterwards.

Grants to be made h

respect of rates 8. Such grants shall first be made, as regards Corporations, in

s~tually collected. respect of general rates declared and collected on an4 after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. As regards District Councils, such grants shall first be made in respect of general rates declared and collected on and after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety. Such grants shall be made in every subsequent year according to the provisinns of this Act.

9, The

Q, The Treasurer shall withhold any grant until he &all be satisfied that the rates in respect of which such grant is c1a.imed have been actually collected; and, in case an examination of the book# and accounts of any District Council or Corpomtion may be deemed necessary before paying any grant, to deduct from futnre grants to such District Council or Corporation the oost of such examination, and any over-payments that may have been made.

10, The Treasurer may make all such regulations as he shall think Regnlatioa.

fit for giving effect to the provisions and carrying out the purposes of this Act; and all such regulations shall be published in the Government Gazette, and thereafter shall have the force of law.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, T hereby assent to

this Bill.

KINTORE, Governor,

Adelaide : By authority, C. E. B B I ~ ~, Govenuaent printer, h - t h - t e r r a ~ ~.