Harbour Boards Acts Amendment Act of 1920 (10 Geo v No. 18) (Qld)

HARBOURS. 10 GEO. V. No. IS, 1920. Harbour Board8 Act8 Amendment Act. FOODS; STOCK. See STOCK. 9127 HARBOURS. An Act to Amend "The Harbour Boards Act, 1892," 10NGoe.o1. 8V. . in certain particulars and to make better THE HARBOUR provision for the Limit in Amount of the. B~ ~ ~ ~ S Borrowing Powers for Temporary Accom- AACMTENODFM 1 E 92 N 0 T . modation of certain Harbour Boards. [ASSENTED TO 17TH FEBRUARY, 1920.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - 1 This Act may be cited as "The Harbour Boards Short title. Act8 Amendment Act of 1920." " 2. The following amendments are made in *" The Amendments Harbour Boards Act, 1892" : - of Harbour Boards Act, 1892. (i.) The following definition is added to section Amendment seven:- of So 7. The term "Chairman" means the person acting for the time being as the Chairman of the Harbour Board, and includes a deputy Chairman. (ii.) Mter section fifty-four the following section is , inserted : - ' [54A.] (1.) If the Chairman is at any time temporarily Deputy absent from the Harbour or if he is ill, the Board may, if Chairman. it thinks fit, appoint one of its members to act as deputy Chairman during the time of such absence or illness, and the deputy Chairman, while .so acting and until the Chairman returns to the harbour or notifies the clerk in writing, under his hand, of the fact of his recovery from illness (but within the term of office of such Chairman), may do all acts that the Chairman as such might do. * 56 Vie. No. 26, Bupra, page 819.

9128 HARBOURS. Harbour Boards Acts Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No'. 18, 192<J. (2..) A minute made and authenticated in the pre- scribed manner of the appointment of any person as deputy Chairman shall, as regards all persons having any business with the Board and' acting in good faith, be deemed conclusive evidence of the validity of the appoint- ment of such person as deputy Chairman and of his continued authority to act as such, and shall relieve all persons having business as aforesaid from the necessity of making any inquiries in the matter. • Axncndment 3. Section eight of *"The Bowen Harbour Board Act ofe~ rtain of 1914"; section twenty-seven of t"TheBundaberg Rar- speClal Acts. bour Board Act, 1895"; section nine of f' The Oairns Harbour Board Act of 1905"; section eight of §" The Gladstone Harbour Board Act of 1913"; section twenty- eight of -J"The Mackay Harbour BoardAct, 1896"; section thirty of 11" The Rockhampton Harbour Board Act, 1895" ; and section thirty-one of **"TheTownsville Harbour Board Act, 1895," are repeaJed, and the following section is inserted in each of the said Acts respectively in lieu of and bearing the same number respectively as each of the said respective sections so repealed, namely:- Board may The Board may, fjj)r temporary accommodation~ take obtain advances from any bank by way of overdraft of overdraft.. the current Harbour Fund Account: Provided that no such overdraft shall at anyone time, or under any circumstances, exceed the amount of the total income of the Board, exclusive of ]oans, for the year then last past, or such lesser amount than such total income as the Governor in Council may fix from time to time. HOMES, WORKERS'. See LABOUR. * 5 Geo. V. No. 5, supra, page 6413. t 59 Vie. No. 25, supra, page 3930. t 5 Edw. VII. No. 27, supra, page 39,46. § 4 Geo. V. No. 26, supra, page 6043. '11 60 Vie. No. 28, supra, page 3957. 11 59 Vie. No. 23, supra, page 8415. ** 59 Vie. No. 24, supra, page 8231. \