High School Act amendment (1878) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO SEGUNDO

VICTORIA: REGINS,

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No. XXVIII.

AN ACT to amend " The High School Act,

1876."

[Assented to, 24th July, 1878.]

HEREAS it is expedient to amend " The High School Act,

1876 "; Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency the Preamble.

W Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and

with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as

follows:—

1 IT shall be lawful for any person appointed or elected a

to the Governor, to resign his post of Governor. Any such letter of High School.

Governor of the High School, by writing under his hand, addressed Resignation of Governors of

resignation shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council,

if received while the said Council is in session, forthwith; and if

received when the said council is not in session, at the commence-

ment of its next session.

42° VICTORIIE, No. 28.

High School Act, 1876—Amendment

Governor absent from col- the Colony for a period of twelve calendar months, shall be deemedony for twelve months, 2 ANY Governor of the said school who shall be absent from

shall be deemed to have at the end of such period to have resigned the post of Govemor.to

resigned. all intents and purposes.

3 WHENEVER any Governor resigns his post pursuant to the

Resignation to create casual above provisions, a casual vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred

vacancy,

within the meaning of the said Act of 1876.

4 SECTION two of the said Act of 1876 shall be and the same

Amendment of 40 Vic., No. is hereby amended, by striking out the words " as aforesaid," in lines

8, Sec. 2. thirty and thirty-one of the same.

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

this Act.

H. ST. GEORGE ORD, Governor.

By Authority : RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth.