Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act of 1913 (4 Geo v No. 24) (Qld)

5918 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Autnoritifs Acts Amendment Act. 4 GEO. V. No. 24, LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 4 Geo. V. An Act to Further Amend "The Local Authorities No. 24. THE LOCAL Acts, 1902 to 1912," in certain particulars. At:THORITIES ACTS AMENDlIfENT [AS3ENTED TO 26TH NOVEMBER, HHa.] ACT 011' 1913. B E it enacted by the King's }f ost 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:- Sbort title 1. rlihis Act may be cited as "The Local Aufho'rities aconndstruction Acts Amendment Act of 1913," and shall be read as one of Act. with" The Local A ufho1'ities Act of 1902,"* herein referred to us the Principal Act. Amendment 2. 'fo the definition of " Boundary bridge" in section of 8.7. seven of the Principal Act the "words" the term includes a ford, causeway, or other crossing in a similar location" are added. The following provision is added to the definition of" "Occupier" in the said section :- .In the case of a Gold Field or Mineral Field, the term includes any person in actual occupation of any land comprisl'd within any gold mining lease or mineral lease or miner's homestead lease under any form of tenaney from or by the consent or with the leave and license of the lessee. In the definition of "Owner,!' in the said section, after the words "mininO o ' lease , " the words "or miner's homestead lease" al'einserted. Amendment 3. In subsection three of section llA of the Principal -of 8. 11A. Act, after the words" to vote" the words" and to give one vote only unless the Minister in any case directs that . ratepayers shall have the same number of votes as at an election of members" are inserted. o A f m B e . n 28 d . ment of se 4 ct . ioTnhtewfeonltlyo- weiingghtporfovthiseo Pisrinacdidpeadl Atocts: u-bs.ection two Provided that, in the case of Areas or Divisions thereof where the provisions relating to voting by ballot are in force, the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for the purpose of enabling ratepayers • 2 Edw. VII. No. 19, IlUpra, page 1860.

1913. LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Apts Amendment Act. 5919 who on the day of an election are absent from the Area concerned to vote at such election by postal ballot, and for that purpose applying the provisions of Subdivision Ill. of the Third Schedule to this Act with such modifications thereof as may be necessary. 5. The following subsection is added to section sixty. Amendment seven of the Principal Act :_ of B. 67. (2.) The liability of a Local Authority or J oint LocalFnrt!t~ r t Aeuntahnocreistyorhaovf . inag I tehseseecotnhterorel oof f uandfeerrrty h I . a S ndsecittIs . Onapsplluar 1 - 1 p to rO f V er lS rt I e ? s ll . I as not be deemed to be that of a common carrier, nor shall such Local Authority or Joint l.ocal Authority or lessee have or be deemed to have any liability as an insurer of passengers, vehicles, animals, goods, or any other thing carried or conveyed by, over, or upon such ferry, or in respect of embarking or disembarking or receipt 91' landing or custody of the same. The Local Authority or Joint Local Authority shall not be liable on any account whatsoever for any act or omission of any such lessee or his employees during the term of the lease of any ferq. The Local Authority or Joint Local Authority may and is hereby empowered from time to time to make by-laws- (a) Limiting the amount of liability under this section of the Local Authority or Joint Local Authority having control of a ferry, or any lessee thereof, to any specified amount in respect of injury, loss, or damage occasioned to . passengers, vehicles, animals, goods, or things; Cb) Prohibiting, or authorising at owner's risk only, the carriage or conveyance by, over, or upon any ferry within the jurisdiction of the Local Authority or Joint Local Authority of any vehicle or class of vehicle or goods or class of goods or other specified things which in the opinion of the Local Authority or Joint Local Authority is or are likely to be subject to exceptional risk during transit: Provided as follows ;-. Ci.) Any such by.law may te made applicable to any particular ferry;

5920 LOCAL AUTHORITIE8. Local Authoritie. ~ Acts Amendment Act. 4 GEO. V. No. 24·, (ii.) A copy of any such by-law shall be kept publicly exhibited at every landing-place of any ferry concerned, otherwise it shall not be bineting upon any person. 6. After section sixty-eight of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted : - Limited liability in respect of bridges and culverts. [68A.J No claim, remedy, or cn,use of action shall lie or be brought against any Local Authority or .Joint Local Authority charged with the construction, maintenance, management, and control of any bridge or cuIvert and the approaclws to any hridge or culvert, or in respect of anything done 01' omitted to he done by such Local Authority or ,j oint ] ~ ocal Authority (including its con- tractors, officers, and servants) in or in connection with the construction, maintenance, management, or control of such hridge, or culvert, or approaches, save and except or only for in respect of the negligent act of· such Local Authority or .Toint Loc1l Authority (including its con- tractors, officers, and s:Tvants) in or about the construction or maintenance of the same. Such Local Authority or Joint Local Authorjty may and is herehy empowere'd from time to time to· mak~ by-Iaws- (a,) Limiting' the amount of its liability to any specified amount in respect of inj I:ry, loss, or damage occasiol1('d to persons, vehicles, animals, goods, or things using', passing, or being con- veyed over or upon any such bridge, or culvert, or approaches; (b) 'Prohibiting, 01' au thorising at personal or owner's risk C?nly, the using, or passing, or conveyance over or upon any such bridge, or culvert, or approaches of any vehicle or class of vehicles (whether carrying passengers or not), or goods or class _of goods, or other specified things which in the opinion of the Local Authority or ,Joint Local Authority is or are lil\ely to be suhject to exceptional risk during use, passage, or conveyance: Provided as follows :- (i.) Any such by-law may he made~~ applicahle to any particular hridge or cuIvert;

1913. LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Au!horities Acts Amendment Act. 5921 (ii.) A copy 'of any such by-law shall be kept publicly exhibited at every bridge or culvert concerned; otherwise it shall not be binding upon any person. 7. After section 71D of the Principal Act, the follow- ing. section is inserted :-- [ 71] ~ . J In addition to and without in any mty limiting Powers of. the operation of any of tile provisions of this Act with g~: ~ ~~ t~iili respect to parks, the Goyernor in Council may, by Orderr,'spect'to in Council, in any case where he is of opinion that in parks. any Area insufficient provision has been made for parks and places of public recreation, declare that within a time specified in such Order provision or further and better provision in that behalf shall be made by the local Authority of such Area, and fix a maximum capital sum to bt, expended by the Local Authority in providing the same; and every such Order shall be obeyed For the purposes aforesaid the Governor in Council may, by such- Order or any amendment thereof, combine two or more i.ocal Authorities, and in such case apportion -the capital cost between them in such manner as he thinks just, and give all further necessary or consequential directions<. If the Local Authoritv or Local Authorities concerned has not 01' have not, withi~ the time limited by any such Order, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, taken all proper steps to comply with the same, the Goyernor in Council may by a further Order so declare, whereupon he. may comply vvith the said first-mentioned Order on behalf of and at thccost of the Local Authoritv or Local Authorities concerned, and in such case shall ha~ e all the powers and authorities of a Local Authority conferred by this Act for the purpose of providing parks, including the power of borrowing money from the Treasurer as hereinbefore pro- vided; hut it shall not be necessary for him to wait for any petition by ratepayers or take any poll of them for ascertaining their wishes. Any loan advanced by the 'rreasurer for the purposes of this section shall be for such term as the G~ vernor in Council directs not exceeding forty years, and shall .be deemed to have been advanced to tbe Local AuthOrIty concerned, or to each of the Local Authorities concerned, in the proportion fixed by the Goyernor in Council, and shall be repayable accordingly.

5922 LOC.-\L AUTHORITIES. Local Authoritie:; Acts Amendment Act. '4 GEO. V. No. 24, Every park provided by' the Governor in Council under this section shall be vested in and under the control of the Local AuthOl'ity on whose behalf it is purchased, or if two or more Local Authorities are combined shall be vested in and under tIll" control of such one of them as the Governor in Council declares; and in the latter case the provisions of section 7le hereof shall be applied so far. as the same are applicable Amendment 8. The following provision is added to subsection of ~ . 76., three of section seventy-six of the Principal Act :-' In all cases where, any such proposed new road is of a less width than one chain, and also is of a less width than the width of the road or roads providing access to such land before the subdivision thereof, the 1.0cal A.,u- thority may object to such proposed new road on that ground, and such objection shall be final and without appeal. Subsection eight of the said section is repealed. Amendment 9. In the first paragraph of subsection one of section of s. 8S. eighty-eight of the Principal Act, the words" (which gate shall not be less than sixteen feet wide)" are repealed, and the words "(which gate shall be of such width and description as the Council, by by-law in that behalf, may determine)" are inserted in lieu thereof. 10. After section 137 A of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted : - Light' [137B.] It shall be lawful for a Local Authority, with atrgar.I, ? Cwualtyusraflor the consent of the Governo . r in Cou ' ncil to gran • t • to any purposee. person, company, corporatIOn, firm, or aSSOCIatIOn of persons (herein referred to as a tramway owner), desirous of constructing, managing, and working a tramway for the purpose of conveying sugar cane or any other agricultural or dairy produce or minerals or timber, a permit to construc~, manage, and work such tramway or any part thereof Ill, along, upon, across, under, or over any road or bridge within the Area. ' Such permit shall not be granted for any period exceeding nine years, but may, with the like consent, be renewed fr8m time to time for any further period not exceeding nine years. If the I.Jocal Authoritv for six months after the application for the permit r;fuses or neglects to grant the permit, the tramway owner may appeal to the Minister by a memorial setting forth the facts. .

LOCAL A Ul' 11 ORITIES, 5923 ]913, Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. . The Minister shall hear and determine such appeal in such manner as he thinks just, and may for that purpose appoint any officer to hold an inquiry into the matter and make a report to l.im, and may act 011 such report. The Local Authority concerned shall be entitled to be heard on the matter of such appeal. If the Minister allows such appeal, he shall give such directions as he thinks fit for carrying the same into effect, and such directions shall be complied with by the Local Authority and all other parties concerned. Such permit shall be subject to such conditions, reservatiom;, restrictions, and stipulations as the Local Authority, with the consent of the Governor in Council, may think proper. It shall be lawful for the tramway owner, pursuant to such permit and during the currency thereof, to con- struct, manage, and work the tramway by means of the. motive or animal power named in the permit without being liable to any action or proceeding on the ground that the existence of such tramway is an obstruction to· the road or bridge in question or is a public nuisance. Subject to this Act, the Local Authority may and is hereby empo,\yered to make by-laws regulating the con- ditions on vyhich such permits may be granted, renewed, suspended, or revoked, and generally for the safe and con- venient working of such tramways; and aU such by-laws shall be observed by tramway owners and all other persons concerned: Provided that this section shall not apply to Local Authorities within gold or mineral fields. 11. In subsection four of section one hundred and Amendment fifty-four of the- Principal Act, after the words" extirpate of s. 154. and destroy tho weed or plant," the words "upon the reserve, or land, or any specified part thereof" are inserted; also, after the words "reserve or land" the words "or specified part thereof" are inserted; and the foUOIving provision is added to the said subse(ltion : - Where it is thought expedient that the reserve or land shall be cleared by instalments, the Local Authority may, by successive notices, specify the part of the reserve or land with respect 'to which each such notice sliall be complied with, so that the whole of such reserve or land shall be so cleared and kept free as provided by this subsection. Jn subsection five of the said section, after the words "weed or plant" where they first occur, the words" upon

5924 LOCAL AUTHORI'l'lES Local Authoritics Acts Amendment Act. 4 GEO. V. No. 24, the reserve, 'or land, or specified part thereof" are inserted; also, after thc words "reserve or land" where they twice occur, the words "or specified part thereof" are respectively added . . . In subsection six of the said section, aftcr the word "existed," the words "(notwithstanding that any notice or notices related to a part only of the land)" are inserted. Amendment 12. The following words are added to the first of S. 156A. paragraph of section 156A. of the Principal Act:- "and a watercourse is deemed to be non-tidal if at the place in question the water in such watercourse is not influenced by tides." Amer:dment. 13. In subsection three of section l56B of the Principal of S. 15611. Act, after the words" five pounds," thc following provision is in,serted :- If before the expiration of the said time the ,Minister is satisfied that the Local Authority or owner 01' occupier, as the case may be, is not ming due diligence in complying' with the said Order in Conncil, the l\linister may summon such Local Aut.hOlity or owner or occupier before a. police magistrate, and such police magistrate, upon being satisfied of the defa1Jlt, may make an order requiring thc defendant to do such ,,"orks of extirpation and destruction, within such times and at such places respectively as he thinks proper, to ensure compliance with the said Order in Council, and to pay all costs of and al'ising out of such summons; a,lId if thereafter such Local Authority .or owner or occupier fails to compfy with the order o~ any part of 1 he order of such police magistrate, such Local Authority or owner or occupier shall, upon-a corn plaint in the ll11me of the Minister in that behalf, be liable to a pennlty not exceeding five pounds for every day during which such failurp. to so comply has continued, and all such penalties when recovered shall be paid into the Consolidated Hevenue. 14. After Ilection 1;j6n of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:- Owner &c [1560.] ln any case where land which is not situated = ~ ~~ ~ ar" within any locality subject to an Order in Council made prickly-pear. under the last preceding section is itself free from p~ ' ickly- 'pear ap-d has a frontage to a road which is infested with. prickly-pear, the owner or occupier of such land may give noti~ e in writing to the Local Authority in whose Area such

LOCAL AUTHORITJES. 5925 1913. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. land and road are situated that he is willing to pay one- half part of the cost of freeing from prickly-pear the road along the whole frontage of such land; thereupon the Local ,ltuthority shall, if funds are available for the pur- pose, proceed to free such road from prickly-pear, and such owner or occupier shall become liable to pay to the Local Authority a sum equal to one-half part of the cost of so doing, and such sum shall he recoycrable from him as Hates under this Act are recoverable. l<'or the purpose of enabling the Local Authority to perform its duty undpr this section, the :,linister shall have the like pO'wers as are vested in him under subsection five of the last preceding section. Any sum of money paid by any owner or occupier of land under this section shall be credited in the books of the Locnl Authority against any Rate which may there- after be made and levied in respect of such land for the extirpation and destruction of prickly-pear. 15. After section l5Se of the Principal Ad, the following section is inserted : - [lo8D. ] 'Where any owner or occupier of land has Powers of mQ Q UabdldVe' IdS. el. Ofanulot rinancyomb y p] - liaawncemwadit e h uannd• ver psreocvtIi. Osinonfoortfy-othneis& A ~ c " U C . t , a o l l l O n rl 't y, goIf . veSnchoerdumlea d I e V. unoef 1 etrhisanAyc 0 t f , o s r ucw - hithprOaVnI r vSI . Onnosticoer o 1 ) ry-o 1 arwdesr, dowefnaeurl,t & ocf. and the Local Authority or .Joint Local Authority con- cerned or the 'M inister has entered upon the land for' the purpose of complying with such provision, by-law, notice, or order, the Local Authority, ,Joint Local Authority, or Minister as the case may be, and its or his agents, servants, contractors, and workmen, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authorities which the owner and occupier of the land could exercise for that purpose, and in particular may do any of the following thing's:- (a) Get, convey, use, and consume any timber or other material or thin:.!,' ill or from the land; (b) .:\dopt such means by the use of IJoison or any other thing on the land as appear to be necessary; (0) Muster, remove, and treat any stock or animals on the land: Provided that reasonable precautions shall be taken by the giving of notice or the removal of stock or animals, or the fencing by temporary barriers or other means, as

5926 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 4 GEO. V. Ko. 24, appear to be required to obviate the risk of any stock or animals being poisoned or injured during or in conse- quence of the operations carried on upon the land. No action shall lie against a Local Authority, or Joint Local Authority, or the Minister, or any of its or his, agents, servants, contractors, or workmen, for trespass or for any damage "'hatsoever caused by or in consequence of such operations when carried out in compliance with this section. Amendment 16. In subsection one of section one hundred and of8.171. seventy-one of the Principal Act, the words" may order the owner to take down or repair or rebuild such structure (herein referred to. as a neglected structure), or any part thereof, or to fence in the land upon which it stands, 0.1' any part thereaf, or othenyise to. put the same or any part thereof in a state af repair and good conditian to the satis- faction of the Local Authority within a reasonable time to be fixed by the order," are repealed, and the following words are inserted in lieu thereof :-" may make an order with respect to such structure (herein referred to as a neglected structure), ar the land on which it stands, directing the owner to do one of the things hereinunder specified, namely- (Ct) '1'0 take down the structure whally or in part to be specified; or (b) rro repair the structure; or (t;) '1'0 fence the land wholly or in part to be specified on which the structure stands; or • (d) '1'0 repair and put in good condition the said fence- within a reasonable time to be fixed by the order. and in each case to the satisfactian of the Locai Authority." Amendment 17. The following pravision is added to paragraph (iii.) of 8. 193. of section one hundred and' ninety-three of the Principal Act:- In the case of a hospital established and managed by or under a corporation, society, association, or religious body, a distinct part of which is used as a public hospital, then so much of the land not exceeding five acres in extent as is exclusively used for or in connection with such part, if separatNl by a fence from the rest of the land. shall not be rateable land. Amendment 18. The following pravjsion is added to the second para- of B. 195. graph of subsection two of section one hundred and ninety- five of the Principal Act :-" or, at the option of tLe Local Authority, in the case of mineral leases situated on Mineral Fields or miners' homestead leases, the value of the lancl

LOCAL AUrHORITIE::l. 592'7 1913. Local.Authorities Acts .Amendment .Act. shall be deemed to he a sum equal to twenty times the amount of the annual rent payable under such lease at the time when th~ valuation is made, without regard to the value of any improvements made 01' work done upon the land, and without regard to any metals 01' minerals contained 01' supposed to be contained in it." The following provision is added to subsection six of the said section ;- Provided that the Governor in Council may by Order in Council direct that in the case of any Town or Shire which, 01' any part of which, is comprised within a Gold Field or Mineral 17ield the minimum value under this subsection shall be, reduced to such sum, not less than ten pounds, as he may fix. 19. The following provision is added to subsection four Amendment. of section two hundred and nine of the Prineipal Act;- of s. 209. This subsection does not apply to any rateable land situated on any Gold Field or Mineral :Field. . 20. In subsection three of section two hundred and Amendment ten of the Principal Act, after the words "division shall" of s, 210. the words 'e except as to so nIuch thereof as is comprise<;l. within a Gold Field or Mineral Field" are inserted. 21. After s~ ction two hundred and fourteen of the . PrincipaL Act, the foliowing section is inserted ;- [214A:] Any number of ratepayers, being not less in Ratepayers number than one.:.fifth of the whole number of ratepayers in mab"reJu·dlfl. any particular part of an Area, may, by petition to the Local ~ rpe: : ~ t~ e Authority, request that a particular work shall be carried defined. out in such part for the special benefit of such part. Such petition shall define the. particular part of the Area to be benefited, and shall' contain an undertaking by the petitioners to pay any Separate Rate which may from time to time be made and levied by 1he Local .Authority for defraying the expenses incurred in the execution of such work. The Local Authority shall cause such .inquiry to be made into the necessity 01' utility of. the proposed work as is proper. If after such inquiry the Local Authority resolves that the said work should be carried out, the Local Authority shall forthwith cause to be taken all necessary steps for the definition of the particular part of the Area to be benefited by such work ·(which part need not be identical with that defined in the said petition), for which purpose the provisions of the last preceding section of this Act shall be applicable, and when such l)art has been

.5928 I~ OCAL AUTHORlTIES. Local Auilwrities Acts Amendment Act. 4 GEO. V. No. 24, duly defined shall carry out the said work, ~md for defray- ing"the expenses incur;'ed in' so doing shall, as and when is necessary, make and levy a ~ eparate Rate as provided by the last preceding section of this Act. If after such inquiry the Local Authority resolves that no action shall be taken to grant the l1l'ayer of ",uch petition, it shall cause the reasons for such resolution to be recorded in the minute-book of the Local Authority and to be published ill SOllle ne\yspaper. If, after the expiration of three months from the receipt of such petition, the Local Authority has come to no resolution thereon, or if it has resolved that no action shall be taken to grant the prayer thereof, the petitioners, or any of them, may appeal to the M inister by a memorial setting forth the facts. The Minister shall hear and determine every such appeal in such manner as he thinks just, and may for that purpose appoint any officer to hold an inquiry into the matter and make a report to him, and may act on such report.. The IAlcal ..:\ uthority concerned. shall be entitled to be heard on the matter of such appeal. I f the Minister allows such appeal, he shall, as provided by the last preceding section of this j\ et, define the part of the Area to be specially benefited by the said work. Thereupon the Local Authority shall carry out the said' work, and for defraying the. expenses iilcurI'cd in so doing shall, as and when is necessary, make and levy a Separate Rate, as provided by the last preceding section of this Act. Amendment 22. In the form of certificate of rates unpaid in ~ fss. 24.3, 24i. subsection one of section two hundred and forty-three of the Principal Act, and in the form of notice of sale in subsection two of the said section, and in the form of warrant of execution in subsection three of section two hundred and forty-four of the Principal Act, after the words "registered proprietor" the words " [or lessee or as the G(tse may be]" are respectively inserted; also, after the words" deed of grant" the words" or instrument of lease or certificate of ~ egistration (;1' other instrument of title '? are respectively inserted. 'rhe following subsection is added to the said section two hundred and 1'orty-four :-. (6.) When land has been sold to a pUl'chaser or has been bought in by the Local Authority under this section, the Local Authority shall not have or make further claim or demand in respect of any arrelrs of rates which had accrued due in respect of the land prior to such sale or buying in, and the land sball be discharged of all. such rates.

T,()(;AL AUTHORITIES 5920> 1913. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 23. After section three hundred and seventy of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted : - J:>rovided that nothing in the said new section shall be construed to take away or pr'ejudicially am~ ct any right or renwdy under any cause of action which has arisen at the passing of this Act. [370A. ] In any action brought against a Local ~ im. i~ of A • u . thority to recover damages in respect of personal h L a o b c l a h l ty of InJury under the last preceding section, the Court ur jury Authority. s11(111 not find or assess nor shall judgment be given or entered for the plaintiff for any amount of money exceeding the amount following, that is to say,- If the personal injury results in death, one thou'sand pounds; If the personal injury results in permanent disable- ment, 0118 thousand pounds; If the personal injury results in temporary disable- ment, five hundred pounds. 24. (1.) In section twenty-five of Selledule Ill. of the Amendment& Principal Act, the form o! ballot-paper is repealed, and the of Seh. Ill. following form is inserted in lieu thereof : - r. I DOE, JOHN LI ROE, RICHAIW fl SMITH, .JA1YIES \. I THOMPSON, HENRY (2.) In the first paragraph of section thirty-four of the said :5chedule, the words "strike out from his ballot- paper or ballot-papers the name of every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote" are repealed, and the words" mark his ballot-paper or ballot-papers by making a cross in the square opposite the name of the candidate or each of the candidates for whom he votes" arc inserted in lieu thereof; also in the third paragraph of the said section the \yards "strike out the names of the candidate or candidates other than the candidate or candidates" are repealed, and the words" mal,k the ballot-paper or baHot- papers by making a cross in the square opposite the name of the candidate or each of the candidates" are inserted in lieu thereof.

6930 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local AutltOritills Acts Amendment Act. 4 GEO. V. No. 24, Hll:3. (3.) Paragraph (iv.) of subsection one of section thirty-seven of the said Schedule is repealed, and the following paragraph is inserted i.n lieu thereof : - (iv.) Has no cross i~ a square opposite the name of a candidate, or has fewer crosse~ or more crossesiu such squares than the number of caudidatcs to be elected. (4.) In section forty-six of the said Schedule the form of postal ballot-paper is repealed, and the following form is inserted in lieu thert'of:- - ; ~ : [=~ ~:: :~ ~ :~ i~I~ :: ~ ~: : :~ ~ t~ ; 1 - ~ 't l': . : ! s the top ,nd sid.s "f the rlaper down 80 that the lett.r" A' A ~ and B B ill the C')Il1Pr" meet, and after doing so get yOUl" signal ure ! ~ .... ! '" witneRsAct by some othH ratel,ayer of the "ame ,hire, a ju,tice of ~ , , ~ the peace, or the r~ tllrning ollicer. Then place the paptr in the ;;l ~. " , C!) accoIIll,a"ying envelope, "hici! i, addre,sed to the rdurning officer, ; ' and elld"rs,d .. Ballot.paper" ; clo,;e up the euvelope, and po.t it ! at the po.t office. I. A. B. [initials of returning officer]. Fold thc paper here. [ ] BROWN, JOHN 11 GREEN, CHARLES o SMITH, ABEL I I WILLIAMS, GEORGE · ·· · ·· · ·~ · ·· . . ·r. · ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P . . e . r . . f . o . r . a . . t . i . o . . n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'. . . .; . . . .. Perforation. Shi,e of [DiviRion No. ] 1* 0f am a ratepayer of this Sbi.e [or division], and am entitlrd to vote at the election oft member (,f the Cuullcil, whieh is to take place att and closes on the day of .. 19. . l am now a.ctually and truly the [state ~ ( ' hethe1' owne'r or occupier] of the land in .e'peet of which I a.ll voting-. I I.m of the full age of twenty-one years. I have not already voted at this elec·.ion. . I m lke this solemn declaration con8cientiou,ly believing the same to be true, and snhject to the penalties contained in" The Loeal Authorities Acts, 1902 to 1913." \Vitness- Ratepayer. Ratepayer, or Justice of the Pe~ ce (or Returning Officer). • Christian and surname in full. t Insert number of members to be elected. ! State place of nomination.

LOCAL AUT HORITIES.-MARSUPIALS. 5931 4 GEO. V. No. 15, 1913. Marsupial Proof' lJlncing Act Amendment Act. (5.) In section fifty-two of the said Schedule, the words" strike out from the ballot-paper the name of every candidate for whom he does not wish to vote" are repealed, and the words" mark the ballot-paper by making a cross in the square opposite the name of the candidate or of each of the candidates for whom he votes" are inserted in lieu thereof. (6.) Paragraph (v.) of section fifty-six of the said Schedule is repealed, and the following paragraph is inserted in lieu tllereof:- Cv.) Has no cross in a square opposite the name of a candidate, or has fewer crosses or more crosses in such squares than the number of candidates to be elected. 25. Subsection (xxx.) of section sixty-two of Schedule Amendment IV. of the Principal Act is repealed. of Soh. IV. MARSUPIALS. An Act to Amend "The Marsupial Proof Fencing 4 Geo. V. Act of 1898" by Enlarging the Definition N; ~ ~ 5. of. Marsupials so as to include Dingoes, and M~ ~OU:FJAL by Extending the Provisions of the said Act ~ : ; ~ ~ ~ f! . O' : to all Lands held from the Crown, and by ACT OF 1913. Altering the Term of Loans for Wire Netting and Appliances. [ASSENTED TO 14TH NOVEMBER, 1913.J ·BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Oouncil, and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authoritvof the SBome, ufulli~ : - .: 1. This Act may be cited as " The 1f!Iarsupial Proof Short title Fencing .Act .Amendment .Act of 1913," a,nd shall be read and t r .as one with" The Marsupial Pl'oof Fencing Act of 1898,"* ~ n. A~ ~ c Ion herein referred to as the Principal Act. 'fhat Act and this Act may together be cited as "The Mar8upial Pt'oof FencirtgActs, 1898 to 1913." * 62 Vie. No. 16, supra, page 2077.