Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act of 1932 (23 Geo v No. 27) (Qld)

14354 Saving. LIQUOR-LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Looal Authorities Aots Amendment Aot. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and the Principal Act as from such lastmentioned date is and shall be read and construed as if the said section sixty- nine had never been enacted therein, and no security or charge made and executed subsequent to the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, for the payment of moneys over the lease, license, goodwill, interest, or other property of the licensee in or in connection with the licensed premises shall be or be held to be invalid or ineffectual as a security or charge for the payment of moneys therein expressed to be secured by reason of or on account of the fact that the licensee giving or the person taking such security or charge did not obtain the consent of the Licensing Court or did not in any way observe the provisions of the said section sixty-nine; Provided that nothing in this Act shall prejudice or affect the rights of any party to any judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction in any case where such judgment was given prior to the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, nor prejudice or affect the rights of any party upon appeal from such judgment. LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 23 Geo. V. An Act to Amend "The Local Authorities Acts, No. 27. THE 1902 to 1929," in certain particulars. LOCAL AUTHORITIES [ASSENTED TO 15TH DECEMBER, 1932.] ACTS AMENDMENT BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent :Majesty, ACT OF 1932. b y anc I WI' t.h. the adV'Ice and consent 0 f the L egI. ' s- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ;-- Short title 1. This Act may be cited as "The Local Authorities and . Acts Amendment Act of 1932," and shall be read as one constructIOn. with *" The Local Authorities Acts, 1902 to 1929," herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may collectively be cited as " The Local Authorities Acts, 1902 to 1932." * 2 Edw. VII. No. 19 and amending Acts, supra, pages 1860 et seq. (See Alphabetical Table).

1932. LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 14355 Amendments of the Principal Act. 2. Section three of the Principal Act is amended Afme~dment by the deletion of the words "Subdivision V.- 0 s. . Temporary Loans from Banks" occurring in Part XIII. and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words "Subdivision V .-Advances from Bank by way of Overdraft.' , The subdivisional heading following section three hundred and eight of the Principal Act is also similarly amended accordingly. 3. Section seven of the Principal Act is amended Amendment as follows ;_ of s. 7. The definition of "Elector" is repealed and the following new definition is inserted in lieu thereof namely:- "Elector"-A person named as such in an Elector. electoral roll compiled pursuant to the ElectionsAct and enrolled on a Voters' Roll compiled under this Act, or on an electoral roll in use in an undivided Area as a Voters' Roll. " 4. The following proviso is added to subsection Amendment one of section nine of the Principal Act, namely :_ of s. 9. "Provided that at the request of such Local Authority the Governor in Council may, by Order in Council, declare and direct that the Area of such Local Authority shall be divided into divisions for the purposes of Part Ill. only of this Act, and thereupon such Area shall for all other purposes of this Act be administered as if such Area were not divided into divisions. The same or any subsequent Order in Council may declare and direct and specify the divisions into which such Area of the Local Authority concerned shall be so divided." Any notice in respect of any such Order in Council required pursuant to subsection two of this section to be published shall, if published prior to the commencement of *" The Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act of 1932," be and be deemed to be published in accordance with the said subsection two. '" 23 Geo. V. No. 27 (this Act).

14356 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, New s. 13. Towns. Shires. 5. Section thirteen of the Principal Act is repealed and the following new section is inserted in lieu thereof :- "[13.] (1.) Every Town shall be governed by a Council composed of a Mayor and not more than twelve members and not less than six members, as the Governor in Council from time to time declares by Order in Council. If the Town is divided, three members shall in like manner be assigned to each ward. If the Town is not divided, the number of members including the Mayor shall be seven, nine, or eleven. The members of the Council of a' Town shall be called " Aldermen." The Chairman in the case of a Town or City shall be called" The Mayor." The Mayor shall not be assigned to any ward. He shall be a member and an alderman by virtue of his office. (2.) Every Shire shall be governed by a Council composed of a Chairman and not more than twelve members and not less than five members, as the Governor in Council from time to time declares by Order in Council. If the Shire is divided the number of members shall in like manner from time to time be assigned to each division. The number so assigned shall not be more than three for any division, and need not be the same for each division. If the Shire is not divided, the number of members including the Chairman shall be five, seven, or nine. The members of the Council of a Shire shall be called "Councillors." The Chairman shall not be assigned to any division. He shall be a member and a councillor by virtue of his office." New s. 15. 6. The heading occurring above section fifteen and section fifteen of the Principal Act are repealed and the following new heading and new section are inserted in lieu thereof :- " Subdivision II.-Qualification and Election of Ohairman and Members. . Qualill~ation [15.] Any person, whether male or female, who o of r C m h e a m ir b m er a . n I • S not under any 0 f t he dl' sabili' tl' es here. mafter speC! 'fied, and who under this Act is qualified to be enrolled on the

1932. LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 14357 Voters' Roll shall be qualified to be nominated as a candidate and to be elected or appointed and to act as Chairman or a member of the Local Authority of the Area for which he is qualified to be enrolled, but only so long as he continues to hold such qualification. At any election a person shall not be qualified to be a candidate for the office of Chairman and also for the office of ordinary member." 7. Section sixteen of the Principal Act is amended Amendment by the insertion afteI" paragraph (i.) thereof of a new of s. 16. paragraph (i.a) as follows:- " (i.a) Is an employee of any Local Authority; or." The said section is further amended by omitting the words" twenty pounds" in paragraph (e) of the proviso, and by inserting the words "one hundred pounds" in lieu thereof. as f 0 8 11 . oSwesct: i-on seventeen of the Principal Act is amended 0 Afm s. e1n7d.ment (1.) The words" every member" in subsection one thereof are deleted and the words" the Chairman and every other member" are inserted in lieu thereof. (2.) The words" Chairman or a" are inserted after the word" office of " in subsection two thereof. (3.) The words" Chairman or" are inserted before the word " member" in subsection three thereof. 9. In the provisoes to subsection one of section Amendmtmt eighteen of the Principal Act, before the word of s. IS. " member," where such word occurs, the words "Chairman or" are inserted. I O. Section nineteen of the Principal Act is repealed Amendment and the following new section is inserted in lieu thereof : - of s. 19. " [19.J The Chairman shall be elected by the electors Voters. of the Area. If the Area is not divided, the other members shall be elected by the electors of the Area. If the Area is divided, the other members shall be elected for ellch division by the electors of such division."

14358 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, New s. 21. 11. Section twenty-one of the Principal Act is repealed and the following new section is inserted in lieu thereof;- Voters' Roll. "[21.] (1.) For the purpose of every triennial election it shall be the duty of the Returning Officer to compile a Voters' Roll for the Area or each division, as the case may require, and in doing so he shall observe the following rules ;- (i.) The Voters' Roll shall consist of the names of all electors enrolled up to the immediately preceding thirty-first day of December on the Electoral Roll or Rolls of the Electoral District or Districts or parts thereof comprised within the Area or division, as the case may be; (ii.) The Voters' Roll shall be in the form prescribed for the said Electoral Rolls, and shall be a correct alphabetical roll showing the names, numbered in regular arithmetical order, beginning with one, of all electors ; Provided that in an undivided Area the Returning Officer shall, wherever practicable, use the Electoral Roll or Rolls (as compiled up to the immediately preceding thirty-first day of December) of the Electoral District or Districts or parts thereof comprised within the Area as the Voters' Roll for such Area, with such eliminations from or corrections in such Electoral Roll or Rolls as may be necessary in consequence of the boundaries of the Area not being conterminous with such Electoral District or Districts, and in such case the preparation of a separate Voters' Roll in the form prescribed by the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not be necessary : Provided further that any person enrolled on an Electoral Roll in pursuance of proviso (i.) of subsection three of section nineteen of the ElectionsAct shall be entitled to be enrolled on the Voters' Roll for the Area in which he resides notwithstanding that his name does not appear on the Electoral Roll for the District in which he actually resides. (2.) The Returning Officer shall furnish copies of the Voters' RoB (or of any Electoral Roll or Rolls to be used as a Voters' Roll) to any person requiring them, on payment of a sum not exceeding two shillings for every copy thereof.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 14359 1932. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. (3.) Electoral Registrars throughout the State shall, upon the application of a Returning Officer under this Act, place their rolls and all papers, documents, and information in their possession at the disposal of such Returning Officer, and shall advise and furnish such assistance to such Returning Officer as may be reasonably required to facilitate the preparation of Voters' Rolls or the use of Electoral Rolls as Voters' Rolls. (4.) For the purposes of any poll held on any day other than the day of the triennial ejections, the Voters' Roll shall be amended so as to comprise the names of all persons who are electors and whose names have been enrolled as such not later than thirty clear days before the day on which the poll is to be taken." 12. Section twenty-two of the Principal Act is Amendment amended as follows;- of s. 22. (1.) The words "the Chairman and" are inserted . before the word" members" in subsection one thereof. (2.) The words" the Chairman and" are inserted before the word" members" in subsectjon two thereof; also the word " thirty" is deleted and the words" thirty- three" are inserted in lieu thereof. (3.) The words "the Chairman and" are inserted after the word " election " in subsection three thereof. (4.) The words "the Chairman and" are inserted before the word "members," where it first occurs, in subsection four thereof. 13. Section twenty-four of the Principal Act is Amendment amended as follows ;_ of s. 24. (1.) The existing provisions shall be numbered subsection one. (2.) The words "or Chairman other than the Chairman in the case of a Town " are inserted after the word " member" where it first occurs thereln. (3.) The word "section" in the fifth paragraph thereof is deleted and the word" subsection" is inserted in lieu thereof. (4.) The following new subsections are added to the said section as follows ;- " (2.) In the case of a Town, when an extraordinary Elect!on or vacancy arI.ses I.n the 0 ffice 0 f ChaI. rman WI 'th I ' II t wo oapf pCohmaitrmmeannt. years after his election thereto, a separate election shall be held to fill the vacancy.

14360 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, In other cases when an extraordinary vacancy arises in the office of Chairman, the members of a Local Authority shall elect a qualified· person to be Chairman in his stead, who, subject to this Act, shall hold office for the remainder of the period for which his predecessor was elected. In such cases the following rules shall apply, namely:- (a) The vacancy shall be filled at a special meeting of the Local Authority to be called by the clerk forthwith; Notice and attendanoe. Nomina- tions. (b) At every meeting for the election of a Chairman the clerk shall preside and shall have and may exercise all the powers and authorities of the Chairman other than the right to vote; (c) Where a meeting is duly called for the purpose of electing a Chairman, if any member shall fail, without reasonable excuse to the satis- faction of the Local Authority, to attend such meeting, or, being present at such meeting, leave the same before the completion of the election and the declaration of the result, unless with the consent of the maj ority of the members of the Local Authority present, expressed by resolution without notice, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds; (d) Nominations for the office of Chairman may be made without notice by any member, and shall be in writing. If there shall be only one nomination, or if all the nominations except one shall be withdrawn, or if all the persons nominated except one shall decline nomination, then the Chairman shall declare ~ ha t one elected; Method of election. (e)- (i.) The election shall be by ballot and the clerk shall be the Returning Officer; (ii.) The ballot-paper shall contain the names of all the candidates, and the members shall mark their votes thereon by placing the figure 1 against the name of the candidate for whom they desire to vote. They may

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 14361 1932. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. also give a contingent vote by writing the figures 2, 3, or any subsequent number opposite to the name or names of the candidate or candidates for whom he does not vote in the first instance, but for whom he desires his vote to be counted, in the event of the candidate for whom he voted in the first instance being a defeated candidate, the order indicated by such figures shall be taken to be the order in which he desires his vote to be so counted; (iii.) If any candidate receives an absolute majority of votes, that candidate shall be declared elected. If there is no candIdate who receives an absolute majority of votes, all the candidates except those two who receive the greatest number of votes shall be deemed defeated candidates, and the votes of their ballot- papers shall be counted for that one (if any) of the remaining two candidates for whom the voter has indicated in the manner aforesaid that he desires his vote to be counted. The votes (if any) so counted for such remaining candidates shall be added to the votes originally given for them, and the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes, including the votes so counted (if any) shall be elected; (iv.) If at the ballot the number of votes cast for two or more candjdates is equal, the Returning Officer may request the candidates to draw lots, and if any or all decline, shall himself draw lots for them, and shall, in accordance with the result of such drawing of lots, declare which of such candidates is unsuccessful in the ballot, and if it be a final ballot, shall declare the successful candidate to be duly elected. (3.) If after the expiration of fourteen days from Appoint- the time appointed for the election of a Chairman no ~ ~ not of Of Chairman is elected, the Governor in Council may appoint no~ ~ ~ : ~ t~ d. some qualified person to be Chairman: T .\

14362 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, Provided that before the expiration of such time, on the request, in writing, under their hands, of an absolute majority of the members so to do, the Governor in Council may appoint some qualified person to be Chairman. (4.) If a sitting member is ejected or appointed to be Chairman as hereinbefore provided to fill an extra- L.rdinary vacancy, he shall forthwith be deemed to have vacated his office as member, whereupon an extraordinary vacancy in that office shall arise." Amendment 14. Section twenty-five of the Principal Act is of s. 25. amended by the insertion before the word" member," where it twice occurs, of the words "Chairman or." New s. 26. 15. Section twenty-six is repealed and a new section twenty-six is inserted in lieu thereof as follows:- . New "[26.] When a change is made in the boundaries of elections OIl an Area or division or in the number of members, the cbhoaunngdeariines Governor in Council may by Order in Council declare and . or number direct whether a new election of Chairman or member or of members. members shall be held for the Area or for any division thereof, and if so, when such election shall be held and whether the Chairman and any and which of the existing members shall go out of office, and at what time." Amendment 16. Section twenty-seven of the Principal Act is of s. 27. amended by the insertion of the words " Chairman and " before the word "members" where it occurs in paragraphs (a) and (b) thereof. Repeal of 17. Sections twenty-nine and 29A of the PrincipaJ s s. .2299A a . nd Act are repealed. Amendment 18. Section two hundred and forty-six of the of s. 246. Principal Act is amended by the addition of a new subsection three as follows :- "(8.) In the case of default by the Joint Local Authority in making any payment to the Treasurer, whether of principal or interest, the Treasurer may make, levy, and collect a Special Loan Rate of sufficient amount to meet the sum or sums due to the Treasurer upon rateable lands within the district of the Joint Local Authority, and for that purpose shall have and may exercise all the powers conferred by the Act upon the Local Authority in respect of making, levying, and collecting and enforcing the payment of rates."

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 14363 1932. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 19. Section two hundred and forty-seven of the Amendment Principal Act is amended as follows :_ of s. 247. (1.) The words "Joint Local Authority" are inserted after the words "Local Authority" wherever they occur. (2.) The following new paragraphs are added to subsection two thereof as follows :- "In the case of the Joint Local Authority, subject to this Act, the Receiver shall have power to make and collect all charges authorised to be made and collected by the Joint Local Authority and be entitled to receive all charges and revenues whatsoever payable to the Joint Local Authority for or in respect of which he has been appointed Receiver, but the charges so to be made shall not exceed the maximum limits permItted for the time being by law; and for such purpose such Receiver shall be deemed to be the Joint Local Authority and may exercise all the powers thereof. In addition the Receiver shall have power to make, levy, and collect all rates authorised by this Act to be made, levied, and collected by the Local Authority upon rateable lands wIthin the district of the Joint Local Authority and shall be entitled to receive all such rates, but the rates so to be made and levied shall not exceed the maximum limits permitted for the time being by law; and for such purposes such Receiver shall have and may exercise all the powers and authorities conferred upon the Local Authority by this Act." 20. Section two hundred and fifty-five of the Amendment Principal Act is amended by the deletion of the words of s. 255. "eight pounds per centum" and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words "at such rate of interest as the Local Authority may from time to time determine, but not exceeding the rate of five pounds per centum." 21. Section two hundred and ninety-two of the Amendment Principal Act is amended by the insertion before the of s. 292. words "when an Area is divided" of the words" Subject to section nine of this Act." 22. Section three hundred and two of the Principal Amendment A C t I . S amen d e d as f 0 11 ows:- of s. 302. (1.) After the words "Local Authority," where they first occur, the words " or Joint Local Authority" arc added.

11364 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, (2.) The following new paragraphs are added to provision (ii.) as follows : - " In the case of the Joint Local Authority, subject to this Act, the Receiver shall have power to make and collect all charges authorised to be made and collected by the Joint Local Authority and be entitled to receive all charges and revenues whatsoever payable to the Joint Local Authority for or in respect of which he has been appointed Receiver, but the charges so to be made shall not exceed the maximum limits permitted for the time being by law; and for such purpose such Receiver shall be deemed to be the Joint Local Authority and may exercise all the powers thereof. In addition the Receiver shall have power to make, levy, and collect all rates authorised by this Act to be made, levied, and collected by the Local Authority upon rateable lands within the district of the Joint Local Authority and shall be entitled to receive all such rates, but the rates so to be made and levied shall not exceed the maximum limits permitted for the time being by law; and for such purposes, such Receiver shall have and may exercise all the powers and authorities conferred upon the Local Authority by this Act." Amendment 23. Section three hundred and four of the Principal of s. 304. Act is amended by the deletion of the words " other than for temporary accommodation" and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words "other than by way of overdraft.', Amendment 24. Section three hundred and five of the Principal of s. 305. Act is amended by the deletion of the words " other than for temporary accommodation" in the first paragraph thereof and the insertion III lieu thereof of the words " other than by way of overdraft." New s. 308A. 25. A new section (30SA) is inserted after section three hundred and eight of the Principal Act as follows :- Urgent work. "[308A.] Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the Governor in Council, in any case where he is satisfied that the work for which a loan is proposed to be borrowed will be in the best interests of the electors of the Area, and of such urgency that it is expedient that the Local Authority should

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 14365 1932. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. proceed with such work without advertising its intention to borrow or taking a poll of the electors on the question of the loan may, by Order in Council, dispense with the procedure provided in this Subdivision: Provided always that- (a) The provisions of section three hundred and four as to the adoption of the resolution for borrowing money at a special meeting of the Local Authority called for that purpose shall apply; (b) The provisions of section three hundred and five regarding the submission by the Local Authority to the Minister in relation to work in part of an Area to be specially benefited, and the power of the Minister to decide the question and to define the Area to be specially benefited, shall apply and extend accordingly." 26. Section 309A of the Principal Act is amended Amendment by the insertion after the word "power" of the words of s. 309A. "or for the conservation and supply of water, or for any service in respect of which separate accounts are required by this Act to be kept." 27. The first paragraph of section three hundred Amendment and seventy-two of the Principal Act is repealed and the of s. 372. following new paragraphs are inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- "Every Joint Board shall hold its first meeting during the month of June immediately following the triennial elections of Local Authorities, and shall there- after meet at such times and places as the Joint Board from time to time appoints. A meeting may be called by the clerk of the Joint Board at the direction of the President or any two members thereof. Each member of the Joint Board shall be given at least fourteen days' notice of any meeting thereof." 28. Section three hundred and seventy-three is Amendment amended by the deletion of the first paragraph thereof of s. 373.

14366 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Atlthorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, and the jnsertion of the following paragraph in lieu thereof, namely:- "At the first meeting of every Joint Board after the triennial elections of the Local Authority, or at some adjournment thereof, the members present shall elect one of their number to be President. The President shall hold office until the conclusion of the next triennial election of members of the .Toint Board." Amendment 29. Section three hundred and ninety-nine of the of s. 399. Principal Act is amended by the deletion of the words "the last preceding section " and the Insertion in lieu thereof of the words" section three hundred and ninety- seven hereof." Amendment of Sch. Ill. 30. In the Third Schedule- (a) Rule one of Subdivision 1. is amended by addition of the following new paragraph, namely:- " "Voters' Roll" includes every Electoral Roll to be used at any Election in an undivided aIea as a Voters' Roll." (b) Rule two of Subdivision 1. is amended by the addition of the following new paragraph, namely:- " In the case of accident or omission, the Governor in Council may appoint some person to be Returning Officer." (c) The proviso to rule four of Subdivision 1. is repealed and the following proviso is inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- "Provided as follows :- (a) No female elector shall be disqualified from voting under the name appearing on such roll merely because she has changed her surname upon m9rriage; (b) Any person whose name appears on such roll at the time of an election and who is then subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in sections eleven and ll.A of the Elections Act shall be disqualified from voting; (c) When any person claims a vote at an election and it is found that, in consequence of mistaken identity and through no fault of himself, his name has been erased from the Voters' Roll for that Area or division, as the case may be, such person, upon making a statutory declaration that he is the person whose name has been wrongly erased, shall be permitted to vote."

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 1932. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. (d) Rule six of Subdivision 1. is amended by the deletion of the form of nomination in subsection one thereof and the insertion in lieu thereof of the following form, namely;- " We, the undersigned electors of the Town [or City or Shire or of Ward No. of the Town (or City) or Division No. of the Shire] of hereby nominate [stating christian name and surname], of for the office of MMaeymobrer or Chairman [as the case may be] of the Council of the said Town [or City or Shire or of the said Ward or Division, as the case may be (in the case of an extraordinary vacancy, add, in the place of A.B., deceased, or as the case may be)]. Dated the day of [Here are to follow the Signatures.]" 19 (e) Rule eight of Subdivision 1. is amended by inserting the words "Chairman or" before the word "member" where such word twice occurs. (f) Rule twelve of Subdivision 1. is amended by the insertion before the words "a member" of the words "Chairman or," and the sidenote is amended in like manner accordingly. (y) Rule thirteen of Subdivision 1. is amended by the deletion of the form contained in the first paragraph thereof and the insertion in lieu thereof of the following form, namely;- " I (A.B.) do hereby retire from being a candidate for election at the ensum. g electI.On of MMeamyo b rer o s r Chairman [as the case may be] for the Town [or City or Shire or Ward] of the Town [or City or Division of the Shire] of Dated the Witnef's- C.D." day of 19 (Signed) A.B. (h) Rule eighteen of Subdivision 1. is amended by inserting the words "Chairman or" before the word " member." (i) Rule nineteen of Subdivision 1. is amended by the insertion in subrule one, after the words" concerning an election," of the words" or a candidate"; also in subrule three, after the words "poll clerk," the words "or a candidate" are inserted. 14367

14368 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local A~tthorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, (j) Rule twenty-three of Subdivision 1. is amended by omitting all words from " Provided that" to " thereof," and by the insertion in lieu thereof of the following words:- "Provided that in any Area or division or divisions thereof, the Governor in Council may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of Subdivision IV. (Contingent Voting) of these rules shall apply to the election of the Chairman and/or to the election of members thereof." (k) Rule twenty-eight of Subdivision n. is amended by the deletion of the form of ballot-paper contained in subrule one thereof and the insertion in lieu thereof of the following new form, namely :- MAYOR OR CHAIRMAN "ELECTION OF [here insert numbers] [as the case may be]. MEMBERS Mark your vote- [In the case of the Election of Mayor or Chairman] by placing the figure I in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom you desire to vote. [In the case of the Election of Members] by placing in the squares respectively opposite the names of at least [here insert the number which represents the mtmber of members to be elected] candidates, the figures I, 2, 3, 4, and so on, up to and inclusive of the number [here insert the number which represents the number of members to he elected]. (If Subdivision IV. has been declared to be in force in the Area or some division or divisions thereof, the following words shall be added:- You may also give a contingent vote or votes (in the case where one candidate has to be elected) by writing the figures 2, 3, &c., in the square or squares opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates other than the candidate for whom you vote in the first instance; or (where two candidates are to be elected), you may also I',ive a contingent vote or vote" by writing the figures 3, 4, &c., in the square or squares opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates other than the candidates for whom you vote in the first instance; and so on as the case may require) o DOE, JOHN o ROE, RICHARD o SMIT , JAMES o THOM SON, HENRY."

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 1932. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. ------------------------- (l) Rule thirty-eight of Subdjvision n. is amended as follows :- (i.) After the word "ballot-paper," where it secondly occurs in subrule one, the following words are inserted, namely:-" in the case of the election of Chairman, by placing the figure 1 in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom he desires to vote, and in the case of the election of members." (ii.) The proviso to subrule two thereof is deleted and the following new proviso is inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- " Provi(/ed that if any elector is unable to read, or is blind, he shall signify the fact to the Presiding Officer, who sh8ll thereupon, in the booth, and in the presence and sight of the poll-clerks, candidates, and scrutineers, mark the ballot-paper by placing the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, (and so on as the case requires), in the squares respectively opposite the names of the candidates for whom the elector says that he desires to vote; and the Presiding Officer shall, if requested by the elector, state the names of the candidates and the political party in whose interests each or any of them is standing." (m) Rule forty-one of Part n. is amended by the addition to subrule one thereof of the following provisos, namely:- " Provided that in any case where there is only one candidate required to be elected, any ballot-paper which has a cross opposite the name of anyone candidate shall not be rejected for that reason alone: Provided further that any ballot-paper which has more consecutive figures commencing with the figure 1 in the squares than the number of candidates required to be elected shall not be rejected for that reason alone." (n) Rule fifty-two of SubdivisIOn n. is amended by the deletion of the word" ratepayer" and the msertion in lieu thereof of the word " elector." (0) Rule fifty-four of Subdivision n. is amended by the deletion of all the words from and including the words "any time" to and including the word "poll " and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words- " so as to reach him not later than six o'clock in the afternoon of the day appointed for the taking of the poll." (p) Rule fifty-five of Subdivision n. is repealed. (q) Rule fifty-eight of Subdivision nl. is amended by the deletion of the fifth paragraph thereof (including the form of ballot-paper contained therein) and by the insertion in lieu thereof of the following paragraph, namely:- 14369

14370 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. 23 GEO. V. No. 27, "The ballot papers for the election of Chairman and members shall be in the following form respectively, or to the like effect, that is to say:- : ~- · · · ·- · - · - · · · · - · · · · · · · - ?12: : ~ : ~ · : · - · _ ~ I I._... .-..,........-........ ..........................._.........................-. . . . . . . j,!......... .....-. How to Vote. Malk your vote- . 1 I [In the case of the Election of Mayor or Chairman] by placing the figure 1 in the sqnare opposite tl:e name of the candidate for whom y"u desire to vote. [In the case of the Election of Member.. ] by placing in 1 he squares respectively oppo.ite the names of at least [here insert the number which rep"esents the number of -,YemberB to be elected] candidates tl e tigure. 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on, up to and inclusive ()f the numher [here insert the number ~vhich represents the number of Members to be eltcted.] Gum the top and sides of the paper down so that the letters A A and BB in the COlners meet, and after doing so get your signature witnessed by some other elector of tile same Shire, a Justice of the Peace, or the Returning Officer. Then place the paper in thp. accompanying envelope, which i. addressed to the ! ! - a ~ ~ l ~ . ~ .. Returning Officer, and endorded "Ballot·paper"; close up the ~ . :: ; . .§'.= envelope, and post it at the Pos\ Office. .• [If Subdivision I V. has been declared to be in force in the Area or some division Ot divisions thereof, the following wordd shall be added :- You may also give a contingent vole or votes (in the case where one candidate has to be elected) by writing the figure. 2, 3, &c., in the square or squares opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates other than the candidate for whom y"u vote in the first instance; or (where two candidat"s are tu be elected) you may also give a contingent vote or votes by writing the figures 3, 4, &c., in the square or squares opposite the narr.e or names of the candidate or candidates other than the c,.ndidates for whom you vote in the first instance; and so on as the case may require.] A.B. [initials of Returning Officer] Fold the paper here. o BROWN, .JOHN D GREEN, CHARLES o o SMITH, ABEL WILLIAMS, GEORGE Perforation. ........ ~ .........;•.................................................................._..................._....-.......................................................···································l·.. · · · · ~ · · · - · · Perforation. Shire of [Di vision No. ] 1* "f am an elector of this Shire [or division], and am entitled to vote at the election of : : : : : : ~ n or (as the case may be) of the Council, which is to lake place at::: and closes on the day of . 1U . I have not already voted at this election. I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and subject to the penalties contained in " The Local Authorities Acts, 1902 to 1932." Witness- Elector. Elector of the same Shire, 0'1' Justice of the Peace [or Returning Officer]. • ChristIan name and surname in fnll. t Insert number of members to be elected. : State place of nomination.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 1932. Local Authorities Acts Amendment Act. (r) Rule sixty-two of Subdivision Ill. is amended by the deletion of the form contained therein and the insertion in lieu thereof of the following new form, namely:- " I (A.B.) do hereby retire from being a candidate for" eleotion to the ensuing eleotion of CMehmaibrmerasn [as the case may be] for the Shire [or division of the Shire] of Dated this day of 19 (Signed) A.B. Witness: C.D." (8) Rule sixty-eight of Part Ill. is amended by the addition to subrule one thereof of the following provisos, namely:- "Provided that in any case where there is only one candidate required to be elected, any ballot-paper which has a cross opposite the name of anyone candidate shall not be rejected for that reason alone: Provided further that any ballot-paper which has more consecutive figures commencing with the figUJ'C 1 in the squares than the number of candidates required to be elected shall not be rejected for that reason alone." 14371 MAIN ROADS. See ROADS.