Local Government Act 1906 (NSW)

Act No. 56, 1906.

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Local Government of Shires and Muni­ cipalities. [28th December, 1906.1

Assembly of New South "Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative
authority of the same, as follows :—

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enacted, and as applied by the Municipalities Electric Light Act, 1904,

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the " Local Government Act,

1906 , " and shall, except as hereinafter provided, commence and come
into operation on the first clay of January, one thousand nine hundred

and seven.

(2) The provisions of Parts X V I I I , X I X , X X , X X I , X X I I ,

and X X I I I , and of paragraph (d) of section one hundred and seventy

of this Act, so far as they relate to municipalities, shall not come
into operation on such day, but shall come into operation on a day

to be proclaimed by the Governor.

(3) Part X and sections two hundred and one and two

hundred and sixty-five of the Municipalities Act, 1897, as therein

1904, and any by-laws relating to matters dealt with in such provisions in force at the passing of this Act, shall apply to municipalities under

this Act, and, notwithstanding the repeal of the said Acts, shall, for
the purposes of this Act, remain in full force and effect until the
provisions of this Act referred to in subsection two of this section come

into operation, and shall thereupon stand repealed.

2 . This Act is divided into Parts as follows :—

P A R T	I . — P R E L I M I N A R Y .
P A R T	I I . — C I T I E S .
P A R T	I I I . — C O N S T I T U T I O N OF AREAS.
P A R T	I V . — R E C O N S T I T U T I O N OF AREAS.
P A R T	V . — D I V I S I O N S OF A R E A S — R I D I N G S AND WARDS.
P A R T	V I . — C O N S T I T U T I O N OF COUNCILS.
P A R T	V I I . — F R A N C H I S E — E L E C T O R S AND R A T E P A Y E R S — L I S T S

AND ROLLS.

P A R T	V I I I . — R E V I S I O N	COURTS.
P A R T	I X . — C A N D I D A T E S .

P A R T	X . — O U S T E R	OF	OFFICE.
P A R T	X I . — P R I M A R Y FUNCTIONS	OF	COUNCILS.

P A R T X I I . — S P E C I F I C POWERS.

P A R T X I I I . — A D D I T I O N A L FUNCTIONS OF COUNCILS.

P A R T X I V . — P O W E R OF GOVERNOR AND M I N I S T E R TO IMPOSE

DUTY	TO	E X E R C I S E	FUNCTIONS.
P A R T	X V . — S E R V A N T S	OF	COUNCILS.

P A R T X V I — N A T I O N A L WORKS.

P A R T X V I I . — A C Q U I S I T I O N OF LAND AND WORKS.

P A R T X V I I L — R A T A B L E LAND.

P A R T	X I X . — V A L U E S AND	VALUATIONS.
P A R T	X X . — R A T E S .
P A R T	X X L — G E N E R A L	RATES.

P A R T X X I I . — O T H E R R A T E S — S P E C I A L , LOCAL, LOAN.

P A R T X X I I I . — R A T E S UNDER OTHER ACTS.

P A R T	X X I V . — E N D O W M E N T .
P A R T	X X V . — D E F A U L T I N G AREAS.
P A R T	X X V I . — L O A N S .
P A R T	X X V I I . — E U N D S .
P A R T	X X V I I I . — A C C O U N T S AND AUDIT.

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P A R T	X X I X . — O R D I N A N C E S .
P A R T	X X X . — R E G U L A T I O N S .
P A R T	X X X I . — M I S C E L L A N E O U S .

S C H E D U L E S .

3 . In this Act, unless inconsistent with the context or subject-

matter,—

"Adjoining"—Shires and municipalities are "adjoining" if only

separated from each other by a public reserve, road, river, or
stream, or other like natural divisions.

"Area , " "o r local government area" means municipality or shire. "Ci ty ," "vi l lage," "town," are not restricted to the meanings

given to them in the Crown Lands Act of 1881, although

including the same where applicable.

" C l e r k " or "counci l c l e rk" or "shire c l e rk" includes person

duly acting as council clerk of an area.

" Council " means council of an area.

" E l e c t o r " means person qualified to vote at elections of

councillors or aldermen.

"Exis t ing municipali ty" means borough or municipal district constituted under the Municipalities Act, 1897.

" Hoarding " means structure used for the exhibition of advertise­ ments, and includes a sky-sign.

" Improvements" includes houses and buildings, fencing,planting,
excavations for holding water, wells, ringbarking, clearing

from timber, or scrub, or sweet-briar, or noxious weeds, or laying clown in grass or pasture, and any other improvements whatsoever the benefit of which is unexhausted at the time

of valuation.

" J u s t i c e "	means justice of	the peace.
" Lease " includes an original or derivative lease or under-lease	or contract or agreement for the same.

" Lessee" includes an original or derivative lessee and under- lessee and any person deriving title under or from a lessee or

under-lessee.

" Mayor" means mayor of a municipality.
" Mine " is laud used or held for any mining purpose, and land

so used or held is a mine. A mine includes all underground workings, and all engines, machinery, workshops, tramways, and other plant; all buildings (not being dwelling-houses), works, and the surface of any land occupied exclusively in connection with and for the purposes of the mine : Provided

that

that, in the case of a mine occupied under a lease, license, or other mineral holding, such land is situate within the boundaries of such lease, license, or holding.

"Min i s t e r " means Minister charged with the administration of this Act, or any portion thereof, under the Constitution Act,

1902.

" Municipality " means area constituted a municipality in pur­ suance of this Act.

"Notification" and "not i f ied" mean respectively notification published in the Gazette and notified in the Gazette.

" Office" means office of president or councillor, and "off icer"

means holder of any such office.

" Ordinances " means ordinances made in pursuance of this Act.

" O w n e r " means every person who is, whether at law or in

equity,—

(a)	entitled to land for any estate of freehold in possession, including the holder of a conditional purchase ; or
(b)	entitled to land for any such estate of freehold as aforesaid as a married woman, to her separate use, otherwise than

by the intervention of trustees; or

(c) entitled to appoint, or to dispose immediately and absolutely

of the fee-simple of any land; or

(d) a settlor, grantor, assignor, or transferor of land comprised in any settlement, grant, assignment, transfer, conveyance

or other instrument, not made bona fide for valuable

consideration ; or

(e) by virtue of any mortgage (legal or equitable), or of any charge or encumbrance on land the owner of any estate or interest in land; or

(f) in actual receipt of, or entitled to receive, or if the land were let to a tenant, would be entitled to receive the rents and profits of land, whether as a beneficial owner, trustee, or mortgagee in possession, or who is receiving	the rents derived from land by virtue of any mortgage, or	of any charge or encumbrance whatsoever, or who is
otherwise, whether at law or in equity, entitled to land for an estate of freehold in possession; or
(g)	entitled to land partly in one and partly in another or others of the aforesaid ways.

" Part " means Part of this Act.
" Prescribed " means prescribed by or under this Act.
" President" means president of a council.

" Private land " means land the fee-simple of which is not vested

in His Majesty the King, and Crown lands held under any

tenure which gives a right to purchase the fee-simple.

" Proclaimed "

" Proclaimed " means proclaimed by publication in the Gazette. " Proclamation " means proclamation published in the Gazette. " Public place " means public road, bridge, jetty, wharf, ferry, or

other place which the public are entitled to use, but does not
include a public reserve.

" Public reserve" means public parks and lands similarly dedicated by the Crown for the use, recreation, or enjoy­ ment of the general public, but does not include a common.

" Public road " means road which the public are entitled to use. " Regulation " means regulation made in pursuance of this Act. " Returning officer " means officer appointed to conduct elections

or polls under this Act.

" R o a d " means road, street, lane, highway, or thoroughfare, including a bridge or culvert thereon.
" Schedule " means Schedule to this Act.

" S h i r e " means shire constituted under this Act or any Act

hereby repealed.

" Shires A c t " means Local Government (Shires) Act, 1905.

" State " means State of New South Wales.

"Treasurer" means Colonial Treasurer.
" Western division" has the meaning given to that expression in

the Crown Lands Act of 1884, or any Act hereafter to be
passed amending that Act.

4 . (1) On the commencement of this Act the Shires Act and

the Local Government Extension Act, 1906, shall be repealed.

(2) On the commencement of this Act the Municipalities

Act, 1897, and the Municipalities Electric Light Act, 1904, and all

by-laws made under such Acts shall be repealed, except so far as certain of the provisions of such Acts and certain of such by-laws are made to continue in full force and effect by section one.

(3) On the commencement of this Act the Acts mentioned

in Schedule One shall be repealed.

(4) No such repeal shall affect property vested, acts and

things validated, or authorised, powers and protection acquired, or

indemnities given under the Acts hereby repealed.

(5) Notwithstanding such repeal, and save so far as other­

wise expressly provided by this Act,—

(a) the mayor and aldermen of the council of an existing municipality in office at the commencement of this Act, and the president and councillors of a shire in office at the passing of this Act, shall remain in office for the period hereinafter provided, and this Act shall apply to them ; and such mayor and aldermen, and such president and councillors, while in

office, shall be the council of the area: Provided that where

in any such municipality there is no council the Governor

may,

may, instead, of proceeding under Part XXV of this Act, dissolve the municipality, and thereupon it shall cease to be

a municipality within the meaning of this Act.

(b) all municipal by-laws in force at the commencement of this

Act in an existing municipality shall continue in force until

ordinances applicable to the municipality are made; and this

Act shall, until such time as aforesaid, apply to all such
by-laws as if they were ordinances.

(c)	all ordinances and regulations in force at the passing of this
Act in a shire shall be ordinances and regulations under this Act.
(d)	all rates, charges, and sums of money which under the Acts hereby repealed are, at the commencement of this Act, due

or payable to or leviable by or for any existing municipality, or shire, shall be paid to and may be received, levied, and

recovered by the council for the time being of the area, and shall remain a charge on property as if this Act had not passed ;

(e)	all rights and liabilities acquired and incurred, and all contracts and undertakings entered into, all securities lawfully given, and all actions, suits, and proceedings pending at the commencement of this Act, shall respectively be vested and attach, and may be enforced, realised, carried on, and prosecuted as if this Act had not passed; and no such action, suit, or proceeding shall abate or be discontinued, or be prejudicially affected by the operation of this Act.
(f)	such repeal shall not, except as herein expressly provided,
affect the incorporation by any Act of any of the enactments so repealed.
(g)	notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, any functions which the council of a municipality is at the commencement

of this Act exercising, and which arc included among those

which under this Act the council of a municipality may

therewith, this Act shall apply to all matters and things made, done, or acquire, may be conferred by the Governor on such council. (6) save so far as there is anything in this Act inconsistent

commenced under the Acts hereby repealed, and at the commencement of this Act of any force or effect or capable of acquiring any force

or effect by virtue of the Acts hereby repealed, as i f this Act had been
in force at the time they were made, done, or commenced, and they

were made, done, or commenced hereunder.

5. (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this

Act shall operate so as to repeal any of the provisions of the

Metropolitan Traffic Act, 1900, Country Towns Water and Sewerage
Act of 1880, the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Act of 1880,

the

the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Act of 1892, the Water and Drainage Act, 1902, the Sydney Corporation Act, 1902, the Sydney Harbour Trust Act, 1900, the Public Health Act, 1902, or any Act amending any of those Acts, or to take away powers vested in any person or body by any of the said Acts, or any by-laws or regulations made thereunder.

(2) Except where expressly provided, nothing in this Act

shall apply to or affect the city of Sydney.

6 . All references in the Public Health Act, 1902, the Cattle

Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act, 1902, or in the Noxious Trades Act, 1902, to a local authority or to a municipality or its council, or to an officer of such authority, municipality, or council, shall apply to a shire or its council, or the officer of a shire or its

council.

7. In any Act, regulations, or by-laws, references to existing municipalities and their councils and servants shall apply to munici­ palities and the councils and servants of municipalities constituted by

or under this Act.

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8 . In addition to the cities proclaimed before the commence­

ment of this Act, the Governor, by proclamation, may constitute as a
city a municipality which—

(a)	has, during the five municipal financial years next preceding such proclamation, had an werage population of at least
twenty thousand persons ; and
(b)	has during the said period had an werage gross municipal revenue from all sources of at least twenty thousand pounds; and
(c)	is an independent centre of jwpulation and is not a suburb, whether residential, industrial, commercial, or maritime, of any other municipality or centre of population.

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CONSTITUTION OF AREAS.

D I V I S I O N 1 .—Shins .

9 . The shires constituted under the Shires Act shall be shires

constituted under this Act, having the boundaries and bearing the

names respectively defined and given to them under the Shires Act.

1 0 . The Governor may make orders for the provisional govern­

ment of shires on their being constituted, and in the exercise of such

power may—

(a) appoint a temporary council of five members, who shall, within six months from the date of their appointment, direct and supervise the preparation of lists and rolls of electors, and make all necessary arrangements for the election of the first council. Such temporary council may employ whatever temporary clerical and other assistance may he required to carry out the work entrusted to them, and the cost of such employment, and of the preparation of lists and rolls and arrangements for election, may, with the approval of the Treasurer, be paid from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

Such temporary council shall have no powers ether than

those granted in this subsection.

(1)) provide for the continuance of the present administration

of roads, bridges, ferries, jetties, public watering-places, and other public works and services by the Department of Public

Works pending the taking over of such administration by

the council, and fix a date when the control of such works

shall be vested in the council in pursuance of this Act.

1 1 . Orders for the provisional government of shires, appoint­

ments of a temporary council, and provision made for the continuance

of the administration of public works and services by the Department of Public Works, and for the taking over of the administration of

appointments, and provision made under this Act. council made by the Governor under the Shires Act, shall be orders, such works by and the vesting of the control of such works in the DiVISION 2.—Municipalitics.

1 2 .    Every existing municipality, with any area added tin re to in

pursuance of the Shires Act, is constituted a municipality under this

Act. Thereupon the body corporate of such existing municipality

shall be dissolved, and shall be replaced by the council ( f the municipality which under that name is created a body corporate. All powers, rights, and liabilities of such old body corporate shall be the powers, rights, and liabilities of the council of the municipality.

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D I V I S I O N 3.—Shires and municipalities.

1 3 . The Governor may alter the name of any area and of its

council.

1 4 . Any land which is not within any area, but is on the

boundary of an area, and which has at any time before or after the commencement of the Act been reclaimed from tidal waters, shall be deemed to be included within the area, and the boundaries of the area are altered accordingly.

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RECONSTITTJTION OF AREAS.

D I V I S I O N 1.—Shires and municipalities.

1 5 . (1) The Governor may at any time—

(a) unite two or more adjoining areas ;

(b)	divide an area into two or more areas, or divide two or more adjoining areas into a different number and description of areas ;
(c)	in any order uniting or dividing areas, or by separate order, alter the boundaries of areas ;
(d)	convert a municipality into a shire or a shire into a municipality;
(e)	unite part or parts of an area to the whole or part or parts of another area;

and may by order reconstitute the new areas so formed as municipalities
or shires, and give names to such areas and their councils.

(2) Provided that before acting upon power (a) or (e) in

subsection one a poll shall be taken of the ratepayers in each area or part

of an area affected by the proposed union if demanded by one-third of

result of the poll shall decide the question whether such power shall	such ratepayers in any such area in manner to be prescribed, and the
be exercised.

(3) Every area, when so reconstituted, shall consist of

adjoining areas.

(4) But before any area is so reconstituted the prescribed

notice shall be given, and any council, ratepayer, or creditor of any

area may within the period prescribed in such notice make written

representations on the subject of the proposed reconstitution.

(5) Notwithstanding that no objection may have been made
to any proposed boundaries mentioned in such notice, the Governor

may make such variations in such boundaries as he may consider

desirable. 1 6 .

1 6 . (1) No areas shall, except under the next succeeding

section, he reconstituted under this Act, unless and until—

(a)	an arrangement as to the apportionment of debts between the areas affected by such reconstitution is agreed to by all the creditors (if any) of such areas ; or
(b)	such arrangement is agreed to by a majority in number of such creditors, and approved by the Governor.

(2) On the reconstitution of areas, the Governor shall make

orders distributing among such areas the property, moneys, and rights

of old areas forming part of the reconstituted areas, and for that

purpose may direct securities to be transferred and given.

(3) But before any such order is made, the prescribed notice

shall be given, and any person who was or is a creditor of such old area, or any person representing not less than fifty persons who would
be ratepayers of the new area, may, within the period prescribed in

such notice, make written representations on the subject of the
proposed order.

(4) On the reconstitution of areas the Governor may make prescribing what ordinances (if any) of an old area forming part of the new area shall have effect within the new area or within any specified part thereof until new ordinances arc in

orders—

(a)

force therein, and providing for enforcing those ordinances ;

(b) providing for the recovery of rates, charges, and sums of money due to or from any old area, and the continuing of proceedings begun before the reconstitution.

D I V I S I O N 2.—Shires.

1 7 . Where the Governor includes the area of a municipality

in a shire, the following provisions shall apply :—

(a)	Such area shall he a riding or two or more complete ridings of
such shire.
(b)	Such area shall he solely responsible for the unpaid debts and

liabilities of the municipality as at the date of the inclusion

of its area in the shire. The revenue of the shire levied
within or received in respect of such area shall be subject to
a first charge in favour of such debts and liabilities, and
shall be primarily applied to meet the same and to make payments to any sinking fund. The residue of such revenue shall be applied and used, as the council may determine, for the benefit of such area. "When the said debts and liabilities unpaid at the time of the inclusion of such area in the shire have been fully paid off, the operations of the preceding portion

of this paragraph and of paragraph (a), may, in the discretion

of the council, be terminated. (c)

(c) If in any such area a special rate under the Municipalities

Act, 1897, has been levied during the municipal financial

year next preceding its inclusion in a shire, then the shire

council may, in and for the benefit of such area, continue to levy such rate, which, for the purposes of this Act, shall be a local rate, and shall be expended for the benefit of the said

area; but it shall not be necessary before making the rate
to hold a poll under this Act.

(d) The Governor may apply to such area any powers which, under this Act, may be exercised or acquired by a municipality so as to continue the powers which the municipality possessed

before the inclusion of its area in the shire, and such powers
may thereupon be exercised by the council of the shire in such area by virtue of this section, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act.

(e) The council of the shire may, under the provisions of this Act applicable to municipalities, raise money by way of loan for the purpose only of repaying any loan for which the municipality was liable at the time of the inclusion of its area in the shire, or of repaying any loan contracted under this section, in which case the provisions of this Act relating to loans by municipalities shall apply to the shire : Provided that the loan rate to be collected in connection with any such loan shall he levied only within the said area, but the loan shall nevertheless be borrowed on the credit of the shire and on the security of its revenues.

D I V I S I O N 3.— City of Sydney.

1 8 . (1) The Governor may at any time, on receipt of a

resolution from each of the councils concerned, which said resolution shall have been passed by a majority of each council at one meeting,

and confirmed by a majority at a second meeting—

(a) unite to the city of Sydney the whole or any part of a muni­

cipality adjoining such ci ty; or

(b) unite any part of the said city to any such municipality ; and

(c) make consequent alterations in the boundaries of the said city and of any such municipality, and may by order reconstitute the said city and any such municipality with the boundaries as so altered.

(2) But before any such reconstitution is made the prescribed

notice shall be given, and any council, ratepayer, or creditor of the
said city or of the municipality affected may, within the period and to the person prescribed in such notice, make written representations on

the

the subject of the proposed reconstitution, and a poll of the electors concerned may be taken by a council on petition from one-fifth of such electors.

(3) Notwithstanding that no objection may have been made

to any proposed boundaries mentioned iu such notice, the Governor may make such variations in such boundaries as he may consider desirable.

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D I V I S I O N S OF A R E A S . — R I D I N G S AND WARDS.

DIVISION 1.—Shires—Bidings.

1 9 . (1) The Governor shall by notification divide shires into

ridings.

(2) The Governor may by notification alter any such

division : Provided that such alteration shall not affect the repre­ sentation of the shire on its council until the next following general

election of the council.

(3) But before making any such alteration the prescribed

notice shall be given, and the council, or any person representing at least fifty persons resident within the shire, shall be heard in manner
to be prescribed.

2 0 . Any division of shires into ridings, and any alteration of

such division made under the Shires Act, shall be a division and an

alteration of such division under this Act.

DIVISION 2.—Municipalities— Wards.

2 1 .    (1) I t shall be optional but not compulsory for the Governor,

on receipt of a petition from the council or a majority of ratepayers, by

notification to divide municipalities into wards.

(2) The Governor may by notification alter, abolish, and

re-create any such division : Provided that—

(a) such alteration shall not affect the representation of the municipality on its council until the next following general

election of the council;

(b) before making such alteration the prescribed notice shall be given, and the council, or any person representing at least

fifty persons resident within the municipality, shall be heard

in the manner prescribed ;

(c) before so abolishing any such division the Governor shall, on the request of one hundred or more of the electors of the municipality, remit to a poll of electors the question whether

such

such division shall he abolished. The council shall thereupon
fix and notify as prescribed a day on which such poll shall
be held, and the same shall be held accordingly. I f at such poll a majority of those voting at the poll is opposed to the abolition of such division, the division shall not be abolished then or within twelve months thereafter.

2 2 . Until a municipality is divided into wards, in pursuance of

this Act, the wards of the existing municipality shall be the wards of

the municipality constituted by this Act.

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CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS.

D I V I S I O N 1.—Shires.

2 3 .    (1) Every shire shall be governed by a council, the members

of which shall be called councillors.

(2) The councillors shall, except where otherwise provided,

be elected by the electors.

(3) A councillor may resign his office.

2 4 . The respective ridings of a shire shall have equal repre­

sentation on the council.

2 5 . The first council of a shire shall consist of six members;

such number of members may, for the purposes of any later election,
be increased to nine on resolution by the council.

2 6 . A council may out of the general fund of the shire pay

to its members reasonable allowances towards their expenses in travelling to and from meetings of the council, or on the business of

the council. 2 7 . A council may, out of the general fund of the shire, grant	an annual allowance, or allowances, to any person holding the office of
or acting as its president for his expenses. The maximum amount of such allowance or allowances shall be specified in the ordinances, and shall not exceed fifty pounds in each year.

2 8 . (1) The first election of the councillors of a shire after its

constitution shall be held on a day and at a place to be fixed and
proclaimed by the Governor.

(2) The expenses incurred by a returning officer in connec­ tion with such first election may be paid from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and shall, if so paid, be deducted from any endowment which may subsequently become due to the shire.

DIVISION

DIVISION 2.—Municipalities.

2 9 . (1) Every municipality shall he governed by a council, the

members of which shall be called aldermen.

(2) The aldermen shall, except where otherwise provided,

be elected by the electors.

(3) An alderman may resign his office.

3 0 . The aldermen in office in any existing municipality at the commencement of this Act shall constitute the council of the municipality under this Act, and shall remain in office subject to the provisions of this Act until and retire from office on the last Eriday in January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

3 1 . (1) The number of aldermen shall be as determined by the

Governor; such number shall not be less than six nor more than twelve, except in the case of the existing municipality of North
Sydney, where such number shall not be less than six nor more than fifteen; and except in the case of the union of two or more
municipalities, when the Governor may, in his discretion, determine that the council of the united areas shall consist of any number greater than twelve but not greater than eighteen aldermen.

(2) The number of aldermen to be elected by the respective

wards shall be as determined by the Governor.

3 2 . (1) Allowances or travelling expenses shall not be paid by

the council to its aldermen.

(2) The council may determine whether any and what

remuneration shall be allowed any person executing the office of mayor.

3 3 . I f an extraordinary vacancy occur in the council before

the last Friday in January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and

before the roll of electors is made, the roll for the existing municipality

in force at the commencement of this Act shall be used at the election

to fill such vacancy.

3 4 . Where an area has been added to an existing municipality

under subsection two of section live of the Shires Act, and where

a ward of such municipality but no aldermen of such ward have been	under the Municipalities Act, 1897, the said area has been constituted
elected, the council of such municipality may, on the passing of this Act, cause lists and rolls of electors for such area qualified under this Act to be prepared in pursuance of this Act, and may thereupon hold
an election as prescribed of such number of aldermen as might under the Municipalities Act, 1897, be elected in respect of such ward. The aldermen so elected shall retire from office on the general retirement
of aldermen in pursuance of this Act.

D I V I S I O N 3.—Shires and municipalities.

3 5 . (1) One of the councillors of each shire shall be the

president, and shall preside when present at meetings of the council.

A president may resign his office. (2)

(2) One of the aldermen of each municipality shall be the

mayor and shall preside when present at meetings of the council. A

mayor may resign his office.

(3) Within fourteen days after the constitution of the

council a president or mayor shall bo elected by the council from its
members in the manner prescribed.

(4) On the last day of February in each year every president

or mayor then in office shall retire.

(5) On some day between the first and the fifteenth days of

February in each year, every council shall elect a president or mayor, who shall hold his office from the first day of March next following his election. At such election the retiring president or mayor shall,

if otherwise qualified, be eligible for re-election.

(6) Within fourteen days of the occurrence of an extra­

ordinary vacancy in the office of president or mayor, caused by death, resignation, ouster, disqualification, or otherwise, an election shall be held to fill the vacancy.

(7) Within fourteen days after the first due constitution of

a council, after an area has been proclaimed a defaulting area, a
president or mayor shall be elected as prescribed.

(8) A council may appoint one of its members to act as

deputy president or deputy mayor during such time as the president
or mayor may be temporarily absent from the area, or from his duties,
on account of illness or other sufficient reason. The deputy while so acting shall have the powers, authorities, duties, and liabilities of the president or mayor.

(9) I f a council fail to elect a president or mayor within the period prescribed, the Governor may appoint some member of the
council to be president or mayor.

3 6 . Members of councils shall be elected for the respec­

tive ridings or wards of the area by the electors of such ridings
or wards : Provided that where a municipality is not divided into

municipality. wards, the council shall be elected by the electors of the whole 3 7 . ( 1 ) Nominations shall be made in the prescribed manner,

and where the number of candidates nominated does not exceed the number of members to be elected, the persons so nominated shall be deemed to have been elected ; otherwise there shall be a ballot.

(2) Whosoever forges, or fraudulently defaces, or fraudulently
destroys any nomination paper, or delivers to the returning officer or

clerk any forged nomination paper, knowing it to be forged, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, with or

without hard labour. Any attempt to commit any such offence
shall be punishable as the offence itself.

3 8 .    (1) The election of members of councils shall be conducted

by a returning officer to be appointed as prescribed.

(2) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, the

expenses incurred by a returning officer in connection with an election shall be repaid to him out of the general fund of the area, and may

be recovered in a summary way before two justices.

3 9 . No election of members of a council shall be invalid by

reason only of—

(a) any formal defect or error in or relating to the election, if the

election was held substantially as prescribed ;

(b)	any defect or want of title of the returning officer if he has acted as such ; or
(c)	the fact that the election was held at a time other than that appointed or prescribed;

and if the Governor proclaims that any such defect or error does not invalidate any such election, such proclamation shall be conclusive as to the matter stated therein.

4 0 . Sections eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, one hundred

and two, one hundred and seven, one hundred and eight, and one hundred and nine of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act,
1902, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to elections of members of councils.

4 1 . An election to fill an extraordinary vacancy in a council
caused by death, resignation, ouster, disqualification, or otherwise shall

be held within one month from the occurrence of such vacancy, and on a day and at a place to be fixed and notified by the council as prescribed.

4 2 . All members of a council shall retire from office on the last Friday of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and on the same day in every third year thereafter; and elections of members of councils shall take place on the following day. A retiring member

shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible for re-election.

4 3 . I f it appears to the Governor to be impracticable or

inconvenient to hold any election on any day prescribed, he may, by

such election. In such case the outgoing members shall remain in	proclamation, appoint any day in the month of February for holding
office until the day next preceding the day of the election.

4 4 . The duly constituted council of an area shall be a body

corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal.

4 5 . On the reconstitution of an area the body corporate existing

prior to such reconstitution shall be dissolved.

4 6 . (1) Where areas are reconstituted the Governor may, by

order, appoint and constitute a council for each reconstituted area, or in his discretion may authorise an election to be held in the prescribed manner. The members of such council shall hold office until the day

fixed by this Act for the next retirement of all members of councils.

2 c (2)

(2) The Governor may appoint persons to till extraordinary

vacancies in any council so constituted, or may declare that such vacancies shall be filled by election under this Act, in which case such

vacancies shall be filled accordingly. »

4 7 . Where, at any election of a council, the number of officers

elected is less than the number of offices which the election was held to fill, the Governor may appoint persons to till the offices thus left vacant.

P A R T V I I .

F R A N C H I S E — E L E C T O R S AND R A T E P A Y E R S — L I S T S AND ROLLS.

DIVISION 1.—Shires.

4 8 . Any natural born or naturalised British subject, male

or female, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, shall be entitled
to be placed on the list as "occupier," and to be enrolled as an elector
if he on the day prescribed—

(a)	has been continuously, during the three months next preceding such prescribed day, in joint or several occupation as tenant under lease in writing or oral tenancy of any ratable land in the shire which, with or without any houses or other buildings thereon, is of a yearly value of live pounds or upwards :
Provided that only one of such joint occupiers shall be entitled to be placed on the roll. The joint occupier who shall

be so entitled shall be determined by a majority of the occupiers, evidenced by agreement signed by such majority,

and delivered to the clerk, or, failing such agreement, according to the alphabetical order of the surnames of the occupiers:
(b)	is the manager, secretary, or director of a public company,
body corporate, or one of a body of trustees which is in
occupation as tenant as aforesaid of any ratable land in the shire which, with or without any houses or other buildings thereon, is of a yearly value of five pounds or upwards ; and—

(i) has been nominated by the directors of such company

or body corporate, or by such body of trustees, as an
elector in respect of such occupation; or

(ii)   where no such nomination has been made, is the manager, or, where1 there is no manager, is the secretary of such company, or is the trustee of such body of trustees whose name first appears on the instrument creating the trust; or

(o)

(c) is the resident manager of any ratable land in the shire which, with or without any houses or other buildings thereon,

is of a yearly value of live pounds or upwards; or

(d)	has been continuously during the three months next preceding such prescribed day in joint or several occupation of any ratable land in the shire, by virtue of a miner's right or business license under the Mining Act, 1874, or any Act amending or consolidating the same ;
(e)	has been continuously, during the three months next preceding such prescribed day, resident within the shire and a share farmer of ratable land therein—that is to say, a person holding

a written license to occupy and cultivate ratable land of a

yearly value of live pounds or upwards in consideration of sharing the produce of such land;
(f)	is in occupation of lands or buildings in the shire owned by the Crown, and, directly or indirectly, pays rent for the same

by way of deduction from salary or otherwise.

4 9 . Any natural born or naturalised British subject, male

or female, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, shall be entitled
to be placed on the list as " o w n e r " and to be enrolled as an elector
if he on the day prescribed—

(a) is severally the owner of any ratable land in the shire ;

(b) is jointly such owner as aforesaid ;

(c) is the manager, secretary, or director of a public company or body corporate, or one of a body of trustees, which is such owner as aforesaid ; and—

(i) has been nominated by the directors of such compand­

or body corporate, or by such body of trustees as an
elector in respect of such land ; or

(ii)   where no such nomination has been made, is the manager, or, where there is no manager, is the secretary of such company, or is the trustee of such instrument creating the trust. body of trustees whoso name first appears on the

(d)	is the holder of a lease, promise or contract of lease, or license from the Crown of ratable Crown land situate in a shire ; or
(e)	is the resident manager of any lease, promise or contract of

lease, or license from the Crown of ratable Crown land in the

shire.

5 0 .    (1) A shire council shall, once in three years, on the day and

in the manner prescribed, cause a list to be made of the names of the persons who appear to have the necessary qualification of electors as occupiers or owners.

(2) Provided that, for the purposes of the first election of a

council under this Act, the list shall be made by the council then in office

or the temporary council. 5 1 .

5 1 . Supplementary lists and rolls of the names of persons duly

qualified for enrolment as electors of a shire whose names are not included in the rolls of electors in force for the time being, or whose qualifications have been altered by a change of residence, and who make application in the prescribed manner to be enrolled, may be prepared and revised in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed time or times in each year intervening between the triennial preparations and revisions of the lists and rolls.

5 2 . (1) The names on the list for the shire shall be entered on

lists for the respective ridings of the shire, each person's name being

entered on the list of each riding in which such person holds the

qualification of occupier or has ratable land, as the case may be.

(2) Provided that a person qualified as aforesaid as owner

in any riding shall not be entitled to be enrolled as an occupier in the same or any other riding in the same area ; and that a person qualified as occupier in two or more ridings shall be entitled to be enrolled only in such one riding as he has notified by writing under his hand delivered to the prescribed person within the prescribed time, or,

failing such notification, in such one riding as the clerk may notify
in the prescribed manner.

(3) Any person claiming enrolment may be required to

make a declaration in the prescribed form.

5 3 . (1) The lists of electors prepared as aforesaid shall, when

revised and signed by the revision court, be the rolls of electors for

the respective ridings.

(2) The rolls for the ridings shall together constitute the

roll of electors for the shire.

(3) Any such roll shall be in force until a new roll is made.

5 4 . Any person whose name is on a roll of electors under the

qualification of occupier, and who, at the date of an election, retains the qualification under which he was enrolled, and any person whose name is on the roll of electors under the qualification of owner, for a

entitled at any election of councillors within the riding for which he is	shire or riding, shall be an elector of such shire or riding, and shall be
enrolled to as many votes as there are candidates to be elected, but shall not give more than one vote to any one candidate. He shall vote for the full number of councillors to be elected.

D I V I S I O N 2.—Municipalities.

5 5 . Any natural born or naturalised British subject, male or

female, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, shall be entitled
to be placed on the list as " occupier," and to be enrolled as an elector,
if he, on the day prescribed—

(a) has been continuously, during the three months next preceding such prescribed day, in joint or several occupation as direct

tenant

tenant of the owners and ratepaying lessees, under lease in writing or oral tenancy, of any ratable land in the municipality which, with or without any houses or other buildings thereon, is of a yearly value of five pounds or upwards, such oral tenancy being bona fide and verified by statutory declaration of the terms thereof :

Provided that only one of such joint occupiers shall

be entitled to be placed on the roll. The joint occupier

who shall be so entitled shall be determined by a majority
of the occupiers, evidenced by agreement signed by such

majority, and delivered to the clerk, or, failing such agree­

ment, according to the alphabetical order of the surnames
of the occupiers;

(b) is the manager, secretary, or director of a public company, body corporate, or one of a body of trustees which is in occupation as tenant as aforesaid of any ratable land in the municipality which, with or without any houses or other buildings thereon, is of a yearly value of five pounds or upwards; and

(i) has been nominated by the directors of such company

or body corporate, or by such body of trustees, as
an elector in respect of such occupation; or

(ii)   where no such nomination has been made, is the manager, or, where there is no manager, is the secretary of such company, or is the trustee of such body of trustees whose name first appears on the instrument creating the trust;

(c) has been continuously, during the three months next preceding such prescribed day, in joint or several occupation of any ratable land in the municipality, by virtue of a miner's right

or business license under the Mining Act, 1874, or any Act

amending or consolidating the same;
(d)	has been continuously, during the three months next preceding such prescribed day, resident within the municipality and a share farmer of ratable land therein—that is to say, a person holding a written license to occupy and cultivate ratable land of a yearly value of five pounds or upwards in consider­ ation of sharing the produce of such land ; or
(e)	is in occupation of lands or buildings within the municipality owned by the Crown, and, directly or indirectly, pays rent for the same by way of deduction from salary or otherwise.

5 6 . Any natural-born or naturalised British subject, male or

female, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, shall be entitled

to be placed on the list as " owner" and to be enrolled as an elector
if he, on the day prescribed,—

(a) is severally the owner of any ratable land in the municipality ;

(b) is jointly such owner as aforesaid;

(c) is the manager, secretary, or director of a public company or body corporate, or one of a body of trustees, which is such owner as aforesaid ; and—

(i) has been nominated by the directors of such company

or body corporate, or by such body of trustees as
an elector in respect of such land; or

(ii)   where no such nomination has been made, is the manager, or, where there is no manager, is the secretary of such company, or is the trustee of such body of trustees whose name first appears on the instrument creating the trust;

(d) is the holder of a lease, promise, or contract of lease or license from the Crown of ratable Crown land situate in the munici­ pality.

5 7 . Any natural born or naturalised British subject, male or

female, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, shall be entitled to be placed on the list as " rate-paying lessee," and to be enrolled as an elector if he, on the day prescribed,—•

(a) is severally the lessee of any ratable land in the municipality, and is, under a lease in writing or other documents of title relating to such land, liable to pay to any person the whole

or any part of any rates which may be made and levied

under this Act in respect of such land;

(b) is jointly such lessee as aforesaid, and is so liable as aforesaid ;

(c) is the manager, secretary, or director of a public company, or body corporate, or one of a body of trustees which is such

lessee so liable as aforesaid ; and—

(i) has been nominated by the directors of such company,

or body corporate, or by such body of trustees as an
elector in respect of such land ; or

(ii)   where no such nomination has been made is the manager, or, where there is no manager, is the secretary of such company, or is the trustee of such body of trustees whose name first appears on the instrument creating the trust.

5 8 . (1) A council of a municipality shall, once in three years,

on the day and in the manner prescribed, cause a list to be made of the names of the persons who appear to have the necessary qualification

of electors as occupiers or owners or ratepaying lessees.

(2)

(2) Provided that, for the purposes of the first election of a

council under this Act, the list shall he made by the council then in

office.

5 9 . Supplementary lists and rolls of the names of persons duly

qualified for enrolment as electors of a municipality whose names are not included in the rolls of electors in force for the time being, or whose qualifications have been altered by a change of residence, and who make application in the prescribed manner to be enrolled, may

be prepared and revised in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed
time or times in each year intervening between the triennial prepar­

ations and revisions of the lists and rolls.

6 0 . (1) The names on the list for the municipality shall be

entered on lists for the respective wards, if any, of the municipality,
each person's name being entered on the list of each ward in which

such person holds the qualification of occupier or rate-paying lessee or

has ratable land, as the case may be.

(2) Provided that a person qualified as aforesaid as owner

or rate-paying lessee in any ward shall not be entitled to be enrolled

as an occupier in the same or any other ward in the same municipality; and that a person qualified as occupier in two or more wards shall be entitled to be enrolled only in such one ward as he has notified by writing under his hand delivered to the prescribed person within the prescribed time, or, failing such notification, in such one ward as the

clerk may notify in the prescribed manner.

(3) Any person claiming enrolment may be required to

make a declaration in the prescribed form.

6 1 . (1) The lists of electors prepared as aforesaid shall, when

revised and signed by the revision court, be the rolls of electors for

the respective wards.

(2) The rolls for the wards shall together constitute the

roll of electors for the municipality.

(3) I f a municipality is not divided into wards, the list of

electors for the municipality, when revised and signed by the revision

court, shall be the roll of electors for the municipality.

(4) Any such roll shall be in force until a new roll is made.

6 2 . Any person whose name is on a roll of electors under the

qualification of occupier, and who, at the date of an election, retains the qualification under which he was enrolled, and any person whose name is on the roll of electors under the qualification of owner or rate-paying lessee, for a municipality or ward, shall be an elector of such municipality or ward, and shall be entitled at any election of aldermen within the ward for which he is enrolled to as many votes as there are candidates to be elected, but shall not give more than one vote to any one candidate. He shall vote for the full number of

aldermen to be elected. D I V I S I O N

D I V I S I O N 3.—Shires and municipalities.

6 3 . A woman shall not he disqualified by marriage for being on

any roll of electors, or for being an elector, or for voting at an election: Provided that a husband and wife shall not both be qualified to be enrolled as electors in respect of the same land.

6 4 . (1) A council shall, within the prescribed time after the

making of the roll of electors, prepare a roll of ratepayers by transcribing from the roll of electors the names of the persons thereon who are- owners or ratepaying lessees, or lessees of Crown lands or tenants of lands vested in the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways.

(2) Such roll, when signed by the mayor or president and

countersigned by the clerk, shall be the roll of ratepayers for the area, and shall remain in force until a new roll of ratepayers is made.

(3) The persons on such roll shall be entitled to vote at a

poll of ratepayers.

6 5 . Where areas are reconstituted under this Act, the Minister

may, for the purpose of making lists of electors and ratepayers of the new area, require lists of electors and ratepayers of the old area to be furnished, and may from such lists cause the requisite lists to be prepared for the new area. Such lists, when revised in accordance with this Act, shall be the rolls for the new area, and shall be in force until the new rolls are made.

P A R T	V I I I .
R E V I S I O N	COURTS.

Shires and municipalities.

6 6 . (1) In each area the Governor shall appoint a revision

court annually to revise the lists of electors prepared as aforesaid.

(2) A revision court shall consist of either a stipendiary or

police magistrate or three justices.

(3) The proceedings of a revision court shall be conducted

in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed place and time. 6 7 . The provisions of section one hundred and thirty-six of
the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act, 1902, relating to a
committee of elections and qualifications and the members thereof, and to proceedings before the same in relation to any matter before such

committee, shall apply to the revision court and the members thereof,

and to the proceedings before such court in relation to the revision of

a list of electors under this Act.

6 8 . The Governor may, at the request of a council, appoint a

revision court, which may at the prescribed time of the year one thousand nine hundred and seven, and in the prescribed manner, revise the first rolls of electors relating to the area of the said council.

P A R T

P A R T I X .

CANDIDATES.

Shires and municipalities.

6 9 . Any male person whose name is on the roll of electors for

an area shall, if not disqualified, he eligible to be elected and to act

as alderman or councillor of the area.

7 0 . A person is disqualified for such office if—

(a) he has not, prior to the seventh clear day before the day of nomination of candidates for such office, paid all sums due

by him on such day to the council for rates or charges ;

(b) he is a judge of the Supreme Court or of any district court;

(c)	he is an officer on full pay or a non-commissioned officer or private in the naval or military service of His Majesty other than the citizen forces of the Commonwealth ;
(d)	his affairs are under composition with his creditors by any deed of assignment duly executed by h im;

(e) he is an uncertificated bankrupt or insolvent;

(f) he has been convicted of felony, and has not received a free pardon or served his sentence;

(g) he is undergoing a sentence of imprisonment;

(h) he is of unsound mind ;

(i) he holds any position or place of profit under or in the gift of

the council;

(j) he is directly or indirectly by himself, or any partner, engaged or interested (other than as a shareholder in an incorporated company, association, or partnership consisting

of more than twenty members) in any contract, agreement,

or employment with, by, or on behalf of the council, except
in a contract or agreement for or in relation to—•

(i) the publication of advertisements in a public journal ;

(ii)   the supply by the council of any water, or of gas,

or of coke or other products from gas works, or of

electricity;

(iii)   the performance by the council of any work or

services in connection with footways, roads, or
sanitation ;

(iv)  permission granted by the council to occupy foot­ ways during the erection of buildings ;

(v) security for damage to footways or roadways ; or

(vi)   any lease granted before his election of land belonging to or under the control of the council.

7 1 . Any person acting in such office while so disqualified shall

be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, and if convicted of an offence mentioned in paragraphs (i) or ( j) of the

last

last preceding section, the minimum penalty shall be fifty pounds, and he shall be disqualified for such office for seven years thereafter, and shall not be competent to recover from the council any sums due to him by the council under any contract or agreement; and if he has

received from the council any sums under any contract or agreement,

the same may be recovered from him by the council in any court of competent jurisdiction within two years from the date of such receipt.

P A R T X .

O U S T E R OF OFFICE.

Shires and municipalities.

7 2 . (1) Upon affidavit—

(a)	that any person declared elected to an office has been elected unduly or contrary to this A c t ; or
(b)	that any person disqualified for any office has been elected to

or holds or acts in such office,

the Supreme Court, or a judge thereof, or any district court or court of petty sessions having jurisdiction in the area in which the

election has been held, may grant a rule or order calling upon such

person to show cause why he should not be ousted of such office : Provided that no such rule or order for ousting any person as having been elected unduly or contrary to this Act shall be granted unless the application is made within three months from the declaration of

election.

(2) I f upon the return of the rule or order it appears to

the court that the said person was elected unduly or contrary to this
Act, or was at the time of his election, or while holding or acting in
such office, disqualified for such office, the court may make the rule or order absolute, or if the matter does not so appear may discharge the rule or order, and in either case with or without costs.

(3) The person against whom any such rule or order is

made absolute shall be deemed thereby to be ousted of such office. (4) An appeal from any rule or order of a district court

or court of petty sessions under this section on the ground that such

rule or order is erroneous in law, may be made to the Supreme Court

or a judge thereof.

(5) Any such appeal from a district court shall be made

and determined in the same manner as an appeal in an action in such

court.

(6) Any such appeal from a court of petty sessions shall

be made and determined in the same manner as an appeal from the

determination of justices in the exercise of their summary jurisdiction.

P A R T

P A R T X I .

P R I M A R Y FUNCTIONS OF COUNCILS.

D I V I S I O N 1.—Shires.

7 3 . The council of a shire, on its constitution under this Act,

may within its area exercise the following powers and shall perform
the following duties :—

(i) the care, control, construction, formation, fencing, main­ tenance, and management of all public places except—

fails to perform such work or do such act or thing as and when so

ordered or directed, the council may cause such work to be performed
or such act or thing to be done, and may, in any court of competent

jurisdiction, recover from the said person the expenses so incurred as

a debt due to the council.

208. (1) I f the occupier of any premises prevents the owner

thereof from obeying or carrying into effect any provisions of this Act or of any ordinance or regulation thereunder respectively, or of any notice or order under the said Act, ordinances, or regulations, any justice to whom application is made in that behalf may, by order in

writing, require such occupier to permit the execution of any works if they appear to such justice to be necessary for the purpose of obeying

or carrying into effect the said provisions ; and if such occupier does

not comply with the order within forty-eight hours after the time when it was made, ho shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding iive pounds for every day during the continuance of such non-compliance.

(2) Such penalty shall be in lieu of any penalties to which

the occupier might otherwise have become liable by reason of any
default by him in carrying into effect the said provisions.

209. (1) A council may make a fair rental charge upon persons who have laid or erected, or may, with the council's permission, lay or

erect, pipes, wires, cables, or rails, on, under, over, or through the

public and other places under the control of the council. This

subsection shall not apply to the Crown.

(2) I f any dispute arise as to the amount of such rental

charge, such dispute shall be finally settled by the decision of the

nearest court of petty sessions. Such charges may be made, levied,

and recovered by a council as rates.

S C H E D U L E S .

S C H E D U L E S .

S C H E D U L E ONE.

Nos. of Acts. Titles of Acts. Extent of repeal.

2 Wm. I V , No. 16. . . An Act for regulating the rates of tolls or dues to The whole.

be levied at the markets of Sydney and Parra-

matta.

3 Vic. No. 19	An Act to authorise the establishment of markets in certain towns in the Colony of New South Wales, and for the appointment of commis­ sioners to manage the same.	The whole.
5 Vic . No. 2	An Act to amend an Act intituled an Act to authorise the establishment of markets in certain towns in the Colony of New South Wales, and for the appointment of commissioners to manage the same.	The whole.

61 Vic. No. 24 ... Nuisances Prevention Act, 1897 The whole.

Act No. 20, 1898 ...	Cattle Driving Act, 1898	The whole.
Act No. 55, 1902 ...	Wagga Wagga Cattle Driving Act, 1902	The whole.
Act No. 62, 1902 ...	Maitland Cattle Driving Act, 1902	The whole.
Act No. 67, 1902 ...	Newcastle Pwing and Public Vehicles Act, 1902 ...	The whole.

Also all enactments, whether in public or private Acts (except the Sydney Corporation Act, 1902), relating to municipal cattle sale-yards, or relating to the making and levying of special rates for street-watering.

S C H E D U L E T W O .

2 Wm. I V No. 12

14 Vic. No. 5

4 Wm. I V No. 11

18 Vic. No. 15

20 Vic. No. 38 Relating to roads, ferries, and tolls.

21 Vic. No. 8

24 Vic. No. 12

25 Vic. No. 7

35 Vic. No. 2

17 Vic. No. 16

18 Vic. No. 22 Maitland roads.

11 Vic. No. 49 (South Head road).

S C H E D U L E

S C H E D U L E T H R E E .

Nos. of Acts. Titles of Acts. Extent of suspension.

59 Vic. No. 15 ... Land and Income Tax Assessment Subsections (vii) and (viii) of section 17, and the words in subsection (iv) of section

Act of 1895.

15, "except from land sub­

ject to land tax as herein­ after specifically excepted."

59 Vic. No. 15 ... Land and Income Tax Assessment

Act of 1895

61 Vic. No. 21 ... Land and Income Tax (Amendment) , So much as relates to land

Act, 1897 [ values taxation.

62 Vic. No. 37 ... Land ar.d Income Tax (Declaratory) 1

Act, 1898 J ,

59 Vic. No. 16 ...	Land Tax Act of 1895	The whole.
Act No. 28, 1900. .	Land Tax (Assessment Books) Act,

1900   The whole.

Act No. 46, 1900. .	Land Tax (Contribution) Act, 1900. . .	The whole.
Act No. 115, 1902	Land Tax (Leases) Act, 1902	The whole.