Marsupial Proof Fencing Act Amendment Act of 1913 (4 Geo v No. 15) (Qld)

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the words" strike out from the ballot-paper the name of every candidate for whom he does not wish to vote" are repealed, and the words" mark the ballot-paper by making a cross in the square opposite the name of the candidate or of each of the candidates for whom he votes" are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 Paragraph (v.) of section fifty-six of the said Schedule is repealed, and the following paragraph is inserted in lieu tllereof:- Cv.)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 of the Principal Act is repealed.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

5932 MARSUPIALS. M((rsupial Proof Fencing Act Amendment Act. 4 GEO. V. No. 15, Amendment 2. In section two of the Principal Act, after the. of s. 2. definition of "J-,and Commissioner", the following definition is inserted :- ' "Dingo"-A dingo or half-bred dingo or any undomesticated dog, generally known as a wild dog, inhabiting the bush and apparently having no owner and being under no control. 'fo the definition of " :\rarsupial" in the ·said seetion the following words are adderl :-" The term includes a dingo." In the definition of "Holding" in the said section the words "with the ultimate right of acquiring the fee· simple thereof" are repealed. Alteration of 3. From and after the date of the passing of this term o£loan. Act, the provisions of section eight of the Principal Act shall not apply to' any mortgage or charge executed after tlle said date under ': The JJla1'8upial P1'OOf Fencing .A.cts., 1898 to 191;{,"* to securc the repayment to the· Minister of the amount of tIle cost of wire ne! ting or other appliances defrayed hy the l\Iinister with interest thereon, and the following provisIons shall be applicable in lieu thereof; hut, save as modified hereby ~ all the provisions nf the Principal Act shall apply to every such mortgage and charge :- Nature of (1.) Every mortgage and every charge executed cmhoarrtggea. ge or under" Tile jl£a1'8upirlt Proqf Fencing Acts, 11)118 to 11-11 i,"* shall secure the repayment to the Minister, on behalf of His .Majesty, of the amount of the cost of the wire netting or othel" appliances defrayed by the Minister, togetber with interest on the total amount secured at the rate of five pounds pt'r centum per annum, in tt>n, fifteen, twenty, or twenty-five equal annual instalments, according to the period of pcpayment agrel'd on; and the annual pay- ments to the Minister for everyone hundred pounds ot the amount required to be repaid with inter'est within the respective pociods shall be according to the following scaIe:- . - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ ..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Term. Annual Payment per Ceritum. 10 years' ... £12 19 0 15 " 20 " 25 " 9 12 8 806 7 1·11 • "" 62 Vic. No. 16, supra, page 2 , 077, and this Act.

MA1~ SUPIAL' ! . £\938 1913. Marsupial Proof Fencing Act Amendment Act. (2.) Subject to the said Acts, such annual payment shall be payable on the same day in every ycar during the subsistence of the security, and the first of such payments shall be made at the expiration of one year from the date of the execution of the mortgage or charge. (3.) Every such mortgage and charge shall embody such terms and conditions as the Governor in Oouncil may prescribe by regulations. (4.) Moreover, every such charge shall contain a covenant by the owner executing the same, on behalf of himself and his successors in title, that in the event of such owner or any of his successors in title becoming entitled to a deed of grant of the holding in fee..,simple, at any time before the redemption of such charge, he will execute such a mortgage of the fee-simple of the holding as hereinbefore provided to secure repayment to the Minister of the amounts secured by the said charge or such of them • as for the time being remain unpaid. And so long as any moneys remain owing on the security of such charge no such person shall be entitled to any such deed of grant as aforesaid until such mortgage has been duly executed. 4. Notwithstanding anything contained in "The Exemption Marsupial Boards Acts, 1905 to 1910,"* no assessment! : ~ : sment. made and levied by a Marsupial Board under those Acts shall be payable in respect of stock depastured on a or holding on a group of selections not exceeding two hundred square miles in area which to the satisfaction of such Board is entirely enclosed with a marsupial-proof fence, and as to which for the year in question the Board is satisfied that the fence is maintained marsupial proof, and also either that the holding is free from marsupials or that adequate measures for the destruction of marsupials are being taken. MINERS' HOMESTEAD LEASES. See MINING• - • 5 Edw. VII. No. 8 and 1 0(0. V. No. 16, .<upra, pages 2081 et seg. -. it