Municipal Corporations Act 1865 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO NON0

VICTORIB REGINB.

No. 13.

An Act to amend t' The Mztnicipal Co~omt iom Act of 1861," and to

confir certain additional Powers on &funicipal Corporations

with resped to the making of Q-laws.

[Assented to, 16th March, 1866.1

HEREAS it is desirable to amend the law relating to Muni. Preamble.

W cipd Corporations, and also to confcr on such Corporations	tho power of making certain by-laws, in addition to those luxetofore
authorized-Be it therefore Euacted, by the Governor-in-Chief of
the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and House of Asscmbly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Any Mayor or Councillor, either directly or indirectly, in his Mayor or Councillor a

own name, or in the name of others on his behalf, becoming a con- di8qu&fia.	becoming contractor
tractor with any Corporation in which he holds office as such Mayor or Councillor, shall cease to hold such office, and such office shall thereupon become vacant: Provided that no person shall be dis- qualified from being a Mayor or Councillor by his being a pro- prietor or shareholder in any public company incorporated under any Act of Parliament, or registered under any Act for registering Joint-Stock Companies a d limiting the liability of the members thereof, by reason of any contract entered into by such company and anv corporation in which he holds the office of Mayor or Councillor; b 6 no such .Mayor or Councillor, being a proprietor or shareholder
in any such company, shall vote on any question relating to any
contract in which guch company is interested.

H X 2. Subject

29TICTORIB, No, 13.

Corporations Amendment Act.-1 865-6.

Corporstiona may

make certain by-lawer.	2. Subject to the laws in force relating to the making of by-laws, it shall be lawful far any Municipal Corporation, in addition to the by-laws heretofore authorizecl from time to time, to make, alter, or
vary any by-law or by-laws for any of the following pmposes, and by any such bylaw to inflict ally pellalty not exceeding that pre- scribed by " The Municipal Corporatioiis Act of 1861 :"

X. For regulating bathing in any river, creek, stream, sea, or other open public water situated within the limits of or abut ting on the boundary of any such Corporation; to set apart

any placc or any portion of any suclr. water for the sole use

of either sex; for altering the hours heretofore provided by law, and for fixing other hours witliiiz which pcrsons may bathe; for requiring personsbathing to wear some conve- nient clothing; for authorizing the erection and use of bathing houses or machines, and charging licence-fees for the same; or for providing for such other matters as may appear expedient for preserving decency or promoting the convenience of the public: Provided that no by-law relating to bathing, made by any Corporation, shall have any effect within the limits of any other Corporation, or of any District Council, or beyond a distance of six hundred yards below low water mark:

11. For regulating the flagging and paving of footpaths of streets, and recovery of one moiety of the cxpense thereof from the owner or occupier of the land abutting on any such footpath.

III. For preventing the erection (except by the Corporation on

the public lands of the City, or by the Government on any

Government reserve for temporary purposes) within the limits of any corporate city or town, of any tent, pavilion, shed, or otlicr structure, of calico, canvas, or other inflam mable material, without obtaining the consent thereto of the on such terms as the Council may decide. Council of' such corporate city or tomn, for such time and

Short title. 3. This Act may be cited as " The Corporations Amendment Act of 1865-6."

In the name and on behalf of the Queen, I hereby asscnt to

this Act.

D. DALY, Governor.

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