Municipal Footpaths Act 1888 (WA)

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No. XXIX.

AN ACT to extend the powers of Municipal

Councils, and to promote the Paving of Foot-

paths in Municipalities, and for other purposes.

[ Assented to, 19th April, 1888. ]

HEREAS the Footpaths in a Municipality are from time to

abutting thereon, or by the Council of the Municipality, or partly byW time paved in certain parts by the owners of property Preamble.

such owners and partly by the Council, and it is desirable to extend the powers of the Council with regard to such Paving in certain cases : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

1.     THIS Act may be cited as "The Municipal Footpaths Act, short

1888," and shall be read and construed together with " The Muni- cipal Institutions Act, 1876," and the several Acts amending the same, as one Act.

WHENEVER within the limits of any Municipality a foot- path, whereof the extremities abut at either end on a street or road, certain ocf a sCeostinteoil in

2.

has been, or may hereafter be paved for two-thirds of the length of moiety

such footpath, whether continuously or otherwise, the Council of opoasthso- recover paving foot-

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The Municipal Footpaths Act, 1888.

such Municipality may complete the paving of such footpath throughout its entire length, and may recover from the owner of any lands abutting on such footpath, and along the frontage of which lands such pavement may be so completed by the Council, one moiety of the expenses of paving such frontage or any portion thereof.

3. THE said moiety of the expenses of such paving may be

How moiety of ex-

recovered against such owner, by summary proceedings before any

penses may be re-

covered from owners.

two or more Justices of the Peace, in like manner as any expenses

40 Viet., No. 13,

incurred by the Council in doing any matter or thing which by " The

sections 70 and 71.

Municipal Institutions Act, 1876," the owner of any premises is

required to do may be recovered.

4. AND whereas sections eighty and eighty-one of " The Muni-

Sections SO and	cipal Institutions Act, 1876," were by " The Public Health Act,
of 40 Wet., No.

re-enacted. 13' 1886," repealed, and it is desirable that the same be re-enacted: the said sections, eighty and eighty-one of the said Act, shall be and the same are respectively hereby re-enacted.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

F. NAPIER BROOME, Governor.

By Authority : RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth.