The Governors of High School Appointment Act (1892) (WA)

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No. XXIX.

AN ACT to make better provision for the Appointment of Governors of the High School, Perth, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, i gth March, g9t2.]

HEREAS by " The High School Act, 1876," hereinafter called

V V the Principal Act, it is provided that certain vacancies Preamble.

occurringamong the number of governors elected by the Legislative Council shall be filled up by the election of other persons by the Legislative Council, and whereas it is expedient that all the governors of the High School shall in future be appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council, and whereas there are at present four governors holding office under the said Act, and it is expedient to reduce the total number of governors to six persons : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

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High School Act—Appointment of Governors.

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

IT shall be lawful for the Governor, with the advice of the the four governors now holding office and their successors in office, shall be and continue the corporation created by the Principal Act. Of such six governors two shall retire on the thirtieth day of April,

1.

Appointment and

retirement of	Executive Council, to appoint two other persons who, together with
governors.
1893, and two more shall retire on the thirtieth day of April, 1894,
and the remaining two shall retire on the thirtieth day of April,
1895, and the order in which they shall so retire 'shall be determined
by lot among themselves, and thereafter the one-third of the number of governors who shall be longest in office shall retire on each successive thirtieth day of April. The vacancies caused by the annual retirement of two governors as aforesaid shall be filled by the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council.

IT shall be lawful for any governor of the High School, by writing under his hand addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Governors, to resign his post of governor, and in the event of any such resignation a casual vacancy shall be deemed to have oc- curred.

2.

Resignation of post

of governor.

Governor absent 3. ANY governor of the said school who shall be absent from

from Colony for six

the Colony for a period of six consecutive calendar months shall be

months shall be

deemed, at the end of such period, to have vacated the post of

deemed to have

resigned.

governor, and thereupon a casual vacancy shall be deemed to have

occurred.

Retirement in case 4. ANY governor appointed to fill any casual vacancy shall

of casual vacancy.

retire at the time when the governor by whose death, resignation,

or absence such casual vacancy has occurred would have retired.

5.      WHEN any casual or other vacancy in the full number of

Vacancies to be

notified to the	governors shall occur, it shall be immediately notified to the Gov-
Governor.	ernor by the Chairman of the Board Of Governors.

6.     COPIES of the annual report of the governors and of any

Annual report and

by-laws to be pre-	by-laws or regulations made by them under the Principal Act shall
sented to Parlia-	within seven days after the making thereof respectively, if Parlia-
ment.	ment be then sitting, and if Parliament be not sitting then within seven days after it assembles, be laid upon the table of both Houses of Parliament.

Repeal of part of	7.	SO much of section two of " The High School Act, 1876,"
section 2 of 40 Vic.,

No. 8. as relates to the appointment, election, and retirement of governors,

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High School Act—Appointment of Governors.

the filling up of vacancies, and the term of office of a governor, is

hereby repealed.

8.     THIS Act shall be incorporated and read with "The High incorporation. Ro-

School Act, 1876." The 42nd Victoria, No. 28, is hereby repealed. l:seal of 12 Vie., No.

9.     THIS Act may be cited as " The Governors of High School Short title.

Appointment Act."

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

to this Act.

ALEX. C. ONSLOW, Administrator.

By Authority: RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth.