Vermin Districts Act 1895 (SA)

ANNQ QUINQUAGESIMO OCTAVO ET QUINQUA-

(iESIM.0 NON0

A. D. 1895.

No. 634.

An Act to amend the Laws relating to Vermin.

[Assented to, Dece~nber zoth, 1895.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Aus- and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parlia-	B tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
ment assembled, as follows:

1. In addition to the powers conferred upon Vermin Boards ~ o w c r to Vermin

Boards ta pay for

under the Vermin Districts Act, No. S97 of 1894, Boards may ex- ailddogBca~pB.lp.

pend any portion of their rates in paying- for the destruction of

wild dogs or foxes on land which the Con~rwssioner, by notice in the

Government Gazette, shall declare to be sufficiently fenced by vermin-

proof fencing. The Commissioner shall not declare any land to be sufficiently fenced with vermin-proof fencirig unless he is satisfied that by vermin-proof fencing and natural or other boundaries or any one or more of such means the same is sufficiently protected againat an influx of vermin.

2. Loans to l)istrict Councils and Trusts and to Vermin Boards Loans to Boarde to he repaid in twenty

under the said Act No. 597 of 1894, with thc intcrcst thereon, shall be repaid in equal annual instalments extcnding over a period of

twenty years instead of ten ycars as provided for in the said Act.

3, I t shall be lawful for District Councils to expend any portion District Counda may pay for destruction of

of their rates in paying for the destruction of rabbits, wild dogs, Tabbib, and

and foxes on unoccupied Crown or waste lands, reserves, or roads. foxea.

4. It shall be lawful for any Di~trict Council to declare an District Councilsmy d e c k rate for

annual rate of not exceeding Three Pence in the Pound on all ratable de&roying ,e-

~ 3 4 property

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property in the district for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the destruction of rabbits and foxes, and such rate may be levied and recovered in the same manner as the general rate ander

The District Councils Act, 1887 ": Provided that land enclosed with a vermin-proof fence, which in the opinion of the District Council is erected and maintained in an effective manner, shall be exempt from such rate.

Vermin rates. 5. I t shall be lawful for any District Council to declare an

annual rate of' not exceeding Twmty Shillings per thousand on all sheep owned by any ratepayer and depasturing within the district for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the destruction of wild dogs, and such rate may be levied and recovercd in the same manner

as the general rate under The District Councils Act, 1887."

Declaration r8 sheep	6. For the purpose of ascertaining the sum to be paid by each ratepayer, every person in any di~trict in which the council shall have declared a rate under clause 5 who shall be the owner of any shecp shall make a statutoiy declaration in the month of September in each year, setting out the average number of sheep he shall have had depasturing within the district during the previous twelve months, and the number so declared shall be the number on which the rate is levied.
depaatured.
Penalty on Corpora-

tions and District	7. If, after the expiration of three months after the coming into
enforce suppression

Councils failing to	operation of this Act, any Municipal Corporation or District Council
of rabbitrr.	shall fail to strictly enforce the laws relating to the suppression and destruction of rabbits, any adjoining District Council or Municipal Corporation m y give notice in writing of such default to the Com- missioner of Crown Lands, and the Commissioner shall, immediately upon receipt of such notice, cause an inspection to be made of the municipality or district in respect of which the notice was given by a Government inspector, and by the mayor or chairman, and the vermin inspector of the eo&plaining Municipal Corporation or
such inspection, report to the Commissioner, and the Commissioner District Council, and such Government inspector shall, after making
may, if he shall be satisfied that the complaint was well founded,
give one month's notice to the Municipal Corporation or District
Council to strictly enforce such laws; and any Municipal Corporation or District Council failing to comply with such notice shall be liable to a penalty of not less than Ten Pounds nor more than Fifty Pounds for a first offence, and not less than Fifty Pounds and not more than One Hundred Pounds for a second or subsequent offence, to be paid to the Treasurer for the general purposes of the Province.

Councila may form 8. Any two or more contiguous District Councils may, for the

Vermin Botuds. purpose of more effectively carrying out the provisions of all Acts dealing with the suppression of vermin, each norninatc annually one of their members as a member of a Board to be called the Associated District Councils Vermin Board, and the members so nominated shall (unless they cease to be members of the council by which they were

nomilrated,

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nominated, or resign their seats on the Board) continue in office for one year from the date of the proclamation of such Board, and the Governor may by Proclamation in the Government Gerette declare the formation of any such District Councils Vermin Board, the names and residences of the members thereof, and the boundaries and limits of District Councils under their control.

9. When any such District Councils Vermin Board is so ~ ~ 8 ~ f V e ~

nominated and duly proclaimed, all the powers given to District Councils by any Act relating to the destruction of vermin within the boundaries of District Councils shall be vested in such Vermin Board, and they shall be empowered to engage an inspector or inspectors and expend such moneys as may bc appropriated from its rates by each of the Associated District Councils for the purposes of such District Councils Vermin Board, and generally to undertake such duties and exercise such powers and rights as are conferred by District Councils under any Act dealing with the suppression of vermin, Contributions by all Associated District Councils towards the expenditure incurred by the Associated District Councils Vermin Board shall be made pro rata according to the assessment of such District Councils.

10, When any member so nominated shall cease to be a member Resignation of

of the District Council by which he was nominated as a member of Bolrd.

member of Vermiu

the Board, or shall resign, his seat thereon shall be declared to be vacated, and a new nomination by such District Council shall be made: Provided, however, that each of such Associated District Council Vermin Hoards shall only continue in existence for three years from the date of the proclamation of such Board, unless the Govemor by Proclamation in the Government Gazette declares that any such Board shall bc continued for a further period from time to time, in which case a fresh nornirlation of members shall take place as hereinbefore provided.

11, The provisions of Part V1. of the District Councils Act, Part VL., Diatrict

419 of 1887, relating to the conduct of meetings of the Council, applio~letoVerorin Councila Act,

shall, so far as they are applicable thereto, regulate the meetings of Bomda.

any Associated District Councils Vermin Board.

12, Section 9 of Act 597 of 1894 is hereby amended by adding Amendmentof MC. I) of Act of 1894.

the word '' or " after the word provided " i u the third line.

13. Section 41 of Act 597 of 1894 is hereby amended by pro- Voting power for

viding that every person entitled to vote at any election for a B- give one vote for every fifty square miles or fractional part of fifty square miles of ratable property up to two hundred square miles, and one additional vote for every two hundred square miles or fractional part of two hundred square miles over the first two hundred square miles. This provision shall also apply to joint tenants and tenants in common.

14, Sections

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Incorporation.

14, Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, and 13 of this Act shall be incorporated

with the Vermin Districts Act, No. 597 of 1894, and the other

sections of the Act shall be incorporated with Thc District

- Councils Act, 1887."

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, 1 hereby assent to

this Bill.

T. FOWELL BUXTON, Governor.

Adelaide : By authotity, c. E. BBISTOW, Government Printer, North-terr~ee.