Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 15

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✨ Municipal By-Laws Proclamation

NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor’s Command,
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. IX.] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1862. [No. XV.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, in accordance with clause 19 of the “Municipal Council Ordinance, Session XIV., No. 14,” the Municipal Council of Lyttelton have made certain by-laws for the regulation of their own proceedings, and for the general good rule and good government of the said municipal district of Lyttelton; and whereas these by-laws have been, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, assented to by me in accordance with the provisions of clause 28 of the said Ordinance; and whereas, by the Superintendent’s Deputy Act, 1856, the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, has appointed Robert Wilkin, Esquire, to be Deputy-Superintendent of the said Province. Now therefore I, Robert Wilkin, Deputy Superintendent of the said Province, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby declare such by-laws to be in force within the said district.

Given under my hand, at the Government Buildings, in Christchurch, this Twenty-ninth day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-two.

ROBERT WILKIN,
Deputy Superintendent.

By his Honor’s command,
THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

BY-LAWS for the GUIDANCE of the LYTTLETON MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

The Municipal Council shall assemble for the dispatch of business on Friday in each week, such day not being New Year’s day, Christmas day, Good Friday, the Queen’s Birthday, or the Anniversary of the Settlement.
The hour of meeting shall be seven o’clock in the evening, unless some other hour shall have been appointed by a vote of the Council.
In the event of a sufficient number of members to form a quorum not attending within half an hour appointed for their meeting, the Council shall stand adjourned to the following Friday.
It shall be lawful for the Chairman to call an extraordinary meeting of the Council whenever he shall think it necessary for the public service, and in such case shall cause notice to be given at the residence of the members, giving the longest possible notice.
After a Board of Council is formed, it shall not be adjourned, except on the vote of the majority of the members present.
As soon as a sufficient number of members to form a quorum shall have assembled, the Chair shall be taken, and the Clerk of the Council shall enter in the minutes the names of the members present at the assembling of the Council; and in case any

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1862, No 15

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🏘️ Proclamation of Lyttelton Municipal Council By-Laws

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated29 August 1862
KeywordsProclamation, By-Laws, Municipal Council, Lyttelton, Canterbury
👱🏽 Names

Robert Wilkin (Esquire), Deputy Superintendent

👩‍💼 Officials

ROBERT WILKIN, Deputy Superintendent
THOS. WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ By-Laws for the Guidance of the Lyttelton Municipal Council

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsBy-Laws, Municipal Council, Lyttelton, Canterbury

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