Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 29

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✨ Proclamation of Assented Bills

THE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

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

WILLIAM DOUGLAS HALL BAILLIE,
Superintendent.

Vol. II.] FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1861. [No. 29.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honour WILLIAM DOUGLAS HALL BAILLIE, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Provincial Reserved Bills Act, 1858,” it is provided, whenever any Bill shall have passed the Provincial Council of any Province, and shall have been reserved by the Superintendent for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, such Bill shall not have any force or authority within the said Province until the Superintendent shall signify, either by speech or message to the Provincial Council, or by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, that such Bill has been laid before the Governor, and that the Governor has assented to the same:

And whereas “An Act to Promote Education in the Province of Marlborough,” and “An Act to further Appropriate the Revenue for the year commencing the 1st day of July, 1861, and ending the 30th day of June, 1862,” and “An Act to Repeal the Alteration of Roads Act, 1860,” were passed by the Provincial Council of Marlborough during their Third and Fourth Sessions, but were respectively reserved for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon.

Now, therefore, I, William Douglas Hall Baillie, do hereby proclaim and notify that the above-mentioned Acts, having been duly laid before His Excellency the Governor, and the Governor having assented to the same, are, under the provisions of the said recited Act of the General Assembly, in full force and authority within the Province of Marlborough from the date of this Proclamation.

Dated this 17th day of December, 1861.

W. D. H. BAILLIE,
Superintendent.

VUW Te Waharoa — Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1861, No 29

The Marlborough Provincial Council used two modest buildings in Blenheim (depicted) as their council chambers.

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🏛️ Proclamation of Assented Provincial Bills

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated17 December 1861
KeywordsProclamation, Provincial Bills, Education, Appropriation, Roads Act
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William Douglas Hall Baillie, Superintendent

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