✨ Proclamation of Provincial Bills
PROCLAMATION.
By his Honor Arthur Penrose Sey-
mour, Esquire, Superintendent of
the Province of Marlborough, in the
Colony of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
"The Provincial Reserved Bills Act, 1858,"
it is provided that whenever any Bill shall
have passed the Provincial Council of any
Province, and shall have been reserved 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 the following Bills initiated
respectively—
"The Wairau West Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1870;"
"The Blenheim and Boulder Bank and
Dashwood’s Pass Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1870;"
"The Picton Wharf Leasing Act, 1870;"
"The Marlborough Acts Amendment
Act, 1870;"
"The Wairau Bridge Act, 1870;"
were passed by the Provincial Council of the
Province of Marlborough, but were reserved
for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon:
Now, therefore, I, Arthur Penrose Sey-
mour, the Superintendent of the said
Province of Marlborough, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that the above mentioned
Bills having been duly laid before his Ex-
cellency 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 au-
thority within the Province of Marlborough
from the date of this Proclamation:—
Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the Pro-
vince of Marlborough, at Blenheim,
this twenty-sixth day of September
one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
A. P. SEYMOUR,
Superintendent.
By his Honour’s command,
JAMES BALFOUR WEMSYS,
Provincial Secretary.
Printed for the Provincial Government by T. W. MILLINGTON, Redwood-street, Blenheim:
Government Printer for the time being to such Government.
Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1870, No 204
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🏘️ Proclamation of Provincial Bills
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government26 September 1870
Proclamation, Provincial Bills, Marlborough, Wairau West, Blenheim, Boulder Bank, Dashwood’s Pass, Picton Wharf, Marlborough Acts Amendment, Wairau Bridge
- Arthur Penrose Seymour, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough
- James Balfour Wemsys, Provincial Secretary