Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 3

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✨ Country Roads Act Legislation

yearly, at such general meeting as aforesaid, be submitted to such meeting, and shall (as soon thereafter as conveniently may be) be examined and audited by two or more persons to be appointed for that purpose by such meeting.

Copy of Balance Sheet to be published.—A copy of such Abstract or Balance Sheet shall be posted up by such Board, at or before the commencement of such meeting as aforesaid, upon some conspicuous part of the place in which such meeting shall be held.
Money, Books, &c., to be handed over to new Board.—All moneys found by the auditors to be due from any retiring Board, together with all such books of account, vouchers, and papers, shall be forthwith paid and delivered over to the Board for the time being.
Board may sue and be sued in the name of their Secretary, &c.—The Board may sue and be sued in the name of their clerk, or any member of such Board for the time being; and legal or equitable proceedings taken by or against the Board, in the name of any one of the Board or their clerk, shall not abate or be discontinued by the death or removal of such clerk or member; but the clerk for the time being, or any member of such Board, shall always be deemed to be the plaintiff or defendant (as the case may be) in any such proceedings: Provided always, that the said Board and their clerk, respectively, shall in no case be personally liable; nor shall the private estate and effects of any of them be liable for the payment of any moneys, or costs, or otherwise, in respect of any contract which shall be made by them or any of them, or for any act, deed, or matter done or executed by them or any of them, in their or his official capacity, and on the public service.
No Judge, Resident Magistrate, or Justice to be disqualified from acting under this Act.—No Judge, Resident Magistrate, or Justice of the Peace shall be disqualified from acting in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, by reason of his being assessed as a ratepayer under this Act.
Proceedings for Penalties.—All proceedings under this Act, except as hereinbefore is otherwise provided, shall be regulated by Ordinance No. 5, Session II., of the Council of New Zealand, for the regulation of Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace; and all fines, forfeitures, and penalties to be had and received under this Act, shall be recovered in a summary way, and be paid to the Treasurer of the Province, to be appropriated by the Board for the district in which the same shall be incurred.
Short Title.—This Act shall be intituled and may be cited as the "Country Roads Act, 1856."

PRINTED BY C. AND J. ELLIOTT, AT THE "EXAMINER OFFICE," NELSON.

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The Nelson Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed beginning with the laying of the foundation stone on 26 August 1859, with the first Council meeting held there on 30 April 1861.

The buildings served Nelson for over a century before being demolished on 12 September 1969.

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