✨ Official Announcements and Ordinances
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto
annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may
relate.
By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. VII. AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1847. No. 12.
Council Chamber,
16th July, 1847.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified, that the Legislative Coun-
cil will meet for the despatch of business on
Monday, the 26th inst., at two o'clock, p. m.
GODFREY J. THOMAS,
Clerk of Council.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 16th July, 1847.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct that the name of
WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., of Auckland,
be inserted in the Commission of the Peace,
in the place in which it stood previous to
that Gentleman's late absence from the Co-
lony.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
Council Chamber,
16th July, 1847.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct that the following
Abstracts of Ordinances, about to be intro-
duced by His Excellency into the Legislative
Council of New Zealand, be published for
general information.
GODFREY J. THOMAS,
Clerk of Council.
An Ordinance to authorise and regulate the
Impounding of Cattle.
This Ordinance empowers the Governor to
erect and maintain Pounds in such places,
and for such districts as may be deemed con-
venient, and to appoint pound-keepers.
The Pound fees, and the price to be
charged for the sustenance of cattle im-
pounded, are specified in the schedule an-
nexed to this ordinance; but to be subject to
alteration by the Governor.
The amount to be demanded in a summary
way, by the owner of land trespassed upon,
by cattle, without proof of special damage,
to be estimated and assessed by the Justices
of the district.
The amount to be proportioned according to
the respective description and value of the
crops growing on the land, and to the de-
scription and nature of the cattle trespass-
ing, but also to be subject to alteration or
disallowance by the Governor.
Pound-keepers are authorised to demand the
pound fees, and other charges so to be
fixed.
Within any district to be proclaimed under
the authority of the Ordinance, the owner,
&c. of any land enclosed with a fence upon
which cattle shall be found trespassing,
may impound them on his own land for
three das, giving notice thereof to the
owner of the cattle within 24 hours of such
impounding, but must drive them to the
nearest pound if not released before the ex-
piration of such three days.
The owner, &c., of any land enclosed with a
fence, and being within any such district
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🏛️ Notification of Legislative Council Meeting Date
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 July 1847
Legislative Council, Meeting, Business
- GODFREY J. THOMAS, Clerk of Council
⚖️ Reinstatement of William Brown to Commission of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement16 July 1847
Commission of the Peace, Appointment, Auckland
- William Brown (Esquire), Reinstated to Commission of the Peace
- ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Announcement and Abstract of Ordinance regarding Impounding of Cattle
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 July 1847
Ordinance, Impounding Cattle, Pounds, Justices, Trespassing, Fences, Legislation
- GODFREY J. THOMAS, Clerk of Council