✨ Legislation Text
163
ditors and for the other purposes mentioned in the said recited
Act.
NOW BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New
Zealand-
- From and after the passing of this Act every Trustee to Qualification of con-
be elected a member of the said Board of Trustees and every Au- stituency.
ditor to be elected as hereinafter mentioned shall be elected by the
votes of the owners and occupiers of land actually residing within
the Province of Nelson aforesaid and qualified as hereinafter men-
tioned and such owners and occupiers respectively shall be entitled
to a vote or votes in the proportions and in the manner hereinafter
mentioned in that behalf (that is to say)
Every owner of land of the value of one hundred pounds
sterling or of the annual rental of fifteen pounds shall
have one vote.
Every owner of land of the value of five hundred pounds
sterling or of the annual rental of fifty pounds shall
have two votes.
Every owner of land of the value of one thousand pounds or
upwards or of the annual rent of one hundred pounds
or upwards shall have three votes which shall be the
maximum.
Every occupier of land paying a rent not less than fifteen
pounds per aunum shall have one vote.
Every occupier of land paying a rent of fifty pounds and up-
wards shall have two votes which shall be the maxi-
mum but no person shall be entitled to record his vote
or votes in any such election in the double capacity of
owner and occupier.
-
The Superintendent of the Province of Nelson shall as soon Superintendent to
as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act by Proclama- make provisions for
tion to be published in the Government Gazette of the said Province registration &c. con-
make all necessary provisions for the registration and revision of duct of elections ge-
lists of all persons qualified to vote at the elections to be holden as nerally
aforesaid and for the appointing of returning officers and the con-
ducting such elections and for determining the validity of such
elections and otherwise for ensuring the orderly effective and impar-
tial conduct of such elections. -
Every person within the said Province who shall be duly Qualification for
qualified and registered as an elector as aforesaid shall be qualified Trustees.
to be elected a Trustee or Auditor.
Next Page →
NZ Gazette 1854, No 31
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🏛️
Provisions for Nelson Trust Funds Elections and Qualifications
(continued from previous page)
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration14 September 1854
Nelson Trust Funds, Trustee election, Auditor election, Voting qualifications, Land ownership, Land occupancy, Provincial Superintendent, Nelson Province