✨ Trust Fund Election Proclamation
Numb. 6.
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1864.
A PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the most
honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c., &c.
IN pursuance and in execution of the power
and authority in me for this purpose
vested, under and by virtue of the "Nelson
Trust Funds Act, 1861," and the "Nelson
Trust Fund Act, 1854, Amendment Act,
1863," and of all other powers and authorities
enabling me in this behalf, I, Sir George Grey,
K.C.B., the Governor as aforesaid, do hereby
make and proclaim the following provisions
for the registration and revision of lists of all
persons qualified to vote at the elections to
be holden in pursuance of the provisions of
the first-named Act, and for the appointing
of Returning Officers, and the conducting of
such elections, and for determining the
validity thereof, and otherwise for ensuring
the orderly, effective, and impartial conduct
of the same.
- Pursuant to the provisions of the above
recited Act, every trustee to be elected a
member of the Board of Trustees, and every
auditor to be elected as hereinafter mentioned,
are to be elected by the votes of the owners
and occupiers of land actually residing within
the Provinces of Nelson and Marlborough,
and qualified as hereinafter mentioned, and
such owners and occupiers respectively are
entitled to a vote or votes in the propor-
tions and manner hereafter mentioned in that
behalf (that is to say)—
Every owner of land of the value of £100
sterling, or of the annual rental of
£15, shall have one vote.
Every owner of land of the value of £500
sterling, or of the annual rental of £50,
shall have two votes.
Every owner of land of the value of
£1,000 or upwards, or of the annual
rental of £100 or upwards, shall have
three votes, which shall be the maxi-
mum.
Every occupier of land paying a rent not
less than £15 per annum, shall have
one vote.
Every occupier of land paying a rent of
£50 and upwards, shall have two
votes, which shall be the maximum;
but no person shall be entitled to
record his vote or votes in any such
election in the double capacity of
owner and occupier.
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No person shall be qualified to vote at
the election of any member of the Board of
Trustees, or of any Auditor, unless he shall
prefer a claim to the right of voting, and un-
less such claim shall be duly enrolled as here-
inafter prescribed. -
Every such claim shall be in writing,
and shall be signed by the claimant or by
some other person in his name, and on his
behalf, and shall state the place of abode and
calling or business of the claimant, and where
the property or holding is situated in respect
of which such claim may be made, and the
number of acres comprised within such pro-
perty or holding, and the number of votes
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🏘️ Proclamation on Voting Qualifications for Nelson Trust Board Elections
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government16 February 1864
Nelson Trust Funds Act 1861, voting rights, land owners, occupiers, elections, Nelson, Marlborough
- Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the most honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same