✨ Jury Regulations and JP Appointments
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 17
books shall be used until new books shall have been prepared under the provisions hereinbefore contained:
And whereas sittings of the District Court have been lawfully directed or appointed to be holden at the Town of Timaru, being a town other than one at which Courts were then holden: Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise of all powers and authorities in this behalf vested in me by the said Act, do hereby order that the Jury Officer for the jury district of Timaru, and all Justices of the Peace, and the Registrars, Clerks, or other officers of Courts, constables and officers of police, and Sheriffs, shall before the first day of March next do and perform all such acts, matters, and things, in and towards preparing, collecting, allowing, sending, and delivering the lists of men qualified and liable to serve on juries, and making out the jury books for the jury district of Timaru, as are thereinbefore in the said Act ordinarily required to be done at a different time or period.
And I do order that for the purposes aforesaid, the words in the sections of the said Juries Act, 1868, specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall respectively be construed and read as if the words in the second column of the said Schedule were inserted in lieu of such words in the said sections respectively.
| Words as in "Jury Act, 1868." | How to be Read. |
|---|---|
| Section 8. "Last day of January in every year" | Sixteenth day of Janu- ary, 1871. |
| Section 10. "First two Sundays in March in every year | Fourth Sunday in January, 1871. |
| Section 11. "First Friday in April of every year" | First Friday in Febru- ary, 1871. |
| Section 11. "Twenty-third day of April then next" | Fifteenth day of Feb- ruary, 1871. |
| Section 12. "The month of February in every year" | Month of January, 1871. |
| Section 14. "Fourteenth day of May" | First day of March, 1871. |
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued at Wellington, this
tenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
W HEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during
the Mayoralty of such person, and the person so
appointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment,be authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby
appoint
JAMES PURVIS JAMESON, Esq.,
the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough
of Christchurch, to be a Justice of the Peace under
the one hundred and thirty-third section of "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and
over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same; and issued at Wellington,
this fifth day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
W HEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during
the Mayoralty of such person, and the person so
appointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment,
be authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby
appoint
HENRY ALLWRIGHT, Esq.,
the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough of
Lyttelton, to be a Justice of the Peace under the
one hundred and thirty-third section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same and issued at
Wellington, this sixth day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
W HEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporation
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty o
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Order amending dates for Timaru Jury District preparation under Juries Act, 1868
(continued from previous page)
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement10 January 1871
Juries Act 1868, Timaru, Jury Officer, Schedule of amendments, Court dates
- W. Gisborne
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
⚖️ Appointment of Christchurch Mayor as Justice of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement5 January 1871
Municipal Corporations Act 1867, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Christchurch
- James Purvis Jameson (Esquire), Elected Mayor of Christchurch appointed JP
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
- W. Gisborne
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
⚖️ Appointment of Lyttelton Mayor as Justice of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement6 January 1871
Municipal Corporations Act 1867, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Lyttelton
- Henry Allwright (Esquire), Elected Mayor of Lyttelton appointed JP
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
- W. Gisborne
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
NZ Gazette 1871, No 2