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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

Regulations under “The Christchurch Tramways District Act, 1902.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by “The Christchurch Tramways District Act, 1902,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the first election of the Board constituted by the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

THE CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD.

1. A GENERAL election of the first members of the Christchurch Tramway Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) shall be held on the 22nd day of January, 1903.

2. The Town Clerk for the time being of the City of Christchurch shall be the Returning Officer for the Christchurch Tramway District, and shall hold office until a Returning Officer shall be appointed by the Board.

3. The Returning Officer for the time being shall provide and appoint such Deputy Returning Officers, polling-places, poll clerks, electoral rolls, polling-booths, stationery, and other conveniences as he may consider necessary or convenient for the purpose of conducting the first election.

4. The first meeting of the Board shall be held at the Council Chambers of the Christchurch City Council, on the 29th day of January, 1903, at noon: Provided that, should a quorum of the members (meaning thereby not less than four members) fail to attend at the said time and place, such meeting shall stand adjourned from day to day, at the same time and place, until a quorum shall attend.

ELECTORS LISTS AND ROLLS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FIRST ELECTION.

5. For the purposes of the first election the said Town Clerk shall, on or before the 8th day of December, 1902, make out a district electors list in respect of each sub-district as defined in section 4 of the said Act.

6. Each sub-district electors list shall be prepared in the form and shall contain the particulars specified in the First Schedule hereto.

7. In preparing each sub-district electors list it shall be the duty of the said Town Clerk to make it as complete as possible, and for that purpose the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) He shall place thereon the name—

(a.) Of every person of whose qualification as an elector he is satisfied; and also

(b.) Of every person who makes and delivers or transmits to him at his office a claim for enrolment as next hereinafter provided.

(2.) Such claim for enrolment shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, and the claimant’s signature shall be attested by either a Justice of the Peace, or a Postmaster, or a minister of religion, or an elector of the district, or the Clerk.

(3.) It shall be the duty of the said Town Clerk to keep at his office a supply of blank printed claim-forms for the free use of claimants under the aforesaid paragraph (b).

8. The said Town Clerk shall keep the sub-district electors lists in his office, and allow them to be inspected, without fee, by all persons interested therein, during office hours, until the 15th day of December, 1902, and he shall, on or as soon as possible after the 8th day of December, 1902, publicly notify that such lists are ready for inspection at his office.

9. All objections under section 7 of “The Christchurch Tramways District Act, 1902,” must be in writing under the hand of the objector, in the form set out in the Third Schedule hereto, or to that effect, and must be addressed to the said Town Clerk, and delivered at his office on or before the 20th day of December, 1902.

10. The said Town Clerk shall, in respect of each sub-district, make and sign a list of all such objections, in the form in the Fourth Schedule hereto, and shall keep such lists in his office, and allow them to be inspected, without fee, by any person interested therein, during office hours, from the 21st day of December to the 24th day of December, 1902.

11. The said Town Clerk shall amend the sub-district electors list by correcting every error set forth in any such objection and proved to his satisfaction to exist therein; and shall initial every alteration so made in any sub-district electors list.

12. A copy of each sub-district electors roll, and also the original manuscript roll with all its amendments and corrections, shall be kept open for public inspection at the office of the said Town Clerk, during office hours, without fee, until the completion of the first election.

13. As soon as practicable after the said 24th day of December, 1902, the said Town Clerk shall sign each sub-district electors list as amended, and certify thereon to its being correct; and each sub-district electors list so corrected, completed, and authenticated shall be the sub-district electoral roll of the sub-district for the purposes of the first election, and shall come into force upon the 17th day of January, 1903.

14. Any person aggrieved with any decision or act of the said Town Clerk touching any such list or roll may appeal therefrom to the Stipendiary Magistrate at Christchurch, and for that purpose the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) An objection in writing under the hand of the objector shall be lodged with the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch not later than the 7th day of January, 1903, and a copy of such objection shall also be lodged with the said Town Clerk not later than the said 7th day of January.

(2.) The objection may be in the form in the Third Schedule hereto, or as near thereto as may be.

(3.) The Magistrate shall hear and determine the appeal at such convenient place and time, not being later than seven days after the last day appointed for lodging such objection, as he appoints, and not less than three days’ notice shall be given of the date so appointed.

(4.) The said Town Clerk shall, where necessary, alter the list or roll in accordance with the Magistrate’s decision.

15. The Clerk shall supply any person with a copy of the printed or typewritten sub-district electoral roll on payment of 1s.

16. The said Town Clerk is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 in every case where he refuses, or wilfully neglects, or unreasonably delays—

(1.) To place on the district electors list the name of any person who makes written claim for enrolment, as provided by paragraph (b) of subclause (1) of regulation 7; or

(2.) To faithfully and promptly perform any other duty imposed on him by the said Act or these regulations.

17. If the said Town Clerk fails or unreasonably delays to keep at his office a supply of blank printed claim-forms for the free use of the claimants, as provided by subclause (3) of regulation 7, or to faithfully and promptly perform any other duty imposed on him by the said Act or these regulations, he is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Form of Electors List for the Christchurch Tramway Sub-district.

, Town Clerk of the City of Christchurch.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Form of Claim for Enrolment.

Under “The Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1902.”

CLAIM for Enrolment on the Electors List of the Sub-district of

To the Clerk.

I, THE undersigned [State full name, occupation, and place of residence], hereby claim to be enrolled on the electors list of the said sub-district on the grounds hereinafter set forth:—

(1.) The qualification is possessed by me in my own right [or, as the case may be, the right of my husband (or wife)], whose full name is [Set out full name of husband or wife].

(In the case of a freeholder’s qualification.)

(2.) I claim to be enrolled on the freehold list as beneficial owner of a freehold estate in the following land within the said sub-district [Set out description of land by reference to section and block], the capital value whereof is not less than £