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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Kohuratahi Public Hall Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was by Warrant published in Gazette of the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, permanently reserved for a site for a public hall: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section two of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1914, doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, for the period of three years from the date hereof (unless previously amended or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,—

THE PRESIDENT, KOHURATAHI SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION,
ex officio,
THE SECRETARY, KOHURATAHI SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION,
ex officio,
HENRY SYDNEY SUTTON,
JAMES DAVID LAW,
HENRY SHEATH KIRTON,
FREDERIC ALFRED HODDER, and
LESLIE WILLIAM AYLWARD,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Kohuratahi Public Hall Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Monday in each month at 7.30 o'clock p.m. at the Kohuratahi Public Hall, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the 7th day of May, 1923.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days' notice of any such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

6. If by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself without reasonable cause from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

8. The Board shall have prepared and submitted at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the 31st day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve and the building erected thereon for the purposes of a public hall, and shall also afford settlers and residents of Kohuratahi and the surrounding district such facilities for meeting within the said hall as may from time to time be determined by the Board; provided that the Board shall have power to fix reasonable charges for the use of the said hall.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI Land District, Subdivision 1 of Section 68, Block XIV, Pouatu Survey District: Area, 2 roods.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Cobden Town Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of April, 1923.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a site for a library. And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Cobden Town Board:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section four of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Cobden Town Board, in trust, as a site for a library.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 1, 2, and 3 of Town Block I, Town of Cobden: Area, 2 roods 18 perches.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Rangitikei County Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for a site for a roadman's cottage: And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Rangitikei County:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Rangitikei County, in trust, for a site for a roadman's cottage.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 19, Block II, Maungakaretu Survey District: Area, 2 acres 3 roods 31 perches.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Cemetery Reserves in the Cromwell Borough Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been duly set apart for public cemeteries: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserves in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Cromwell:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section four of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Cromwell, in trust, for public cemeteries.