SEPT. 6.]

Validating Preparation of District Electors Roll, Te Aroha Borough Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL:

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of September, 1923.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section twelve of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), that the district electors list of each borough shall be corrected, completed, and authenticated in the prescribed manner and time, and shall on the first day of April next ensuing become the district electors roll of such borough, and shall remain in force until another district electors roll comes into force for the same borough:

And whereas by regulations dated the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, it was prescribed, inter alia, that such district electors list shall be authenticated by being certified to be correct by the Mayor and two Councillors:

And whereas a district electors list (hereinafter referred to as "the said list") lately prepared in respect of the Borough of Te Aroha, and authenticated on the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, was irregularly prepared, in that it was authenticated by the Mayor and one Councillor of the Council of the said borough and by the Town Clerk thereof:

And whereas it is desirable to cure such irregularity and to declare the said list to be the district electors roll of the said borough:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section three hundred and seventy-nine of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the authentication of the said list shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though that list had been authenticated in the prescribed manner, and that such proceedings shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid; and, with the like advice and consent, doth further order and declare that the said list as prepared and authenticated on the said fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, shall be the district electors roll of the said borough until another district electors roll comes into force for the said borough.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,000 to be raised by the Council of the County of Manukau.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of September, 1923.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Manukau County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of one thousand pounds for the purpose of forming and metalling the road from Kawakawa Bay to Orere:

And whereas section seventeen of the said Act requires the special roll to be deposited not less than seven days before any steps are taken under section sixteen (e):

And whereas the special roll of the ratepayers was not deposited not less than seven days before the written consent of the ratepayers was obtained:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity or defect, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the provisions of section seventeen had been properly complied with, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

though the provisions of section seventeen had been properly complied with, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £850 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Waikato.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of September, 1923.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waikato County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of eight hundred and fifty pounds for the purpose of paying the Council's proportion of the cost of erecting the Mangatangi Bridge:

And whereas the special order authorizing the raising of the loan is irregular, in so far that public notification of the time and place fixed for the confirmation of the said special order, although given four times, did not comply with the provisions of section ninety-nine of the Counties Act, 1920 :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though public notification of the special order had been correctly given, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £400 authorized to be raised by the Council of the County of Masterton.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of September, 1923.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Masterton County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of four hundred pounds for the purpose of metalling Wainui-o-Mapu Road:

And whereas section seventeen of the said Act requires the special roll to be deposited not less than seven days before any steps are taken under section sixteen (e) :

And whereas the special roll of the ratepayers was not deposited not less than seven days before the written consent of the ratepayers was obtained :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the provisions of section seventeen had been properly complied with, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.