Otago Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 27

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NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

[PROVINCE OF OTAGO.]

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

W. CARGILL, Superintendent.

Vol. II.] THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1855. [No. 27.

DUNEDIN TOWN BOARD ORDINANCE.

In the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

Session II. No. 12.

ANALYSIS.

  1. Town Board Constituted and Incorporated, and may hold property, and sue and be sued.
  2. To consist of Nine Members, to go out of office by rotation.
  3. Qualification of Electors.
  4. Qualification of Members.
  5. Disqualification of Members.
  6. Mode of Election.
  7. A Poll may be demanded.
  8. Chairman and Returning Officer of Elections to be appointed by the Superintendent.
  9. Hours and Mode of Polling.—Earlier closing of the Poll.
  10. Only certain enquiries competent at Elections.
  11. Declaration of the state of the Poll.
  12. Procedure when equality of Votes at Polling.
  13. Voting papers to be preserved.
  14. Vacancies.
  15. Meetings.—Majority.—Quorum.—Chairman.—No order to be revoked without notice.
  16. Two members of the Board may call meetings.
  17. Town Board may name Committees.
  18. Powers.
  19. Town Board to appoint Officers.
  20. Town Board not to be concerned in any contract.
  21. Books of Minutes and Accounts to be kept.
  22. Permission to inspect Accounts.
  23. Officers to account.
  24. Members of Board not to be personally liable.
  25. Power to make Bye-laws.
  26. Power to borrow money and grant securities.

AN ORDINANCE to constitute a Public Board for the Town of Dunedin.

WHEREAS the administration and management of various matters and things concerning the Town of Dunedin may be beneficially devolved from time to time by Ordinance upon a Public Board, elected by the inhabitants of said Town;

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows:

  1. There shall be a Public Board within the Town of Dunedin for the purpose of carrying into execution the powers and provisions of this Ordinance, or of any other Ordinance, or any duties whatsoever, the execution whereof shall be devolved upon the said Town Board; and on and from the day of the first General Meeting thereof, such Town Board shall be, and they and their successors in office shall forever continue to be, a Corporation by the name of THE TOWN BOARD OF DUNEDIN; and as such Corporation it shall be lawful for them to accept...


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🏘️ Dunedin Town Board Ordinance

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
2 August 1855
Ordinance, Town Board, Dunedin, Incorporation, Local Government
  • W. Cargill, Superintendent