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Warrant appointing a Polling Place.

Normanby,
Administrator of the Government.

To all to whom these Presents shall come,

GREETING:

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1870," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Warrant under his hand, from time to time to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral District within or within one mile of the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such Polling Places to be the Principal Polling Place from time to time to abolish, and, if he think fit, to appoint other Polling Places in lieu of those abolished, and that every such Warrant shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette: Provided always that no Polling Place shall be appointed by the Governor under the said Act unless he shall be first satisfied that the place to be appointed is more convenient than any other for at least twenty electors to record their votes thereat:

Now know ye that I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the following place to be a Polling Place for the Electoral District hereinafter specified, for the election of Members of the Provincial Council of Otago, namely:—

For the District of Mount Ida:

The Store of Joseph Edmonds, Serpentine.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a member of Her Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy Council; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Administrator of the Government in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

Daniel Pollen.

(From the New Zealand Gazette of January 7th, 1875.)

Making and confirming Bye-laws, Rules, and Regulations on the Invercargill to Mataura Railway.

Normanby,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of January, 1875.

His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council.

WHEREAS under the provisions of the "Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," and the several Acts amending the same, and other Acts, a line of railway has been constructed by the Governor in the Province of Otago, from Invercargill to the town of Woodlands, being part of the line to be constructed from Invercargill to Mataura:

And whereas under the provisions of the said hereinbefore mentioned Acts and the enactments incorporated therewith, the Governor in Council is empowered to make Regulations and Bye-laws for the following purposes, that is to say:—

For regulating the mode by which, and the speed at which, carriages using the said railway are to be moved or propelled.

For regulating the times of the arrival and departure of any such carriages.

For regulating the loading or unloading of such carriages, and the weights which they are respectively to carry.

For regulating the receipt and delivery of goods and other things which are to be conveyed upon such carriages.

For preventing the smoking of tobacco and the commission of any other nuisance in or upon such carriages, or in any of the stations or premises occupied by the General Manager in connection with the said railway.

And generally, for regulating the travelling upon and using and working of the said line of railway.

And whereas it is expedient that Regulations and Bye-laws should be made in respect of the said railway:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby make the Bye-laws, Rules, and Regulations hereto annexed, as the Bye-laws, Rules, and Regulations to be in force with regard to the said line of railway from Invercargill to Woodlands, for the purposes aforesaid.

Bye-laws, Rules, and Regulations for Regulating the Travelling upon and using of the Railway in the said Province.

Passenger Traffic.

No person will be admitted to the booking office at any station whilst the door is closed for making up and despatching any train; and no passenger will be allowed to take his or her seat in or upon any carriage used on the railway, or to travel therein upon the railway, without first having paid his or her fare and obtained a ticket.

Tickets will be issued conditionally—that is to say, in case there shall be room in the train for all the passengers to whom tickets shall have been issued. If there shall not be room for all such passengers, the holders of periodical tickets shall have the priority over owners of return and single tickets, and the fare will be returned, on application to the Station Master, to the holders of such return and single tickets as shall be unable to obtain seats.

If any person travel or attempt to travel in any carriage on the railway without having previously paid his fare, and with intent to avoid payment thereof; or if any person, having paid his fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceed in any such carriage beyond such distance without previously paying the additional fare for the additional distance, and with intent to evade payment thereof; or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuse or neglect, on arriving at the point to which he has paid his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

If any person be discovered either in or after committing or attempting to commit such offence as in the preceding clause mentioned, all officers and servants and other persons on behalf of the Superintendent, and all constables, gaolers, and peace officers, may lawfully apprehend and detain such person, until he can be conveniently taken before some Justice, or until he be otherwise discharged by due course of law.

No return or periodical ticket will be available for special trains.

Every passenger, on arriving at the station for which he or she may have taken a ticket, or to or from which he or she may hold a periodical ticket, shall quit the station and premises of the railway; and no person shall be allowed to loiter about the stations, wharf, or premises, or any part thereof; and if any passenger or other person shall refuse to quit the station, wharf, or premises aforesaid, on being requested so to do by any Station Master or any servant attached to the railway or wharf.