WARRANT

Appointing Mr Albert Weir to act as Town Clerk for the First Elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the Incorporated Town of Avenal.

WHEREAS the Town of Avenal has been incorporated under the provisions of the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," and whereas by the 123rd section of the said Ordinance it is amongst other things enacted that where no special provision is made for the conduct of the first elections under the said Ordinance, it should be lawful for the Superintendent, by warrant under his hand, to appoint some person to perform any of the acts in the said Ordinance required to be done by the Town Clerk before such officer can be appointed under the provisions of the said Ordinance: Now, therefore I, George Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby appoint Mr. Albert Weir to perform at the first elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the said incorporated town, under the said Ordinance required to be done by the Town Clerk of the Incorporated Town of Avenal, at such first elections, under the provisions of the said Ordinance.

As witness my hand, this 19th day of September, 1876.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent.

NOTICE

INCORPORATED TOWN OF AVENAL.

WHEREAS by the 58th section of the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," it is provided that no person elected to be Mayor, Councillor, or Auditor under the said Ordinance shall be capable of acting as such until he shall first, in the presence of any two Councillors, have made and subscribed the declaration therein set forth: Provided that at the first elections under the said Ordinance, whether for the City of Dunedin or for any incorporated town or place, such declaration shall be made and subscribed before a person to be appointed for that purpose by the Superintendent of Otago:

And whereas it is necessary that a person should be appointed before whom such declaration shall be made and subscribed by the persons elected as Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors respectively, for the Incorporated Town of Avenal, at the first elections for the said town under the said Ordinance:

Now, therefore I, George Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby, in pursuance of the power in this behalf vested in me by the said Ordinance, appoint Mr. Thomas Sloan as and to be the person before whom the persons elected as Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors respectively, at the first elections under the said Ordinance for the said Incorporated Town of Avenal, shall make and subscribe the declaration specified in the said twenty-eighth section of the said Ordinance.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago aforesaid, at Dunedin, this 19th day of September, 1876.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.

PROCLAMATION

Appointing a day for the First Election of a Citizen to be Mayor of the Incorporated Town of East Invercargill.

By His Honor George Turnbull, Esquire, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," Amendment Ordinance, 1870," it is amongst other things provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, at any time after any Municipality shall have been proclaimed under the provisions of the Ordinance intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province of Otago, to appoint a day for the first election of a citizen to be Mayor of such Municipality:

And whereas the town of East Invercargill has been proclaimed a municipality under the provisions of the said Ordinance, and it is expedient to appoint a day for the first election of a citizen to be Mayor of the said municipality of East Invercargill:

Now, therefore, I, George Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the said Province of Otago, do hereby proclaim and declare that I have appointed, and do hereby appoint Monday, the twenty-fifth day of September, 1876, as and to be the day for the first election of a citizen to be Mayor of the municipality of East Invercargill.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this 19th day of September, 1876.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent.

WARRANT

Appointing an Officer to preside at the First Elections to be held under the Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865, for the Incorporated Town of East Invercargill, in the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS the Town of East Invercargill has been incorporated under the provisions of the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," and whereas by the 123rd section of the said Ordinance it is amongst other things enacted that where no special provision is made for the conduct of the first elections under the said Ordinance it should be lawful for the Superintendent, by warrant under his hand, to appoint some fit and proper person to preside at each of such elections: Now, therefore I, George Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby nominate and appoint Mr. Joseph Stock to preside at the first elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors to be held under the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," for the Incorporated Town of East Invercargill, in the Province of Otago.

As witness my hand, this nineteenth day of September, 1876.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent.

NOTICE

Of day and place of Nomination of Candidates for the Office of Mayor of the Incorporated Town of East Invercargill.

WHEREAS George Turnbull, Esquire, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," has, by warrant under his hand, appointed me the undersigned, Joseph Stock, to be the person to give public notice, as by law required, of the place, day, and hour for the nomination of candidates for election to the office of Mayor, at the first election for Mayor for the Incorporated Town of East Invercargill, under the said Ordinance, and to attend on the day of the nomination of candidates for such office at such first election, and to preside, do, and perform at such first election all the acts by the said Ordinance required or directed to be done by the Mayor of the said Incorporated Town of East Invercargill at the election of Mayor:

Now therefore I, the said Joseph Stock, notify that Monday, the twenty-fifth day of September, 1876, at