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Superintendent’s Office,
Invercargill, 8th August, 1861.
IT is hereby notified, that I have appointed Mr. HENRY A. GILLER to be Clerk of the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland.
J. A. R. MENZIES.
Superintendent’s Office,
Invercargill, 8th August, 1861.
THE following “Rules for Debtors’ Prisons,” are published for general information.
J. A. R. MENZIES.
RULES FOR DEBTORS’ PRISONS,
22nd May, 1861.
The Judges of the Supreme Court, by virtue of the provisions of the Prisons Ordinance, Session VII., No. vii., sec. 6.
ORDER, that on and after the first day of July, A. D. 1861, the Debtors confined in any Gaol within the Colony shall if not otherwise provided for, receive rations upon the most liberal scale allowed by the rules in force in such gaol in the case of convicted criminals;
Provided that no person receiving gaol rations shall be allowed, except upon certificate of the medical officer attending the gaol, to receive any additional food from without the prison.
Provided also, that in case of any breach of prison discipline, or any insubordinate, threatening, or insulting language or conduct committed or used by any debtor within such gaol, the gaoler may apply to any two Visiting Justices, who may thereupon order that such debtor shall be allowed rations on a lower scale.
GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY, C.J.
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON, J.
HENRY B. GRESSON, J.
Printed for the Provincial Government by SMALLFIELD & BAIN, Dee-street, Invercargill, Southland, N.Z.
Southland Provincial Gazette 1861, No 2
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🏘️ Appointment of Clerk of the Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government8 August 1861
Appointment, Clerk, Provincial Council, Southland
- Henry A. Giller (Mr.), Appointed Clerk of the Provincial Council
- J. A. R. Menzies
⚖️ Rules for Debtors' Prisons
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement8 August 1861
Rules, Debtors' Prisons, Rations, Discipline
- J. A. R. Menzies
- George Alfred Arney, C.J.
- Alexander J. Johnston, J.
- Henry B. Gresson, J.