✨ Provincial Notices and Electoral Regulations
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
FOR THE
PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH.
Published by Authority.
VOL. II.] NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1854. [No. 7.
NOTICE.
I, THE SUPERINTENDENT of the Province of New Plymouth, in exercise of the power in this behalf in me vested by an Ordinance enacted by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of New Plymouth, in the first Session of the said Council, intituled "An Ordinance to regulate the Municipal Police of the Town and Province of New Plymouth," do hereby give notice and declare—That the Foot-bridge crossing the river Huatoki, at or near the junction of Vivian Street with the Carrington Road, in the Town of New Plymouth, shall henceforth be deemed and taken to be a Public Foot-bridge within the meaning of an Ordinance enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand and the Legislative Council thereof, entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the protection of Foot-paths in the Colony of New Zealand" as extended by the aforesaid Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of New Plymouth, and shall be protected accordingly.
Given under my hand, at New Plymouth, in the Province of New Plymouth, this sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
CHARLES BROWN,
SUPERINTENDENT.
THE following Regulations are re-published for general information.
QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS.
Every man of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, having a freehold estate in possession, situate within the District for which the vote is to be given, of the clear value of Fifty Pounds above all charges and incumbrances and of or to which he has been seized or entitled, either at Law or in Equity for at least six calendar months next before the last Registration of Electors—or having a Leasehold Estate in possession situate within such a district, of the clear annual value of Ten pounds, held upon a lease which at the time of such Registration shall have not less than three years to run—or having a Leasehold Estate so situate and of such value as aforesaid, of which he has been in possession for three years or upwards next before such Registration—or being a householder within such district occupying a Tenement within the limits of the Town of the clear annual value of Ten pounds, or without the limits of a Town, of the clear annual value of Five pounds, having resided therein six calendar months next before such Registration as aforesaid, shall, if duly registered, be entitled to vote at the Election of a Superintendent of a Province, or of a Member or Members of the Provincial Council thereof, or of a Member or Members of the House of Representatives, Provided that he is not an alien—and that he has not at any time here-
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1854, No 7
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🏘️ Declaration of the Huatoki River foot-bridge as a public foot-bridge
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government6 April 1854
Public works, Foot-bridge, Huatoki River, New Plymouth, Municipal Police
- Charles Brown, Superintendent
🏛️ Republished regulations regarding the qualification of voters
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationElections, Voter qualification, Franchise, Freehold estate, Leasehold estate, Householder