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sions of the Store House Reserve, and all
parcels of Town Land hereafter sold by
the Crown as separate allotments. Provided that it shall be competent to the General Meetings for the Town District to impose a rate to be assessed on the value of
the lands rateable exclusively of all Buildings, Erections, and Improvements whatsoever—such value to be ascertained as hereinafter provided.

14. If the proposition of a rate be carried,
    or there shall be other money applicable
    during the ensuing year to the purposes of
    this Ordinance within the district, the meeting shall proceed to elect three Commissioners from amongst the Electors of the
    district, and such Commissioners shall form
    a Board to be styled Commissioners of
    Public Works for the particular district for
    which they may be elected.

15. The Commissioners so elected as
    aforesaid shall continue in office until the
    30th day of June in the year after the
    year of their election. Provided that no
    Commissioner going out of office shall be
    disqualified for immediate re-election by
    reason of his having held the said office during the preceding year.

16. In case any Commissioner elected as
    aforesaid shall die, or refuse to act, or become incapable of acting, or become or be
    bankrupt or insolvent, or a public defaulter,
    or be absent from the Province for any period exceeding two calendar months, or be
    convicted of Felony or any infamous offence, it shall in every such case be lawful
    for the other Commissioners or Commissioner to appoint any person from amongst
    the Electors for the District to be Commissioner in his stead, during the residue of the
    term of office of the existing Board.

17. The Chairman at every such Meeting shall within three days after the day of
    Meeting forward to the Superintendent a
    certificate in writing signed by the said
    chairman stating whether any, and if any,
    what amount of rate has been determined
    upon by such Meeting, and shall also set forth
    the names of the persons (if any) who may
    have been elected as Commissioners at such
    Meeting.

18. All disputes and questions which
    may arise touching the fact or validity of
    the election of any Commissioner, or of the
    making of any rate, or touching any other

proceeding at a Meeting purporting to be a
General Meeting under this Ordinance, shall
be referred to the Superintendent by the
petition in writing of three or more electors
of the district, presented within ten days
after the day of the Meeting at which the
disputed proceeding shall have taken place;
and the decision thereon of the Superintendent shall be final, and the validity of the
proceedings at any such Meeting shall not
be otherwise called in question. All disputes and questions touching any vacancy
in the office of Commissioner shall be referred to the Superintendent whose decision
shall be final.

19. If all or any of the proceedings at
    any Meeting purporting to be a General Meeting under this Ordinance shall be
    declared invalid, it shall be lawful for the
    Superintendent by Notice published in
    the Government Gazette of the Province
    to convene another General Meeting for
    the same district with all the powers
    which the former meeting had, or would
    have had, if duly convened, nevertheless
    without prejudice to any valid proceedings
    at the former meeting.

20. As soon as conveniently may be after
    the holding of any General Meeting at
    which a Rate shall have been determined
    upon, the Board of Commissioners shall
    cause a written or printed statement to be
    posted at the Court House in the Town of
    New Plymouth setting forth the amount of
    of Rate to be levied, together with a List of
    the names of the persons liable for the payment thereof with the sum payable by each
    of such persons. And every such statement shall, as respects the Rural districts,
    set forth the quantity of land in respect
    whereof each Ratepayer is liable. And to
    every such statement there shall be subjoined a Notice that all objections thereto
    will be heard and determined by the Board
    of Commissioners at a time and place to be
    in such Notice mentioned, such time not
    being less than one calendar month from the
    date of such Notice. And the said Board
    shall hear and finally determine all objections accordingly, and having revised the
    said statement, shall forthwith transmit the
    same to the Superintendent authenticated
    by the signature of two or more Commissioners.

21. As respects the Town district, if an