Westland Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 12

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✨ Proclamation of Delegation

Num. 12.

THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

HOKITIKA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1870.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 12, of the 7th March, 1870.]

PROCLAMATION.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the Act now in recital, except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of the said Act, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers: And whereas by "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1869," certain alterations in the said first recited Act were made, and certain additional powers were given to the Governor and to the Governor in Council, and it was by the said Act, now in recital, enacted that the said "Gold Fields Act 1869," should be read and constructed in connection with and as part of the said "Gold Fields Act, 1866:" And whereas by "The County of Westland Act, 1868," it is enacted that in any Act of the General Assembly (except certain Acts, not including "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," the word "Province" shall include County of Westland, and the word "Superintendent" shall include, with regard to such County, any person whom the Governor may from time to time appoint to perform within such County those duties, and exercise those powers, under any such Act which might, if such duties or powers had to be performed or exercised within a Province, be exercised or performed by the Superintendent of such Province:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise of the power and authority for this purpose in me vested, do hereby delegate unto

CONRAD HOES, Esq.,

Chairman of the County Council of Westland, all the powers vested in the Governor and the Governor in Council under "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1869," except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to have, hold, and exercise within the said County the said powers hereby given to the said Conrad Hoes, so long as he shall continue and remain Chairman of the said County Council and no longer: Provided always that copies of all rules and regulations made under the said delegation shall be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, in order that the same may be laid before the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of the one hundred and tenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."

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