✨ Proclamation regarding tolls and public works
Num. 18. 81
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1870.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by the 13th Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to authorise the construction, by private enterprise, of any Road, Bridge, Wharf, Ferry, or other public work, for the use and benefit of the public, and to permit the occupation, for a limited period, of sites for the same, and to provide for the payment of such tolls for a limited period by all persons using the same as he shall deem reasonable, and the Governor in Council may from time to time, make, alter, and revoke regulations for collecting such tolls, and for preventing the evasion thereof, and generally for the control and management of the said roads, bridges, wharves, ferries, or other public works, and such regulations upon and after being published in the Gazette of the Province to which they may apply shall have the force of law:
And whereas, by the one hundred and ninth Section of the said Act, 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 such person as the Governor may think fit all or any of the powers vested in the Governor by the said Act, except the powers conferred by Sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven thereof, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit:
And whereas, by an instrument in writing, dated the third day of February, 1869, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of February, 1869, His Excellency the Governor did, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, delegate unto me, Conrad Hoes, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, all the powers vested in the Governor under or by virtue of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers conferred by Sections eleven, twenty-two, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-nine, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the said powers hereby delegated to me within the County of Westland:
And whereas it is expedient that regulations should be made for collecting such tolls and for preventing the evasion thereof, and generally for the control and management of such roads, bridges, wharves, ferries and other public works:
Now, therefore, I, Conrad Hoes, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, in exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in and delegated to me in this behalf, do hereby give notice that I have adopted the following regulations prescribed in "The County of Westland Act, 1868," so far as they are applicable for the collection of tolls, and for preventing the evasion thereof, and generally for the control and management of all such roads, bridges, wharves and ferries, or other public works within the County of Westland.
Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
C. Hoes.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 18
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🏗️ Proclamation for toll regulations on public works
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works2 May 1870
Tolls, Public Works, Roads, Bridges, Wharves, Ferries, Westland County
- Conrad Hoes, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland