✨ Proclamation regarding Diseased Cattle Act
Num. 4.
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1870.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by a Proclamation in the Government Gazette, of the Province of Canterbury, bearing date the 13th day of November, 1867, made by William Sefton Moorhouse, Esq., the then Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers delegated to him under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it was declared that all that portion of the Province of Canterbury to the west of the dividing range, meaning thereby the County of Westland, as defined in the Schedule to "The County of Westland Act, 1868," was an infected district within the meaning of the said Act :
And whereas, by the 14th section of the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is enacted that the Governor in Council may, by warrant under his hand, from time to time, delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the said Colony, all, or any of the powers vested in the Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit, and may from time to time rescind such delegation :
And whereas by the fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that as to regulations, appointments, and prohibitory and other declarations made by Superintendents of Provinces in pursuance of any powers delegated under the powers of delegation contained in "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," the power of annulling, making void, or allowing, or varying and making anew, any such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory, or other declarations vested in the Governor by "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," may from time to time be delegated by the Governor in Council by warrant under his hand, to the Superintendent of any Province who shall by virtue of such delegation be empowered from time to time by declaration to annul, make void, or alter, or vary, and make anew, any regulations, appointments, and prohibitory, or other declarations made under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," by the Superintendent of any Province to whom such power is delegated, or by any previous Superintendent of the same Province :
And whereas by "The County of Westland Act, 1868," it is enacted that all powers at the time of the coming into operation of "The County of Westland Act, 1867," vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, either solely, or with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, of the said Province, by any Act of the General Assembly, or by any Ordinance mentioned in the Schedule to "The County of Westland Act, 1868," except so far as any such powers have been divested, varied, or altered by law, on or since the coming into operation of "The County of Westland Act, 1867," shall, within the said County, so far as applicable to the circumstances of said County, be vested in the Chairman of the County Council, and all powers and authorities, which under any Ordinance of the Governor, or Lieutenant-Governor, and the Legislative Council of New Zealand, or
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 4
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🏛️ Proclamation regarding Diseased Cattle Act and Westland County
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationProclamation, Diseased Cattle Act, Westland County, Canterbury Province
- William Sefton Moorhouse (Esquire), Former Superintendent of Canterbury Province