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ANNO SEXAGESIMO-SECUNDO VI eTORIlE REG IN lE, No. 68.

AN ACT to amend "The E~tor. a.I .. Act..~, A.D.' ..... -.1898. ,"."-' 1896." , . I r>'{"1 t.f U~ !rID A [Re.~erved, 29 OctOber, 1898; Royal Assent pl'oclaimed, 3 February, ~89H.J BE it enacted by His Excellenc~ the Governor of , by and . with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of I Assembly, in Parliament assembled, liS follows:- '

1 This Act may be cited as " TIe Electoral Amendment Act, lS!:)8." Short title.

2 In this Act the expression 'the said Act" shall mean "The Interpretation. Electoral Act, 1896."

3-( I.) The words" Gordon .... . One Mem bel''' are hereby inserted Amendment of in the Schedule (2.) of the said Act after the words" Pembrohe ...... One Schedule (2.) or Member" as a " Southern Counci District," and the said Schedule (2.) 60 Vict. No 49. shall hereafter be read and constru cl as if the words had been originally part of the said Schedule (2.). (2.) The words" Montagu ...... One Member" in the Schedule (2.) of the said Act are hereby repeale , and the words-- " Ze8han...... One Men1 bel', "L:lJcll ...... :...... Onl'! Member" are hereby inserted in lieu thereo . as " Southern Assembly Districts," and the said Schedule (2.) shall ereafter be read and construed as if such last·mentioned words had ori inally been part of such Schedule (2.). ()68 62 0 VIOTORllE. No. 68.

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.A.D.1898. 4 The description of the Cou cil Electoral District of IJerweni as set forth 'in the Schedule (3.) 0 the said Act is hereby repealed, and Substitution for the descriptions of the Electora Districts of Derwent and Gordolt as portion of Schedule (3.) of set forth in Schedule (l.) to lis Act are hereby enacted in lieu <60 Vict. No. 49. thereof, and the Electoral Distric s of Derwent and Gm'don as specified and described in t~le Schedule ( .) shaH be and be deemed to be and may be cited as Southern Counc I Elector~ll Districts under the said Act, and shall hereafter be read a d construed as part of Schedule (3.) of the said Act.

'Substitution for 5 The description of the Asse bIy Electoral District of Montagu portion of as set forth in the Schedule (3.) 0 the said Act is hereby repealed, and Schedule (3.) of .6() Vict. No. 49. the descriptions of the Electoral istricts of and Lyell as set forth in Schedule (1.) to this Act are hereby enacted in lieu thereof, and the Electoral Districts of eehan and Lyell as specified and described in the Schedule (I.) sha I be and be deemed to be and may be cited as Southern Assembly El ctoral Districts under the said Act., and shall hereafter be read and c nstrued as part of Schedule (3.) of the said Act.

:Substitution for 6 The Polling -places specifie in Schedule (4.) of the said Act as portion of Polling-rlaces of the Council Dis rict of IJerwent are hereby repealed, Schedule (4.) of -60 Vict. No. 49. 'and the f>olling-places specified.i Schedule (2.) of this Act shall be the polling-places for the Council lectoral Districts of Derwent and Gordon, and the last-mentioned Schedule shall be deemed to be and may be cited as part of Schedule 4.) of the said Act.

'Substitution for 7 The Polling-places specified in Schedule (4.) of the said Act as ...pgrtioo..of .. ~olling-places of the Assembly Di trict of Montagu are hereby repealed, Schedule (4.) of" aift! the Polling-places specified i Schedule (2.) of this Act shall be 60 Vict. No. 49. the Pol:i-ng-plll~es f!,)r the Assemb y Electoral Districts of Zeehan and L.'lJeU, and the last-meI1i,:~ned Sc eduleshall be deemed to be and may be cited as part of Schedule (4.) f the said Act.

Returning Officer 8-(1.) Upon the Royal Ass nt to this Act being proclaimed in 1:0 prepare Two Ta.r;mflnia, the Returning Officer or the Electoral District of Derwen.t Electoral Rolls shall. within One month after sue assent has been proclaimed, make ,from existing Roll out Two Electoral Rolls by dividi g the existing Electoral Roll for the 1'01' Dern:ent. said District of Derwent into Tw Electoral Rolls, and in one of such Rolls he shall place the names f all the Electors upon such first"': mentioned Electoral Roll whose ames have been placed upon such Roll as being resident in 0)' 0 ning or occupying property in the Electoral District of Derwent as efined by this Act, and in the other of such Rolls he shall place the arnes of all the Electors upon such first-mentioned Electoral Roll wh se names have been placed upon such Roll as being resident in or 0 ning m' occupying property in the Electoral District of Gordon as elined by this Act. Polling List to be (2.) The Returning Officer sh- 11 at the same time pl'epare Polling !prepared. Lists for the Electoral Districts f lJerwent and Gordon according to the Polling-places set forth in he Schedule (2.) to this Act, in the same manner as the Court of R ision is directed to p.'epare Polling Lists under the provisions of ~,. e Electoral Act, ] 896."

Returning Officer 9-(1.) Upon the Royal As ent to this Act being proclaimed in -to prepare Two Tasmania, the Returning Office f()1' the Electoral District of M ontagu Electoral Rolls from existing Roll shall, within One month after s ch assent has been proclaimed, make for Montagu.

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(lut Two Electoral Rolls by dividing he existing' Electoral Roll for the A.D.1898 ~aid District of Montagu into Two lectoral Rolls, and in one of such Rolls he shall place the names of a I the Electors upon such first­ mentioned Electoral Roll whose na es have been placed upon such Roll as being resident in or ownin or occupying property in the Electoral District of Zeeltan as define by this Act, and in the other of :such Rolls he shall place t4e names 0 an the Electors upon such first- • mentioned Ele0toral Roll "*hose nam s have been placed upon such

Roll as being resident in I or ownin or occupying property in the Electoral District of Lyell as defined y this Act. (2.) The Returning Ofijcer shall at the same time 'Prepare Polling l;'olling Lists to Lists for the Electoral Districts of Ze an and Lyell according to the be prepared. Polling-places set forth in the Schedu e (2.) to this Act, in the same manner as the Court of Revision is di 'ected to prepare Polling Lists under th'e provisions of " The Elector I Act, 1896." .

10 "When the Returning Officer h s prepared the Electoral Rolls Electoral Rolls and Polling Lists as are'mentioned in ,he last two preceding Sections, and Polling Lists he shall siO'n the same and forward th m to the Clerk of the Peace at to be forwarded I 11 f' h . h d I . h· . h 'b d to Clerk of the H o ba1't, W~l 10 S la ort WIt ea WIt t em ID t e manner prescl'l e Peace. by " The Electoral Act, 1896."

11 Such Electoral Rolls and Polli g Lists shall upon receipt thereof Rolls as prepared. by the Clerk of the Peace, signed by he Returning Officer as afore- to be Electoral ~aid, be deemed to be the Electoral oIls and Polling Lists for the ~?lls. f~l' new respective Districts of IJerwent, Gord n, Zee}utTt, and Lyell, and the . Istl'lC s. ~hall persons whose names are inserted in s ch Electoral Rolls be the ,. .~ persons who are entitled to vote at an Election of a Member for any .. -----~ ()f such Electoral Districts, as the case may be, wbich may take phwe-·· with respect to such Electoral Distric between the day upon which .such Electoral Rolls are received by t e Clerk of the Peace as aforesaid and the Eleventh day of April, 0 e thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

12 Every Registrar of Births an Deaths shall, for the purposes Registrars to (If Section Twenty-nine of the said t, on or before the Seventh day furnish lis~ of of D~cember in every year, make 0 t and deliver to the Returning ~eaths registered om cel' 0 f t h e A ssem bl y D··IStl'lct W1 lC . h' mc Id' u es any portIOn 0 f t Ile III ea.ch vear.• district f~r which such RegistraJ' is appointed, a list of every male person over the age of Twenty-one hose death has been registered ,in such last-mentioned district durin the Twelve months preceding the Twenty-fourth day of November n every year.

13 The said Act and this Act s all remain and continue in full The said Actcon-. force and operation until the Thirtiet day of Septe'mber, One thousand tinued. eight hundred and ninety-nine.

14 'The said A.ct as amended by tIfs Act and this Act shall be read Acts to be read .and construed together as one and the same Act. together. , ~ ..

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A..D.1898. se H E D U L E.

(1.) Descriptions of Council Electoral Districts.

DERWENT. Comprises the Assembly Districts of Cumberland and New Norfolk.

GORDON. J Comprises the Assembly Districts of Zeehan and Lyp.ll as hereinafter described. Descriptions of Assembly Electoral Districts. ZEEHAN. Bounded by thesea from the to the Henty RiTer, by that riYer to' its source, thence by the southern shores of Lake West wood and Lake Selina to a rivulet, by that rivulet to Anthony's Creek, by that creek to the Murchison River, by that river to the Mackintosh River, bv that river to tlle Pieman River aforesaid, and thence by that river to the point of commencement.

LYELI,. Commencing at the junction of the with the sea and bounded by that river to its source, thence by the southern shores of Lake Westwood and Lake Selina to a rivulet, by that rivulet to Anthony's Creek, by that creek to the Murchison River, by that river to the Canning River, by tbat river to Lake Augusta, thence by a south-westerly line to the Collingwood River, by that. river to the , by that river to the GOI·, by that river to the Sprent River, by that river to' its source, thence by a line to the SOlll'Ce of the Mainwaring River, by that river to the sea aforesaid, and thence by the sea to the point of commencement.

(2.) POLLING-P.LACES FOR THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

DISTRICTS. POLLING-PLACES.

nel'went ...... 1. New N ol'folk. 2. Bothwell. 3. Ouse. 4. Hamilton 5. Macquarie Plains. 6. Glenol'a. 7. Town Hall, Hobart.

Gordon ...... 1. Zeeha n. 2. Strahan. 3. Macquarie. 4. Queenstown. 5. Dundas. 6. Gormanston. 7. Town Hall, Hobart. 8. Public Buildings, Launceston.

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A.D.I898. POLLING-PLACES FOR THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS. Zeehan...... 1. Ringville. 2. Zeehan Eust. 3. Zeehan West. 4. Dundas. 5. . 6. Rosebery. 7. Public Buildings, Launceston. 8. Town Hall, Hobart. Lyell...... :.. 1. Strahan. 2. Macquarie. 3. Queenstown. 4. GOl'manston. 5. North Mount Lyel!. 6. Public Buildings, Launceston. 7. Town Hall, Hobart.

, . WILLUM ORA-HAME, OOVE,~NHE:'iT PRINTER, TASMANU.•