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VICTORIA. ANNO TKRTIO EDWARD! SEPTTMT ItEGIS. *****##*#######*#####*##*.***##**#***#«##**#•*••**•#***#••*•*•* No. 1895. An Act for determining the Boundaries and Divisions of the Legislative Assembly Elec toral Districts and for other purposes. [24/A December, 1903.] HEREAS by the Constitution Act 1903 it is provided that Preamble. W Victoria shall be divided into sixty-rive electoral districts, the SeeNo. 1008. boundaries and divisions and name of each of which shall be such as may be determined by an Act of Parliament: Beit therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say) :— 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the ElectoraI Districts Boundaries short title Act 1903. (2) This Act and The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1890 and citation, any Acts amending the same may be cited together as The Constitution No. 1075. Act Amendment Acts. 2. The [Is. 9d.] $85 12923. 3 EDW. VII.] Electoral Districts Boundaries. [No. 1895. Boundaries and 2. The boundaries and divisions and the names of the sixty-live divisions of new electoral districts. electoral districts of Victoria shall he tliose set forth in the First First Schedule. Schedule to this Act. Such electoral districts and divisions of districts are hereinafter referred to as u new districts" and "new divisions" respectively. Duties of electoral 3. (1) For the purposes of preparing the first electoral rolls for registrars to prepare lists. each new electoral district, the electoral registrar for each division thereof shall on the passing of this Act make up a general list and also a list of ratcpaying electors for such division, herein called " new lists." (2) The new lists shall respectively be made up from the general lists and the lists of ratepayhig'electors prepared or in course of pre paration at the passing of the Electoral Molls Act 1903, herein called the " prepared lists." (3) The new list for each new division shall include the names of all persons upon the prepared list for any existing division which corresponds Avith or is included in any division of any new electoral district. (4) Where by the operation of this Act any existing division is apportioned into or amongst two or more new divisions there shall he included in the new list for each new division the names of all persons on the prepared lists whose qualifications are within the area of the new division. (5) The new lists prepared pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of The Constitution Act Amendment Acts in like manner as if the same had been prepared under such provisions before the passing of the Electoral Rolls Act 1903 and shall also be subject to the operation of the various suspended provisions of the said first- mentioned Acts when resumed pursuant to the said last-mentioned Act. (6) Every holder of an elector's right whose name is in accord ance with this Act placed upon a list for a new division shall for all purposes he deemed to be the holder of an elector's right for such new division. Power to alter dales 4. hi order to insure the early completion of all electoral rolls for fnCoiS/for'fu-st tne new districts and divisions the Governor in Council may by Order loiisoniy. published in the Government Gazette make such alterations and extensions of the dates and times prescribed in The Constitution Act Amendment Acts as may be specified in such Older ; but such altera tions and extensions shall take effect only with regard to the electoral rolls required for the purpose of the first elections for the said new electoral districts, and not for any other purpose or on any other occasion. Amendment of 5_ . For the Thirty-seventu - - . h Schedule t-_o the Principa_ l Act there Thirty-seventh siiau ^Q sulJStituted the Second Schedule to this Act. Schedule .No. 1075. '6. (1) Immediately Hours of polling. 586 3 EDW. VII.] Electoral Districts Boundaries. [No. 1895. 3 6- (1) Immediately on tlie coming into force of all tlie provisions of Licensing Districts. The Constitution Act 11)03, the Governor in Council shall proclaim seeNo. mi s. 19. and notify licensing districts in accordance with the provisions of the Licensing Act 1890 and shall also by such proclamation determine the electoral divisions which shall respectively form the Metropolitan, Ballarat, and Sandhurst groups of licensing districts ; and the groups so determined shall he substituted for the groups set forth in section fifty-four of the said Licensing Act 1890. li>. s. 54. (2) Every licence held under the provisions of the said Licensing ib. s. so. Act 1890 at the time of such proclamation, for premises situated in any licensing district so proclaimed and notified shall be deemed to be a licence granted by the Licensing Court for such district. 7. In section two hundred and forty of The Constitution Act AuKmiment of Amendment Act 1890 the words "metropolitan and suburban " are Naioro.40 °f Act hereby repealed, and for the word " five " in the said section there shall be substituted the word " six." SCHEDULES. A 2 587 3 EDW. VII.] Electoral Districts Boundaries. [No. 1895. SCHEDULES. FIRST SCHEDULE. BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. In the following descriptions, wherever the boundary described runs along a river, creek, road, or street, the centro of such river, creek, road, or street shall be taken to be the boundary line; and whenever the boundary is described as by a mountain range or watershed, the line following the highest part of such range or watershed shall be taken to be the boundary. In cases where the boundaries described are those of a municipal district, or portion of a municipal district, they shall bo taken to be the boundaries in force at the time of the passing of this Act. METROPOLITAN. ABBOTSFORD. Commencing at the intersection of Hoddle-street and Bridge-road ; thence north by Hoddle-street to Reilly-street; thence east by that street to the Merri Creek ; thence southerly by that creek and the Yarra River to Campbcll's-parade ; thence west by Campbell's-parade to Gleadell-street; thence north by that street to Highett-strcet; thence west by that street to Church-street; thence south by Church-street to Bridge-road ; and thence west by Bridge-road to the commencing point. ALBERT PARK. Commencing at the intersection of Dorcas-street and St. Kilda-road ; thence southerly by St. Kilda road to the boundary between the City of South Melbourne and the City of St. Kilda ; thence south westerly by that boundary to the shore of Hobson's Bay ; thence north-westerly by that shore to Pickles- street ; thence northerly by Pickles-street to Cowie-street; tlience south-easterly by that street to St. Vincent-street west; thence north-easterly by that street to Nelson-road ; thence northerly by Nelson- road to Dorcas-street; and thence north-easterly by Dorcas-street to the commencing point. BOROONDARA. Commencing on the Yarra River where the cast boundary of portion 52, parish of Boroondara, abuts thereon ; thence south by the said boundary and Burkc-road to the Kooyongkoot or Gardiner's Creek; thence westerly by that creek to Toorak-road ; thence west by that road to Elizabeth-street; thence south by that street to Malvern-road ; thence west by Malvern-road to Spring-road ; thence south by that road and Harvey-street to Stanhope-street; thence west by Stanhope-street to Oxford or Williams street; thence southerly by that street to Winter-street; thence west by Winter-street to Isabella-street; thence south by that street to Wattlctree-road ; thence east by that road to Glendearg-grove ; thence south by Glendearg-grove to Dandenong-road ; thence westerly by Dandenong-road to Kooyong-road ; thence south by that road to the Rosstown railway ; thence easterly by that railway to Bambra- road ; thence south by that road to North-road ; thence east by North-road to Warrigal-road ; thence south by Warrigal-road to Centre-road; thence cast by that road to the south-east angle of allotment 10, section 1, parish of Mordialloc; thence north by the east boundaries of allotments 10 and 5 and Box Hill-road to Waverley-road; thence west by Waverley-road to Warrigal-road; thence north by that road and Boundary-road to Riversdale-road ; thence east by Riversdale-road and the north boundaries of allotments 20A and 21c, parish of Nunawading, to Middleborough-road ; thence north by that road to the Koonung Koonung Creek ; and thence westerly by that creek and the Yarra River to the commencing point. BRUNSWICK. Commencing on the Moonee Ponds where Park-street west abuts thereon ; thence east by Park- street west and Park-street east to Nicholson-street; thence north by that street to the north boundary of portion {)•], parish of Jika Jika ; thence east by that boundary to the Merri Creek ; thence northerly by the Merri Creek to Moreland-road ; thence west by that road to the Moonee Ponds; and thence southerly by the Moonee Ponds to the commencing point. CARLTON. Commencing at the intersection of Victoria-parade and Nicholson-street; thence north by Nicholson- street to Newry-street; thence west by that street and a line to Sydney-road ; thence southerly by that road and Elizabeth-street to Victoria-street; and thence east by that street and Victoria-parade to the commencing point. COLLINGWOOD. 688 .3 EDW. VII.] Electoral Districts Boundaries. [No. 1895.