T A S MA N I A.

1893.

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO-SEPTIMO 'VICTORIlE REGINlE,

No. 8. RtlpcaIcd Ly

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AN ACT to amend "The Electoral Act, A.D. 1893. 1890." [6 November, 1893.]

WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to amend "The Electoral PREAMBLE. Act, 1890 :" Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of , by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament as~embled, as follows :-

1 This Act may be cited as "The Electoral Act Amendment Act, Short title. 1893."

2 In this Act the expression "the said Act" shall mean and include Interpretation. "The Electoral Act, 1890." 54 Vict. No. 13.

3 The words, "Montagu ...... ~..... One Member," are hereby Amendment of added to the end of Schedule (2.) of the said Act as a "Southern Sched.ule (2.) of Assembly District," and the said Sc~dule (2.) shall hereafter be read the saId Act. and construed as if the said words had been originally part of the said Schedule (2.).

4 The descriptions and boundaries of the Council Electoral Districts Substitution for of Derwent, RUlfsell, and Huort, and the descriptions and boundaries portiontf 3 f of the Assembly Electoral Districts of Cumberland, Wellington, and ~~hV?:t eJ}lo3. Franklin, as set forth in the Schedule (3.) of the said Act, are hereby I.. repealed, and the descriptions and boundaries as set forth in the 374 57 0 VICTORI..-E. No 8.

Electoral Amendment.

A.D.1893. Schedule (1.) to this Act are hereby enacted in lieu thereof; and the Electoral Districts as specified and described in the said Schedule (1.) shall be and be deemed to be and may be cited as Electoral Districts under the said Act, and shall hereafter be read and construed as part of Schedule (3.) of the said Act.

Substitution for 5 The Polling-places as specified in Schedule (4.) of the said Act as portion of the Polling-places of the Assembly Electoral District of Cumberland Schedule (4.) of M Vict. No. 13. are hereby repealed, and the Polling-places specified in the Schedule (2.) of this Act shall be the Polling-places for the several Electoral Districts mentioned in the said Schedule«2.), and such last-mentioned Schedule shall be and be deemed to be and may be cited as part of Schedule (4.) of the said Act.

On passing of 6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the said Act, Returning Act, the Returning Officer appointed for the District of Montagu Officer for Montagu shall, as soon as convenient after the passing of this Act, cause to be to publish Notice. published the Notice required by Section Twenty-four of the said Act to be published.

Notice of Claims 7 Whenever in the said Act or in any notice to be published there­ to vote for under, any Notice of Claim to vote is to be sent to the Returning Officer Montagu may be received up to on or before the Twenty-fourth day of November in any year, it shall 7th December, be sufficient if such Notice of Claim is sent to the Returning Officer 1893. appointed for the District of Montagu on or before the Seventh day of .December, 1893 ; and in making out the List of Claimants required by Section Twenty-nine of the said Ac~ the said Returning Officer shall include in such List the name of eJ~ry person who shall on or before the said Seventh day of .Decellfer have claimed to vote as aforesaid. "

Claims to vote 8 The Returning Officer of the Elettoral District of Cumberland for Oumberland shall, on or before the said Seventh day of .Decemb8'r, J 893, forward received from persons entitled to the Returning Officer appointed ~or the Electoral District of to vote for Montagu all Notices of Claims to vot~ for the Electoral District of Montagu. Cumberland which he has received from (persons who are not entitled to vote for the said District of Cumbertand but who are entitled to vote for the said District of M ontagu; and the Returning Officer for the said District of M ontagu sha~. insert in the said List of Claimants the names of all persons men,', ioned in the said Notices of Claims to vote forwarded to him as afor ,aid.

Amendments in 9 The word "Five" in Sections One hundred and thirty-one and Section 131, 133, One hundred and thirty-six of the said Act, and the word "Seven" in and 136 of 64 Vict. No. 13. Sub-section Three of Section One hundr.d and thirty-three of the said Act, are herebv struck out, and the word! "Three" substituted for the same respectiv~ly. And the said Section!, of the said Act shall be read and construed as if the word " Three" haU always been inserted therein instead of the words" Seven" and "Fiv~ " respectively. i Date of operation 10 Sections Three, Four, and Five o~ this Act shall not come into of certain operation until the day upon which the ~oyal Assent is proclaimed in .Sections. Tasmania to a Bill passed during the Pf'sent Session of Parliament, intituled "A Bill to further amend The ,onstitution Act;" but every act, matteJ', and thing required to be do e in the preparation of the I 57 0 VIOTORllE. No 8. 375

Electoral Amendment.

Electoral Rolls and Polling Lists for the Electoral Districts described A.D.1893. and mentioned in Schedule (1.) hereto shall be proceeded with as if the said Sections of this Act came into operation upon the passing thereof. The Electoral Rolls and Polling Lists in force upon the passing of Exi~ting Rolls this Act, so far as they relate to the Electoral Districts bearing the contmued. same names as the Districts described in the Schedule (1.) hereto, shall be and continue in force until the Eleventh day of April, 1894 ; and all elections of Members for the said Electoral Districts which may take place before the said Eleventh day of April, 1894, shall be held as if this Act had not passed; and for the purposes of every such Election the boundaries of the said Electoral Districts existing at the time of the passing of this Act shall continue in force,' notwithstanding the substitution by this Act of the boundaries of the Electoral Districts specified in the Schedule (1.) in lieu of the boundaries of such Districts specified in the said Act. Provided that upon the preparation of the Electoral Rolls and Polling Lists for the District of Cumberland as described in Schedule (1.) hereto and for the District of Montagu under the provisions con­ tained in the said Bill, intituled " A Bill to further amend The Constitu­ tion Act," such Electoral Rolls and Polling Lists so prepared shall be used in every Election held between the day upon which they are so prepared and the said Eleventh day of April, 1894.

11 This Act and the said Act, as amended by this Act, shall be read Acts to be read and construed together as one and ~he same Act. together.

se HEDULE.

(l~ ) DESCRIPTIONS AND BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. Council District. DERWENT. Comprises the Assembly Districts. of Cumberland, New Norfolk, and Montagu• HUON Comprises the A~sembly District of Franklin and that portion of the Assembly District of Kingborough which is not included in the District of Buckingham. RUSSELL Comprises the Assembly District of Wellington.

Assembly Districts. MONTAGU. Bounded by the sea from Sandy Cape to the Mainwaring River, by that river to its source, from thence to the source of the;Sprent River, by that river to the , by that river to the , by that river to the Colling-wood River, by that river to its source, thence to the source of the Murchison River, by that river to the Electoral District of Wellington, and thence by that district to the point of commencemen t. 57 0 VICTORI£ No. 8.

Electoral Amendment.

A.D.1893. WELLINGTON. Bounded bv from Cape Grim to the River Blythe, by that river to the Van Diemen's Land Company's Surrey Hills Block, by part of the north and by the east boundary of that block and by a due south line from its south-east angle for a distance of about twenty-two miles, thence by a westerly line to the Murchison River, by that river to the Mackintosh River, by that river to the , by that river to the sea, and thence by the sea northerly to the point of commencement. The Islands in Bass Strait lying to the west of the 147th degree of longitude form part of this District.

FRANKLIN. Commencing at the most western point of South Bruni Island, and bounded by the Electoral Districts of Kingborough, Cumberland, and Montagu to the sea, by the sea to Whale Head, and thence by a line across D'Entrecasteaux Channel to the point of commencement. CUMBERLAND. Commencing at Platform Bluff and bounded by the Electoral District of Brighton to Lot 863 purchased by W. M. Orr, by the east and part of the north boundaries of that lot, by the east and part of the north boundaries of Lot 69 purchased by Thomas Willison, by part of the east boundary of Lot 864 purchased by Edward Bisdee, by the south boundaries of Lots 2237, 2238,2869, and 2870, by the west boundary of Lot 477 purchased by John Clark, by the west and part of the north boundaries of Lot 476 purchased by Anthony Fenn Kemp, by a northerly line passing along the east boundary of lands purchased by W. Wylie and D. Wylie, by a con­ tinued northerly line to the south boundary of the Parish of Apsley, thence by an easterly line to the north boundary of Lot 289 purchased by W. Robertson, by that boundary to the River Jordan, and thence by the Electoral Dit!tricts of Brighton, "Oatlands, Campbell Town, Cressy, Deloraine, West Deyon, and MontaO'u to the Gordon River, by that river to the Serpentine River, by the last-mentioned river to Lake Pedder, thence by the south-west shore of that lake and by a south-easterly line to the , thence by that river to its source, thence by a north-easterly line to the source of Russell's Falls River, and thence by the Electoral District of New Norfolk to the point of commencement.

(2.) POLLING-PLACES FOR THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS.

DISTRICTS. POLLING-PLACES.

Cumberland • ...... 1. Hamilton. 2. Ouse Police Station. 3. Both well. 4. Macquarie Plains. 5. Ellendale State School. 6. Melton Mowbray. 7. Town Hall, Hobart.

Montagu...... 1. Remine. 2. . 3. Strahan. 4. Dundas. l 5. Vicinity of Queen River. 6. Public Buildings, Launceston. 7. Town Hall, Hobart.

WILLIAM GRAHAME, (UN., GOVERNMENT PRINTER, TA.SMANIA..