31 Victoriae 1867 No 48 Westland Representation
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493 New Zealand. ANNO TRICESIMO PRIMO VICTORIA3J REGIN33J. No. 48. AN ACT to amend the Representation Acts. Title. [10th October 1867.] BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows- 1. The Short Title of this Act shall be " The Westland Short Title. Repre~ntation Act 1867." 2. After the termination of the present Session of the General Incre~se of Repre. Assembly the House of Representatives shall consist of seventy-two sentatlOn. members in addition to such _members as may be elected to represent Aboriginal Natives. 3. Instead of the several Electoral Districts of Waimea and Westland and aimea Westland as defined in "The Representation Act 1865" and the mto:W- threedi~de~ dlstrict. ..schedule thereto and for each of which districts respectively it is in "Waimea" the said Act provided that one member shall be returned to the said ::;::~~::~::~:~:: House there shall be four electoral districts the boundaries whereof and "The Westland are respectively defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto one shall !~::g~~~'x::=t!:. be named "Waimea:' and for it one member shall be returned to the 'said House and one other shall be named "Westland North" and for it one member shall be returned to the said House and one other shall be named " Westland South" and for it one member shall be returned to the said House and one other shall be named " The Westland Boroughs" and for it one member shall be returned to the said House. 4. It shall be lawful for the Governor with the advice and consent Governor may of the Executive Council by proclamation published in the New Zealand include other inc_or: • • • porated towns wlthill Gazette from tlIDe to tIme to declare that any town or towns or CIty ~est~and Borough. or cities situate within either of the Electoral Districts of Westland DIstrlct. North or Westland South as constituted by this Act shall be included within and form part of the Electoral District of the Westland Boroughs ,and from and after such time as shall be fixed in and by any such proclamation for the coming into operation thereof every town or city !,pecified in any such proclamation shall form part of the Electoral District of the Westland Boroughs as fully as if such town or city had been specified in the definition of such district contained in the Schedule hereto and shall cease to form. part of the electoral districts . of Westland North or Westland South as the case may be Provided however the authority herein given to the Governor to declare towns or cities to be included within the aforesaid electoral district shall, -extend only to such towns or cities as shall hereafter be incorporated under any Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand Provided also that no such declaration shall be made or proclaimed before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and the time to be fixed in any such proclamation for the coming into operation thereof shall not be any day in the months of July August Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 58, of the 5th No.ember, 1867. 494 31 0 VICTORllE, No. 48. Westland Representation. September Dr October in any year and shall be nDt earlier than ninety days frDm the day Df the first publicatiDn Df such prDclamatiDn in the New Zealand Gazette. Maps or plans ill 5. The said several eledDral districts cDnstituted by this Act are di&triellI. delineated Dn maps or .plans authenticated for the purposes of this Act by the signatures of the Speakers of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of New Zealand respectively and are deposited in the office Df the Colonial Secretary of New Zealand And any city or town which shall at any time be .declared by any such proclamation as aforesaid to form part of the district of the Westland Boroughs shall be delineated on a map authenticated by the signature of the Governor and shall be deposited within seven days after the day of the first publication of the proclamation relating to such city or town in the Dffice of the· Colonial Secretary. :Eons to be furmed. 6. Imm~diately after the passing Df this Act registratiDn Dfficers to be appointed for the districts constituted by this .Act shall form new electoral rolls for such districts respectively. Mode otformiJlIPlew 7. For the purpose of framing such new electoral rolls the name of rolls. every elector on the roll for any or either Df the electoral districts Df Waimea or Westland as constituted before the passing of this Act and which under the provisions of "The RegistratiDn Df Electors Act 1866" will come into force on the first day. Df September Dne thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven and whose qualification is in respect of lands Dr tenements situated within either of the electDral districts constituted by this Act shall be placed Dnthe new e~ectDral roll of that one Df the electoral districts cDnstituted by this Act in which the lands or tenements in respect whereof he is so registered are situate or if such lands Dr tenements are situate in two Dr more of the new districts constituted by this Act then such name . shall be placed on the several new electoral rolls. of those. districts constituted by this Act within which such lands or tenements are situate Provided that if any .elector Dn the former rolls be registered in respect of lands or tenements situate in two or more of the new districts constituted by this Act the Registration Officer may in fDrming the new rolls omit the name Df such elector frDm the roll Df either Dne or more of the new electoral districts within which such elector may not appear to the Registration Officer to have a sufficient electoral qualification. PubliMtion and 8. Upon such new electoral rolls being so. framed as aforesaid the dnntioll of roll •• same shall forthwith be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary and shall be published in such convenient manner as the GDvernor shall direct and from the day of such publicatiDn the electDral roll fDrmed fDr each. district shall be the electoral 1'0.11 to be used for such district fDr all purposes until a revised electDral roll for the same shall be in force under the prDvisions of the law fDr the time being for the registration Df electDrs. Present membere to 9. The person who has been returned to serve as and at the time of; represen~ cerlBiD district.. the passing of this Act is member of the said House for. the Electoral District of Waimea as constituted before the passing of this Act shall so long as he retains his seat be deemed to be and be for. all purpo.ses the member of the said House for the Electoral District of Waimea as cDnstituted by this Act and the person who has been returned to· serve as and at the time of the passing of. this Act as member of the said House for the Electoral District of Westland as constituted before, the passing of this Act shall so long as he retains his seat be deemed to be and be for all purposes the member Df the said House for the. Electoral District of the Westland Boroughs as constituted by this Act•. 31 0 VICTORI.iE, No. 48. 495 Westland Representation 10. Upon the formation of the aforesaid new electoral rolls for the Issue ohnits. several districts of Westland North and Westland South but not earlier than the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven writs shall be issued for the election of one member for the district of Westland North and one member for the district of Westland South. 11. From time to time after the publication of any proclamation by New rolls to 00 the Governor under the fourth section of this Act the registration !~::~oio; t:e officer for the time being of the electoral district of the Westland W:e8t!andBoroughs :Boroughs and the registration officer for the time being of each Dlstnct. electoral district within which any city or town specified in such proclamation was included at the date of such proclamation shall form. new rolls for the district of the Westland Boroughs as extended by such proclamation and for the electoral district within which any such city or town was included at the date of such proclamation and for the purpose of framing such new rolls the name of every elector on the roll for the time being for any or either of the electoral districts of Westland North or Westland South and which under the provisions of ," The Registration of Electors Act 1866" is for the time being in force .and whose qualification is in respect of lands or tenements situated within the limits of any city or town specified in such procla-. mation shall be placed on the new roll of the district of the Westland :Boroughs as extended by such proclamation and shall be removed from the roll of the district of Westland North or Westland South as the case may be And if such lands or tenements are situate' partly within any such city or town and partly without then such name shall not be so removed but shall be retained on the roll of Westland North or Westland South as the case may be but shall also be placed on the. new roll for the district of the W fIItland Boroughs Provided however that in any such case as last aforesaid the registration officers respec- tively in forming the new rolls for Westland North or Westland South or the Westland Boroughs may remove or omit as the case may require the name of any such elector from the roll of either one of such 'districts so diminished or extended as the case may be by the operation of any such proclamation as aforesaid within whicn such' elector may not appear to the registration officer