Local Legislation Act 1950

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Local Legislation Act 1950. County councils
2: Authorising Matamata County Council to make an ex gratia payment in respect of a contract
Whereas by an agreement dated 16 January 1947, made between McHarrie Brothers of Hamilton, bridge builders (in this section referred to as the contractors Council And whereas, owing to increased costs incurred in respect of increased wages and cost of materials, and other circumstances beyond their control causing delay in completion of the work, the contractors suffered considerable loss: And whereas the Council in the circumstances is desirous of making a payment of $609.40 Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Council is hereby empowered to pay the sum of $609.40
3: Authorising Amuri County Council to expend moneys in connection with Canterbury Centennial celebrations
The Amuri County Council is hereby authorised and empowered to expend moneys out of its General Account for the purpose of celebrating and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Canterbury, and in connection with the establishment of a centennial memorial or centennial memorials, and, for any such purpose, to make grants to the body known as the Canterbury - New Zealand Centennial Association, Incorporated.
4: Validating certain unauthorised expenditure incurred by Wallace County Council
The expenditure by the Wallace County Council during the financial year ending on 31 March 1951, of the sum of $150
5: Authorising Raglan County Council to levy excess separate rates in certain Drainage Districts
Whereas the Raglan County Council (in this section referred to as the Council section 168 of the Counties Act 1920 And whereas the Council desires to make and levy, in the said districts, rates for the construction and maintenance of necessary drainage works of a greater amount than the Council is authorised to make and levy: And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to make and levy rates in accordance with this section: Be it therefore enacted as follows: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Council is hereby authorised to make and levy in the Ruawaro, Whangape, and Pukekapia Drainage Districts, for the years ending on 31 March 1951 and on 31 March 1952, separate rates, based on the unimproved value, on the lands classified in accordance with section 173 of the Counties Act 1920
a: in the Ruawaro Drainage District: on the lands so classified as A 20 cents in the dollar B 13 and one-third cents in the dollar C 6 and two-third cents in the dollar
b: in the Whangape Drainage District: on the lands so classified as A 6 and two-third cents in the dollar B 3 and one-third cents in the dollar C 1 and two-third cents in the dollar
c: in the Pukekapia Drainage District: on the lands so classified as A 16 and two-third cents in the dollar B 8 and one-third cents in the dollar C 4 and one-sixth cents in the dollar
6: Validating special order made by Raglan County Council consolidating certain special rates
Whereas the Raglan County Council (in this section referred to as the Council Gazette special order And whereas the powers conferred by the said section 43 of the Finance Act 1937 may only be exercised in respect of special rates made before 1 December 1937: And whereas certain special rates intended as security for the repayment of the following loans—namely, the Roads, Bridges, and Drainage Loan; the Workers' Dwelling Loan, 1938; the Rural Housing Loan, 1940; the Port Waikato Camping Ground Loan and the Kopua Camping Ground Loan—were all made and levied after 1 December 1937 and accordingly should not have been included in the special order: And whereas it is desirable that the special order should be validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The special order is hereby validated and the said special rates shall be deemed to have been lawfully included in the special order, which shall accordingly take effect according to its tenor.
7: Provision with regard to further extension of period of appointment of Commissioner for County of Matakaoa
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3: Until the next election of councillors of the County of Matakaoa is held, the Minister of Internal Affairs may, on the recommendation of the Council of that county, appoint any qualified person to fill any vacancy in the office of Councillor of the county, and every person so appointed shall hold office in all respects as if he had been duly elected to fill the vacancy.
4: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 18 November 1950. Section 7(1) repealed 27 August 1953 Local Elections and Polls Act 1953 Section 7(2) repealed 27 November 1953 section 7(2) Local Legislation Act 1953
8: Provision with respect to revision of district valuation roll for County of Piako
Whereas the district valuation roll for the district of Piako County was revised as at 31 March 1950: And whereas certain objections to the valuations therein were made pursuant to section 14 of the Valuation of Land Act 1925 and it was apparent that considerable time would elapse before these objections could be disposed of: And whereas the Piako County Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas, in the preparation of the rolls of electors of the ridings of the said county and the roll of electors of the Hauraki Catchment District, for the purposes of the general elections held in November 1950, the said valuation roll in force immediately before 31 March 1950 was used in assessing the number of votes to which each elector was entitled: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the validity of the rates made and levied, or which the Council purported to make and levy, or proposes to make and levy, in respect of the period commenced on 1 April 1950 and ending on 31 March 1951, and as to the validity of the special rates levied or to be levied in respect of that period, and as to the validity of the rolls of electors prepared for the purposes of the aforesaid elections: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The rates made and levied, or which the Council purported to make and levy or proposes to make and levy, for the said period ending on 31 March 1951, shall be valid and shall be deemed to have been or to be lawfully made and levied.
2: The special rates payable to the Council based on the valuation roll in force immediately before 31 March 1950 and payable during the year ending on 31 March 1951 shall be valid, and when demanded by the Council shall be deemed to have been lawfully demanded.
3: The rolls of electors of the ridings of Piako County or parts thereof used for the purposes of the general elections of Councillors of the said county and of members of the Hauraki Catchment Board held in November 1950 are hereby declared to be and to have been valid rolls of electors for the purposes of those elections. City and borough councils
9: Provision with respect to certain payments made by Martinborough Borough Council in anticipation of raising of loan moneys
Whereas by an Order in Council made on 6 December 1949 consent was given to the raising by the Martinborough Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council $4,800 loan And whereas it was necessary to purchase certain plant and materials for the purpose of carrying out the works for which the loan was authorised to be raised prior to the authorisation of the loan: And whereas payments on account of the purchase of the said plant and materials, amounting in all to the sum of $1,257.95 and five-sixths cents And whereas it is expedient that the Council should be authorised to reimburse its District Fund Account out of the loan moneys: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to refund to its District Fund Account, out of the proceeds of the loan, the said sum of $1,257.95 and five-sixths cents
10: Authorising One Tree Hill, Ellerslie, and Mount Roskill Borough Councils to contract with Auckland City Council for the supply of water
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 256 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, the One Tree Hill, Ellerslie, and Mount Roskill Borough Councils are hereby authorised to contract with the Auckland City Council for such supply of water as each Borough Council may require for all purposes for a period not exceeding 21 years without the period of any such contract being previously approved by a poll of electors.
2: While any such contract is in force the provisions of subsection (3) of section 253 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933 shall not apply with respect to the supply of water in terms of the contract.
11: Authorising Pukekohe Borough Council to transfer certain land to Pukekohe Kindergarten Association
Whereas the land described in subsection (2) was dedicated by Thomas Kennelly, late of Pukekohe, to the Corporation of the Town District of Pukekohe, for the purposes of a reserve for a site for a town hall: And whereas the said land is no longer required for that purpose and it is desirable that authority be given for the land to be transferred and used for kindergarten purposes: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Pukekohe Borough Council, as successor to the Pukekohe Town Board, is hereby authorised and empowered to transfer, for such consideration as it may think fit, to the Pukekohe Kindergarten Association the land described in subsection (2).
2: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All that piece of land in the North Auckland Land District, situated in Block XV, Drury Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Lot 21, as shown on the plan numbered 7278, deposited in the Auckland Land Registry Office, being portion of Allotment 73 of Section 1, of the Parish of Pukekohe, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 191, folio 275, Auckland Registry.
12: Provision regarding advances made by Napier City Council from its District Fund Account for sanitary works
Whereas by section 3 of the Napier Borough (Marewa Area) Empowering Act 1946 (in this section referred to as the Act Council $130,000 Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926 And whereas the Council was by Order in Council made on 4 December 1946, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Loans Board Act 1926, authorised to raise a loan of $54,000 loan $130,000 And whereas the works for which the loan was raised have been partly carried out and are in course of completion in compliance with a requisition issued by the Board of Health pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) of section 22 of the Health Act 1920: And whereas by reason of unavoidable delays and increased costs the loan has proved insufficient to complete the said works, and the Council has paid, in addition to the proceeds of the loan, a sum of $12,580 And whereas in order to refund to its District Fund Account the moneys so expended and to be expended in the completion of the said works it is desirable that the Council should be authorised to raise a special loan not exceeding $14,000 Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Napier City Council is hereby authorised and empowered, by special order, to raise the sum of $14,000
2: The Napier City Council shall, out of the proceeds of the said loan of $14,000
3: The said loan of $14,000 $130,000 section 3 of the Act
13: Validating certain expenditure incurred by Napier City Council in connection with certain celebrations
The expenditure incurred by the Napier City Council during the financial year ended on 31 March 1950 in connection with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Borough of Napier and also in the celebration of the proclamation of the said borough as a city, amounting to the sum of $1,342.21 and two-thirds cents $651.45 and five-sixths cents $690.75 and five-sixths cents
14: Provision with respect to payments from District Fund Account of Tauranga Borough Council
Whereas the Tauranga Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas the Council is desirous of making a further payment from the said account: And whereas it is desirable to make appropriate provision in that behalf: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The payments made by the Council from its District Fund Account of the sum of $100 The Elms $226
2: The Council is hereby authorised to pay to the Tauranga Hospital Board from its District Fund Account the sum of $100
15: Authorising Levin Borough Council to grant renewal of certain lease to James Percy Munro Bertram, as executor
Whereas by memorandum of lease dated 14 August 1929, and registered in the Land Registry Office at Wellington as Number 18277, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Levin leased the land described in subsection (4) to Albert Edward Standen, of Levin, builder, for a term of 21 years from 1 April 1929 with a perpetual right of renewal for further terms of 21 years: And whereas by a memorandum of transfer registered in the Land Registry Office at Wellington as Number 244332, the said Albert Edward Standen transferred all his estate and interest in the aforesaid memorandum of lease and in the land affected thereby to Reginald James Humphrey Hollis, of Levin, railway clerk: And whereas by a memorandum of transfer registered in the Land Registry Office at Wellington as Number 258988, the said Reginald James Humphrey Hollis transferred all his estate and interest in the aforesaid memorandum of lease and in the land affected thereby to George Webb, of Levin, farmer: And whereas the said George Webb died on or about 28 June 1950 and probate of his will was granted to James Percy Munro Bertram, of Levin, solicitor, as executor: And whereas before his death the said George Webb inadvertently omitted to take the necessary steps before the expiry of the said memorandum of lease to obtain a new lease of the said land: And whereas the Levin Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to grant to the said James Percy Munro Bertram, as executor of the estate of the said George Webb, deceased, a new lease of the land previously held by the said George Webb, as lessee, for a term of 21 years from the date of the expiry of the term of the said memorandum of lease registered Number 18277.
2: Any such new lease shall be in a form approved by the Council and shall provide for perpetual rights of renewal for successive periods of 21 years.
3: The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to execute all such deeds and documents and do all such other things as may be necessary for the effectual granting of the new lease to the said James Percy Munro Bertram.
4: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All that parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, situate in the Borough of Levin, being Section 10, Block V, on the plan of the Borough of Levin, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 190, folio 41, Wellington Registry.
16: Authorising Levin Borough Council to grant renewal of certain lease to Mary Emily Faloon
Whereas by memorandum of lease dated 2 December 1929, and registered in the Land Registry Office at Wellington as Number 18444, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Levin leased the land described in subsection (4) to Mary Emily Faloon for a term of 21 years from 14 March 1929 with a perpetual right of renewal for further terms of 21 years: And whereas the said Mary Emily Faloon inadvertently omitted to take the necessary steps before the expiry of the said memorandum of lease to obtain a new lease of the said land: And whereas the Levin Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to grant to the said Mary Emily Faloon a new lease of the land previously held by her as lessee for a term of 21 years from the date of the expiry of the term of the said memorandum of lease registered Number 18444.
2: Any such new lease shall be in a form approved by the Council and shall provide for perpetual rights of renewal for successive periods of 21 years.
3: The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to execute all such deeds and documents and to do all such other things as may be necessary for the effectual granting of the new lease to the said lessee.
4: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All that parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, situated in the Borough of Levin, being Section 3, Block V, on the plan of the Township of Levin, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 190, folio 41, Wellington Registry.
17: Provision with respect to revision of farm land roll for Borough of Patea
Whereas pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act 1932 a farm land roll for the Borough of Patea came into force on 1 April 1949: And whereas by subsection (3) of section 17 of the said Act it is provided that any such farm land roll shall continue in force for a period of 5 years: And whereas the Patea Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council Be it therefore enacted as follows: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Urban Farm Land Rating Act 1932, the farm land roll which was signed by 2 members of the Council on 15 August 1950 shall be the farm land roll for the Borough of Patea, and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1 April 1950 in substitution for the farm land roll for the said borough which came into force on 1 April 1949.
18: Validating certain actions of Timaru City Council with respect to loan moneys
Whereas by Order in Council made on 15 September 1948 consent was given to the raising by the Timaru Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council $49,000 $49,000 proposed loan And whereas, prior to the issue of the said Order in Council, the Council borrowed as part of the proposed loan sums amounting in all to $15,600 And whereas, consequent on the issue of the said Order in Council, the Council paid the said sum of $15,600 And whereas by an Order in Council made on 14 January 1948 consent was given to the raising by the Council of a loan of $60,000 loan And whereas the Timaru City Council as successor to the Council, borrowed as part of the loan, after the expiration of the said period of 2 years, moneys amounting in all to the sum of $8,200 And whereas it is desirable that the aforesaid actions should be validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The action of the Council in borrowing sums amounting in the aggregate to $15,600 $15,600
2: The action of the Timaru City Council in borrowing moneys amounting in all to the sum of $8,200
19: Provision with respect to payment of compensation by Port Chalmers Borough Council consequent on closing of municipal gasworks
Whereas until 31 July 1950 the Port Chalmers Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas pursuant to section 117 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, the Council duly established and maintained a Depreciation Fund in respect of the said undertaking: And whereas the Public Trustee is the sole Commissioner of the said Depreciation Fund and now holds the moneys comprising the said Fund: And whereas, as from 31 July 1950, the Council has permanently terminated the said undertaking and accordingly the said Depreciation Fund is no longer required for the purpose for which it was established and maintained: And whereas the Council is desirous of making to its former gas consumers some reimbursement in respect of expenses incurred by them by reason of the termination of the said undertaking and is desirous of applying in whole or in part the moneys now standing to the credit of the said Fund for that purpose: And whereas some doubt has arisen as to the authority of the Council to make any such payments: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Public Trustee is hereby directed and empowered to pay to the Council the whole of the moneys in the said Depreciation Fund, and upon any such payment the Public Trustee shall not be responsible for the further application thereof.
2: The Council is hereby empowered to pay from any such moneys to any person supplied by it with gas up to the time of the termination of the said undertaking by the Council such sums as the Council in its discretion may determine.
3: Any moneys paid to the Council under subsection (1) and not applied in the manner authorised by subsection (2) shall be applied by the Council in partial repayment of the Port Chalmers Borough Conversion Loan, 1934.
20: Authorising raising of special loan by Tauranga Borough Council
Whereas the Tauranga Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council $127,400 proposed loan And whereas, in anticipation of sanction being given to the raising of the proposed loan, the Council has expended out of its General Account in the purchase of plant and machinery and upon certain street works moneys amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $15,532 And whereas the Local Government Loans Board has no authority to sanction that part of the proposed loan which relates to the purposes upon which the said sum has been expended: And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a loan of $15,532 Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Council is hereby authorised to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926 an amount not exceeding the sum of $15,532
21: Authorising Palmerston North City Council to lease certain land
Whereas the Palmerston North City Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas, pursuant to section 16 of the Meat Act 1939, the Council intends applying to the Minister of Agriculture for his approval to the delegation of its power to establish and maintain the said abattoir to the Palmerston North Abattoir By-Products Company, Limited, a company duly incorporated under the Companies Act 1933 and having its registered office in Palmerston North (in this section referred to as the company And whereas the Council desires to lease the said land or parts thereof to the company so as to enable the company to undertake the business of an abattoir and boiling down works thereon: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Council is hereby empowered to grant a lease to the company of the land described in subsection (2), or such part or parts thereof as may from time to time be required by the company, for the purposes aforesaid, at such rental, and upon and subject to such terms and conditions, including the right of renewal, as may be agreed on by the Council and the company, and in granting the said lease it shall not be necessary for the Council to comply with the provisions of paragraph (a) of section 159 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933.
2: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All those parcels of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Palmerston North, containing together 20 acres 2 roods 19 perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, being parts of Section 361, City of Palmerston North, and being all the land comprised in certificates of title, Volume 152, folio 223, Volume 165, folio 4, Volume 301, folio 70, and Volume 305, folio 72, Wellington Registry. Road boards
22: Authorising Western Waiheke Road Board to pay certain preliminary expenses out of loan moneys
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926, the Western Waiheke Road Board is hereby authorised and empowered to pay out of the New Area Development Loan, 1949 the sum of $332.02 and a half cents
23: Provision with respect to payment of annual allowance to Chairman of Mount Wellington Road Board
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Road Boards Act 1908 or in any other Act, the Mount Wellington Road Board is hereby authorised to pay to its Chairman an annual allowance not exceeding $400
2: No alteration in the amount of such allowance shall take effect during the term of office of any Chairman.
3: For the purposes of this section a person re-elected as Chairman shall be considered a new Chairman.
4: The receipt of an allowance under this section shall not constitute or be deemed to have constituted a cause of disqualification under section 30 of the Road Boards Act 1908. Harbour boards
24: Validating donation made by Auckland Harbour Board to Auckland Anniversary Regatta Committee
The payment made by the Auckland Harbour Board during the financial year ended on 30 September 1950 of the sum of $500
25: Validating reclamation of certain land by Bluff Harbour Board
Whereas the Bluff Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board And whereas, without the knowledge or authority of the Board, the reclamation wall built for the purpose of reclaiming part of the land authorised by the said Act to be reclaimed was erected so that the landward side of the wall was on the boundary of the land so authorised to be reclaimed, with the result that the land described in subsection (2) was reclaimed without authority: And whereas it is desirable that the action of the Board in reclaiming the said land in excess of that authorised should be validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Board shall be deemed to have been authorised by the Bluff Harbour Foreshore Reclamation and Leasing and Borrowing Act 1902 to reclaim from the waters of Bluff Harbour the land described in subsection (2), and the provisions of that Act shall apply and be deemed at all times to have applied to the said land as if a description thereof had been included in Schedule 1 of the said Act.
2: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All that parcel of land adjoining Section 6, Block 23, Town of Campbelltown, containing 3 roods 17 perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, and shown on a plan marked MD 9082 deposited in the office of the Minister of Marine, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink.
3: This section shall be deemed to be a special Act within the meaning of the Harbours Act 1950.
26: Extending purposes for which moneys borrowed under Auckland Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act 1946 may be applied
Whereas by the Auckland Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act 1946 the Auckland Harbour Board was empowered to borrow the sum of $3,000,000 And whereas the said Board has agreed to purchase from the Crown buildings and equipment formerly used as Government stores at Auckland, and it is expedient that the provisions of the said Act be extended to provide for the said purchase: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Schedule of the Auckland Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act 1946 is hereby amended by adding the words Purchase of buildings situated at Halsey Street, Jellicoe Street, French Street, and Kings Drive in the City of Auckland, and plant and equipment in the said buildings
27: Amending purposes for which moneys borrowed under Lyttelton Harbour Board Loan Act 1949 may be applied
Whereas by the Lyttelton Harbour Board Loan Act 1949, the Lyttelton Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board $160,000 And whereas, the Board, instead of acquiring the said lands, now desires to erect the said building on certain land vested in the Board and to apply any moneys borrowed or to be borrowed under the authority of the said Act in the erection of the said building: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Lyttelton Harbour Board Loan Act 1949, or in any other Act, it shall be lawful for the Board to erect a Waterfront Industry building on the land described in subsection (2) and to apply any moneys borrowed, or to be borrowed, under the authority of the said Act in the erection of the said building on that land.
2: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All that area in the Canterbury Land District containing 1 rood 25 perches and seventeen-hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Part of Reserve 1242, situated in Block IV, Halswell Survey District, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 149, folio 132, Canterbury Registry, and more particularly bounded as follows: commencing at the most northerly corner of the area, thence by a straight line bearing south-easterly 153°16′30″, a distance of 357.3 links; thence by a straight line bearing south-westerly 243°16′30″, a distance of 114 links; thence by a straight line bearing north-westerly 333°16′30″, a distance of 357.3 links, and thence by a straight line bearing north-easterly 63°16′30″, a distance of 114 links, to the commencing point.
28: Authorising Oamaru Harbour Board to raise special loan of
$24,000
1: The Oamaru Harbour Board is hereby authorised to borrow an amount not exceeding the sum of $24,000
2: This section shall be deemed to be a special Act within the meaning of the Harbours Act 1950. Electric power boards
29: Validating certain actions of the Golden Bay Electric Power Board with respect to loan moneys
Whereas by an Order in Council made on 27 August 1947 consent was given to the raising by the Golden Bay Electric Power Board (in this section referred to as the Board $14,000 loan And whereas the Board did not raise the loan until after the expiration of the said period of 2 years: And whereas on 25 August 1949 the Local Government Loans Board sanctioned the borrowing by the Board of the sum of $12,000 proposed loan And whereas the Board borrowed, for the purposes of the proposed loan, on 24 November 1949, the sum of $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 And whereas, contrary to the provisions of section 3 of the Local Government Loans Board Act 1926, the consent of the Governor-General in Council, in accordance with sections 10 and 11 of that Act, to the raising of the proposed loan was not first obtained: And whereas it is desirable that the actions of the Board should be validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The action of the Board in raising the loan after the expiration of the period of 2 years specified in the said Order in Council is hereby validated and the said moneys shall be deemed to have been lawfully borrowed.
2: The action of the Board in borrowing the sum of $4,000
30: Authorising Otago Central Electric Power Board to raise a special loan of
$10,000 Whereas the Otago Central Electric Power Board (in this section referred to as the Board $150,000 And whereas the transformer for connection to the existing line was urgently required and was ordered and delivered prior to sanction being given to the raising of the said loan: And whereas, in anticipation of sanction being given to the raising of the said loan, the Board paid the cost of the said transformer, amounting to the sum of $10,000 And whereas the Local Government Loans Board has no authority to sanction that part of the loan relating to the cost of the said transformer: And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Board to raise a loan amounting to the sum of $10,000 Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Board is hereby authorised to borrow an amount not exceeding the sum of $10,000
2: The Board is hereby authorised out of the proceeds of the said special loan, when raised, to refund to its Power Fund Account all moneys advanced thereout for the purposes for which the said special loan is to be raised. River board
31: Provision with respect to levying of rates in portion of Waimatuku River District
Whereas the Waimatuku River District comprises lands situate in both the County of Southland and the County of Wallace: And whereas, pursuant to section 8 of the Valuation of Land Act 1925, the district valuation roll for the County of Wallace has been revised by the Valuer-General as at 31 March 1950, but the district valuation roll for the County of Southland has not as yet been so revised: And whereas the Waimatuku River Board (in this section referred to as the Board And whereas doubts have arisen as to the validity of the said rates and it is desirable that the Board should be empowered to levy its rates on such of the lands within the County of Wallace as are within the district of the Board in the manner aforesaid until the valuation roll for the County of Southland is likewise revised: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The rates levied by the Board for the year ending on 31 March 1951 shall be deemed to have been lawfully made and levied, and shall not be invalidated by reason of the said rates having been levied on certain lands within its district, being lands situate within the County of Wallace, in accordance with the values of the said lands appearing on the valuation roll for the County of Wallace prior to the revision of that roll as at 31 March 1950.
2: Until the valuation roll now in force for the County of Southland is revised pursuant to section 8 of the Valuation of Land Act 1925, the Board may levy its rates upon the lands mentioned in subsection (1) in accordance with the values of the said lands which appeared on the valuation roll for the County of Wallace immediately prior to the revision of that roll as at 31 March 1950. Fire boards
32: Validating certain agreements made between North Shore Fire Board and the Crown
Whereas the North Shore Fire Board (in this section referred to as the Board And whereas doubts have arisen as to the validity of the said agreements and it is desirable to validate the said agreements: Be it therefore enacted as follows: Notwithstanding anything in the Fire Services Act 1949, or in any other Act, the Board shall be deemed to have been at all times authorised and empowered to enter into the said agreements, which are hereby validated and shall for all purposes have effect according to their tenor.
33: Validating certain unauthorised expenditure incurred by Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board
The expenditure by the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board during the financial year ended on 31 March 1950, of the sum of $83.60 Hospital boards
34: Validating raising of certain loan moneys by Dannevirke Hospital Board
Whereas by Order in Council made on 3 April 1946 consent was given to the raising by the Dannevirke Hospital Board (in this section referred to as the Board $6,000 loan And whereas one of the said terms and conditions was that no moneys should be borrowed after the expiration of 2 years from the date of the said Order in Council: And whereas the loan was raised by the Board at a date subsequent to the expiration of the said period of 2 years: And whereas it is expedient that the action of the Board in raising the loan should be validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The action of the Board in raising the loan after the expiration of the period specified by the said Order in Council is hereby validated, the moneys received by the Board in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been lawfully borrowed, and the debentures issued in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been lawfully executed and issued by the Board and shall have full force and effect according to their tenor.
35: Authorising Waikato Hospital Board to divert certain compensation moneys held for endowment purposes
Whereas by Proclamation published in the Gazette said land Board And whereas the compensation agreed to be paid for the taking of the said land, amounting to the sum of $576 And whereas the Board is unable to purchase any land suitable for an endowment: And whereas the Board is indebted to the Public Trustee in the sum of approximately $16,030.31 and two-thirds cents And whereas it is desirable that the said sum of $576 Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Public Trustee is hereby authorised and directed to apply the said sum of $576 Affecting 2 or more classes of public bodies
36: Authorising Hutt County Council and Wellington Hospital Board to enter into an agreement for the supply of water
Whereas the Wellington Hospital Board (in this section referred to as the Board And whereas the Hutt County Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas doubts have arisen as to the powers of the Board and of the Council to enter into an agreement for the supply of water as aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Board and the Council are hereby authorised to enter into an agreement for the supply of water to the Council from the said reservoir or storage tank maintained by the Board upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon between the Board and the Council.
37: Special provisions with regard to reclamation of certain lands by Auckland City Council
Whereas on 16 February 1931 the Governor-General in Council, under the provisions of section 171 of the Harbours Act 1923, approved plans of bridges and a roadway which the Auckland City Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas the Council commenced the construction of the said bridges and roadway and the same are almost completed: And whereas no Order in Council under the provisions of section 168 of the said Act has ever been made: And whereas, in the course of the construction of the said bridges and roadway, other areas of tidal lands have been cut off from the sea, and it is the intention of the Council to reclaim those other areas from the waters of the said harbour in the course of the work of the said construction: And whereas all the said tidal lands affected by the work of the said construction are vested in the Auckland Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board And whereas it is expedient to validate the reclamation heretofore carried out by the Council and to empower the Council to carry out further reclamations and also to empower the Board to transfer certain of the said lands to the Council and the remainder of the said lands to His Majesty the King: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 175 and 178 of the Harbours Act 1950, the reclamation heretofore carried out by the Council within all those areas containing together 2 acres 2 roods 35 perches, more or less, being land below mean high-water mark, Auckland, delineated on a plan marked MD 9135, deposited in the Head Office of the Marine Department, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow (Auckland Survey Office plan numbered 36395), is hereby validated in all respects as though the provisions of those sections had been duly complied with and the necessary authority and sanction had been duly given prior to the commencement of the said construction work and reclamation of the said land.
2: The Council is hereby empowered to reclaim from the sea all that area containing 2 perches, more or less, being land below mean high-water mark, Auckland, delineated on the said plan marked MD 9135, and thereon coloured sepia.
3: The Council is hereby empowered to reclaim from the sea all those areas containing together 1 acre 3 perches, more or less, being land below mean high-water mark, Auckland, delineated on the said plan marked MD 9135, and thereon coloured blue.
4: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act the Board is hereby empowered to transfer without consideration, firstly, the lands referred to in subsection (1) and in subsection (2) to the Corporation of the City of Auckland, and, secondly, the lands referred to in subsection (3) to His Majesty the King.
38: Authorising Timaru City Council to contribute towards cost of improving a roadway and to make payments to Timaru Harbour Board in respect thereof
Whereas certain land from Strathallan Street in the City of Timaru to the southern approach to Caroline Bay is vested partly in the Timaru Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board And whereas the Board intends to undertake certain works upon the said land for the purpose of effecting improvements in the said roadway: And whereas the Board has requested the Timaru City Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas the Council is desirous of contributing towards the cost of the said improvements but has no power so to do: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to contribute towards the cost of effecting improvements in the said roadway and to pay to the Board such sum or sums as the Council shall think fit in and towards the improvements in the said roadway.
39: Vesting certain lands held by Otago Hospital Board in the Plunket Society and in the Corporation of the City of Dunedin
Whereas by Proclamation dated 5 May 1948, and published in the Gazette Board And whereas it is desirable that the land firstly described in subsection (3) should be vested in the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children (Incorporated) as a site for Plunket rooms, and that the land secondly described in subsection (3) should be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Dunedin for the purpose of a street: And whereas the Board has no power to dispose of the said lands other than by way of sale: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The vesting of the lands firstly and secondly described in subsection (3) in the Board is hereby cancelled and the said land firstly described in the said subsection is hereby vested in the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children (Incorporated) for an estate in fee simple as a site for Plunket rooms, and the land secondly described in subsection (3) is hereby vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Dunedin for an estate in fee simple for the purpose of a street.
2: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorised and directed to make such entries in the register books, to issue such certificates of title, and to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
3: The lands to which this section relates are more particularly described as follows: Firstly, all that piece of land in the City of Dunedin, Township of Linden, containing by admeasurement 10 perches and ninety-five hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Lot 17, Deeds Plan 85, being part Section 2, Block III, Upper Kaikorai Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 329, folio 230, Otago Registry. Secondly, all that piece of land in the City of Dunedin, Township of Linden, containing by admeasurement eighty-six hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of the said Lot 17, Deeds Plan 85, being part Section 2, Block III, Upper Kaikorai Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in the said certificate of title, Volume 329, folio 230, Otago Registry. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan numbered 11410, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Dunedin, and thereon coloured red and blue respectively. Miscellaneous
40: Validating payment of compassionate allowance by Ohai Railway Board
The payment made by the Ohai Railway Board during the year ended on 31 March 1950 of the sum of $1,000
41: Authorising Hurunui Rabbit Board to pay certain sums to various other Rabbit Boards
Whereas by Order in Council made on 14 September 1949 the boundaries of the Hurunui Rabbit District were altered and redefined: And whereas by Orders in Council made on 14 September 1949 the Pahau, Amuri, Cheviot, Culverden, Hanmer, and Waitohi Rabbit Districts were constituted and the boundaries of the areas respectively comprised therein were defined and declared rabbit districts: And whereas the said areas comprised areas excluded from the Hurunui Rabbit District by the first recited Order in Council: And whereas by an Order in Council made on 25 January 1950 the boundaries of the Motunau Rabbit District were altered and redefined to include an area which, prior to 14 September 1949, formed part of the Hurunui Rabbit District: And whereas the Hurunui Rabbit Board, for the purpose of assisting the other Rabbit Boards hereinbefore mentioned, is desirous of paying out of its funds certain sums to those Boards, and it is desirable that the expenditure should be authorised: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Hurunui Rabbit Board is hereby authorised and empowered to pay out of its funds to the Pahau Rabbit Board the sum of $764 $890 $2,044 $966 $304 $944 $236
42: Provision with respect to certain contracts of Ohai Railway Board
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Ohai Railway Board Amendment Act 1943, or in any other Act, the provisions of the Local Authorities (Members' Contracts) Act 1934 shall be deemed not to have applied to any contracts made after 31 March 1948 between the Ohai Railway Board and the Linton Coal Company, Limited, for the supply of coal for use by the Board, and the said contracts are hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made.
43: Authorising Omarama Rabbit Board to raise a special loan of
$10,000 Whereas the Omarama Rabbit Board (in this section referred to as the Board $9,839.90 and five-sixths cents said works And whereas, in order that the Board may reimburse its General Account in respect of the moneys expended in carrying out the said works, it is expedient that the Board be empowered to raise by way of special loan a sum not exceeding $10,000 Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Board is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926, by resolution, and without taking the steps prescribed by sections 9 to 13 of that Act, an amount not exceeding the sum of $10,000
2: The Board is hereby authorised out of the proceeds of the said loan when raised to refund to its General Account such moneys as may have been advanced thereout for the purposes for which the said loan is to be raised.
44: Authorising Christchurch Tramway Board to expend moneys in publicising a loan proposal
Notwithstanding anything in section 7 of the Christchurch Tramway District Amendment Act 1932–33, the Christchurch Tramway Board may, out of its General Account, expend a sum not exceeding $2,000
45: Authorising increase in maximum rate that may be levied by Christchurch Tramway Board for the year ending on 31 March 1952
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 40 of the Christchurch Tramway District Act 1920, the Christchurch Tramway Board may, in respect of the year ending on 31 March 1952, make and levy, pursuant to that section, a general rate not exceeding two and a half cents in the dollar five thirty-seconds of a cent in the dollar