Act No. 30, 1900. A n A c t to m a k e further a n d b e t t e r provision as to t h e Municipal G o v e r n m e n t of t h e City of Sydney, a n d t o a m e n d t h e S y d n e y Corpora tion A c t of 1879 a n d t h e A c t s a m e n d i n g t h e same. [3rd October, 1900.]

B

E it enacted by the Q u e e n ' s Most Excellent Majesty, by a n d with the advice a n d consent of the Legislative Council a n d Legislative A s s e m b l y of N e w South W a l e s in P a r l i a m e n t assembled, a n d by the a u t h o r i t y of the same, as follows:-- Preliminary.

1. T h i s A c t shall be construed with the Sydney C o r p o r a t i o n Act of 1879, h e r e a f t e r called the Principal Act, a n d the S y d n e y C o r p o r a t i o n Act A m e n d m e n t Act, 1887, a n d m a y be cited as the " S y d n e y Corpora tion ( A m e n d i n g ) Act, 1 9 0 0 . " 2. T h e A c t s mentioned in Schedule One a r e , to the extent therein mentioned, h e r e b y r e p e a l e d : P r o v i d e d t h a t , until the first election of a m a y o r a n d aldermen u n d e r this Act, the council shall be a s constituted a t the commencement of this Act. Wards of the city.

3. T h e city shall be divided into twelve w a r d s , a s h e r e u n d e r described-- (a) so much of S y d n e y - K i n g electoral district a s is bounded on the south by the n o r t h e r n side of K i n g - s t r e e t a n d the continua tion thereof to the b o u n d a r y of S y d n e y - F i t z r o y electoral district, a n d such a r e a shall be known a s B o u r k e W a r d ; (b) so much of S y d n e y - K i n g electoral district a s is bounded on the n o r t h by the s o u t h e r n side of K i n g - s t r e e t a n d the con t i n u a t i o n thereof to the b o u n d a r y of S y d n e y - E i t z r o y electoral district, a n d such a r e a shall be known a s M a c q u a r i e W a r d ; (c) so much of each of the S y d n e y - F i t z r o y , Sydney-Belmore, Sydney-Cook, Sydney-Phillip, Sydney-Lang, a n d Sydney-Gipps electoral districts (described in Gazette n u m b e r six h u n d r e d a n d eighty-eight, of the fifth d a y of October, one t h o u s a n d eight h u n d r e d a n d ninety-three) a s is included within the b o u n d a r i e s of t h e city, which a r e a s shall be known a s Fitzroy, Belmore, Cook, Phillip, L a n g , a n d Gipps W a r d s ; a n d (d)

(d) so much of each of the Sydney-Bligh, S y d n e y - F l i n d e r s , S y d n e y Denison, a n d S y d n e y - P y r m o n t electoral districts (described in the Gazette aforesaid) a s is included within the b o u n d a r i e s of the city, t o g e t h e r with so much of the city as is o u t s i d e ' o f a n d adjoining each of the said electoral d i s t r i c t s a n d is n o t included within a n y o t h e r S y d n e y electoral district described a s aforesaid, which a r e a s shall be known as Bligh, F l i n d e r s , Denison, a n d P y r m o n t W a r d s . 4. E v e r y p u r c h a s e r of r a t a b l e p r o p e r t y s i t u a t e within the city shall, within ninety d a y s after the completion of his p u r c h a s e , give or cause to be given w r i t t e n notice thereof to the council, s t a t i n g his n a m e a n d a d d r e s s , a n d on failure to comply with the r e q u i r e m e n t s of this section shall be liable to a p e n a l t y not exceeding ten pounds.

Qualifications

of

citizens.

5. ( 1 ) The following p e r s o n s , if of the age of twenty-one y e a r s or u p w a r d s , shall be entitled to be placed on the citizens' roll for a n y y e a r for a n y w a r d : -- (a) A n y person, male or female, being a n a t u r a l - b o r n or n a t u r a l i s e d B r i t i s h subject, who, on the first d a y of S e p t e m b e r of t h a t year, is severally the owner of a freehold i n t e r e s t in possession of a n y p r o p e r t y in t h a t w a r d assessed a t a y e a r l y value of five p o u n d s or u p w a r d s , or of a leasehold i n t e r e s t in a n y p r o p e r t y in t h a t w a r d of a y e a r l y value of twenty-five p o u n d s or u p w a r d s ; a n d One of the p e r s o n s who a r e on the said d a y jointly the owners or leaseholders a s aforesaid of a n y p r o p e r t y assessed a s a f o r e s a i d ; a n d in such case the joint owner or leaseholder who is entitled to be placed on the roll shall be d e t e r m i n e d by a m a j o r i t y of such joint owners or leaseholders evidenced by a g r e e m e n t signed by such m a j o r i t y , a n d h a n d e d to the collector of the roll for the w a r d , a n d delivered by him with the list to the c h a m b e r m a g i s t r a t e of the C e n t r a l Police Court, or, failing such a g r e e m e n t , according to the alphabetical o r d e r of the s u r n a m e s of such joint owners or leaseholders. I n t h e case of p r o p e r t i e s owned by public companies, or bodies cor p o r a t e , or t r u s t e e s , the d i r e c t o r s of such companies, or bodies c o r p o r a t e , or the t r u s t e e s , shall h a v e p o w e r to nominate t h e i r m a n a g e r or secretary, or one of t h e i r own number, as the p e r s o n to be placed on the roll in respect of such p r o p e r t y ; or, failing such nomination, the m a n a g e r or s e c r e t a r y of a n y such com p a n y , or the t r u s t e e whose n a m e first a p p e a r s in the i n s t r u m e n t c r e a t i n g such t r u s t shall be so enrolled. (b)

(b) A n y person, male or female, being a n a t u r a l - b o r n or n a t u r a l i s e d B r i t i s h subject, who h a s been continuously d u r i n g the six m o n t h s next p r e c e d i n g the first d a y of S e p t e m b e r in t h a t y e a r in joint or several occupation of a n y house, warehouse, counting-house, shop, or other building, including a n y room or p a r t of a house s e p a r a t e l y occupied in t h a t w a r d of a y e a r l y value of ten p o u n d s or u p w a r d s . A n d w h e r e a n occupier is entitled to the sole a n d exclusive use of any p a r t of a house, t h a t p a r t shall not, for the p u r p o s e s of this section, be deemed to be occupied other wise t h a n s e p a r a t e l y by r e a s o n only t h a t the occupier is entitled to the joint use of some o t h e r p a r t . B u t a n y such house, warehouse, counting-house, shop, building, room or p a r t of a house need not be t h r o u g h o u t the six m o n t h s constituting the period of qualification u n d e r this subsection the same p r o p e r t y , provided it is in the same w a r d . I n the case of p r o p e r t i e s occupied by public companies or bodies c o r p o r a t e , or t r u s t e e s , the directors of such companies or bodies c o r p o r a t e , or t h e t r u s t e e s , shall h a v e p o w e r to n o m i  n a t e their m a n a g e r or secretary, or one of their own number, a s the p e r s o n to be placed on the roll in respect of such p r o p e r t y ; or, failing such nomination, the m a n a g e r or s e c r e t a r y of a n y such company, or the t r u s t e e whose n a m e first a p p e a r s in the i n s t r u m e n t creating such t r u s t shall be so enrolled. (c) A n y person, male or female, being a n a t u r a l - b o r n B r i t i s h subject or n a t u r a l i s e d person, who as a lodger h a s continuously d u r i n g the six m o n t h s next preceding the first d a y of S e p t e m b e r in t h a t y e a r , occupied jointly or severally any lodgings in the same dwelling-house in the said w a r d , of a clear y e a r l y value of ten p o u n d s or u p w a r d s . (2) F o r the p u r p o s e s of this Act the word " female " shall include m a r r i e d women. (3) P r o v i d e d t h a t in the case of a joint occupation u n d e r subsection (b), or a joint occupation as a lodger u n d e r subsection (c), a s aforesaid, only one of such joint occupiers or joint lodgers shall be entitled to be placed on the roll, unless the premises jointly occupied u n d e r subsection (b) a r e of the y e a r l y value of t w e n t y pounds or u p w a r d s , or unless such lodgings a r e of the clear yearly value of twenty p o u n d s or u p w a r d s , in which cases such n u m b e r of the said occupiers or lodgers as, when divided into the said y e a r l y value, gives a quotient of ten pounds, with a r e m a i n d e r of less t h a n ten pounds, shall be entitled to be placed on the citizens' roll. The j o i n t occupiers or lodgers who shall be so entitled shall be determined by a m a j o r i t y of the occupiers or lodgers, evidenced by P agreement

a g r e e m e n t signed by such m a j o r i t y , a n d h a n d e d to the collector of the roll for t h e w a r d , a n d delivered by h i m w i t h the list to t h e c h a m b e r m a g i s t r a t e of t h e C e n t r a l Police C o u r t , or failing such a g r e e m e n t , according t o t h e alphabetical o r d e r of t h e s u r n a m e s of t h e occupiers or lodgers. (4) P r o v i d e d also t h a t a n y p e r s o n h a v i n g a qualification mentioned in subsection (a) shall n o t be entitled to have h i s n a m e placed on t h e roll for a n y w a r d in v i r t u e of a n y o t h e r qualification u n d e r subsection (b) or subsection (c) which h e m a y p o s s e s s ; b u t he shall be entitled to h a v e his n a m e placed on t h e roll for e v e r y w a r d in which h e is qualified u n d e r t h e said subsection (a) by v i r t u e of his ownership or lesseeship of p r o p e r t y in t h a t w a r d . (5) P r o v i d e d , f u r t h e r , t h a t a n y p e r s o n h a v i n g m o r e t h a n one qualification u n d e r subsection (b) or subsection ( c ) , or u n d e r both those subsections, shall be only entitled t o h a v e h i s n a m e placed on t h e roll for one w a r d ; a n d he m a y by notice in w r i t i n g given to t h e c h a m b e r m a g i s t r a t e of t h e C e n t r a l Police C o u r t choose t h e roll on which h i s n a m e shall be placed, a n d if he does not make such choice before t h e e x p i r a t i o n of the time prescribed for m a k i n g out the lists of citizens, t h e chamber m a g i s t r a t e aforesaid shall m a k e such choice: P r o v i d e d further, t h a t a n y p e r s o n h a v i n g a qualification men tioned in subsection (a) a s a n owner of p r o p e r t y shall, before v o t i n g a t a n y election, m a k e a n d subscribe a declaration before the p r e s i d i n g officer s t a t i n g t h a t he is the beneficial owner, or m a n a g e r , or t r u s t e e for the beneficial owner, of the p r o p e r t y for which h i s n a m e is placed u p o n the roll: P r o v i d e d f u r t h e r t h a t before a n y p e r s o n claiming to vote u n d e r subsections (6) or (c) shall be p e r m i t t e d to vote, such p e r s o n shall m a k e a n d subscribe before the p r e s i d i n g officer a declaration in the f o r m contained in Schedule T w o to this Act. (6) A n y p e r s o n who shall wilfully make a false declaration u n d e r this section shall be guilty of a m i s d e m e a n o u r . Lists and rolls of citizens.

6. On or before the first d a y of S e p t e m b e r in every y e a r the s t i p e n d i a r y m a g i s t r a t e s , a n d t h e acting a n d d e p u t y s t i p e n d i a r y m a g i s  t r a t e s , of the m e t r o p o l i t a n police district, o r a n y t h r e e of such m a g i  s t r a t e s , shall a p p o i n t m e m b e r s of the police force a s collectors for each w a r d of the city, a n d every such collector shall, before e n t e r i n g on h i s duties, m a k e a n d subscribe a d e c l a r a t i o n before a justice in the form of Schedule T h r e e , which declaration shall be kept a s a record in the Central Police Court. Such m a g i s t r a t e s or a n y t h r e e of them shall also a p p o i n t clerks of t h e revision courts to be held for t h a t y e a r u n d e r this Act.

7.

7. Notwithstanding anything in section six the appointment of collectors for each ward of the city for the year one thousand nine hundred may be made as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act. 8. The collectors appointed for each ward shall, in the month of September in every year, make out a list arranged in the alphabetical order of the surnames of the persons who on inquiry such collectors consider are entitled to have their names placed on the roll for such ward, and shall deliver such list to the chamber magistrate of the Central Police Court. The said chamber magistrate shall forthwith on receipt of any such list cause it to be printed, and shall supply copies at a reasonable price to any person requiring the same, and shall cause a copy to be affixed on every Court of Petty Sessions in the city, and at some con venient place in each ward where there may be no Court of Petty Sessions. The town clerk shall procure a copy of such list and cause it to be posted at the Town Hall. 9. The said lists shall contain the names and qualifications of all persons qualified to vote, alphabetically arranged according to the form in Schedule Four, and shall be signed by the chamber magistrate, and exhibited at the places provided for under the last preceding section from the first to the fifteenth day of October in each year. Twice at least during such time the town clerk shall cause notice to be published in two daily papers of such lists being so open to inspection. 10. At any time after the list for any ward has been made out, and before the fifteenth day of October in any year, any person whose name is not on such list may by notice in writing given by him or by some person on his behalf to the chamber magistrate of the Central Police Court make claim in the form of Schedule Five to have his name inserted in such list; and during the said period any person may by notice in writing given by him as aforesaid in the form of Schedule Six object to the name of any person being retained on such list. As soon as possible after the said fifteenth day of October, the said chamber magistrate shall cause to be arranged in the alphabetical order of their surnames and printed in a paper the names of the persons so claiming, and shall cause to be arranged as aforesaid and printed in another paper the names of the persons so objected to, and shall supply copies at a reasonable price to any person requiring the same, and shall cause copies of such papers to be affixed on every Court of Petty Sessions in the city and at such places in each ward where the lists have been affixed and shall keep them so affixed until the roll for the ward has been prepared. 1 1 . Between the fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth day of November revision courts for revising the lists for the wards of the city

city shall be held at such places within the city as the stipendiary magistrates and deputy and acting stipendiary magistrates of the Metropolitan Police Court or any three of them may prescribe by noti fication in the Gazette and one or more of the metropolitan papers; and a copy of such notification shall be affixed on every Court of Petty Sessions in the city and at such places in each ward where the lists have been affixed. Each such revision court shall be an open court, and shall be constituted by one or more of such magistrates. 12. (1) The chamber magistrate of the Central Police Court shall at the opening of any such revision court produce the list for the ward and copies of the papers containing the names of the persons claiming to be inserted in the list and of the persons objected to. (2) The magistrate presiding at any such revision court-- (a) shall remove from the list the name of every person proved to be dead, whether objection has or has not been made under this Act; (b) shall remove from the list the name of every person objected to in pursuance of this Act on the appearance of the person so objecting, or his agent or advocate, and on proof that the person whose name is on the list has not the qualification entitling him to be placed on the roll for the ward; (c) shall insert in the list the name of every person claiming in pursuance of this Act on proof that he has the qualification aforesaid; and (d) shall correct all errors and supply all omissions in such list as to the names, descriptions, and qualifications under this Act of any persons. (3) The magistrate so presiding shall, in open court, write his initials against any addition to or alteration of the list made as aforesaid. 13. The magistrate presiding as aforesaid shall cause a fair copy to be made of the list as altered or added to in the. revision court, and after certifying to the correctness of the same, shall forward it to the town clerk, and such copy shall be the roll for the ward until a new roll is prepared, and shall be prima facie evidence that the roll has been duly made and of the correctness of the contents thereof. 14. (1) A revision court shall have power to hear, receive, and examine evidence, and by summons under the hand of the revision clerk to require all such persons as it thinks fit to appear personally before it, at a time and place to be named in such summons, and to produce to the court all such books and papers in their possession or under their control as may appear necessary for the purpose of their examination; and any person so required who, without sufficient excuse, neglects or refuses to comply with such summons, or, having appeared before the said court, refuses without such excuse to take an oath or affirmation,

affirmation, or having taken such oath or affirmation, to answer the questions put to him, may be dealt with in all respects as a person refusing or neglecting to appear or to take an oath or affirmation, or to give evidence before a Court of Petty Sessions. (2) I f it appears to a revision court that any person has made or attempted to sustain any groundless, frivolous, or vexatious claim or objection, such court may order the payment by such person of any sum not exceeding ten pounds as costs to be paid to any other person in resisting such claim or objection. Any sum so ordered to be paid may, i f not paid within the time specified in the order, be recovered before any Court of Petty Sessions in the city by the person named in the order as being entitled thereto. (3) A revision court may adjourn from time to time, and if one hour after the time appointed for the holding of the court the magistrate is not present the revision clerk may adjourn such court to another hour or day : Provided that no such court shall be adjourned for more than three days at a time until the revision of the list then before it is completed. Constitution of council.

15. The municipal council of the city of Sydney shall, after the first election under this Act of a mayor and aldermen, consist of a mayor and aldermen, elected in pursuance of this Act. Retirement and election of mayor and aldermen, auditors. and appointment of

16. On the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred, and on the first day of December in every second year thereafter, there shall be an election of aldermen of the city; and on such election being held, the aldermen then in office shall retire, but may, at such election, be re-elected, if otherwise qualified. Any male person on the roll for any ward of the city shall be qualified to be elected as alderman. 17. On the ninth day of December in every year the aldermen shall assemble at the Town Hall for the purpose of electing one of their own number to be mayor of the city for the forthcoming year. The mayor shall enter into office on the first day of January next following bis election, and shall hold office until the thirty-first day of December following, and shall he eligible for re-election if still qualified. 18. On the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred, the auditors then in office shall retire, and from that day the powers and duties of the auditors as prescribed by the Principal Act and any Act amending the same may be exercised, and shall be performed by such two or more Treasury inspectors as the Colonial Treasurer may from time to time appoint in that behalf. After

After the commencement of this Act, no election to the office of auditor shall be held, and the provisions of the Principal Act and any Act amending the same relating to such election are hereby repealed. 19. There shall be two aldermen for each ward, who shall be elected by the persons on the roll for such ward. The proceedings in, and in connection with such election, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Act and any Acts amending the same, including this Act, and it shall not be lawful for any candidate, either by himself or his agent, to expend more than fifty pounds in connection with such election, and the details of such expenditure verified by statutory declaration shall be furnished to the town clerk within seven days after the holding of an election. 20. Any candidate who shall spend more than the said fifty pounds in connection with any such election or shall fail to furnish the details of his expenditure within the time limited in the last preceding section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty pounds, to be recovered in a summary manner in any court of competent jurisdiction, and i f elected such election shall be void. 2 1 . The returning officer for the election of aldermen shall be the town clerk or such other citizen as the Governor may appoint in that behalf, by notification in the Gazette and one or more metropolitan papers; and, notwithstanding the provisions of the Principal Act, all nominations to the office of alderman shall be made to the returning officer. Such returning officer shall, after ascertaining the result of any such election, report the same to the outgoing mayor, who shall declare, in the manner prescribed by the Principal Act with regard to the election of aldermen, the result of any such election. The returning officer shall appoint, in writing under his hand, presiding officers to conduct such elections within the respective wards of the city, and i f any such officer is prevented from attending by unavoidable accident, a substitute with like powers may be appointed in the same manner. 22. The voting at every election shall commence at eight o'clock in the morning and shall finally close at six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, unless adjourned as provided in the Principal Act. 23. At every election of aldermen, every voter shall vote for the full number of aldermen to be elected for the ward, otherwise the vote shall be rejected as informal. 24. The provisions of sections one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and eighteen inclusive, and of sections one hundred and twenty of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act of 1893 shall mutatis mutandis apply to all elections held under this Act, and the commission of any of the acts mentioned in the said sections shall render void the election of the person committing such act either by himself or by an agent,

agent, and when committed with his knowledge and consent, shall dis qualify him from holding or acting in any municipal office during the period of two years next following such commission. Expenses. 2 5 . Any expenses incurred in or in connection with the making out and revising of the lists and printing of the lists and rolls and the election of aldermen shall be paid by the council out of the city fund. Resumption. 26. (1) I t shall be lawful for the council from time to time, in pursuance of the provisions hereinafter mentioned, without further or other authority than this Act, to resume any lands (not being land the property of the Crown), which may be required for the opening of new streets or public places, and the widening or enlarging of streets or public places in the city. I f portion only of any parcel of land is so resumed, and if the owner of such parcel of land requires the council to resume the remainder thereof along with the other land required for the purposes of this Act, the council shall resume the same accordingly. F o r the purposes aforesaid, the council shall have power by their officers or servants to enter upon and survey any lands within their jurisdiction. (2) The council shall cause a notice of the resumption of any land required by them for the purposes of this Act, together with a plan or diagram of the area required, to be served on the owners of such land, and a copy of such plan or diagram shall be deposited with the chief surveyor at the Department of Lands, Sydney. (3) Upon the service of such notice and plan, the land therein described shall for the purposes, and subject to the provisions of this Act, be vested in the council for an absolute estate in fee simple in possession, freed and discharged from all trusts, obligations, estates, interests, contracts, charges, rates, rights of way, or easements what soever. (4) The owner of any portion of land resumed, or the person who, but for the provisions of this Act, would have been such owner, shall be entitled to receive compensation for the land so resumed, and the amount of such compensation shall he ascertained in accordance with the provisions of the Lands for Public Purposes Acquisition Acts, being the Acts of the forty-fourth Victoria number sixteen, and forty-fifth Victoria number twenty-six. F o r the purpose of ascertaining and dealing with such compensation, and for other purposes subsidiary thereto, the enactments hereinafter specified are declared to be incor porated with this Act, viz.:-- (a) As to conversion of the estates of owners of lands into a claim to compensation,--Section eleven of the Act forty-fourth Victoria number sixteen. (b)

(b) As to notice of claim for compensation and abstract of title,-- Section twelve of the Act forty-fourth Victoria number sixteen, and F i r s t Schedule thereto. (c) As to procedure after receipt of notice of claim, and the insti tution of proceedings in the Supreme Court,--Sections thirteen and fourteen of the Act forty-fourth Victoria number sixteen. (d) As to the nature of the issue in actions for compensation, verdict and costs, the payment of compensation, the mode of assessing compensation, and the obligation of the party claim ing payment to make out a title,--Section sixteen of the Act forty-fourth Victoria number sixteen, section two of the Act forty-fifth Victoria number twenty-six, and section twenty-four of the Public Works Act of 1888: Provided that the interest mentioned in the said section sixteen shall be at the rate of four per centum per annum from the date of service of the notice of resumption, and that the payments therein mentioned shall be made out of the city fund by drafts signed by the mayor and city treasurer. (e) As to procedure on registration or transfer--section twentyfour of the Act forty-fourth Victoria number sixteen. And in order to carry out the intention of this section, the words " this Act " whensoever occurring in any of the sections so declared to be incorporated herewith, shall be held to include this present Act, and the words " under the sixth section of this Act " in section twenty-four of the Act forty-fourth Victoria number sixteen shall be held, for the like purpose, to refer to the present section of this Act; and there shall be substituted for the words " Minister " and " Crown Solicitor " wherever occurring in the said sections the words " mayor " and " city solicitor " respectively. (5) The several sections of the Public Works Act of 1888, hereinafter specified, together with the respective powers, authorities, duties, liabilities, obligations, and other the provisions therein contained, are hereby declared to be incorporated with, and embodied in this Act to the intent that the same may be applied as fully and effectually to, and in respect of, the lands resumed under this Act as if the said sections had been specifically enacted herein: Provided that, wheresoever in any section so incorporated the words " Constructing Authority " occur, there shall, for the purposes of this Act, be substituted in lieu of such words, the expression " council " ; the expression " authorised work," wheresoever occurring in any such section shall be held to refer to the work authorised by this Act; and the words " this Act " shall similarly be

be held to refer to " this present A c t . " The following are the sections of the said Public Works Act so declared to be incorporated herewith-- (a) As to the deposit of compensation money in certain cases with the master in equity, and the application and investment there of; as to payment of such money in certain cases to trustees, or to the parties themselves, the exoneration of the Constructing Authority in respect thereof after payment, the presumption of ownership, and the payment of costs,--Sections sixty-two to seventy-two, both inclusive. (b) As to the procedure by the constructing authority in case the owner or occupier of any lands resumed under this Act refuses to give up possession thereof, or hinders the constructing authority from entering upon, or taking possession of the same,--Section seventy-seven. (c) As to the purchase or redemption of the interests of mort gagees, and the deposit of principal and interest due on mort gages with the master in equity, the procedure to be observed when the mortgaged lands are of less value than the mortgage debt, and where part only of lands in mortgage is taken,-- Sections eighty-one to eighty-six, both inclusive. (d) As to the release of lands from rent charges and other incum brances, and the procedure thereon,--Sections eighty-seven to ninety, both inclusive. (e) As to the apportionment of rent where lands so resumed are taken under lease, and as to compensation to tenants,--Sections ninety-one to ninety-four, both inclusive. 27. In addition to the power of resuming land conferred by the last preceding section the council may purchase from any person who may be willing to sell the same in fee simple, or for any less estate or interest, any land which the council may require for any of the purposes in that section mentioned. 28. The council may contract for and sell or lease for such con siderations as they may deem reasonable, and by any deed under their corporate seal may convey to the purchasers or lessees thereof, any superfluous lands or any estate or interest of the council in such lands, or any part thereof, in such manner as they may deem most advan tageous; and such contracts, sales, leases, and conveyances from the council shall be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes; and the money produced by all such sales or leases shall be carried to and form part of the city fund. Appointment

Appointment

of inspector

of nuisances

or sanitary

inspector,

2 9 . The council may nominate any person or persons for the position of inspector of nuisances or sanitary inspector of the city, and the Governor may appoint any person so nominated at such salary as he thinks fit. On such appointment being so made one half of such salary shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and one half by the council.

SCHEDULES.
S C H E D U L E ONE.
Number of Act. Title. Extent of repeal.

43 Vic. No. 3 ... Sydney Corporation Act of 1879 Section 5 so far as it divides the city into wards ; sections 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 2 4 , 32, and 33, and the unrepealed enactments of section 8. 51 Vic. No. 2 3 . . . Sydney Corporation A c t Amend The whole. ment Act, 1887.

S C H E D U L E TWO Voter's Voter's number I, A.B., do solemnly declare that I am the person named in the Roll now in force for the Ward of the City of Sydney, my name being numbered therein as in the margin hereto; that I have not already voted in this Ward at this election; and that I have still the qualification mentioned in the said Roll. A.B. Made and subscribed before me this day of , 19 C D . , Presiding Officer. declaration.

SCHEDULE THREE. Declaration by collector.

I, , do hereby solemnly declare that having accepted the employment of a collector for the ward of the city of Sydney, I will faithfully perform the duties of that employment to the best of my knowledge and ability, according to the provisions of the Sydney Corporation (Amending) Act, 1900, and I will not insert

in

in any list the name of any person whom I shall know or believe not to be entitled by the said Act to have his name entered on the roll for such ward; nor will I omit from any such list the name of any person whom I shall know or believe to be so entitled. Declared before me, this day of , 19 Justice of the Peace.

SCHEDULE FOUR.
WARD.

List
Number in rate, book.

of citizens

for the year
Christian and surname and residence. Nature of qualification.

Number.

·

SCHEDULE FIVE. Notice of claim.

To the chamber magistrate of the Central Police Court,-- This is to give notice that [state christian name and surname in full] of [state resi dence and occupation], claims to have his name inserted in the citizens' roll for the ward of the city of Sydney. Dated this day of , 19 . {Signature of claimant, or where claim is made by any person on behalf of a claimant, signature of that person, with his residence and occupation, and with a statement that he makes the claim on behalf of the claimant.)

SCHEDULE SIX. Notice of objection.

To the chamber magistrate of the Central Police Court,-- I HEREBY object to the name of , described as upon the list for the ward of the city of Sydney being retained on such list. Dated this day of , 19 . with residence and occupation.)

{Signature,

Act