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Kaiapoi Town Ordinance 1857

7. The Kaiapoi Town Ordinance 1857

Whereas certain parts of the Rural Sections, numbered 320 and 321 respectively on the Map of the Chief Surveyor, in the Province of Canterbury, have been laid out as a town, with reserves for public streets within the said town, and with a reserve for the purposes of the Provincial Government: And Whereas it is

expedient that the land so laid out as a town should be declared to be a town, and that certain other parts of the said sections, and also certain other lands, being the rural section 364, and parts of the rural sections numbered 297 and

468 respectively on the said Map should be included in the said town for the purposes of this Ordinance; and that the land so reserved for public streets within the said town should be declared to be public highways: And Whereas the land so reserved for the purposes of the Provincial Government is now legally vested in the Right Honorable George Baron Lyttelton, the Rev. Charles Martin

Torlesse, and the Rev. Nugent Wade: And it is expedient that the same should be coneyed for the purposes and in manner hereinafter specified:

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:—

1. Land described in Schedule declared to be town of Kaiapoi.

Those portions of the said sections of land, numbered respectively 320, 321,

364, 297, and 468, on the Chief Surveyor's Map, particularly described in the Schedule to this Ordinance annexed, and included within the boundary line, coloured red on the map attached hereto, shall, from and after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, be, and be deemed to be the Town of Kaiapoi.

2. Streets to be public highways.

The several streets as delineated and set forth upon the map attached to this Ordinance, and thereon coloured yellow, shall be public highways to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

3. Conveyance to Superintendent of lands in Schedule.

It shall be lawful for the said George Baron Lyttelton, Charles Martin Torlesse, and Nugent Wade, their Heirs, or Assigns, to convey to the Superintendent of the said Province, for the time being, and his Successors for ever, all that parcel of land described in the Schedule to this Ordinance as the Provincial Government Reserve, and more particularly delineated by the said Map attached hereto and thereon, coloured red: And the said Superintendent is hereby enabled to accept and take such conveyance, and to receive and hold the said last mentioned land to him and his Successors for ever, as a Body Corporate, as effectually as if the same were vested in him under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, entituled " The Public Reserves Act, 1854."

4. Cattle Trespass Ordinance applied to town of Kaiapoi.

The town of Kaiapoi, as herein defined is hereby declared to be a town, within the meaning of the provisions of an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province entituled "The Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, Session II, No. 7," and shall be deemed to be included in the Schedule A to such Ordinance.

5. Town of Kaiapoi constituted a separate road district.

The town of Kaiapoi, as herein defined, shall constitute a separate district, to be called " The Town of Kaiapoi District," within the meaning of the provisions of an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province, entituled "The Road Ordinance, Session VI, No. 2," and shall be excluded from the district described in the Schedule A to such Ordinance, as "The Kaiapoi District."

6. Constabulary Force Ordinance and Dog Nuisance Ordinance extended to town of Kaiapoi.

An Ordinance of the Lieutenant-Governor and Legislative Council of the Province of New Munster, entituled " An Ordinance to Increase the Efficiency of the Constabulary Force, Session II, No. 5, and a like Ordinance entituled "An Ordinance to abate the Dog Nuisance, Session II, No. 11, shall, upon the coming into operation of this Ordinance, be in force within the town of Kaiapoi as herein defilled.

7. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as the " Kaiapoi Town

Ordinance, Session VIII., No. 7."

Schedule.

Description of the Town of Kaiapoi.

Commencing at the south-western corner of rural section No. 338E, on the north road, thence south-westerly across the branch of the Courtenay (Waimakariri), and along the southern bank of the said branch (said to be the old course of the river), to a point in line with the eastern boundary of rural section 365; thence in and along the line of the said eastern boundary of rural section 365, a distance of about forty-five chains eighty links, thence easterly at a right angle about sixty-six chains fifty links along the southern side of a public street or road crossing rural sections 321, 468, and 297, to the northern bank of the main stream of the river Courtenay, following the said northern bank of the said main stream and the western bank of the branch stream, a distance altogether of about sixty-four chains; thence to the northward, crossing the branch stream, and meeting the

line of the eastern side of Hall-street, continuing along the said eastern side of Hall-street till it meets the northern side of Cassstreet, following along the northern side of Cass-street to a point on the southern boundary of rural section

338E, about thirteen chains from the south-western corner of the said section, and returning along the southern boundary line of the said section to the commencing point, and numbered and marked MD 14, on the Maps setting out and describing the Manderville District of the Province of Canterbury, in the Land Office, Christchurch.

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 30th June

1857 and reserved for the Governor’s assent. This was given by Governor Gore

Browne on 23rd July 1857. It was superceded by The Municipal Corporation Act

1876.