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Ratepayer's Roll Revision Ordinance 1864

3. The Ratepayers’ Roll Revision Ordinance 1864

Analysis. Preamble.

1. Repealing Clause.

2. Revising Commissioners to be appointed.

3. Revising Commissioners to determine objections to Ratepayers’ Roll.

4. Any Court may be adjourned.

5. Fresh Assessment may be made and Valuators appointed.

6. Corrected Roll to be signed by Commissioners.

7. Time of Annual Meeting of Ratepayers.

8. This Ordinance to be construed as “Roads Districts Ordinance 1863.”

9. Title.

Whereas an Ordinance was passed by the Superintendent and Provincial

Council of the Province of Canterbury intituled the “Road Districts Ordinance

1863” and it is expedient that the same should be amended.

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

1. Repealing Clause.

Sections 21 22 23 24 of the said Ordinance are hereby repealed. In lieu thereof be it enacted the following:

2. Revising Commissioners to be appointed.

The Superintendent shall by notice in the “Government Gazette” appoint three competent persons who shall be called Revising Commissioners to revise the Ratepayers’ Roll for the several Road Districts of the Province Such Commissioners shall for the purposes of such revision sit together in open Court at such places as the Superintendent shall appoint by proclamation in the “Government Gazette” and at such times between the first day of September and the thirtieth day of November in every year as the said Commissioners shall think fit and of which they shall give at least ten days’ notice in one or more newspaper circulating within the Province All questions to be determined by the said Commissioners shall be decided by a majority of their votes such Commissioners shall have power to examine witnesses on oath which oath they are hereby empowered to administer.

3. Revising Commissioners to determine objections to Ratepayers’ Roll. The Revising Commissioners shall hear and determine all objections to the Ratepayers’ Roll and shall after hearing all such objections and all evidence which may be offered relating thereto amend the said Roll in such manner as they shall think fit by adding thereto the name of any person omitted therefrom together with the description and assessed value of the property in respect of which he is liable to be rated or by erasing therefrom the name of any person erroneously entered therein or by altering the description or value of the property in respect of which any person is liable to be rated Provided that no such alteration shall be made except on application of a Ratepayer of the district nor unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of such Commissioners that a notice setting forth the nature of the alteration proposed to be made shall have been served on every person affected thereby at least ten days before the hearing of such application except in cases where the person affected by such alteratio is himself the applicant.

4. Any Court may be adjourned.

The Revising Commissioners shall have power to adjourn any Court held by them from time to time as they may consider requisite for the due disposal of the business to be transacted thereat.

5. Fresh Assessment may be made and Valuators appointed.

It shall be lawful for such Commissioners if they shall think fit to order a fresh assessment to be made of the value of any property enumerated in any Ratepayer’s Roll whether any objection shall have been made thereto or not and to appoint such Valuators as they shall think fit to make such assessment and to order the cost of making such new assessment to be paid out of any monies at the disposal of the Board for the purposes of this Ordinance.

6. Corrected Roll to be signed by Commissioners.

The said Roll when so amended shall be signed by such Commissioners and shall be the Ratepayers’ Roll for the District for the ensuing year and shall continue in force until the same shall be amended and signed in like manner in the year following.

7. Time of Annual Meeting of Ratepayers.

The Annual Meeting of Ratepayers provided for in the said Ordinance shall be held on the first Tuesday in December instead of on the first Tuesday in October as provided in Sections 27 and 44 of the said Ordinance.

8. This Ordinance to be construed as “Roads Districts Ordinance 1863.” This Ordinance shall be considered a part of and shall be construed as the “Roads Districts Ordinance 1863.”

9. Title.

This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as the "Ratepayer’s Roll

Revision Ordinance 1864."

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 24th August

1864, and assented to by the Superintendent on 25th August.