Marine Boards Amendment. 16 The Governor in Council shall, subject to the provisions of this A.D. 1898. Act, from time to time appoint during pleasure such and so many persons as he sees fit as and to be Wardens of the Marine Board of Strahan; but the number of Wardens so appointed shall not at any appoint certain time exceed Four. Governor in Wardens. December, 17 The First elections of Wardens of the Marine Board of Strahan First elections. under the provisions of this Act shall take place on or before the Third Annual elections Thursday in the month of December in the present year; and the to be held in subsequent annual elections of persons to fill the vacancies created by the annual retirement of Wardens from the Marine Board of Strahan shall take place on or before the Third Thursday in the month of December in every year. The Members elected at the First elections held under this Act shall not enter upon their duties as Members of the Marine Board of Strahan until the present Members of the Board cease to hold office in accordance with the provisions herein before contained. 18-(1.) The Governor in Council shall by Proclamation direct Proclamation as that on or before the Third Thursday in the month of December next, to First election. and at the times and places therein named, the Electors of each of the Districts of Strahan, Zeehan, and Queenstown shall respectively elect Two persons as Wardens of the Marine Board of Strahan. (2.) Every such Proclamation shall be published in Three consecutive Election to be numbers of the Gazette, and shall direct that the elections to be held before person thereunder shall be held respectively before such persons as shall be appointed. appointed therein and thereby; and nominations of persons for election as such Wardens shall be forwarded to and be received by such persons Seven clear days before the day appointed for holding the elections pursuant to such Proclamation, and such persons shall thereupon provide and do all things necessary for holding such elections pursuant to this Act. (3.) The date fixed by such Proclamation for holding the elections Period within therein directed to be held shall not be less than Fifteen nor more than which election Thirty days after the date of the first publication of the Proclamation. to be held. (4.) All expenses of and incidental to the First election of the Expenses of First Wardens of the Marine Board of Strahan shall be certified under the election to be hand of the respective persons before whom such First elections were paid by Board. respectively held, and shall be paid by such Marine Board out of the moneys at their disposal. 19 On the Third Thursday in the month of December in each Retirement of year, Three of the Wardens of the Marine Board of Strahan shall Wardens. retire from office, and the vacancies caused by such retirement of Wardens from the said Board shall be filled in the manner hereinafter provided. 20 The Wardens of the Marine Board of Strahan who are elected at How Wardens to the First elections of Wardens held under this Act shall retire from office retire after First in rotation in the manner hereinafter provided; that is to say :-The elections. Wardens elected by the electors of the respective Districts of Strahan, Zeehan, and Queenstown, who respectively receive the smallest number of votes at such election shall, on the Third Thursday in the month of December in the year One thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, retire from office; and on the Third Thursday in the month of A.D. 1898. Elections after Election of Master Warden. Salary to Master Wardens remain in office until successors elected or appointed. Power to Strahan Marine Board to borrow money. Travelling expenses of Wardens. Marine Boards Amendment. December in the year One thousand nine hundred the remaining Three Wardens of such Board who were elected at such First elections shall retire from office; and in the event of any Two of the Wardens elected at such First elections as aforesaid receiving an equal number of votes, the rotation in which such Wardens shall retire shall be determined by lot between such Wardens. 21 The vacancies created by the retirement of Wardens from the Marine Board of Strahan at the expiration of the periods for which such Wardens were respectively elected or appointed as provided in Section Thirty-six of the said Act shall be filled up by the election in the manner hereinbefore provided of fit and proper persons to fill such vacancies, and the persons so elected or appointed to fill such vacancies shall hold office subject to the provisions of this Act until the Third Thursday in the month of December in the Second year after their election or appointment, and shall then retire from office; and every retiring Warden shall be eligible to be re-elected or re-appointed, as the case may be. 22 All the provisions of the said Act relating to the election of Master Warden of any Marine Board, the Wardens whereof are elected, shall apply to the election of Master Warden of the Marine Board of Strahan. 23 The Master Warden of the Marine Board of Strahan shall, subject to such Regulations as may from time to time be established by such Board, be entitled to receive, as a compensation for his service in the execution of this Act, such sum not exceeding Two hundred Pounds per annum as such Board may from time to time recommend to be paid to such Master Warden and as the Governor approves; and such sum shall be paid to such Master Warden out of the funds at the disposal of such Board. any 24 In the event of any delay occurring in the election or appointment, as provided in Section Thirty-six of the said Act, of the successor of Warden who would otherwise retire from office in consequence of the expiration of the period for which he was elected or appointed as aforesaid, such Warden shall continue in office until his successor has been duly elected or appointed. 25 It shall be lawful for the Marine Board of Strahan, with the approval of the Governor in Council, to borrow, on security of the rates, funds, and property at the disposal of the said Marine Board, any sum of money not exceeding Sixty thousand Pounds for the purpose of constructing any works within the jurisdiction of the Board; and if, after having borrowed the said sum or any part thereof, the said Marine Board pays off the same, it shall be lawful for the said Marine Board again to borrow, with the approval of the Governor in Council, the amount so paid off, and so from time to time. 26 Each of the Wardens, including the Master Warden, of any Board shall be entitled to be paid out of the funds at the disposal of the said Board such sum of money as the Board may from time to time fix for the travelling expenses incurred by him in attending the meetings of the Board. Marine Boards Amendment. Board 27 It shall be lawful for the Wardens of any Board, and they are A.D. 1898. hereby authorised and empowered, for the purpose of maintaining and improving the navigation of any port within their jurisdiction, from time to time, as occasion may require, to construct and maintain any waters, &c. breakwater, training-walls, or other works, and to remove, scour, or deepen any bar or make any improvements at the entrance of any port. The powers conferred by this Section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any of the powers conferred by the said Act. 28 It shall be lawful for any Board, subject to the approval of the Crown Land may Governor in Council, to enter upon and use any unoccupied Crown be taken for land for the purposes of this Act, and to dig, quarry, cut down, and purposes of Act. carry away all such material or timber therefrom as may be required for any such purpose. 29 Any Board may from time to time by any By-law fix and Wharfage Rates regulate the wharfage rates, not exceeding Sixpence per ton, to be paid on goods shipped. on goods shipped at any port for export beyond the Colony. 30 Such wharfage rates on goods shipped at any port as may from time to time be fixed by the Board by any By-law made under the authority of this Act shall be payable and paid to the Collector of Customs at such port for the purposes of this Act. Wharfage Rates Collector of 31 This Act and the said Act, and every other Act amending the Acts to be read said Act, shall be read together as one Act. together. WILLIAM GRAHAME, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, TASMANIA. AN ACT to amend "The Education Act, A.D. 1898. 1885." [29 October, 1898.] WHEREAS it is desirable to amend "The Education Act, 1885" PREAMBLE. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows : 1 This Act may be cited as "The Education Act, 1898." Short title. 2 In this Act the expression "the said Act" shall mean "The Interpretation. Education Act, 1885." 3 Section Twenty-one of the said Act is hereby repealed, and the Repeal. following is hereby enacted, and may be cited in lieu thereof : "21-(1.) The parents of children of not less than Seven years nor Children of more than Thirteen years of age shall cause such children (unless just school age to because of exemption be shown as hereinafter provided) to attend school on each day in every week in each year while the school is open. Any of the following reasons shall be held to be a just cause of exemption : "1. That the child is being regularly and efficiently instructed in some other manner : "II. That the child has been prevented from attending school by sickness, danger of infection, temporary or permanent infirmity, or any unavoidable cause: "III. That the parent needs the assistance of the child at home, or in providing for the support of the family, during some |