A.D. 1898.

Public Works Execution.

Westbury

229 M'Kinnon's Bridge, Road Hagley to Beaconsfield (additional)....

Selby

230 Bridge, Stony Creek, to selections of Griffiths' and others

Glamorgan, New Norfolk, and Cumberland

231 Bridges, Prosser's River, Lachlan, Clyde (completion)

Total Bridges...

JETTIES.

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800

50

80

1610

AN ACT to further amend "The Launceston A.D. 1898. Corporation Act, 1894." [29 October, 1898.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to further amend "The Launceston PREAMBLE.

Corporation Act, 1894," in the manner hereinafter appearing :

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 Launceston Corporation Act, Short title.

1898."

2 In this Act, the expression

"The Principal Act" shall mean "The Launceston Corporation
Act, 1894 ":

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The Association" shall mean "The City and Suburbs
Improvement Association of Launceston."

3 It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to grant to the Corporation, in trust for use as a Public Cemetery, any land beyond the boundaries of the City of Launceston which may have been or may be set apart or acquired by the Crown under the authority of Parliament for the use aforesaid.

4 Whenever any land shall be granted by the Governor to the Corporation under the authority of this Act for use as a Public Cemetery, a notice, signed by the Mayor and the Town Clerk, of the

Interpretation..

Governor may grant land to Corporation for use as a Public Cemetery.

Notice of grant of land to be published in

Gazette.

A.D. 1898,

Upon publication

of notice Muni-cipal Council shall possess all the powers of Trustees under The Cemeteries Act, 1865.

Municipal Council to be subject to the provisions of the

Principal Act in

the exercise of powers conferred by this Act.

Instalments

payable by owners
of land abutting

or private streets
reduced one-
half.

Council may
grant gratuity to
retiring officer,
&c.

Council may compensate persons injured in the

service of the

Corporation.

Launceston Corporation.

grant of such land for that purpose, and containing a description of the situation and extent of such land, shall be published in Three successive numbers of the Gazette.

5 Upon the completion of such publication as aforesaid of any such notice as is hereinbefore mentioned, the Municipal Council shall acquire and possess, and may thereafter exercise, in regard to such land all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the Trustees of Public Cemeteries by The Cemeteries Act, 1865, and all the Acts amending that Act, and shall be subject to all the obligations and restrictions imposed by the said Acts upon such Trustees as aforesaid.

6 In the management and control of any Public Cemetery established by the Corporation under this Act, the Municipal Council shall be subject to all the provisions of the Principal Act in regard to meetings of the Council and the conduct of business; and the provisions of The Cemeteries Act, 1865, and the several Acts amending that Act which refer to the number of Trustees that shall constitute a quorum, and the acts or powers which may be performed or exercised by a quorum or other specified number of Trustees, shall not apply to the management and control of any Public Cemetery by the Municipal Council under this Act.

7 Notwithstanding anything contained in Part XV. of the Principal Act, each of the annual instalments of all sums of money payable to the Council by yearly instalments by the owners of any lands fronting or abutting on any private street constructed by the Council under the powers conferred upon the Council for that purpose by Part XV. of the Principal Act shall, as from the day on which the first of such yearly instalments were payable, be reduced to a sum equal to One-half of the instalment which would otherwise be payable to the Council by the person paying such reduced instalment as aforesaid; and every payment of such a reduced instalment as aforesaid shall be a full discharge of all liability on the part of the person paying the same in respect of the instalment for which the reduced instalment is substituted.

Any moneys paid as instalments by any person before the date on which this Act comes into operation in excess of the reduced amount made payable by this Act shall be carried by the Council to the credit of such person, and go towards liquidating any future instalments payable by such person.

8 It shall be lawful for the Council to grant to any officer or other person who is employed by the Corporation, and who is about to retire from the service of the Corporation, or to the widow or children of any deceased officer of the Corporation, such gratuity as the Council shall think proper, not exceeding a sum equal to the annual salary or remuneration paid to such officer or other such person as aforesaid previous to his retirement or death.

9 It shall be lawful for the Council to grant to any person who has sustained any physical injury in the course of his or her employment in the service of the Corporation, such sum of money as the Council shall think proper as a compensation for the injury so sustained.