The Improvements in Towns Act, 1850
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THE IMPROVEMENTS IN TOWNS ACT, 1850
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THE IMPROVEMENTS IN TOWNS ACT, 1850 ACT NO. XXVI OF 1850 [Passed on the 21st June, 1850.] 1. Act may be put in force by order of Local Government wherever inhabitants desire it. Notice of application to Government to be advertised in order that inhabitants may declare their wishes, and (4) decision of Local Government herein to be final. Act to come in force from publication of order, and order to be conclusive, & c. An Act to enable improvements to be made in Towns.
and publication of the said Order shall be conclusive evidence that the provisions of this Act have been
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and publication of the said Order shall be conclusive evidence that the provisions of this Act have been complied with, and that it is thenceforth in force within the said Town or Suburb, for such purposes as are mentioned in the Order. Whenever this Act shall come into force in any Town or Suburb, the Governor or Governor in Council, or Lieutenant Governor, shall appoint the Magistrate and such number of the inhabitants thereof as to him shall appear necessary, to be Commissioners for putting the Act in force, and shall give authority to them to prepare Rules for more effectually accomplishing the purposes for which they are appointed; which Rules, when approved by the Governor or Governor in Council, or Lieutenant Governors, shall be of the same force within the said Town or Suburb, until altered or rescinded as hereinafter provided, as if they were inserted in this Act. And the said Governor or Governor in Council, or Lieutenant Governor, may remove any of the Commissioners and appoint others, and may fill up vacancies occurring among the Commissioners in such manner as may seem to him fit. The Rules to be prepared by the said Commissioners shall provide, among other things, for those following, that is to say: 1. The Commissioners appointed from time to time shall have full power to make all necessary contracts, for the purposes of this Act, and apply the taxes raised as aforesaid in the necessary works, and in payment of their Officers and Servants, and in the other expenses incident to the execution of this Act within the said Town or Suburb. 1839, for the recovery of fines, shall be applied for the recovery of all arrears of taxes and penalties under this Act ; and every Magistrate shall put in force the powers of the said Act II.
and with such vouchers as the Governor or Governor in Council, or Lieutenant Governor, shall from time
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and with such vouchers as the Governor or Governor in Council, or Lieutenant Governor, shall from time order. The Governor or Governor in Council, or Lieutenant Governor may, at any time, suspend the operation of this Act in any town or Suburb, and appoint any person or persons to examine and report upon the behavior of the Commissioners, or any of them, or their Officers in the execution of this Act. __________