An Act to Continue the Operation of "The Marsupials Destruction Act of 1881." BE it the qucnt [ASSENTED TO 1ST AUGUST, 1884. it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with tive Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the 45 Vic., No. 4. 1. "The Marsupials Destruction Act of 1881" sball remain in Continuation of Act force until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and thereafter until the end of the then next session of Parliament. 2. This Act may be cited as "The Marsupials Destruction Act Short title. Continuation Act of 1884." An Act to Amend "The United Municipalities Act of 1881." [Assented to 1st August, 1884. BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. The sixth section of "The United Municipalities Act of Repeal of section 6 1881" is hereby repealed, and the following enactment is substituted of 45 Vic., No. 11. therefor, that is to say : The Governing Body of a United Municipality shall be a joint- Constitution of joint board, consisting of a representative or representatives of every local boards. authority having jurisdiction within such United Municipality. The number of representatives to be appointed for the several local authorities shall be prescribed by the Governor in Council by the Order in Council constituting the United Municipality, and may from time to time be varied by a further Order in Council. The Disposition of revenue of jointboards. Short title. United Municipalities Act of 1881 Amendment Act. The number of representatives for each of the several local authorities need not be the same, but the number of representatives for any one local authority shall never be more than one-half of the whole number of members of the joint-board; and if there are more than three component municipalities, shall be less than one-half of such whole number. In determining the number of representatives for each local authority regard shall be had as far as practicable to the rateable value of the property within the several component municipalities. The representative or representatives of each local authority shall be elected by it from its own body. If a local authority refuses or neglects for one month after the constitution of a United Municipality to elect a representative or representatives, the Governor in Council may appoint some ratepayer or ratepayers of the municipality to act as such representative or representatives. If any person elected or appointed as aforesaid refuses or neglects to act, or to attend any duly convened meeting of the jointboard, all lawful acts and proceedings of the joint-board shall be as valid and effectual as if they had been done or authorised by the full board. 2. Whenever any fees or other moneys are received by a jointboard, the same shall be applied in the first instance towards defraying the expenses of the collection thereof and of the carrying out of the public work or administration of the by-law in respect whereof such fees or moneys were received, and the surplus (if any) shall be divided amongst the local authorities of the component municipalities in such proportions as the joint-board determines, and in default of any such determination, shall be divided in proportion to the amount of the rates collected in such component municipalities respectively during the same year in which the fees or moneys were so received by the joint-board. 3. This Act may be cited as "The United Municipalities Act of 1881 Amendment Act of 1884." An Act to provide for the Appointment of a Registrar of Titles, and for transferring to that officer the duties now performed by the Registrar-General under "The Real Property Act of 1861," "The Real Property Act of 1877," and the Acts relating to the Registration of Deeds, and for other purposes. WE [ASSENTED TO 8TH AUGUST, 1884. HEREAS by "The Real Property Act of 1861," and "The Preamble. Real Property Act of 1877," and the several Acts relating to the Registration of Deeds, that is to say,-An Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales, passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's reign, entitled " An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Laws relating to the Registration of Deeds and other instruments in that part of the Colony of New South Wales not comprehending the District of Port Phillip," and an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales, passed in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's reign, entitled "An Act for Transferring to the Registrar-General the Duties of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court as Registrar of Deeds and other instruments," and divers other Acts, certain duties are required to be performed |