tered elector, and shall not be entitled to vote at the election of a member of the Legislative Council for any electoral district of the Colony of Natal. 2. Any male native inhabitant of this Colony who shall show to the satisfaction of the Lieutenant-Governor that he has been resident in this Colony for a period of twelve years or that he has been occasionally resident therein equivalent to a twelve years' residence and who shall possess the requisite property qualification and shall have been exempted from the operation of native law for a period of seven years, and who shall produce to the Lieutenant-Governor a certificate signed by three duly qualified electors of European origin as near as may be to the form in Schedule A hereunto appended and endorsed by a Justice of the Peace or Resident Magistrate of the district in which such native resides, a statement to the effect that the Justice or Resident Magistrate endorsing said certificate has no reason to doubt the truth of said certificate and that the persons signing it are credible persons, shall be entitled to petition the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal for a certificate to entitle him to be registered as a duly qualified elector for that electoral division in the Colony in which such native may possess the requisite property qualification. 3. The Lieutenant-Governor may direct that the application of any such native be published in the Government Gazette and call upon any person having objection to any such native becoming a duly qualified elector to submit such objection in writing to the Secretary for Native Affairs for the consideration of the Lieutenant-Governor. 4. The Lieutenant-Governor may make such rules and orders in and about the publication of any such application and receiving, and entertaining, and deciding upon, any objection thereto, as may to him seem necessary. 5. The Lieutenant-Governor may, at his discretion, grant or refuse to any native applying in manner aforesaid for such certificate, entitling him to be registered as a duly qualified elector, provided always no such certificate shall be granted unless it shall have been published in manner described in Clause 3; at least three months previous to the granting thereof. 6. Every male native who shall have been exempted from the operation of native law, customs and usages, for a period of seven years, and who shall have obtained a certificate from the Lieutenant-Governor entitling such native to be registered as an elector, and who shall be possessed of the immovable property qualification required by any law in force for the time being in that behalf, shall be entitled to be duly registered as an elector, and when registered shall be entitled to vote at the election of a Member of the Legislative Council for such District in which he may possess such property. 7. Every male native to whom such certificate shall have been granted by the Lieutenant-Governor shall so long as he may possess the requisite property qualification and who shall not be convicted of treason or of any infamous crime, or of any crime which, if committed in England, would be felony, shall, subject to the provisions of Her Majesty's Letters Patent given at Westminster the fifteenth day of July, in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's reign, or any law in force for the time being in that behalf, be entitled to vote at the election of a member of the Legislative Council for the district in which he may possess such property qualification. 8. This law shall come into force and take effect on and after the publication by proclamation of the LieutenantGovernor in the Government Gazette of Her Majesty's assent to the same. [Schedule.] P.R.O., C.O. 180/3 ECCLESIASTICAL GRANTS. [22 Sept. 1869.] No. 7, 1869. No. 115. Law. -To abolish Ecclesiastical Grants from the Public Revenue within the Colony of Natal WHEREAS the Legislative Council of this Colony did, on the 4th day of July 1866, pass the following resolution, viz. : That it is the opinion of this House that all Annual Grants of Money now made by Government to Ecclesiastical Bodies, or all forms of State Aid tc Religion, should cease.' And whereas it is expedient to give permanent legal force to aforesaid resolution, and that perfect religious equality should be secured within the Colony, and for that purpose that the payment of all Ecclesiastical Grants from the Public should cease and determine. Be It Therefore Enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: I. That from and after the passing of this law, no further annual grant of money shall be made by the Government to any person holding any ecclesiastical appointment, nor shall any kind of State aid be given to any ecclesiastical body or person as such, in any form or manner whatsoever, either in land or otherwise. 2. [Present annual grants shall lapse on determination of recipients' office, except in such cases as may now be waiting the decision of Government.] 3. [Law to take effect from the date of promulgation.] ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. [12 July 1873.] No. 1, 1873. No. 116. Law. To readjust the Electoral Divisions of the WHEREAS by the Royal Charter of Natal, bearing date the 15th day of July 1856, it is provided in the 51st section thereof, that "it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Legislative Council, to be constituted under and by virtue of these presents, to repeal, alter, or amend all or any of the provisions made by or in virtue of these presents, and to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof, under certain reservations, among others that every Law altering "The respective numbers of elective and non-elective members of the Legislative Council" shall be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure with respect thereto : And whereas it is advisable to alter the respective numbers of the elective and non-elective members of the Legislative Council: Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council: I. That Clause 7 of the said Charter shall be, and is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof shall be substituted as Clause 7 the words following: That the Legislative Council of Natal shall consist of twenty members, of whom fifteen shall be elective, and five non-elective. 2. Clause 10 of the said Charter is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted: That the elective members shall be chosen by the electors of the following ten electoral districts, that is to say: I. Two for the County of Klip River-exclusive of the Division of Newcastle. 2. One for the Division of Newcastle. 3. One for the County of Weenen. 4. One for the County of Umvoti. 5. Two for the County of Pietermaritzburg. 6. One for the County of Durban. 7. One for the Counties of Alexandra and Alfred. 8. Two for the County of Victoria. 9. Two for the Borough of Pietermaritzburg. 10. Two for the Borough of Durban. The three additional elective members, namely, one member for the Division of Newcastle, one member for the County of Victoria, and one member for the Counties of Alexandra and Alfred, shall, within four months after the promulgation of this Law, be elected in the manner provided by the Charter for filling vacancies of elective seats, until such time as under a general election, the returns shall be made as elsewhere provided in the Charter. The fifth non-elective member of the said Council shall be from time to time named or designated in terms of the 8th section of the said Charter. 3. [First elections in new electoral districts provided for.] 4. [Law to take effect from the date of promulgation.] P.R.O. C.O. 180/4. CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT LAW, 1875. No. 3, 1875. No. 117. Law.-To increase the number of Members in the Legislative Council of Natal. [Preamble.] Be It... Enacted by the Administrator of the Government of Natal, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: 1. The Law No. 1, 1873, shall be and the same is hereby amended by substituting twenty-eight, instead of twenty, as the total number of members of the Legislative Council of Natal, and by substituting thirteen, instead of five, as the number of non-elective members of the Legislative Council of Natal, and the Lieutenant-Governor shall be and he is hereby empowered from time to time to nominate and appoint accordingly a further number of persons not exceeding eight to be members of the said Legislative Council: Provided that such further number of persons, not exceeding eight, to be nominated and appointed as non-elective members of the said Legislative Council, shall be selected from persons who have been on the Voters' Roll for two years, and are possessed of immovable property of the value of One Thousand Pounds sterling, free of all encumbrances, and shall be subject in all respects to the 18th and 19th Clauses of the Royal Charter of 1856, as if they were elective members: Provided further, that such requisite qualifications shall not apply to the five nominated members holding offices of profit under the Crown: Provided also, that the seats of the non-elective members in the said Council shall terminate by death or resignation, or by dis solution of the Legislative Council in the same manner as seats of elective members thereof: And provided also that upon the dissolution of the now existing Legislative Council, the Lieutenant-Governor shall be and he is hereby empowered to nominate and appoint persons to fill the entire thirteen nonelective seats in the Legislative Council, any former Law or Charter or nomination or appointment notwithstanding. 2. That all laws imposing taxation on the European population shall require not less than two-thirds of the members present to carry the affirmative. 3. That the Legislative Council shall not be competent to proceed to the despatch of any business unless ten members be present. 4. That this Law shall be in force for a period of five years from and after the promulgation thereof in the Government Gazette. 5. That four members be nominated from the Borough of Durban, the Counties of Durban, Victoria, Alexandra, and Alfred; and four from the Borough of Pietermaritzburg, and the Counties of Pietermaritzburg, Umvoti, Weenen, and Klip River. 6. Save so far as in conflict with this Law, all former Laws and Charters now in existence shall be deemed to be in force notwithstanding the passing thereof. 7. This Law shall commence and take effect from and after the date of promulgation in the Natal Government Gazette of Her Majesty's assent thereto, and may be cited for all purposes as the " Natal Constitution Amendment Law, 1875." P.R.O., C.O. 180/4. NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. No. 4, 1875. No. 118. Law. To empower the Lieutenant-Governor to make, maintain, equip, and work certain Railways in the Colony of Natal, and to confirm a provisional Contract entered into for the construction of the same. No. 5, 1875. P.R.O., C.O. 180/4. No. 119. Law. To raise a Loan for the Construction and Equipment of certain Railways in the Colony of Natal. P.R.O., C.O. 180/4. |