ANNEXATION OF PONDOLAND. [25 Sept. 1894.] No. 5 of 1894. No. 50. Act.-To provide for the Annexation of the Country known as Pondoland. P.R.O., C.O. 50/8. ANNEXATION OF BRITISH BECHUANALAND. No. 51. Act. To make provision for the Annexation to this Colony of the Territory of British Bechuanaland. P.R.O., C.O. 50/8. SECTION B. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. REPAIR OF ROADS. [21 March 1800.] . No. 52. Proclamation.-By Sir GEORGE YONGE, Baronet, etc. WHEREAS it appears evident upon Enquiry that the roads of this Colony stand in need of considerable repairs, previous to the ensuing Winter; and as the Burgher Senate and the Landdrosts in the different Districts are the persons under whose immediate orders and directions such repairs are to be undertaken. In order, therefore, that a work so essentially necessary to the comfort and convenience of all ranks of Society may be carried on in such a manner as to those entrusted with the care and management of it may appear most likely to the completion thereof; I do by virtue of these presents declare and make known to all the inhabitants of this Colony, That all Regulations and directions coming from the Burgher Senate or the Landdrosts and Heemraden in their Districts are to be considered in this particular instance as the orders of Government, and are consequently to be obeyed as such, and any person or persons who, regardless of these my Commands, shall neglect or hesitate to comply with the orders and directions they may receive from those acting under my authority shall upon their disobedience being proved pay a Fine of One Hundred Rix-dollars to be appropriated towards the defraying of the Expenses attending the before-mentioned Repairs. [Etc.] Rec. III. 82. REPAIR OF ROADS. [13 Sept. 1806.] No. 53. Government Advertisement.-Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the representations that have been made to His Excellency the Lieutenant-General Commanding in Chief, upon the bad state of the Roads in the Country Districts, he has directed the several Landdrosts to be written to. authorising them to appoint an Overseer of the Roads in each District, who will be empowered to call upon the Inhabitants to furnish a proportion of their Slaves (according to an accurate list to be furnished by the Landdrost and Heemraden) for the repair of the Roads. Persons neglecting to furnish their Slaves when called upon, will be liable to a penalty of Fifty Rix-dollars for each offence, which sum is to be levied by Landdrost and Heemraden, and applied to the Fund for the repairing of the Roads. Procls., etc., p. 37. THE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE. [28 Feb. 1828.] [Civil Commissioners succeeded to the administrative duties of Landdrosts and Heemraden. In 1834 the offices of Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate were united. Cf. document No. 73.] No. 43. No. 54. Ordinance.-Of His Honour the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR in Council, for empowering the Collector of Taxes in Cape Town, and the Civil Commissioners of the Country Districts, to collect the several Taxes and Duties now or hereafter to be imposed, and payable within the Colony. WHEREAS certain of the Taxes now payable in this Colony have been heretofore collected and got in by the Landdrosts, Landdrosts and Commissioned Heemraden, Deputy Landdrosts, Deputy Landdrosts and Commissioned Heemraden, Residents, and Residents and Commissioned Heemraden, of the several Districts, Subdistricts, and Residencies, respectively; and certain others of the said Taxes have heretofore been collected by and got in by the late Burgher Senate: And whereas the Offices of Landdrost, Deputy Landdrost, and Resident, have now ceased and determined, and the said Burgher Senate has been abolished, whereby the Revenue can no longer be collected as heretofore, and it is therefore necessary to make some other Provision in that behalf: Be it therefore enacted, by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, that the several Taxes and Duties heretofore payable to, and levied by, the said Burgher Senate, shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, be payable to, and levied by, the Collector of Taxes in Cape Town; . . . and the several Taxes and Duties heretofore payable to, and levied by, the Landdrosts, Deputy Landdrosts, and Residents, of the several Districts, Subdistricts, and Residencies, and all Taxes hereafter to be imposed, shall, from the time aforesaid, be payable to, and levied by, the said Collector and the Civil Commissioners respectively within their respective Jurisdictions; and the said Collector and Civil Commissioners shall have full Right and Power to collect all Taxes and Duties, and Arrears thereof, and to sue for and recover the same by any Action or Suit to be brought by them in any competent Court. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Collector of Taxes, and the said Civil Commissioners, shall take the following Oath before the Chief Justice, or any of the Judges of the Supreme Court, or any Resident Magistrate (who are hereby empowered and required to administer the same), before they act in pursuance of the provisions of this Ordinance: I, A. B., do swear, that I will act truly, faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and knowledge, in collecting the several Taxes which I am empowered to do by an Ordinance marked No. 43, bearing date the 28th day of February 1828; and that I will act in all matters and things which shall be brought before me in collecting the said Taxes, without favor or affection. So help me God! GOD SAVE THE KING. P.R.O., C.O. 50/1. MUNICIPAL BOARDS CREATED. [15 Aug. 1836.] No. 55. Ordinance.-Enacted by the GOVERNOR OF THE CAPE WHEREAS it is expedient that due provision should be made for the better regulation of certain matters and things of a local nature within the several Districts, Towns and Villages in this Colony, and that Municipal Boards should be constituted and established therein for that purpose: Be it therefore enacted, . . . that from and after the First day of October next, it shall and may be lawful for any Resident Magistrate, or Justice of the Peace, within the limits of his jurisdiction, and he is hereby required, upon a requisition made to him in writing to that effect by any number of resident Householders, not less than twenty-five, and severally paying taxes to an amount exceeding six shillings sterling per annum, and resident respectively within one mile of any one central place which shall be specified in the said requisition, to call a meeting of Householders paying such amount of Taxes as aforesaid, and resident within the limits aforesaid, to determine whether Municipal Regulations shall be adopted for the Town, Village or Place intended to be erected into a Municipality. II. And be it further enacted, That three weeks' notice at least of the time and place of holding such meeting shall be given by the Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, calling the same, by a printed or written notice affixed to some conspicuous place or places of public resort within the limits aforesaid. III. And be it further enacted, That the chairman who shall preside at any meeting assembled as hereinbefore directed, shall read, or cause to be read, the requisition whereupon the meeting shall have been summoned, and shall require such resident householders as aforesaid assembled thereat, to determine, by majority of votes, whether municipal regulations shall, or shall not, be adopted and acted upon within the said intended municipality. IV. And be it further enacted, That if at any such meeting it shall be determined by a majority of votes, that municipal regulations shall be adopted, then and in such case any such Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace as aforesaid to whom such determination shall be notified by the chairman of such meeting, shall forthwith call another meeting of such resident householders as aforesaid, to be holden within seven days thereafter, in order to elect and appoint a committee of so many of such resident householders as aforesaid, as the said meeting shall deem expedient, to frame and draw up municipal regulations. V. And be it further enacted, That the committee so to be elected and appointed, shall be chosen by such resident householders assembled at such meeting by majority of votes. VI. And be it further enacted, That the committee so chosen as aforesaid, shall forthwith proceed to frame and draw up such municipal regulations as they may deem expedient, and shall submit the same, when prepared, to a meeting of such resident householders as aforesaid, to be called by the said committee upon seven days' notice to be given in manner aforesaid: Provided always, that such committee shall submit such regulations to such meeting as aforesaid, within one month from the date of their appointment, otherwise the said committee shall be ipso facto dissolved, and a new committee shall then and in every such case be chosen in manner and for the purpose aforesaid, at a meeting to be called by any such Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, to whom such dissolution of the committee shall have been notified. VII. And be it further enacted, That in such regulations it shall be the duty of such committee to fix the limits of the municipality, and to divide the municipality into wards, if necessary, and to fix the number of commissioners and wardmasters for the municipality or the several wards thereof, and to make rules for the classification and valuation of the immovable property therein, and to frame all other regulations which shall be necessary, to enable the said commissioners to carry into effect the provisions of this Ordinance, or such of them as the said committee shall think expedient and necessary for the municipality. VIII. [Magistrate or Justice of the Peace to be chairman at the meeting of householders.] IX. And be it further enacted, That at such meeting the question shall be put by the chairman on each and every clause contained in the regulations submitted by the committee, seriatim, and afterwards on the whole of the regulations jointly; and a majority of votes shall decide whether such clause, or the whole of the regulations jointly, as the case may be, shall or shall not be adopted. X. And be it further enacted, That the regulations adopted at such meeting shall forthwith be transmitted to the Governor of the Colony for the time being, for the approval, amendment, or disallowance thereof, of the said Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council; and in case such regulations shall be approved, notice of such approval shall be given by Proclamation to be made in that behalf; and the said regulations shall be published in the Government Gazette, and shall thereupon become as legal, valid, and effectual, as if the same had been inserted herein. XI. [Alteration of regulations from time to time.] XII. And be it further enacted, That so soon as such original regulations as aforesaid shall have appeared in the Government Gazette, the resident magistrate of the district shall, and he is hereby required, by a notice of not less than ten days in manner hereinbefore provided, to call a meeting of such resident householders as aforesaid, residing within the limits of such municipality, to be holden for the election and choice of so many commissioners as shall have been specified in the said regulations to carry the same into effect; and the said commissioners for the municipality, or the wards thereof respectively, shall be elected by a majority of votes |