CO129-206 - Public Offices & Others - 1882 — Page 501

Ordinances.

Sections 129, 130, and 131.

These are the

(

appeal claused the rejection of which was moved by the lettorney General in the Legislative Council (vide newspaper - Cutting = report allached

to Allomey Jeneral's Report. )

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These clauses have no parallel in the Presi dency towns

India, where all disputes in respect of The Expropriation of

lands are settled in Court in the ordinary ways and Japprehend the Allorney General is correct in Surmising that the procedure prescribed in these sections is original.

think

any

a

I concur in the objections of the Attorney General on the ground that the action of the Governor in Council in Appeals of the kind contemplated in the Ordinance, would practically be guided by the private professional reports submitted to the Executive Council by the Surveyor General the only officer

in the Executive having technical knowledgex of assessment. I donot such responsibility as this should devolve on the Surveyor Penéral or any one spices. Moreover I object to the privacy which would necessarily attend the deliberations of the Exxecutive Council in the consideration appeals. The hearing of the latter cannot be Conducted in too public a manner.. opinion also that any legislation by the which the Tovernor in Council is exposed to be brought into Conflict with other tribunals is objectionable, would therefore recommend the omission of

arr

af

these

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Three clauses, and then substitution by a simple clause referring appeals from the Summary Court to the Supreme Court in the ordinary way.

I have

no observations to offer with regard to The Schedules, Except that the tolls in Schedule B seem to me very high.

This

defect will right itself,

nobody, certainly

man,

Ad

will make a practice Cars as long

as the

of

however

no China

of using the tram fare remains as

high as 20 Cents, the Company will be compelle domo derate their prices. The fare from one end of the

town to the other should not have been more than 10 cents Either inside or outside. The tariff of fares on the Tap Railway (tramway Nob) seems someishap.

less Ixorbitant.

This Ordinance will involve, as surmised in his Report by the Attorney General, a serious increase to the duties and work of the Surveyor General, and necessitate the Engagement of an additional subordinate officer. If so the salary or wages. of the latter should be made chargeable to the Tramway Company.

may

Inprice.

12. May. 188.

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