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Clause 15. 



Sate Book. 



15. Every rate and every determination of the amount payable upon any holding under 

 such rate shall be entered in a book to be called tho Eabbit Eate Book which shall be kept in 

 such form and manner as may be prescribed ; and all persons shall have access thereto at all 

 reasonable times. The said book shall, on the production thereof, be evidence of the rate and of 

 the amount determined as being payable under such rate upon any holding. The Babbit Board 

 may from time to time make such amendments and supply such omissions in the entries in such- 

 book as may be necessary, and no such amendment or omission shall be held to avoid the rate or 

 any determination of amount : Provided that 



(</) every person aggrieved or affected by any such alteration shall have the same right of 

 appeal therefrom as he would have had if his name had been originally inserted therein 

 or no such alteration had been made ; and 



(1) except in the case of an amendment rendered necessary by the result of an appeal, tho 

 determination of the amount payable shall be taken to have been made at the date of 

 the amendment. 



Mr. NIXON (G-unbar) proposed and Mr. GUMMING seconded, " That clause 15 as printed be adopted." 

 The CHAIRMAN put tho question, and it was carried. 



Clause 16. 



Hate not to le invalidated. 



1C. The production of a copy of the Gazette containing the hereinbefore required notice 

 of the striking of a rate by the Rabbit Board shall be conclusive evidence that the rate has been 

 duly struck. 



No determination of the amount payable in any case shall be held to be invalid by reason 

 of any failure to give notice of such amount in accordance with the provisions hereinbefore con- 

 tained : Provided always that except in cases of appeal proceedings shall not be taken to recover 

 the amount payable in respect of any holding unless and until due notice thereof has been given. 



Mr. CAMEKON (Ivanhoe) proposed, and Mr. LESLIE seconded, " That clause 16 be adopted as 

 printed." 



The CHAIBMAN put the question, and it was carried. 



Clause 17. 



Appeal against the amount determined ly the Pabbil Board. 



17. If any person, liable to pay the rabbit rate on any holding, shall think himself aggrieved 

 by the amount determined by the Eabbit Board as the amount payable under the rate in respect 

 of the holding, he may, unless debarred by the provisions of section thirteen of this Act, within 

 twenty-one days after the aforesaid notice has been given, appeal to the Local Land Board by a 

 notice in thd prescribed form, accompanied by the prescribed deposit; and the Local Land Board 

 shall determine the amount payable under the rate, and may order interest to be paid thereon at 

 the rate of five per centum per annum, calculated from the date specified in the notice by the 

 Eabbit Board as the date for payment ; and payment of the amount finally determined, with or 

 without interest as the case may be, shall be made to the person or bank specified for the purpose 

 in the aforesaid notice within one month from the date of the final determination thereof. 



Mr. BHOOKE (Boggabri) proposed that the words "Local Land Board" be omitted and the 

 words " Court of Petty Sessions" be inserted. 



Mr. GUMMING (Hillston) seconded Mr. Brooke's proposal. 



Mr. FLANAGAN (Gunbar) would oppose this. He held that the Land Boards of the Colony had 

 been constituted for t^e purpose of saving land-owners from extraordinary and extravagant expenses, and 

 he thought they would act very unwisely if they passed this. There could be no better men no men 

 better seized with the land laws of the Colony than the Land Boards. If they took it to the Petty 

 Sessions they would have to fee barristers, and decisions would be given against them on technical points, 

 and they would not get justice. 



Mr. SIDES (Hay) quite agreed with Mr. Flanagan. These men knew nothing about the rabbits, 

 and it would not be wise to take it out of the hands of the Land Boards and put it under the Courts of 

 Petty Sessions. 



The amendment was put and carried. 



Clause 18. 



Unpaid Bates. 



18. Any amount due as Eabbit rate may be recovered by summary proceedings before 

 two Justices, in accordance with the general provisions hereinafter contained. 



Any sums due as rabbit rates in respect of any private holding or lands shall be, and 

 until the payment thereof remain, a charge upon the said holding or lands. 



Mr. CUDMOBE (Wentworth) proposed that " two Justices " be struck out and " Police Magistrates " 

 put in. 



Mr. ATKINSON seconded. 



Mr. LAURENCE (Balrauald) moved an amendment, " That no person be fined more than once in 

 twelve months." 



Mr. STINSON (Coolamon) seconded. 



Mr. LAURENCE (Balranald) withdrew his amendment. 



The original motion was put and carried. 



Mr. WILKES (Broken Hill) said, if he was in order, he would move an amendment, " That any 

 amount due as rabbit rate may be recovered with summary proceedings before a Police Magistrate or two 

 or more Justices of the Peace, in accordance with the general provisions as hereinafter contained." 



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