Rabbit. 



New south Wales to 



Proviso. 



(1} all rights accrued and obligations incurred under or by virtue 



of the said repealed Act or any regulation made thereunder 



shall, subject to any express provision of this Act in relation 



thereto, remain unaffected by such repeal. 



3. For the purposes of this Act the entire territory of New South 



Wales shall be deemed to be either actually rabbit-infested or liable 



to become so : Provided always that the Governor may, by proclama- 



tion in the Gazette, from time to time, declare exempt from the 



provisions of Parts I and II of this Act any part or parts of the Eastern 



Division of this Colony; and may by like proclamation alter or revoke 



any such proclamation. 



Rabbit Districts. 



Constitution of 

 Rabbit Boards. 



Constitution of 

 Rabbit Board. 



Quorum. 



PART I. 



Rabbit Districts and Boards Poiccrs of Boards Rates, Sfc. 



4. The several Districts for the time being constituted Districts 

 for the purposes of the Diseases in Sheep Acts, and hereinafter referred 

 to as Sheep Districts, shall be Districts for the purposes of this Act. 



5. Eor every Rabbit District there shall be a Rabbit Board, 

 which shall consist of nine members, constituted as hereinafter provided, 

 who shall each hold office for one year : 



Provided always that if it should appear to the Governor that 

 the member appointed by the Governor as hereinafter provided has 

 failed to do or is incapable of doing his duty, he may remove such 

 member and appoint a person in his place for the unexpired period of 

 office of the member removed. 



Every Rabbit Board shall, within the prescribed time, appoint 

 one of its members to be Chairman thereof, and if such Board shall 

 fail to appoint a Chairman the Governor may appoint one of such 

 members to be such Chairman. Every member shall be entitled to 

 receive, out of the revenues of the Board, the prescribed fees. 



6. The Rabbit Board of a Rabbit District shall be composed as 

 follows : 



One member shall be appointed by the Governor. 



Five members, being those holding office for the time being as 



Rabbit Board to bo 

 a corporate body. 



Directors of the Sheep 

 Rabbit District. 



District which coincides with such 



Provisions regulating 

 the Board's 

 transaction of 

 business. 



Three members, being those holding office for the time being as 

 Directors elected under the provisions of the Pastures and 

 Stock Protection Acts. 



Such nine persons shall be the Rabbit Board for a Rabbit District, and 

 five of such persons being present at any meeting of such Board shall 

 be a quorum. 



7. The members of a Rabbit Board shall be a corporate body 

 under the style or title of the " Rabbit Board of District," 

 and under such style or title every such Board shall have perpetual 

 succession and a common seal, and be capable in law of suing and 

 being sued. 



The validity of any acts of a Rabbit Board shall not be affected 

 by any informality or irregularity in its constitution ; and the fact that 

 at any time all the seats on the Board are vacant shall not of itself 

 operate to dissolve the corporation. 



8. A Rabbit Board 



() may employ a Secretary and such other officers and servants 

 as may be necessary, and pay them out of the revenues of the 



Board : 



