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Council & local affairs, 1840

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 2[?] 1840

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1840 · page 2

Present:—The Governor, Commander of the Forces, Colonial Secretary. Attorney[?]General, Collector of Customs, Auditor-General, Messrs. Berry, Jones, M'Arthur, i[?] John Jamison, and J…

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Council Papers. a bill to amend on act intituled "An act for the "better preservation of the Ports, Harbours, "Havens, Roadsteads, Channels, Navigable Creeks "and Rivers, in New South Wales, and the better "regulation of shipping in the same."

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 4 June 1840 · page 4

Whereas an act was passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales, in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the IVth, intituled "An act for the better preservation…

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The Sydney Merald. Friday, June 5, 1840. Sworn to no Master, of no Sec[?] I." Legislative Council. (Continuation of Tuesday's debates.)

The Sydney Herald · Friday 5 June 1840 · page 2

Mr. H. H. M'ARTHUR said, it would be in His Excellency's recollection that during the last Session of Council he had taken occasion to represent to him, the disgraceful state of the police in the…

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Council Papers

The Australian · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

A Bill to declare so I extend the Laws of New South Writes to Her Majesty's Dominions in the Island of New Zealand and to apply the same, so far as applicable, in the…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

THURSDAY.—Present: the Governor, Sir Maurice O'Connell, the Colonial Secretary, Attorney General, Colonel Gibbes, Mr Lithgow, Messrs Berry, Jones, H. Macarthur, Sir John Jamison, and Mr J. Macarthur…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 2

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

We omitted to give in our last His Excellency's Minute on the question of an Insolvent Law, which is as follows:-- I again feel it my duty to draw the attention…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June 4

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

Present: The Governor, Sir Maurice O'Connell, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Auditor General, the Collector of Customs, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. H. Macarthur, Sir John…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June 4, 1840

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

Present, the Governor, Commander of the Forces Colonial secretary, Attorney[?]General, Collector of Customs, Auditor[?]General, Messrs. Jones, Berry, H. H. Macarthur, Sir John Jamison, and Mr…

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Domestic Intelligence. Legislative Council. Thursday, June 4, 1840

The Colonist · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

PRESENT, The Governor, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, M. H…

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The Colonist. Saturday, June 6, 1840. Colonial Politics. the Municipal Corporations Bill

The Colonist · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

THIS BILL is not intended merely for the establishment of a Municipal Corporation in Sydney, but to provide for the establishment of Municipal Corporations within the…

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The Municipal Bill

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

We resume our remarks on the Municipal bill Our objection to an original clause of the first moment, and to the amendment substituted for the clause, have been duly recorded. Our surprise that…

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Council Papers. a Bill to empower the Governor of New South Wales to appoint Commissioners to examine and report on Claims to Grants of Land in New Zealand

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1840 · page 2

Whereas in various parts of the island of New Zealand comprehended within the limits of the territory and government of New South Wales, tracts or portions of land are claimed to be held by various…

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Legislative Council. JUNE 4

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1840 · page 3

Present, the Governor, Sir Maurice O'Connell, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. H. H. M'Arthur,…

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Documents Printed by Order of the Legislative Council. Judicial Establishment. New South Wades Act, 9 Geo. Iv., Cap. 83. [?]tract from a Despatch from Sir G. Gipps to Lord Glenely, dated 1st January, 1839

The Sydney Herald · Monday 8 June 1840 · page 6

In the portions of the present New South Wales Act, (9 Geo. IV. C. 83.) which relate to the Administration of Justice, the following alterations are, I think necessary…

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The Chronicle. Tuesday, June 9, 1840. the Municipal Bill

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1840 · page 2

We learn from our correspondents in various parts of the colony that the objectionable clauses in this bill have created a strong and general sensation in the public mind, and that in some districts public…

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Council Papers. a bill to repeal an act intituled, "An act for regulating Foreign Attachment in New South Wales," and to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Actions against Persons absent from the Colony, and against Persons sued as Joint Contracters

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1840 · page 2

Whereas an act was passed by the governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the legislative council thereof, in the second year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled…

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Council Paper. a bill to amend an act intituled "An act to consoll-"dute and amend the laws for the Transportation "and Punishment of Offenders in New South " Wales, and for defining the respective p[?]vers and "authorities of General Quarter Sessions and of "Petty Sessions; and for determining the places "at which the same shall be holder; and for "better regulating the Summary Jurisdiction certain" laws and ordinances therete."

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1840 · page 4

Whereas by an act of the governor and legislative council of New South Wales, passed in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the fourth, intituled, "An act to consolidate and…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1840 · page 2

TUESDAY, JUNE 9th,—Present; the Governor the Chief Justice, the Bishop of Australia, Sir M. O'Connell, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the…

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The Council and the Reporters

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1840 · page 6

Some observations were made by the Governor and Member of Council, on Tuesday last, on a partial inaceuracy in one of the reports of a debate in Council, to which we think…

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Council Papers. Proposed Judicial and Legal Proceedings. Despatches To, and From, the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Nies, and Letters From Their Honors the Judges of the Supreme Court New South Wales Act, 9 Geo. Iv., Cap. 83. Despatch from the Most Noble the Marquess of Normanby to His Excellency Governor Sir George Gipps, transmitting the Act of the Imperial Parliament 2 and 3 Victoria, Cap. 70, for the amendment, and continuance for a year. of the New South Wales Act, 9 Geo. IV., Cap. 83; and Letters from their Honors the Judges, on the improvement of the Judicial and Legal Institutions of the Colony. (Continued from our last.) Hartfield, near Sydney. February 28th, 1840

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 10 June 1840 · page 4

Sir,--I offer to your Excellency, with all respectful deference, such practical suggestions as more immediately occur to me with reference to the Despatch,…

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