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Council & local affairs, 1842

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Legislative Council. Orders of the Day. Tuesday, August 9

The Australian · Monday 8 August 1842 · page 2

1. Sydney Corporation Act liability, to ammendment Bill; second reading. 2. Claims to Grants of Land Act amendment Bill; second reading…

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Sayings and Doings in Council. Ii. [The Supplemental Bill.]

The New South Wales Examiner · Monday 8 August 1842 · page 2

IN the Examiner, of the 3rd instant, we called the attention of the public to the remarks of His Excellency the GOVERNOR, in Council, on the 26th July,--…

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The Municipal Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1842 · page 2

ACTIVE preparations are being made for bringing the Municipal Act into operation. Messrs. MILES, WINDEYER, BRENAN, BROWNE, INNES, and MEREWETHER,…

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Municipal Corporation Bill

The New South Wales Examiner · Monday 8 August 1842 · page 3

Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sydney Boundaries and Municipal Franchies Committee, 1842. Evidence of Mr. Gannon, continued…

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Council Papers. Melbourne Corporation Bill Schedule A.

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 9 August 1842 · page 2

The two following portions of land, namely:— 1. The parish of North Melbourne; bounded on the north by a line bearing east 2[?] chains, being distant one mile north from the centre of Batman's…

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Municipal Corporation Act. (Continued From our last.) (Aide m[?]n to go out by rotation.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1842 · page 4

XLII. And be itenacled, That on the ninth day of November, in every succeeding third year, one half of the whole number of Aldermen of the said City shall go out of office,…

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[?]Lative Council. Tuesday [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1842 · page 2

PRESENT: the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General,…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 9Th., 1842

The New South Wales Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1842 · page 3

PRESENT--The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 9, 1842

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 10 August 1842 · page 389

Present--the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Attorney-General, the Colonial Secretary, the Auditor-General. Messrs…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 9th, 1842

The Australian · Wednesday 10 August 1842 · page 2

PRESENT.—The Governor, the Lord Bishop, the Commander of the Force, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs the Auditor General. Mr. Campbell, Mr…

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The Municipal Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1842 · page 2

WE cannot understand the necessity that exists to pass the Bill for amending this Act, which His Excellency the GOVERNOR has introduced, because Lord STANLEY…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 9

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 11 August 1842 · page 2

Present: The Governor, the Chief Justice, Bishop Broughton, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Messrs. Campbell,…

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Municipal Corporation Act. (Continued from our last.) (Lamps to be set up and lighted with gas, oil, or otherwise.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1842 · page 4

LXXVI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors, and they are hereby em[?]owered from time to time, to purchase and provide…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 9Th August, 1842. Present,—The Governor, the Bishop of Austra[?]ia, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blaxland, Mr. H. H. Macarthur, and Sir John Jamison. Courts of Requests

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1842 · page 2

Mr. Jones presented a petition signed by upwards of five hundred respectable persons, praying that the jurisdiction of the Courts of Requests might be extended to debts of thirty…

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[?] Council. Thursday, August 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1842 · page 2

PRESENT.—The Governor, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 10, 1842

The New South Wales Examiner · Friday 12 August 1842 · page 3

PRESENT--The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander of the Forces, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 10th, 1842

The Australian · Friday 12 August 1842 · page 2

Present, the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Lord Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Mr…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, August 11

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 13 August 1842 · page 2

Present: The Governor, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Auditor General, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones. Mr. Blaxland, Mr. H. H. Macarthur, Sir…

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Legislative Council. Friday, August 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1842 · page 2

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

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Legislative Council. Friday, August 12, 1842

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 13 August 1842 · page 396

Present-- The Governor, the Bishop, the Attorney General, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Auditor General, the Collector of Customs, Messrs…

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