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council Lay let,

211.

The Council may demise, let, manage, and improve all

manage, and improve

p,prL, arqdred by lands, hereditnmen ts, foreshores, and other property real or personal

them. acquired by, held in trust for or by, or placed under the care of, the

D.C. A C ~ , 1887, Council : Provided that

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( a ) Such property is dealt with in a manner consistent with the terms, trusts, or purposes under and for which the same _{. -}

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was acquired, and

( b ) No lease shall be granted for a term exceeding fifty years.

Power to let grounds

vested in the Council

212.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in " T h e Oma-

for sports, &C. mental Grounds Act, 1881," the Council may grant a lease of any

D.C, Amendment portion of park lands, or other land vested in the Council not exceeding

Acts 1904, rec- 44. ten acres in any one lease, for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, for the purpose of sports, shows, or public recreations.

(2) Every such lease shall be granted to two or more persons of full age, upon such terms and subject to snch rents, covenants, pro- visions, and reservations as the Council thinks fit.

(3) No such lease shall be granted until, at a meeting of the rate- payers, a resolution has been passed in favor of granting the same.

(4) If such resolution is declared to be carried, any six ratepayers of the District may, within the period of fifteen minutes after the declaration is made, demand a poll by giving notice in writing of such demand to the chairman of the meeting, in which case the lease shall not be granted unless the poll results in favor of granting the same.

(5) Such poll shall be taken in manner provided in Part XXI.

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Council may accept

conveyance8 of ceme-

213.

(1) The trustees of any lands within a District held upon

ferp from trust for a public cemetery may convey the same to the Council if

trustees. the Council is willing to accept the trust.

D.C. Act, 1887,

SW. 107. (2) The Council shall hold such cemetery upon the original trusts

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or such of them as are applicable.

(3) The trustees shall thenceforth be discharged from such trusts.

Planting foreshore.

214,

The Council may, for the purpose of arresting drift sands,

D.C. Amendment plant any portion of the foreshore of the sea under its control

Act, 1984, sec. 61.

with any grasses, trees, or shrubs.

Water

215.

All water and other reserves for public convenience,

to yeat in Council.

situated within or on the boundaries of a District, which, by

D.C. Act, 1887, ,

. ,,,, ^dbd. Proclamation of the Governor, are placed under the care, control, and management of the Council of such District shall vest in such Council.

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216.

The Governor may-

grant of water

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Council. ( a ) Issue to the Council a grant of any such water and other

D.C. Act, 1887, ^. reserves. as in section 215 mentioned, upon such trusts and

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( b ) At any time before the issue of such a grant, by Proclamation, resume such water and other reserves, or any of them :

(c) By proclamation cancel the gra-nt of and resume any of such c f . Crown h o d 8

water or other reserves which are used, held, or dealt with ^{Aot, 1903, 8 . 7 (c).}

for purposes other than those for which the same were reserved, or inconsistently with or contraiy to the trusts or conditions upon or under which the same were granted, or which are not used or not required for the purposes for which the same were reseried.

217.

(1) Wherever any part of the foreshore of the sea, not being ^{council to control}

foreshores, except

within a harbor within the meaning of P a r t 11. of the Harbors Act, ,aem _by 1913, is within a District, such part of the foreshore shall be under ^the

the care, control, and management of the Council of such District:

Provided that the Governor may, by Proclamation, reserve the whole or any part of fiuch part of the foreshore for any purpose or purposes which the Governor deems expedient, and thereupon the part of the foreshore so reserved shall cease to be under the care, control, and management of the Council, and the Council shall not on account thereof have any claim for compensation.

(2) Wherever any part of the foreshore of the sea, being within I n care of foreshore9 within harbors.

a harbor within the meaning of Part 11. of "The Harbors Act, No. l l l g o f 1913.

1913," is within a District, and-

( a ) Has been used by the public for bathing, promenading, recreation, or similar purposes, or

( b ) Is naturally suitable for such purposes or any of them, the Governor may, notwithstanding anything contained in the said Harbors Act, by Proclamation. place such part of the foreshore under the care, control, and management of the Council of such District : Provided that the' Governor may afterwards, by Proclamation, reserve the whole or any part of such part of the foreshore for any purpose or purposes which the Governor deems expedient, and thereupon the part of the foreshore so reserved shall cease to be under the care, control, and management of the Council, and the

, Council shall not on account thereof have any claim for com- pensation.

(3) I n addition to any other by -laws which by this Act a Council Powers to make

is empowered to make, a Council may make by-laws with respect to

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any portion of the foreshore which is under its care, control, and management, for all or any of the following purposes :-

(a) For regulating, controlling, or prohibiting the use or occu- pation thereof by any person:

( b ) For regulating, controlling, or prohibiting the removal of sand, shells, seaweed, or other material therefrom :

( c ) For