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An Act to apply, out of the General Revenue, a further sum of Six Hundred Thousand Pounds to the Public Service for the Year ending the Thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

[Assented to, December 10th, 1925.]

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,
with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

BE

follows:

1. Out of the General Revenue of the State there shall be issued and applied, from time to time, for the public service of the State for the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, in addition to any sum or sums of money so issued and applied pursuant to the Act No. 1662, the Act No. 1663, and the Act No. 1666, any further sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of Six Hundred Thousand Pounds.

2. No payments for any establishment or service shall be made out of any moneys issued and applied under the authority of this Act in excess of the rates voted for similar establishments or services on the Estimates for the financial year ended the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, except so far as such rates are affected by regulations made under or continued in force by the Public Service Act, 1916.

In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.

Issue and application of £600,000.

Payments not to
Estimates.

exceed last year's

TOM BRIDGES, Governor.

Adelaide: By authority, R. E. E. ROGERS, Government Printer, North Terrace.

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An Act to amend the Motor Vehicles Tax Acts, 1915 to 1921, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, December 10th, 1925.]

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,
with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

BE

follows:

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Motor Vehicles Tax Short titles. Act Amendment Act, 1925."

(2) The Motor Vehicles Tax Acts, 1915 to 1921, and this Act may be cited together as the "Motor Vehicles Tax Acts, 1915 to 1925.'

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(3) The Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1915, is hereinafter called "the No. 1225 of 1915. principal Act."

2. This Act is incorporated with the Motor Vehicles Tax Acts, Incorporation. 1915 to 1921, and those Acts and this Act shall be read as one Act.

The Schedule.

3. The Schedule to the principal Act, which Schedule was amended Amendment of by section 4 of the Motor Vehicles Tax Act Further Amendment principal ActAct, 1921, is hereby further amended so as to read as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.

4. No tax under the principal Act shall be paid upon

(a) any motor vehicle owned by the Fire Brigades Board or any
Volunteer Fire Brigade:

(b) any

ambulance motor vehicle for the use of which no charge is made:

(c) any

Exemption of certain vehicles.

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Motor Vehicles Tax Act Amendment Act.-1925.

(c) any motor vehicle owned by the Corporation or Council c any Municipality or by any District Council, and use solely or mainly for the construction and maintenanc of roads.

5. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended by adding at th end thereof the following subsections (the first part of the sa section being read as subsection (1) thereof) :

(2) For the purposes of this Act the horsepower of a motor vehicle driven by steam shall, where practicable, be calculated by dividing the number of square inches of the area of the fire-grate of the boile of such vehicle by 25.

(3) For the purposes of this Act the horsepower of a vehicle drive by electricity shall be ascertained by dividing the number of watts ¿ electrical energy consumed by the power unit of the vehicle wher the vehicle is running under full load at normal speed by 746.

6. Sections 11, 12, and 13 of the principal Act shall apply wit regard to the determination of the power-weight (as defined in the First Schedule to this Act) of any motor vehicle, and shall be con strued as if the term "power-weight" were substituted for the terr "horsepower" wherever appearing in those sections.

7. (1) The Registrar of Motor Vehicles shall prepare a list showin: the various types and models of motor vehicles commonly in use and assigning a standard power-weight for each type or model &; motor vehicle. The Registrar shall cause a copy of any such lis and any alterations of or additions to such list to be posted in a conspicuous place in his office.

(2) The standard power-weight shown in the list as the standar power-weight for motor vehicles of any type or model shall, subject to the right of objection hereinafter referred to, be deemed to be the power-weight of every motor vehicle of that type or model.

(3) The owner of any motor vehicle who objects to the determination of the power-weight of his vehicle by reference to the standard power-weight shown in the list prepared by the Registrar, may

(a) make a statutory declaration as to the weight unladen of his motor vehicle; and

(b) strip his engine or power unit for measurement or examination by the Registrar or any person authorised by him. in which case the weight shall be calculated in accordance with the declaration, and the horsepower in accordance with the measurement of the Registrar or such authorised person as aforesaid.

(4) This section shall not affect the right of the Registrar to ascertain the power-weight of any motor vehicle in the manner laid down in section 11 of the principal Act.

8. (1) The

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