13 Vic. No. 20, 1849. First Amendment Act. 26 VIC. No. 1, 1862. THE HOSPITALS Аст AMENDMENT 13 Vic. No. 20. An Act to Amend an Act intituled "An Act to Enable certain Public Hospitals to Sue and be Sued in the name of their Treasurer and to provide for the Taking and Holding of Real Property belonging to such Hospitals respectively." ACT OF 1849.* Preamble. 11 Vio. No. 59. Contributors may vote by proxy. Limitation of such right. 26 Vic. No. 1. THE HOSPITALS ACT OF 1862. Power to committee to frame rules &c. &c. W [ASSENTED TO 5TH SEPTEMBER, 1849.] HEREAS an Act was passed in the eleventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty intituled "An Act to enable certain Public Hospitals to Sue and be Sued in the name of their Treasurer and to provide for the Taking and Holding of Real Property belonging to such Hospitals respectively" And whereas it is expedient to amend the said recited Act and to provide for the more effectual taking of votes at any public meeting of the contributors to any public hospital established or to be established under the provisions of the said recited Act Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof That it shall be lawful for any contributor to any such hospital duly qualified to vote under the provisions of the said recited Act to give his or her vote at any legally convened public meeting of the contributors to any such hospital either in person or by proxy as he or she may think proper. Provided that such proxy shall also be a contributor duly qualified as aforesaid and every question of election of public officers or other matters or things which shall be proposed discussed or considered in any public meeting of the contributors to any such hospital shall be determined and declared by the majority of votes and proxies then and there present Provided that such proxy shall be in writing and shall be signed by the contributor and shall only extend to the one meeting specially named therein. 2. No person shall hereafter be qualified to vote at any meeting of contributors to any such hospital for election of the trustees or treasurer or committees or other officers of the said institution unless he shall have actually paid his annual contribution or sum of one pound sterling at the least or shall have contributed and paid ten pounds in one sum to the said institution. An Act to Provide for the Better Management of Hospitals in Queensland. [ASSENTED TO 2ND JULY, 1862.] BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows 1. Notwithstanding anything in the Acts 11 Victoria number 59 and 13 Victoria number 20§ contained it shall be lawful for the committee * Short title given, 3 Edw. VII. No. 10, s. 8 (1), title Acts. 11 Vic. No. 59, supra, this title. Section 1, so far as it relates to voting by proxy, is repealed by section 5 of the amending Act of 1865, infra. See now section 3 of the amending Act of 1891, infra. § Two last preceding Acts. ¶ Preamble repealed, 8 Edw. VII. No. 18, s. 2, title Acts. 29 VIC. No. 19, 1865. Second and Third Amendment Acts. of any hospital established thereunder to frame rules and regulations for the election of trustees treasurers and other officers of such hospital and for the general management thereof and such rules and regulations having been adopted by the duly qualified contributors to such hospital at a public meeting duly convened shall be submitted for the approval of the Governor in Council and upon the notification of such approval in the Government Gazette shall have the force of law notwithstanding that they may be repugnant to any provisions of the said recited Acts. 2. This Act shall be styled and may be cited as The Hospitals Act of short title. 1862." An Act for transferring to the Government the Management of Hospitals in certain cases. ¶BE [ASSENTED TO 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1865.] E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows THE HOSPITALS ACT OF 1865.* 1. Whenever one-half or two-thirds of the funds placed at the disposal Government of the committee of any hospital shall be contributed by a vote of the may nominate proportion of Parliament it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to nominate a committee in corresponding proportion of the committee of such hospital and the certain cases. remainder shall be elected in the manner provided by law. cases management 2. Wherever any hospital now or hereafter to be established shall In certain have been erected at the public expense or whenever the aid given from Government the public funds to any hospital now or hereafter to be established shall may assume amount to two-thirds of the annual cost of maintaining such hospital the of hospitals. Governor in Council may notify by proclamation in the Government Gazette that the management of the said hospital has been assumed by the Government. nominate new 3. From and after the date of such proclamation the functions and Governor in powers of the committee or other executive officers of the hospital named Council may in the said proclamation shall cease and determine and the Governor in committee or Council may nominate and appoint fit persons to be a committee of appoint management of the said hospital or may appoint such medical and other officers to manage the said hospital as to the said Governor in Council may seem fit. officers. Property to committee. 4. All medicines furniture and other property of any committee whose functions and powers shall have ceased and determined in manner vest in new aforesaid shall immediately upon their appointment vest in and belong to the committee to be nominated and appointed by the Governor in Council or in such officer as shall be named for that purpose in the said proclamation. 5. From and after the passing of this Act. so much of the first section Repeal of part of the thirteenth Victoria number twenty† as relates to voting by proxy of s. 1 of shall be and the same is hereby repealed. 6.‡ * Short title given, 3 Edw. VII. No. 10, s. 8 (1), title Acts. + Supra, this title. Section 6 (vcting of contributors in person or by proxy) repealed by section 2 of the amending Act of 1891, infra. See now section 3 of that Act. Preamble repealed, 8 Edw. VII. No. 18, s. 2, title Acts. 13 Vic. No. 20. Fourth Amendment Act.-Principal Act. 55 VIC. No. 35, 1891. 55 Vio. No 35. An Act to Amend the Law relating to Hospitals. THE HOSPITALS ACT OF 1891. Short title. Voting of contributors. "B [ASSENTED TO 17TH NOVEMBER, 1891.] E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act 2.* : 3. Subject to the rules and regulations of any hospital, any duly qualified contributor to such hospital may vote by proxy at any legally convened meeting of contributors. But no person shall vote either in person or by proxy unless he has been a bona fide contributor to the hospital for one month at least before the holding of the meeting at which he claims to vote. THE IMMIGRATION ACTS, 1882 TO 1887. 46 Vic. No. 7. An Act to make better provision for the Regulation of Immigration into the Colony of Queensland. THE IMMIGRATION Interpretation. BE [ASSENTED TO 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1882.] E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:: 1.* 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— "Colony" means the Colony of Queensland. 66 Agent-General" means the Agent-General for Emigration to Repealing section repealed, 8 Edw. VII. No. 18, s. 2, title Acts. The Acts relating to the immigration of Chinese (41 Vic. No. 8 and 47 Vic. No. 13, e Historical Table, Index Volume) are not printed, as the matter is now dealt with by the Commonwealth Immigration Restriction Acts, 1901-1910 (No. 17 of 1901, No. 17 of 1905, No. 25 of 1908, and No. 10 of 1910). For other restrictions on immigration, see the Commonwealth Contract Immigrants Act 1905 (No. 19 of 1905). Preamble repealed, 8 Edw. VII. No. 18, s. 2, title Acts. 46 Vic. No. 7, 1882. Principal Act. Minister" means the Minister of the Crown for the time being "Emigrant" or "Immigrant" 3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to Appointment of Agentappoint some person to be Agent-General for Emigration to Queensland General for in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to remove any Emigration to Queensland. such person and appoint another in his stead, and the said Agent-General shall be entitled to receive such salary as the Parliament of Queensland may from time to time provide, and shall be required to give security, approved by the Governor in Council, for the due performance of his duties in the sum of five thousand pounds: Provided that the present Agent-General be deemed to be appointed Agent-General for Emigration under this Act. 4. It shall be the duty of the Agent-General, and he is hereby autho- Duties of rised and required, to make all necessary provision for the proper selec- Agent-General tion of emigrants and their conveyance to the colony, and to receive Emigration. and account for all moneys paid into the Queensland Emigration Office in London on account of such passages as are hereinafter mentioned, and to make all contracts and issue all notices, and to do all things relating to and tending to promote and encourage emigration to Queensland that the Governor in Council may from time to time direct. Agents in Under 5. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to appoint fit and proper persons to act as agents for Emigration on the continent of Europe. Europe, and such agents shall receive and obey all instructions in con- Agentnection with their duties which may be sent to them by the Agent- Generals. General, and shall be entitled to receive such salary as the Parliament of Queensland may from time to time provide, and shall be required to give security, approved by the Governor in Council, for the due performance of their duties each in the sum of one thousand pounds. expenses, &c. 6. The Agent-General, with the authority of the Governor in Council, Provision for may from time to time engage competent persons for the performance clerks, offices, in the United Kingdom of the clerical and other duties required in the execution of this Act, and may hire such offices as may be necessary, and defray all expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. An account of all moneys so expended as aforesaid shall be laid before Parliament at the commencement of each session. may grant assisted passages. 7. It shall be lawful for the Agent-General to grant assisted passages, Agent-General on the terms specified in schedule A* to this Act, to such persons as may be approved of by him, in accordance with the conditions set forth in schedule B hereto, and who are unable to pay the whole cost of their passages, and who have not previously resided in any of the Australian colonies. Schedule A repealed and new Schedule substituted by section 2 of the Amendment Act of 1887, infra. chedule A Schedule B.] Eligibility of assisted passengers. Nominated passages. [Schedule C.] 8. Persons eligible as assisted passengers are farmers, farm labourers, vine-dressers, labourers, mechanics, and their families, and domestic servants: Provided that the word "labourer" shall be held to mean persons whose labour has been connected in some way with the land, such as farm servants, gardeners, road-makers, miners, quarrymen, navvies, and the like, and such other persons as the Agent-General, with the authority of the Governor in Council, shall deem eligible: And provided further that the word "mechanic" shall be held to mean and include engineers, engine-fitters, engine-drivers, railway carriage builders, carpenters. bricklayers, stonemasons, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, shipbuilders, and the like. 9.* Any natural born or naturalized subject of Her Majesty residing in Queensland, desiring to provide a passage to the colony for any friend or relative in Europe, may apply, in the form of Schedule C hereto, to the Immigration Agent in Brisbane, or to any of the clerks of petty sessions throughout the colony-such clerks of petty sessions being for the purposes of this Act er officio sub-immigration agents; and on payment by the applicant of such sums as are in accordance [Schedule D.] with the scale contained in schedule D hereto,† a passage warrant, available for twelve months, shall be issued by the Immigration Agent. Applicants to forward passage warrants to nominees. [Schedule B.] Refund to applicant in certain cases. Persons may be engaged in Europe for employers in the colony. 10. The passage warrant before referred to shall be forwarded by the applicant to such friend or relative, who shall produce the same to the Agent-General, or to the Emigration Agent in Europe, as the case may be, and upon such friend or relative completing and forwarding to the Agent-General or Emigration Agent in Europe the certificates set out in form number one of schedule B hereto, a passage contract ticket shall be issued in his favour by the said Agent-General, or the Emigration Agent in Europe, as the case may be. In the event of such friend or relative failing to avail himself of the passage provided for him by such warrant within twelve months from the date of its issue, it shall be lawful for the Immigration Agent to refund the applicant the amount deposited by him on account of the passage of such friend or relative, less a deduction of ten per cent. from the amount of such deposit. 11.‡ 12.§ Any employer in the colony wishing to engage and secure the services of any mechanic, labourer, or servant in Europe and to bring such mechanic, labourer, or servant to the colony, may apply to the Immigration Agent in Brisbane, or to the Agent-General, or to the Agent on the continent of Europe, as the case may be, in the form of As to suspension or restriction of the provisions of this section, see section 2 of the Amendment Act of 1884 and section 2 of the Amendment Act of 1886, infra. + Schedule D prescribed a scale for nominated and indented passages. The Amendment Act of 1884, infra, by section 3 and Schedule F of that Act prescribed a scale of indented passages in lieu of Schedule D. The Amendment Act of 1887, infra, by section 3 and Schedule H of that Act repealed Schedule D, and prescribed a scale for nominated passages in lieu of Schedule D. Section 11 (free passages to foreign nominees) repealed by section 5 of the Amendment Act of 1887, infra. As to restriction of the provisions of this section, see section 2 of the Amendment Act of 1886, infra. |