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Report on petition for reduction in qualification for Municipal franchise 1844

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Unique IDA-00433281SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 27th May 1844 and 17th June 1844Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Committee appointed to frame a petition to the Legislative Council praying for a reduction in the qualifcation for the Municipal franchise. Recommended that the qualification be reduced from £25 to £10. Reasons stated include inconsistency with Electoral Act, burden of taxation falling on a few citizens when all benefit from the improvements made with the funds, and the removal of an inducement to build poor quality housing so as to escape assessment for rates.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Source system ID21/002/224 [255]

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original Committee Reports created by Council. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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