• Preamble

  WHEREAS the South Dunedin Borough Council (hereinafter called the Council), acting at the request of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Dunedin (hereinafter called the Dunedin Corporation), has applied to His Excellency the Governor under the provisions of The Tramways Act, 1894, for an order authorising the construction of a double line of tramway along the street called Hillside Road in the Borough of South Dunedin (hereinafter called the borough): And whereas such Order has been refused, on the ground that the said street is too narrow for a double line of tramway: And whereas for the purpose of enabling the construction of such double line of tramway, and otherwise in the interests of the borough, the Council is desirous of widening the said street: And whereas for the purpose of financing the scheme the Council desires to obtain power to acquire lands other than those required for the widening of the said street and of dealing with the same in manner hereinafter appearing, and also the powers of borrowing money hereinafter contained:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—