“The Road Boards Act, 1882,” shall be read and interpreted as if sections three hundred and twelve and three hundred and thirteen, sections three hundred and fifteen to three hundred and twenty-four, both inclusive, sections three hundred and twenty-six to three hundred and thirty-six, both inclusive, and sections three hundred and thirty-eight, three hundred and thirty-nine, and three hundred and forty of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” were set out at length therein, with the following alterations:—

Every Road Board which has heretofore constructed, or shall hereafter construct, waterworks shall have the like powers to make, alter, and repeal by-laws in respect of waterworks as are conferred on Municipal Corporations in respect of waterworks by section four hundred and twenty-two of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.” Such by-laws shall be made in the manner prescribed by section one hundred and twenty-seven of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and all the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-eight to one hundred and thirty-one, both inclusive, of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” shall apply in respect of such by-laws.

Every Road Board which has heretofore constructed, or shall hereafter construct, waterworks may make and levy water-rates within its road district upon the principle and according to the scale prescribed by section three hundred and twenty-five of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.” The words “rateable value” in that section shall for the purposes of this Act mean “annual value,” calculated as prescribed by the last paragraph of section fourteen of “The Rating Act, 1882.”

Any such water-rate shall be additional to any general, separate, or special rate levied by the Road Board, and may be made and levied notwithstanding that the other general and separate rates levied by the Road Board may amount to the limit prescribed by sections one hundred and fourteen and one hundred and seventeen of “The Rating Act, 1882,” and any such water-rate shall be deemed to be revenue derivable from a public work within the first subsection of section eight of “The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

Provisions from three to six inclusive shall apply to the Road Boards mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and to any other Road Boards to which the same may be declared to apply by any Act of the General Assembly.

Section three of “The Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1884,” shall be read as if the words “chargeable with the debt aforesaid” had been inserted between the words “rates” and “including” in the fourth line of subclause one of clause three, and the words “as the case may require” had been inserted at the end of such line.

In the event of any Receiver having been heretofore, or being hereafter, appointed under the powers conferred by “The Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1884,” for the purpose of receiving the general rates leviable by any Road Board, and if the Board shall be of opinion that sufficient funds arc not available for carrying on the necessary general works and business of the Board, it shall be lawful for such Board to make and levy an additional general rate upon all rateable property within the district of such Board not exceeding three-eighths of a penny in the pound if “The Counties Act, 1886,” shall be suspended within the district, and three-sixteenths of a penny if such Act shall not be so suspended, for the purpose of carrying on such works or business, and the proceeds of such rate shall be applied only for such purposes, and shall not be used or applied for or to any other purpose, and shall not be subject to any judgment of any Court except for debts specially incurred under contracts or engagements in respect of any such general works or business as aforesaid entered into subsequently to the making of such rate, nor shall any such rate or the proceeds thereof vest in or be subject to any order for the appointment of a Receiver.

Any rate made under this section shall be additional to any general rate levied by such Board, and may be made and levied notwithstanding that the same may be in excess of the limit of rates of any kind prescribed by any law for the time being in force.

No rate shall be made under this section until the consent of the ratepayers shall be given in the manner provided in “The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” with respect to loans to be raised thereunder, and all the provisions of such Act as to the manner of obtaining such consent, and when such consent shall be considered complete, shall, as far as applicable, apply to the consent to be obtained hereunder: Provided always that the consent aforesaid to the making of such rate for a period of years not exceeding live years may be taken, and if given it shall not in such case be necessary to obtain a further consent during such period.

The Board may at any time, whether a receiver has already been appointed and shall then be acting or not, apply that one of its own officers may be appointed Receiver under the said Act, and if it shall be made to appear to a Judge of the Supreme Court that such person is a proper person, and that the powers and duties of a Receiver are likely to be performed with greater economy to the Board if such appointment should be made, such Judge may, if in his discretion he shall think fit, upon the Board or its officer finding sufficient security that such powers and duties shall be exercised for the benefit of the creditors, appoint such officer to act in substitution for the Receiver already appointed or otherwise as the case may require. It shall be lawful for the Judge to vary any order upon the application of either party upon sufficient cause shown.

No appointment of a Receiver shall hereafter be made, at the instance of either party, without notice to the other party (if he shall be in New Zealand), stating the full Christian and surname and address and occupation of the person for whose appointment it is intended to apply.

Any Receiver, heretofore or hereafter appointed, shall furnish to the Board a full, true, and particular account of all moneys received and expended by him at such time or times, not being less than once a year, as a Judge of the Supreme Court may direct.

Any Receiver heretofore or hereafter appointed in respect of any Board which has ceased to exist shall furnish to the County Council within whose jurisdiction the district of such Board shall be, a full, true, and particular account of all moneys received and expended by him at such time or times, not being less than once a year, as a Judge of the Supreme Court may direct.