[Collected Rules and Regulations of the Native Land Court, in English and Māori]
Votes of Proprietors
Votes of Proprietors.
55. | Every proprietor shall have one vote, and no more. |
56. | Votes may be given either personally or by proxy. |
57. | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointer, and shall be attested as hereinafter provided. |
58. | No person shall be appointed a proxy who is not a proprietor; and the instrument appointing him shall be page 11deposited at the aforesaid office not less than forty-eight hours before the time of holding the meeting at which he proposes to vote. |
59. | Any instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the following form, or to the same effect:— |
"I, being a proprietor in the corporate body styled 'The Proprietors of,' hereby appoint, of, as my proxy to vote for me and on my behalf at the ordinary [or extraordinary, as the case may be] general meeting of the proprietors, to be held on the day of, and at any adjournments thereof [or at any meeting of the proprietors that may be held in the year]. "As witness my hand, this day of, 18.
(Signed)
"Signed by the said,
in the presence of."