WHEREAS the Council of the Ohinemuri County, by its resolution at a special meeting thereof held on the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, made a readjustment of the representation by the addition of one member to the Council, and also, in like manner, at another special meeting held on the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, altered the ridings of the county by subdividing the Waitoa Riding into the Waitoa Riding and the Netherton Riding: And whereas these matters respectively should have been done by special order: And whereas subsequently to the proceedings aforesaid, on the twelfth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, a general election of the Council was held, and the Council then elected is deemed to be not duly constituted according to law, by reason of the aforesaid proceedings being irregular, and it is expedient to validate such proceedings and the aforesaid subsequent election: