material and other things and such hole t 0 be fenced and enclosed until such materials or other removed or the hole filled up or otherwise made Recure, and every such person who fails so to light, fence, or enclose such materials or other things or such hole, shall fo every.such offence forfeit a sum not' exceeding ten poun s, and a further sum’hot exceeding forty shillings for every day while such default is continued. • J, • , , ft : In. no case shall any such building materials or other things, or such hole as last mentioned respectively, be allowed to remain an unnecessary time under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, to be paid for every such offence, by the person who, whether b.y.;order or authority of the Council or not causes such materials or other things to be iaid, or such hole to be made, and in any such case the prooftha the time has not exceeded the necessary dime, shall be, upon • the person so causing such materials or other things to be laid, or causing such hole to be madd. Houses Encroaching on Streets, etc. aB. If any person shall erect, or place, any house or other building, or any part thereof, upon, over, or across any public .street, footway, or channel, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds, and a further sum of five pounds for every day while the same shall be continued. •, Q . If any house, or other building, or any part thereof, shall, before the coming: into operation of this subdivision, have been erected or placed in, upon, over, or across the public highway, or any public street, or footway, marked or set out as such, in such manner as to be a common nuisance to the highway, or as to encroach on such street or footway, it shall be lawful for the Council to give notice to the owner of such house ori building, to remove such house, or such part thereof as shall. so have been erected or placed with such precautions, for the safety of passengers, and for the proper securing of so much (if any) of such house or bui d ing, as is to remain thereafter, as the Council shall see fit, and such owner shall within. twenty-eight days after the service of such notice upon him remove such house, or part, according to the terms of such notice; and if such owner shall fail within the said period of twenty-eight days to remove such house, , or part, 6 r shall not comply with the require ments of the said notice, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds, and a further sum not exceeding five pounds, for every day while such default is continued; and the Council may, if they shall see fit, remove such house or part, and recover the expenses of so doing from the said owner. Obstuctions, etc., to Streets by Cattle, etc. 40. If any cattle be at any time found in any street without any person having the charge thereof, the owner of such cattle shall forfeit for every head of such cattle a sum not exceeding twenty shillings, and if such cattle shall, by reason of having been so found at large, have been impounded by the Council, the amount of such penalty, and. the cost, it adjudged respectively, before the release or sale of such cattle, shall be added to the pound fees and charges payable in respect of such cattle, and the amount thereof, or such lesser amount (if any) as after the sale of the cattle may remain in the hands of the poundkeeper shall be paid over by him accordingly, and if the proceeds of any sale of such cattle shall not be sufficient, after paying the lawful fees and charges aforesaid, to satisfy such penalty and costs, or if such penalty and costs shall have been adjudged after the release or sale of the cattle, the same or so much thereof as remains unpaid, shall and may be recovered from the owner of the cattle in like manner as other penalties and costs adjudged by Justices are by law to. be recovered, and if in the case of any information under this section the owner be not known, then the provisions of the last pre ceeding section, so far as necessary to give the adjudicating justice jurisdictiomshall apply. . 41. If any goat shall have been sold under the provi sions of either of the last two preceeding sections, or the provisions of this Act, relating to the impounding of cattle for trespass in the streets, and shall after the expiration of twenty-four hours be found in any place whatsoever within the Borough, any Justice may by warrant under his hand directed to any constable, authorise the destruction of such goat, and the same may be destroyed accordingly. -f 42. It shall be lawful for the Council to make regula tions from time to time, for appointing the hours during which it shall not be lawful to drive into or through the 1 Borough, or such parts thereof as shall, by boundaries be set forth' in such regulation, any cattle intended for sale, slaughter, or shipment, or travelling from one part of New Zealand, or of any other colony, to any other places, and to provide if they shall see fit in such regulations, separately, with respect -to Sundays and week days; and if any person shall drive any such cattle contrary to such regulation, he shall forfeit for every head of cattle so driven, a sum not exceed ing twenty shillings. Provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to horses driven in harness, or to oxen in the yoke. ' t . . , , 43. It shall not be lawful to break m any horse or other ► animal in any street, whether public or private, or in any public place, save such public places as from time to time may be appointed by some regulation of the Council in that behalf, which regulation the Council are hereby autho rised ‘to make; or' by locking the wheels of any cart or vehicle. ‘or otherwise to test or to try any horse or other animal,' so as to obstruct or injure any street or public place, - and any person offending against this section shall forfeit a sum riot exceeding five pounds. ‘ Water Works, Drains, etc. 44. Whosoever shall, without the consent in , writing of the.. Council, construct or place any dam or embankment, in * or across any river, creek, or natural water-course, shall, on conviction,, forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds, and a further sum not exceeding five pounds for every, day after conviction, during which such dam or embankment, or any part thereof shall continue. : .45, Whosoever shall obstruct or damage any culvert, *ewer, or drain, belonging to, or under the control of the Hjkuncil, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds, and to the Council by way of compensation for any such HHBk such further sum not exceeding ten pounds as the section shall order. Buildings fgr Public Meetings, etc. every license in respect of buildings for public shall be paid to the Borough Clerk the sum and six pence annually. Fire Prevention, Foul Chimneys. 4j‘ Every person who willfully sets or causes to be set Hi fire, any chimney, flue, smoke-vent, or stove-pipe, herein in common “a chimney,” shall forfeit a sum not BEceeding five pounds. Provided always that nothing herein tty FWQ ?o or ta

be set on fire any chimney, from liability to be informed against, or prosecuted before any Criminal Court for such act, as tor an indictable offence. • ■ ' ■ ' ' 1 48. If any chimney accidentally catch, or be on fire the person occupying or using the premises in which such chimney is situated, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings. Provided always that such forfeiture, shall not be incurred if such person prove.to the satisfaction of the Justice before whom the case is heard, that such fire.; was in nowise owing to the omission, neglect, or carelessness, whether in respect to cleansing such chimney or otherwise of himself or his servant. Deposit of Inflamable Materials, etc. 49. It shall be lawful for the Council from time to time to make regulations for all or any of the purposes following, that is to say . . . , For prescribing the distance from any adjoining land, or from any building within which it shall not be lawful to make or keep any stack of hay, corn, straw, or other produce, if not placed under roof or cover; and the like when placed under roof or cover, and for prohibiting or restraining the use for such covering of such inflammable; material as shall be described in such regulation. For prescribing the distance from any. adjoining land or from any street or public place, or from any building within which it shall pot be lawful to deport such combustible material as .shall be specified in the regulation, or save in some pro perly constructed fireplace, within some building, to make or light any fire. And every such regulation may be made to npply to the whole or severally to any part or parts of the Borough described by boundaries in such bye-law; and may provide as to the subject matter thereof, either absolutely, or with relation to the consent of the Council, or of the proper officer of the Council, to be given or withheld in any case to be a question under such regulation. ........ . 50. Every person who shall make or place any stack of hay, corn, straw, or other produce, or place, as or for the covering of any such stack, any inflammable material or deposit, any. combustible material or light any fire contrary in any such case to any. regulation under this sub-division, and every occupier of any premises whereon any stack or ; any such covering'of a stack shall be or any combustible materials have been deposited, if the same, though lawfully made, placed or deposited before the coming into force of any such regulation, shall be there, contrary to the tenor of such regulation, who shall not within seven days after notice from the Council so to do remove such stack, covering, or materials, or who shall suffer to remain any such stack, covering, or materials, unlawfully made, placed, or deposited before the coming into force of such regulation, shall forfeit on conviction of such offence a sum not ..exceeding five pounds, and in every such case a further sum not exceeding forty shillings for every day after any such conviction, during which such stack, covering, or material shall so continue. 51. Every person who wilfully sets fire to any inflam mable matter whatsoever in the open air without' having given notice in writing to the occupiers of the land adjoining to the land upon which such matter shall be, and also to the Town Clerk, of his intention so to do, or within twenty four hours after giving the last given notice or notices, or between the hours of four in the afternoon of any day and eight in the morning of the following day, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. t. 52. Every person who shall light any bon-fire, tar barrel, or fireworks upon or within sixty yards of any public or private street or any public forfeit a sum -not exceeding five pounds. - 53. It shail not be lawful for any person to make or place or to keep or. continue any fence of brushwood, bushes, or other like material within the Borough, and every person who shall make or place.any such fence and every owner or occupier of any premises who for seven days after notice from the Council to remove any such fence thereto apper taining, if lawfully made or placed before the coming into operation of this bye-law, shall suffer to remain any such fence or any part thereof to remain, oj; who shall suffer any such fence .unlawfully, made before such coming into opera tion, ; shall forfeit, on conviction foir such offence, a sum npt exceeding five ; pounds, arid in every such case a further sum not exceeding forty shillings for every day after . any such conviction during which such fence shall continue. Nuisances of various Kinds. Swine. 54. it shall not be lawful to boundaries of the Borough, as defined in the Proclamation, under a penalty pot exceeding five pounds, and a further penalty , not exceeding forty shillings,' for each day after notice of removal is given by the officer appointed by the Council in that behalf. Privies and Cesspools. ; ; ; . 55. All privies cesspools and house drains within the Borough and as well within as without the premises to which the same may belong and the cleansing keeping in order and repair of all such privies cesspools and house drains shall be under the superintendence government and control of the Council. 56. The owner or occupier ofany dwelling house or other tenement within the Borough reasonably requiring the use of a privy -'shall within fourteen days after notice in writing given to*such owner or occupier in that behalf by the Council con struct or alter in such manner as shall be specified in such notice a privy or privies for the use of such dwelling-house „>r tenement and shall at all times thereafter keep and use hr such privy or privies such closet pan or pans as- : shall from time,to time be required by the Council and in default thereof the Council shall cause such privy or privies; tp.be provided and the expense incurred thereby, shall be recovered by the Council from such owner or occupier., \ , t ~ I . 57. The Council shall make such provision as it shall think fit for the periodical removal from every dwelling-house or other tenement as aforesaid within the Borough at the expense of the owner or occupier thereof of any night soil dung ashes slops filth refuse or rubbish of. any kind. 58. The inspector of Nuisances for the time being ap pointed by the Council or any other person who may be employed by the Council for the purpose of this bye-law shall have power at all reasonable hours in the day or night, to enter into or upon any building or land within . .the Borough for the purpose of effecting any such removal as in the . last preceding section specified pj of examining: the condition of any. privy cesspool draijj pr closet pan or of cleansing con structing altering.or repairing theisanis.'.. ;i :iV n , 59. Any person who shall obstruct any officer or. other by the Cpuncii in the performance o(

any thing which such officer, or other person is or may be required or authorised to do, by. or,under this bye-law or who shall commit, any other, breach of this bye-law shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding £ 5

Removing Night Soil. ; < 60. Every person who shall empty any privy or load, carry, remove, or deposit any night soil, offal, or ; other offensive refuse or matter, save between such hours of the night, or shall deposit the same save at such places; as respectively shall have been appointed, by some regulation of the Council in that behalf, or who shall use for any such purpose any carter carriage not having a covering proper for preventing the escape 'of the (Contents of such cart, or of the stench thereof, : shall for every such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds,' and fit- shall be lawful for the Council from time to time to make regulations for appointing such hours and places as aforesaid. , --j. ■■ 1 Slaughterhouses. 61 Every person who uses as a slaughterhouse any place within the Borough of Ashburton, shall for each such offence forfeit a sum nbt exceeding five pounds. . 1 . Miscellaneous Matters. ~,v .. 62. If any person shall wilfully and without the authority of the Council, cut, break, bark or root up, or : otherwise destroy or damage, the whole or part of any tree. or sapling, shrub, or underwood, growing in or upon any. street or. place under the management: of the Council, although the injury done shall not be to amount of one shilling, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds. . y y. :yi - 63. If any person shall,,, without,-the authority of. the Council, break, displace, or remove the surface or soil of any land belonging to or under the control or management Of the Council, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. Leaving Cart Unattended, etc. . . 64. If the driver of .any, cart shall, leave the same unat tended in any street, whether public or private, or, shall go for a distance of more than two yards from. the. side of such cart, being in any such street, without passing through the near wheel or wheels thereof a suitable chain, or chains, so as to effectually prevent the rotation of such wheel or wheels, whether in any . such case such, cart be hired or not, such driver shall in every such case forfeit a sum.not exceeding forty shillings for such offence; and where such cart shall have been so left unattended, any constable may drive away such cart, and deposit the same, with the horses harnessed thereto, at some neighboring place of safe custody.; and in default of payment: of the said penalty, on conviction for. such, last mentioned offences, and of the expenses to be awarded by the adjudicating Justices, of taking and keeping the said cart and, horses, the same together with-the harness belong ing’thereto,, or any of them, may by order of such Justice, be sold ; and, after deducting- from .the proceeds of the said sale the amount of the said penalty, and costs (if any), and the said expenses so awarded, and expenses of the said sale, the surplus (if any, shall be paid to the owner of the said cart ->••! • ■ . 1 : Feeding. Horses in the. Stmt, etc. • ; 4 , : 65: No driver of any cart in any street, whether public or private, or in any public place, shall feed any horse, attached to such cart, save/by means and out of a nose bag. containing the forage, and attached to the head of such horse, or shall remove theblinkers of any such horse, and every driver of any cart to which any- vicious horse shall be attached shall keep such horse while, standing on any stand, or in any such street: or place aforesaid, properly muzzled, and every driver offending against this section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings. ....... Cabs and Carriages. 66. The- Council ;of the Borough .may, from time to time, license .to ply for hire within the . Borough, such, hack ney carriages and such borough stage garriages..of any , kind adopted for carriage of persons as- such-.Councifeshall see.fit, .. For each license for, any hackney carriage or borough stage carriage, there shall be.paid to; . the Borough; Clerk the: sum of {£x) one pound. annually. : Every license to be available only until the 30th day of September after the date of its issue. Wi v-iw y~ri."Rr /i ... ,• :.t ; '

For each license for anydriver of any hackney car riage dr borough stage carriage, there, .shall Jbe ; paid : to the Borough Clerk the sum of (55.) five shlHngs annually, Every such license to be available only until the 30th day of Sep tember after the date of its. issue. , ...... - .j

On every hackney carriage.on borough .stage .carriage, the .owner thereof: shall ; cause to :be painted in, ,a legible manner, on a tin plate, .in letters of ; pne.inch in length, white on black ground, the words “.Borough of Ashburton,” and-the number of the carriage corresponding .w'jth the num ber-of .its license, such tin plate.to be securely affixed imme diately above the boot step. ox h Every hackney carriage or . borough stage carriage may be used for, the purpose for, which it is licensed at any time, and during any,hoarse,day or nighty . . ,/j: .. Every, hackney . carriage, or .borough /stage shall be allowed to'carry one passenger fof every, (i 8) .eighteen, inches in width of seating'room' provided such seating room to be computed exclusively of the drivers. Seat, the,, number of persons to, be carried by any such carriage shall be kept painted on the.tin plate above the back'Sfep. ; . f ; Every hackney carriage or bprough stage carriage,' when standing or plying for hire, shall, each evening, ; at and after sunset, carry and sufficiently : display, two (2) lighted lamps, one on each side of the splash board. Standings. "

. All. hackney carriages and borough stage carriages, when waiting for hire, : shall.be ranked in single line,;at such places as the Council may appoint from time to time. ...V, Fares. , ", , r The rate of-fares; to be. paid for ,haclpney ; .carriages or for Borough stage, carriages shall be,as followsV, Fares by‘ time for licensed Carriage drawn by .pine horse— For the first, second, or third hour,. (45.) four shillings per. hour'; -for every, subsequent hour i(3s) three shillings, per hour; half and ; . quarter hours at same rates. , , .. r. . Fares by timefor iicensed carriages'drawn .by more . I : than one horse—For.,the .first, second; and thirds i • .'hour. (55.) five shillings per hour ;,for every sub- 1 . sequent hour (45.) four shillings per hour ; half and quarter hours, at same rates. .. From any point within the Borough to. any. other : " ''ppifit within the same, one or two passengers, (is-;) one shilling. ../A'..; ~ j ,£gpLARS ANDtIiAWKERS. A./ j. For evety license to a pedlar or hawker there shall be paid to;the Borough Clerk, the sum pif two shillings and sixpence,, (as. 6d.) per month, sixpence per day, or one pound annually.

:±. If any_ poison, as .or „cairies. on busines within the : Bprpugj£as a pedlai; or Hawker first obtained a license, he shallforfeit-and-pay on convict; . for everyAsuch, pffepee any sum pptyexceedingly^'gOEjinc* • and every person , .trading or : carrying on. such 'aforesaid ypithin any such Borough, ;sHall be deeded a , taken to be unlicensed, unless he shall prove trary by the production of his license or ot-|iejwisdk'iiV^,.^ 3. Every person licensed, to trade or-hdrjry op hMh?■- as a pedlar or, hawker within the Borough;,-who shall m comply with any bye-law made by the Council of ifr Borough for the regulation of the conduct of pedlareW hawkers, shall forfeit and payroU’ conviction;' "for .every- Slid offence any sum not exceeding forty shillings, a ; .or: OBSTRUCTIONS ON PUBLIC STREETS./' v , v.Np person; shall, make -or, cause~ c any juppecessafj obstruction in or t upon the roadway.of footpath of apy, screes or priyate - street,, T by, allowing any / vehicle or .animal, =■%(, remain in ; or. upon or across the ; same fc or by placing any goods or material of any kind, ,or .shall fail to remove such obstructions when thereto, required.- ... 7,777,7 No Person to Drive more than two Vehicles at same time. ; . ; No person'shall take sole charge, in. any street 61 priyate street,- of more than two vehicles at; the same time, each of which shall be drawn by one horse only and-npt by any other animal, and the horse drawing the rearmost thereof shall be attached by a sufficient rein of other fastening to the back of the foremost of . c uch vehicle. . : . / Materials not to ...be Draggedbehind, or Project from Vehicle. No person in eharge of anyivehicleiiniorriUponrany-jiA street or private street shall allow any^material;-which. may conveyed on such vehicle, to drag or; frail^behind;the.same.;,,- so as: r to -obstruct, passage, or.-to project xPUHieithCr ;,side. thereof more than a distance Cf utwo- fept measured horizon tally from the outside of the axle of such vehicle. Furiurs Riding and Driving. ; ; No person shall furiously or. negfigehtly ride or drive any horse or vehicle in or upon any street pr private street. , . NEGtiGENTLy. Driving .QattPP- -,- v .|7l. No person shall wilfully or j negligently so drive; cattle ip any street or private ■ street, - so: as .to cause ,- damages of danger to any person lor thing, or shall in any wise mis behave in respect of the driving of cattle .therein. Riding in Vehicles without Rrins. : .. . ... No person in charge of any .vehicle shall ride thereon without there being, and he then having hold of, good and sufficient reins thereto., ,:, n ; - .7, .■ , : Selling Unwholesome Food. .:. , No person shall slaughter or expose, or offer for sq'e, or have in his possessson with intent to slaughter or sell as fit for human food, any deseased animal, of any meat, fish. - gaihe, poultry, or fruit which shall be Unfit;therefor.' 1 7 Setting Fire to Inflammable Matter iN r ,Streets., , | ... No person shall burn ofnset-alight;, in ;Or;iuppn street or private street, to.any.hay, straw, flaXi.woQd, shavings, gorse.cuttings, or other inflammable, produce pr ; material. Suffering Ferocious Dogs to be at Large Unmuzzled. > - No person shall wilfully set on any dog trj attack, worry, or put in fear any person or animal in any street, .or suffer any ferocious or mischievous dog of which he may be f Owner, or Have Charge,.’ while at large, unmuzzled. 7 a Discharging Fire Arms. .7. vu ,7-7 v, 1(j ,7 \ vl ; . j No iperson. shall 1 without lawful cause. or - discharge or let off afiy firearms or fireworks of any kind what ever.,., . r <-.> . : . ... ....Throwing Stones, &a . . . . .U ;: - < 7No person shall throw, cast, or discharge stick, marble, or bullet, or missile of any kind, to the damage' or (danger of any person or thing. - ? Obscene Language, and. Offering eqr Sale' Indecent | ■ 7'7. : .. 7 : , :: Books f , y ‘ 7,;;:;;^:^;. \\i .-.--.. j No.person shall recite-anyi. . obscene: -song, in anyrprofane or; ihde*is : obscene language,-paint j draw* or write any prbfape,qv obscene representation, figure; .pfiword, he trlsute : drTbspoose; or; offer, for sale,n or ; any 1 prpfane,iey indecent, book,: '• painting,, jdrawing;i or.engraying; photograph, fepßeEentation,;print or; paper writing.;:x;;:’ x -/w Entire AniMaLs hot to cover in Public View,; .. . N p _person; HaV^g; charge of' any '/ bull, stalliPn, or entire; animal, to cover vmh|p -public view. . '*. \ ( .. Keeping .Houses;.,qr.,lll*fa.mr, f - No : person’- shall keep; or : of -behave -as master ; or mistress :: bf v or as having-;the care, :gbverriment, -or - management of any - disorderly -house*- o%^i ouse ‘ i of v ill-fame, [ w or shall knowingly permit any :; other peftpn to . keep the : same, or to act ;or behave as-master or ihistrels ; thereof; having the care, government, or management thereof, or shall knowingly • let any : • house, or any part jh£febf, ! for the purpose of being so kept or used. ;• | f ' : - ; Petroleum. ' I‘7'"v77’' ... For the,tpurposes of;this, : bye-law “Petfoleidp".7iih al Vr7 include:.all.auch rock oil, Rangobh pil, Bunhah oil, any;product; V of them, and'auy/oil made from petroleum, cool sehisty ysHalo,- J ; peat, or other bitujSmious'' substance-, and- any i: sifeh' i, ;; ‘ th6m as’ gives -off'ari' infliimmablel'vapour at a:temperature. ; dfil^Bi» : jr;; thandnb hundred-and. ten degrees of FahrenHeit’B .themliomeSerT /y but -this. bye-law shallnot any. quantrty v^E : petroleiima - consisting . of , not more than .ten gallons in the wht>)[e, ; kept fbr. (> private use, and not for sale.- ...... y.. . r A..... . ..From and after the Ist day .'of AugustATßVo;;y>etMfentir '' shall not be kept witliih fifty yards ofiany-dwhnmg : qr v of Lfj any building in which godds are 'license granted under* w than -four hundred gallons be kept on :the same preapsea at-pn^ v ~ : apd the same time, except in pursuance of asspecSil, license/t^ jo bej granted as hereinafter,mentioned, f i , : Before any. license shall, be granted an application shall v be ddljvered j at. the 'office of ; the Towii Clerk;gating; the ;; hainer,- n fesidehe'e, and occupation : of ; the applicant;: and'particularly; !J ■ descfUfing sb as to "distinguish the' the^femises;in : apfeimder-’ftUd.such application shall he signedh^He^appli 4 ;.; *St,- afid shafl .be pursuant to the form to this byedaw. - - , ‘ ... ; ;. So soon as conveniently may be thereafter, thq.lnspector i ior'tiie time being; appointed by the ; Coun&il;shall ;h premises described in such application, and sha^-S^fl^uro - ' writing, to the Council* at -their 'Ordinarymibetmg, opifiiow -whether the license ;applied:fof-may ormajr: nut’ea|ely«% be grantedptogether ,with;all such particulars as may be nec^»Sy r :. ; -; to enable the Council-.fo'judge,of the expediency or nifty be contained in schedule B to this bye*law, and shall -

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