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Offences

10. Sale of diseased meat.
11. Cellar doors open &c.
12. Defacing walls &c.
13. Throwing rubbish in streets.
14. Night soil.
15. Lighting straw, gorse &c. in street.
16. Rolling casks &c.
17. Harassing cattle.
18. Dogs.
19. Firearms and fireworks.
20. Throwing stones.
21. Drowning animals in streams &c.
22. Indecent language.
23. Indecent exposure.
24. Entire animals covering.
25. Public Bathing.
26. Disturbance in street.
27. Disorderly houses.
28. Damage to public property.
29. Nuisance from private yard.
30. Polluting wells.
31. Collection of waste water.
32. Gullies &c.
33. Penalty clauses.
    34 to 37. Interpretation.
34. Repealing.

In pursuance of the 186th Section of
the Municipal Corporations Act 1867
the Council of the City of Christchurch ordain as follows:—

1. No person shall make or cause any unnecessary obstruction in or upon the roadway or footpath of any street or private street by allowing any vehicle or animal to remain in upon or across the same or by placing thereon any goods or material of any kind shall fail to remove such obstructions when thereto required.

2. No person shall take the sole charge in any street or private street of more than two vehicles at the same time each of which shall be drawn by one horse only and not by any other animal and the horse drawing the rearmost thereof shall be attached by a sufficient rein or other fastening to the back of the foremost of such vehicles.

3. No person in charge of any vehicle in or upon any street or private street shall allow any material which may be conveyed on such vehicle to drag or trail behind the same so as to obstruct passage or to project on either side thereof more than a distance of two feet measured horizontally from the outside of the axle of the wheel of such vehicle.

4. Any person riding or driving or otherwise in charge of any horse or vehicle in or upon any street or private street shall keep to the near side thereof. And any person so riding or driving or otherwise in charge of any horse or vehicle as aforesaid shall while he shall so be in charge remain sufficiently near to have the same under complete control.

5. Any person riding or driving any animal or vehicle in any street or private street meeting any other animal or vehicle shall keep on the near or left side of the road and passing shall keep on the off or right side of the road and shall not in any manner prevent or obstruct any other person from riding or driving as aforesaid from so meeting or passing.

6. No person shall furiously or negligently ride or drive any horse or vehicle in or upon any street or private street.

7. No person shall wilfully or negligently so drive cattle in any street or private street so as to cause damage or danger to any person or thing or shall in anywise misbehave in respect of the driving of cattle therein.

8. No person in charge of any vehicle shall ride thereon without there being and he then having hold of good and sufficient reins thereto.

9. No person shall without the authority of the Council expose or offer cattle for sale or exhibition in any street or private street not being a lawful fair or market.

10. No person shall slaughter or expose or offer for sale or have in his possession with intent to slaughter or sell as fit for human food any diseased animal or any meat fish game poultry or fruit which shall be unfit therefor.

11. No person shall keep open in or upon any street or private street any entrance or opening therefrom for access into any vault cellar, or other underground place except for the purpose of taking goods thereout or storing goods therein nor for any longer time than shall be reasonably necessary for such purpose nor during such time as shall be so necessary without providing sufficient protection to passengers from any injury thereby nor shall any person neglect or omit to keep always in good repair any door railing or cover to or about such entrance or opening.

12. No person shall make any writing or painting upon any house building wall fence gate door or post of any kind or shall place thereon or affix thereto any placard document or thing or shall in any way deface the same without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof.

13. No person shall throw or place in or upon any street or private street any bottle or other glass whether whole or broken filth dust rubbish or other offensive annoying obstructive or inconvenient solid matter of any kind.

14. No person shall convey night soil along any street or private street between the hours of six o’clock in the morning and eleven o’clock at night.

15. No person shall burn or set light in or upon any street or private street to any hay straw flax wood shavings gorse cuttings or other inflammable produce or material.

16. No person shall in any street or private street to the annoyance of any person roll any cask or vessel or beat any carpet.

17. No person shall wantonly hurt or harass any cattle passing along or being in any street.

18. No person shall wilfully set on any dog to attack worry or put in fear any person or animal in any street or suffer any