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19. No person shall without lawful cause or authority discharge or let off any fire arms or fireworks of any kind whatsoever.

20. No person shall throw cast or discharge any stone stick marble bullet or missile of any kind to the damage or danger of any person or thing.

21. No person shall place or leave in or upon the bank of any river creek stream or watercourse any dead animal or other noxious or offensive matter or thing or shall throw cast or discharge into any river creek or stream or watercourse any dead animal or other noxious or offensive matter or thing or any living animal with intent to drown the same or shall drown any animal therein.

22. No person shall in any street sing say or recite any profane indecent or obscene song use any profane indecent or obscene language paint draw or write any profane indecent or obscene representation figure or word or distribute or expose or offer for sale or exhibit any profane indecent or obscene book painting drawing engraving photograph representation print or paper writing.

23. No person shall indecently expose his person in or within view of any street or private street.

24. No person having the charge of shall permit any bull stallion or entire animal to cover within public view.

25. No person shall within the hours of 8 o’clock in the morning and 8 o’clock at night bathe near to or within view of any street or private street.

26. No person shall whether drunk or sober create any disturbance in any street or private street.

27. No person shall keep or act or behave as master or mistress of or as having the care government or management of any disorderly house or house of ill-fame or shall knowingly permit any other person to keep the same or to act or behave as master or mistress thereof or as having the care government or management thereof or shall knowingly let any house or any part thereof for the purpose of being so kept or used.

28. No person shall wilfully destroy or damage any building wall fence or paling or any fixture or appendage thereto or any tree shrub or plant or any seat in any park plantation or garden the same several things or places respectively being under the control management or supervision of the City Council.

29. No occupier of any private yard way avenue or passage shall so neglect to keep the same properly cleaned as that any nuisance may arise therefrom.

30. No person shall destroy obstruct pollute or in any way damage any artesian or other well pump water-pipe water-channel or course pond reservoir or fountain whether public or private.

31. No owner or occupier of any premises shall suffer any waste or impure water or liquid matter to be or remain in or upon any place under or above ground situate therein so as to become a nuisance.

32. Any owner or occupier having a term of not less than five years to run of any premises allowing any gully or hollow place situate thereon to remain unfilled up or any drain thereon to remain unfilled up or cleansed (as the case may be) for more than one week after notice to that effect from the Council shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 40s (forty shillings) for every day thereafter during which such gully hollow place or drain shall remain not filled up or cleansed to the satisfaction of the Council.

33. Any person offending against any other provision of the By-Law shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 and not less than 10s.

34. The word “cattle” shall for the purpose of this By-Law be deemed to include horses asses mules sheep goats and swine of all ages and of either sex and to apply to any one of such animals alone as well as to a mob or herd.

35. The word “street” shall mean a public street and highway and shall extend to and include every road square court alley and thoroughfare within the City of Christchurch used by carts or foot passengers not being a private street.

36. The words “private street” shall mean any road street or place within the City of Christchurch used by vehicles and either accessible to the public from a public street or forming a common access to lands and premises separately occupied and which has not been maintained as or declared a public street.

37. The word “vehicle” shall include any wheeled carriage or cart whatever be its form or construction used in carrying persons or goods.

38. All Bye-Laws or Regulations or parts of Bye-Laws or Regulations (if any) heretofore in force in and for the City of Christchurch which are inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions hereof or in any respect deal or purport to deal with the said provisions are hereby repealed.

Passed by the said Council this fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

ANDREW DUNCAN,
Mayor.

GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above By-Law is in compliance, as regards the City of Christchurch, with the 184th Section of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1870.

GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk.