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IN TESTIMONY whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

(Signed) JOSH. DRANSFIELD [L.S.]
(Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG [L.S.]

SIGNED, sealed, and delivered by the above-named Joseph Dransfield, in the presence of us,

(Signed) J. DRANSFIELD, Merchant, Wellington.

(Signed) H. J. PILCHER, Clerk, Wellington.

SIGNED, sealed, and delivered by the above-named John Armstrong, in the presence of us,

(Signed) J. C. PORTER, Solicitor, Kaiapoi.

(Signed) M. PORTER, Gentlewoman, Kaiapoi.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, April 29, 1872.

IS Honor the Superintendent directs upon the publication of the following Bye-Laws, made by the Kaiapoi Borough Council, under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

WALTER KENNAWAY,
Provincial Secretary.

KAIAPOI BOROUGH COUNCIL,

Bye-Laws of the Council of the Borough of Kaiapoi, made under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

IN pursuance of the 186th Section of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," the Council of the Borough of Kaiapoi 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, or 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. No person shall furiously or negligently ride or drive any horse or vehicle in or upon any street or private street.

5. No person shall wilfully or negligently 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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 ferocious or mischievous dog of which he may be owner or have charge to be at large or unmuzzled.

14. No person shall without lawful cause or authority discharge or let off any firearms or fireworks of any kind whatever.

15. 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.

16. 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, printing, drawing, engraving, photograph, representation, print, or paper writing.

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

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