Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, August 14, 1873.

THE following By-Law is published in pursuance of Section 191 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

WALTER KENNAWAY,
Provincial Secretary.

LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

By-Law No. 4.—MISCELLANEOUS.

A By-Law of the Council of the Borough of Lyttelton, 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 Lyttelton ordain as follows:—

1. No person shall make or cause any unnecessary obstructions 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. 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 be so in charge, remain sufficiently near to have the same under complete control.

3. 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.

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 so drive cattle in any street or private street so as to cause danger or damage 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, 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.

8. No person shall slaughter, or expose, or offer for sale, or have in his possession, with the 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.

9. No person shall keep open in or upon any street or private street any entrance or opening therefrom for access to 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.

10. No person shall throw 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.

11. No person shall, except by order or written permission of the Council first obtained, 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 within thirty-three feet of any building or fence.

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

13. No person shall suffer any ferocious or mischievous dog, of which he may be the owner or have charge, to be at large and unmuzzled in any public or private street or public place.

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 place or leave in or upon the bank of any stream or watercourse any dead animal or other noxious or offensive matter or thing, or shall throw, cast, or discharge into any creek or stream or watercourse any dead animal or other noxious matter or thing, or any living animal with intent to drown the same, or shall drown any animal therein.