Municipal By-laws and Regulations




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Passed by the said Council this 26th day
of July, 1875.

G. CLIFF,
Mayor.

WM. PADGET )
J. H. SUTTER ) Councillors of
( L.S. ) the Borough
) of Timaru.

I hereby certify that the above By-law
is in compliance as regards the Borough of
Timaru with the 184th Section of “The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867.”

EDWIN Hy. LOUGH,
Town Clerk.


BY-LAW No. 7.

PRIVIES AND CESSPOOLS.

A By-law of the Council of the Borough of
Timaru made under “The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867.”

INDEX:

  1. All privies &c. under control of Council
  2. Notice to alter privy expense to be recovered
  3. Periodical removal
  4. Inspection &c.
  5. Obstructing any officer of Council &c.

In pursuance of the 186th Section of “The
Municipal Corporations Act 1867,” the
Council of the Borough of Timaru
ordain as follows:—

  1. All privies cesspools and house drains
    within the Borough of Timaru 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 cess-
    pools and house drains shall be under the
    superintendence government and control of
    the Council.

  2. The owner or occupier of any dwelling-
    house or other tenant within the Borough
    of Timaru 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
    remove construct or alter in such manner
    as shall be specified in such notice a privy or
    privies for the use of such dwelling-house
    or tenement and shall at all times thereafter
    keep and use in 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 to be provided and the expense
    incurred thereby shall be recovered by the
    Council from such owner or occupier.

  3. The Council shall make such provision
    as it shall think fit for the periodical removal
    from every dwelling-house or other tene-
    ment as aforesaid within the Borough of
    Timaru at the expense of the owner or
    occupier thereof of any nightsoil dung ashes
    slops filth refuse or rubbish of any kind.

  4. The Inspector of Nuisances for the
    time being appointed by the Council or any
    other person who may be employed by the
    Council for the purposes of this By-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 or of
    examining the condition of any privy cess-
    pool drain or closet pan or of cleansing con-
    structing altering or repairing the same.

  5. Any person who shall obstruct any
    officer or other person employed by the
    Council in the performance of anything
    which such officer or other person is or may
    be required or authorised to do by or under
    this By-law or who shall commit any other
    breach of this By-law shall on conviction be
    liable for every such offence to a penalty not
    exceeding Five Pounds.

Passed by the said Council this 26th day
of July, 1875.

G. CLIFF,
Mayor.

WM. PADGET )
J. H. SUTTER ) Councillors of
) the Borough
) of Timaru.

I hereby certify that the above By-law is
in compliance as regards the Borough of
Timaru with the 184th Section of “The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867.”

EDWIN Hy. LOUGH,
Town Clerk.


REGULATION No. 10.

SWINE.

A Regulation of the Council of the Borough
of Timaru made under Part VIII. of the
13th Schedule of “The Municipal Corpora-
tions Act 1867.”

INDEX:

  1. Regulation as to keeping swine.

In pursuance of the said Schedule of the
said Act the Council of the Borough
of Timaru make the following Regula-
tions that is to say:—

The portion of the Borough of Timaru in
which it shall not be lawful to keep
any swine shall be the following (that
is to say:—

  1. All that part of the Borough bounded
    on the east by the sea on the south at a
    point commencing at the south-easternmost
    boundary of sections numbered 28 and 33
    thence continuing along the southernmost
    boundary of the before-mentioned sections
    until it meets High Street thence along
    William Street to the eastern boundary of
    reserve for pleasure grounds then northerly
    along Rose Street to Brown Street
    thence along Brown Street to the Town
    Belt continuing thence northerly along the
    town boundary to Whale’s Creek continuing
    thence to the sea.

  2. All other parts of the said Borough
    which now are or at the time of the keeping
    of any swine therein shall be within fifty
    feet of any private dwelling or of any public
    or private street within the meaning of the
    said Act.



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🏘️ Publication of Timaru Borough By-law (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 July 1875
By-law, Municipal Corporations Act, Timaru Borough
  • G. Cliff, Mayor of Timaru Borough
  • WM. Padget, Councillor of Timaru Borough
  • J. H. Sutter, Councillor of Timaru Borough

  • EDWIN Hy. LOUGH, Town Clerk

🏘️ By-law No. 7: Privies and Cesspools

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 July 1875
By-law, Privies, Cesspools, Municipal Corporations Act, Timaru Borough
  • G. Cliff, Mayor of Timaru Borough
  • WM. Padget, Councillor of Timaru Borough
  • J. H. Sutter, Councillor of Timaru Borough

  • EDWIN Hy. LOUGH, Town Clerk

🏘️ Regulation No. 10: Swine

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Regulation, Swine, Municipal Corporations Act, Timaru Borough