✨ Provincial By-Laws




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  1. Whenever any gorse is growing upon unoccupied land, and the owner of the land is absent from the Province, it shall be lawful for the Board of Works to cause such gorse to be trimmed or cleared as they may direct, and the expense of so doing may be recovered at any future time, within six years, from the owner or occupier of such land, in a summary manner, before any Resident Magistrate, or two Justices of the Peace.

By order of the Board,
J. L. BAILEY,
Secretary.
Board of Works Office, Nelson,
May 26, 1864.

Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
August 1, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that the under-mentioned By-Law, passed by the Waimea Road Board, has been confirmed by the Superintendent and Executive Council, in accordance with the provisions of the 5th section of the "Country Roads Amendment Act, Session X., No. 2."

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Chief Clerk.

BY-LAW.

When any dead animal shall remain unburied for the period of Twenty-four hours, and become a public nuisance, the Road Board may cause the same to be buried at the cost of the person in whose charge the animal was at the time of its death; and where the person in charge cannot be ascertained, the Road Board shall bury it at their own cost.

PRINTED FOR THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NELSON, BY R. LUCAS, BRIDGE STREET.




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PDF PDF Nelson Provincial Gazette 1864, No 17





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🏘️ Notification and text of By-Law No. 5 regarding gorse and furze removal (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 May 1864
By-Law, Nelson Board of Works, Gorse, Furze, Nuisance, City of Nelson
  • J. L. Bailey, Secretary

🏘️ Confirmation of Waimea Road Board By-Law regarding burial of dead animals

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
1 August 1864
By-Law, Waimea Road Board, Dead animals, Public nuisance, Nelson
  • Alfred Greenfield, Chief Clerk