Road tenders and local bye-laws




NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 169

SECTION No. 2.
Accepted. £ s. d.
D. J. M'Rae & Co. ... 714 0 0
Declined.
R. H. M'Combe ... 840 0 0
J. M'Lean ... 1673 0 0
Knapp & Co. ... 1092 0 0
R. Carter ... 1212 0 0
Duffy, M'Donnell & Co. ... 1443 15 0
S. Lowin ... 1225 0 0

SECTION No. 3.
Accepted.
R. H. M'Combe ... 2400 0 0
Declined.
D. J. M'Rae & Co. (per chain) 6 12 0
J. M'Lean ... " 6 4 0
R. Carter ... " 6 0 0
Duffy, M'Donnell & Co. " 11 12 6
S. Lowin ... " 5 15 0

SECTION No. 4.
Accepted.
D. J. M'Rae & Co. ... (per chain) 4 4 0
Declined.
R. H. M'Combe ... (per chain) 2360 0 0
J. M'Lean ... " 6 4 0
R. Carter ... " 5 0 0
Duffy, M'Donnell & Co. " 7 1 6
S. Lowin ... " 4 5 0

EUGENE J. O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
INANGAHUA DISTRICT LOCAL REVENUES
BOARD.

IN pursuance of the 35th clause of the "Goldfields
Local Revenues Act, 1873," and of part 4 of the
"Highway Boards Empowering Act, 1871,"

The Chairman and members of the Inangahua
District Local Revenues Board, at a meeting of the
Board, held in the Court-house, Reefton, November
7, did ordain as follows:—

  1. That any person or persons guilty of any of
    the following offences within the limits of
    the Inangahua Local Revenues Board Dis-
    trict shall on conviction of any such offence
    be liable to forfeit and pay any penalty not
    exceeding the sum of two pounds for any
    one offence.

  2. No person shall place or cause to be placed
    any obstructions in or upon any roadway
    street footpath or reserve 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 by erecting
    fences in upon or across any roadway street
    footpath or reserve without having pre-
    viously obtained the written consent of the
    Secretary of the Board.

  3. No person shall place any obstruction in upon
    or across any drain creek river or water-
    course of any kind by throwing therein any
    material whatsoever or by falling timber in
    upon or across the same.

  4. No person shall set fire to any timber scrub
    bush or other combustible matter which may
    be liable to damage any road street footpath
    or reserve.

  5. No person shall remove or cause to be re-
    moved any soil gravel sand stone or timber
    from any roadway street footpath or reserve
    nor from the bed or banks of any creek
    river or watercourse without having pre-
    viously obtained the consent in writing of
    the Secretary of the Board.

  6. No person shall drive or cause to be driven
    any sleigh drag trolly &c. upon any of the
    public or private roads streets or footpaths
    nor drive any dray cart waggon or vehicle
    of any kind upon or across any footpath nor
    ride upon or drive any cattle upon or across
    the same.

  7. No person shall permit any cattle to be at
    large upon any road street pathway or
    reserve.

  8. The word "cattle" shall for the purposes of
    these Bye-laws 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.

  9. The words street road shall mean a public
    road or street used by carts or foot pas-
    sengers.

  10. The word pathway shall mean all that portion
    on each side of every street reserved for foot
    passengers including a space of ten feet to-
    wards the roadway measured from the line
    of sections.

  11. The word private street shall mean any street
    or road which has not been maintained or
    declared a public street or road.

Dated this 7th day of November, 1874,

PATRICK BRENNAN,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the
Bye-laws made by the Inangahua Local Revenues
Board.

F. DELAS CARRERAS,
Secretary.

Approved—
OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

November 20, 1874.

THE following Sections of "The Goldfields Local
Revenues Act, 1873," are published for general
information:—

  1. If any person shall lay or cause to be laid
    any heap of stones or any other matter or
    things whatsoever upon any road and allow
    the same to remain at night to the danger or
    the personal damage of any person passing
    thereon all due and proper precaution not
    having been taken to guard against the same
    he shall for every such offence be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

  2. If any road shall be injured by the shade of
    any hedges or trees and the sun and wind
    are thereby excluded from such road to the
    damage thereof or if any obstruction is
    caused in any road by any hedge or tree and
    if the owner or occupier of the land on which
    such hedges or trees are growing after
    having received fourteen days notice from
    the Board for the District to cut or trim
    the said hedges or trees so that the said
    road shall not be injured or obstructed
    thereby shall have failed so to do such owner
    or occupier shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding five pounds.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government, by R LUCAS & SON, Bridge-street Nelson,
Printers for the time being to the said Government.




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🏗️ List of successful and unsuccessful tenders for road works (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
30 October 1874
Tenders, Road construction, Nelson, Inangahua
  • D. J. M'Rae, Tenderer for road works
  • R. H. M'Combe, Tenderer for road works
  • J. M'Lean, Tenderer for road works
  • R. Carter, Tenderer for road works
  • S. Lowin, Tenderer for road works

  • Eugene J. O'Conor, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Bye-laws and regulations of the Inangahua District Local Revenues Board

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
7 November 1874
Bye-laws, Regulations, Inangahua District, Local Revenues Board, Goldfields
  • Patrick Brennan, Chairman
  • F. Delas Carreras, Secretary
  • Oswald Curtis, Superintendent

🏛️ Publication of sections of the Goldfields Local Revenues Act 1873

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Goldfields Local Revenues Act, Legislation, Penalties, Road obstruction