Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 2

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✨ Local Government Regulations



NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF WESTPORT,
MADE UNDER SEAL.

IN Pursuance of the Powers contained in the Thirteenth Schedule to the "Municipal Corporations Act,
1867," the Council of the Borough of Westport doth, by special order, make the following Regulations,
(that is to say) :—

NAME OF REGULATION. PART. SUB-DIVISION.
No. 1. Porticos, projections, &c., ... ... ... i. 1
2. Driving horses and cattle through streets, i. 9
3. Regulation of Buildings, ... ... ... v. 1
4. Chimneys, ... ... ... ... ... v. 1
5. Chimneys, stove-pipes, &c., ... ... v. 1
6. Height of chimneys, &c. ... ... ... v. 1
7. Chimneys, &c., not constructed in accord-
ance with regulation, ... ... ... v. 1
8. Tents, ... ... ... ... ... v. 1
9. Deposit, &c., of inflammable materials, &c., vii. 2
10. Fires in open places, ... ... ... vii. 2
11. Storage of powder, ... ... ... vii. 2
12. Swine, ... ... ... ... ... viii. 1
13. Removing night-soil, &c., ... ... viii. 1
14. Offal and Carcases, ... ... ... viii. 1
15. Private slaughter-houses, ... ... viii. 2
16. Carts and Carters, ... ... ... x. 2
17. Carters' loads, ... ... ... ... x. 2
18. Carters' Charges, ... ... ... x. 2
19. Boats and Boatmen, ... ... ... x. 3
20. Boatmen's Licenses, ... ... ... x. 3
21. Ballast lighters, ... ... ... ... x. 3
22. Days on which license fees for boats and
lighters shall be paid, ... ... x. 3
23. License fees, ... ... ... ... x. 3
24. Passenger fares, ... ... ... ... x. 3
25. Pedlars and Hawkers, ... ... ... x. 4

Dated at Westport, this 7th day of October, 1874.

JAMES WILSON HUMPHREY,
Mayor.

GEORGE CARRUTHERS,
Town Clerk.

Approved—
OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

BYE-LAW made by the Pangatotara Highway
Board for the protection and preservation of
the Banks of Rivers within the said District.

"If any horse, mule, ass, sheep, swine, or other
beast, or cattle of any kind, shall at any
time, after this Bye-Law shall come into
operation, be found depasturing, whether
under the tendance or control of any person
or persons, or not, in, or upon any road
bounded upon one side by any river within
the limits of the Pangatotara Highway
District, the owner of every such horse,
mule, ass, sheep, swine, or other beast, or
cattle of any kind, shall be deemed, and
taken to be guilty of a breach of this Bye-
Law, and shall for every such breach, upon
conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty
of not exceeding Ten shillings for each
such animal depasturing as aforesaid: Pro-
vided that no penalty shall upon any one
such conviction exceed the sum of Forty
shillings.

"Or, any such horse, mule, ass, sheep, swine,
or other beast, or cattle of any kind, found
depasturing as aforesaid, may be driven to
the nearest Public Pound and impounded
therein."

Dated this Twenty-ninth day of December, 1874.

WALTER GUY,
Chairman (pro tem).

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a
Bye-Law made by the Pangatotara Highway Board.

HENRY ALEX. TARRANT,
Secretary to Board.

Approved—
OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.



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🏘️ Regulations of the Council of the Borough of Westport

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
7 October 1874
Borough of Westport, Municipal Corporations Act, Regulations, Local bylaws
  • James Wilson Humphrey, Mayor
  • George Carruthers, Town Clerk
  • Oswald Curtis, Superintendent

🏘️ Bye-law regarding livestock depasturing in Pangatotara Highway District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
29 December 1874
Pangatotara Highway Board, Livestock, Impounding, Highway district, Bylaws
  • Walter Guy, Chairman (pro tem)
  • Henry Alex. Tarrant, Secretary to Board
  • Oswald Curtis, Superintendent