✨ Ordinances




  1. When infected sheep kept on land crossed by a public way notice to be given.
  2. Penalty for abandoning sheep.
  3. Power to Justices to assess damages caused by communicating infection.
  4. Proviso when influenza appears after being turned out.
  5. Penalty for not destroying infected carcases.
  6. Penalty for casting infected carcases into running streams or other waters.
  7. Power to Justices to remove sheep by warrant.
  8. Power to Justices to cause examination of suspected sheep.
  9. Penalty on butchers for having infected sheep in their possession.
  10. Mode of procedure for enforcing the Ordinance.
  11. Limit of Ordinance and power to extend by Proclamation.

An Ordinance to define the qualification of Medical Practitioners.

  1. Who shall be deemed a legally qualified Medical Practitioner.
  2. Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster and the Superintendent of Nelson to appoint a Medical Board.
  3. Certificate to be granted by the Board.
  4. Remuneration to medical witnesses.
  5. Medical Board to keep a list of all properly qualified Medical Practitioners.

An Ordinance to Increase the Efficiency of the Constabulary Force.

  1. Power to Inspector and Sub-Inspector of Police to board vessels.
  2. Power to constable, without warrant, to search boats and carriages.
  3. The like to enter any ship or vessel for the execution of his duty.
  4. Fine for trading on Sunday.
  5. Fine for playing billiards or other games on Sunday.
  6. Regulations as to public houses, to extend to other houses of public resort.
  7. Fine for drunkenness.
  8. Power to any two Justices to imprison persons having certain implements with felonious intent.
  9. Power to Constables to arrest persons with stolen property upon them.
  10. Penalty for damaging public buildings.
  11. Penalty on persons committing certain acts in the nature of nuisance, specified in schedule A.
  12. Power to Constables to seize certain articles enumerated in schedule A.
  13. Penalty for discharging fire arms and fire works.
  14. Penalty for burning shavings or other things in the street, and setting fire to the bush.
  15. Penalty for bathing in public.
  16. Penalty for exposing the person.
  17. Penalty for nuisances.
  18. Penalty for injuring the streets by hauling timber, &c., thereon.
  19. Penalty on uncovered openings in the footway.
  20. Penalty for making any openings on the footway.
  21. Penalty for not having gutters.
  22. Penalty for removing night soil during the day time.
  23. Penalty for throwing dead animals into the streets, or into streams.
  24. Penalty for damaging the footpath or carriage ways.
  25. Penalty for riding upon carriages without reins.
  26. Penalty for furious riding or driving, or driving wild cattle through the streets.
  27. Penalty for affixing placards.
  28. Penalty for committing nuisances in the thoroughfares.
  29. Provisions respecting mad dogs.
  30. Penalty for compounding informations.
  31. Limits of the Town to be set out.
  32. Regulating the building of houses and power to Justices to order chimneys to be repaired when in a dangerous state.
  33. Declaring the limits of the Ordinance.
  34. Respecting penalties imposed by other Ordinances.
  35. Procedure.
  36. Commencement of Ordinance.
  37. This Ordinance to be read together with No. 2. Sess. 7.
  38. Interpretation clause.

An Ordinance to authorise the Collection of a Rate for Making and Repairing Roads and Streets, &c.

  1. Repeal of No. 6, Session 5.
  2. Lieutenant-Governor to proclaim districts to be brought within this ordinance.
  3. Commissioners to be elected by freeholders or occupiers.
  4. Claims to vote to be sent in by a certain day.
  5. Resident Magistrate to decide upon claims, to publish a list of voters, and to appoint a day for election of Commissioners.
  6. Commissioners to continue in office for one year, and eligible for re-election.
  7. Power to Commissioners to appoint Assessors.
  8. In case of non-election of Commissioners, or of Commissioners declining to act, Resident Magistrate to appoint Assessors to carry out the provisions of this ordinance.
  9. Rate to be made on nett annual value, or upon the acreage.
  10. When Assessment made, notice to be given.
  11. Appeal.
  12. How Rate may be distrained for.
  13. Rate may be recovered.
  14. One or more persons to be appointed


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF New Munster Gazette 1849, No 7





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🌾 Ordinance for Preventing Sheep Diseases (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 April 1849
Sheep, Livestock Diseases, Scab, Influenza

πŸ₯ Ordinance to Define Qualification of Medical Practitioners

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
4 April 1849
Medical Practitioners, Qualification, Certification

βš–οΈ Ordinance to Increase Efficiency of Constabulary Force

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
4 April 1849
Constabulary, Police Powers, Public Order

πŸ—οΈ Ordinance for Road and Street Maintenance Rates

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
4 April 1849
Roads, Streets, Maintenance, Rates