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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
the superintendence, government, and control of the
Council.
2. The owner or occupier of any dwelling-house or
tenement within the borough, reasonably requiring
the use of a privy, which shall be constructed on the
earth-closet system, according to such plan as shall
be approved of by the Council, shall, within one month
after notice in writing given to such owner or
occupier in that behalf by the Council, 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 dwell-
ing-house or other tenement as aforesaid within the
borough, at the expense of the owner or occupier
thereof, 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
may be employed by the Council for the purpose of
this bye-law, shall have power, at all reasonable hours
in the day or night, to enter into or upon any build-
ing 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, cesspool, drain, or closet pan, or of cleansing
constructing, altering, or repairing the same.
5. Any person who shall obstruct any officer or
other person employed by the Council in the per-
formance of anything which such officer or other
person is or may be required or authorized to do by
or under this bye-law, or who shall commit any other
breach of this bye-law, shall for every such offence
forfeit a sum not exceeding £5.

Passed by the said Council, this fifteenth day of
July, 1876.
(L.S.)
ROBERT STUART,
Mayor.
M. N. BOWER,
Town Clerk.

BYE-LAW No. 3.
Bye-law of the Council of the Borough of Napier,
made under Section 186 of "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867," being a Bye-law to
provide for the better rule and government of
the Borough of Napier.

IN pursuance of the 186th section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867," the Council of the
Borough of Napier ordain as follows, that is to
say,-

Any person guilty of any of the following offences,
omissions, or neglects, within the Borough of Napier,
shall, on being convicted of any such offence, neglect,
or omission, be liable to pay any penalty not exceed-
ing five pounds (£5) :-

1. Throwing or sweeping any glass, filth, dirt, rub-
   bish, orange-peel, or other matter of a similar nature
   upon or into any street, channel, footway, court,
   alley, or public place whatsoever.
2. Leading or riding any horse or other animal, or
   drawing, wheeling, or driving any cart, carriage,
   sledge, truck, barrow, or other thing upon or along
   any footpath, without permission from the Borough
   Council so to do.
3. Burning any shavings, straw, or other materials
   or matter upon any footway, channel, surface drain,
   or carriage road, without such permission as afore-
   said.
4. Drawing or trailing any sledge, timber, or other
   material upon any footway or carriage road, to the
   injury of such footway or carriage road.
5. Allowing night soil, or other offensive matter
   to be spilt or otherwise cast on to or upon any road,
   street, footway, public place, or thoroughfare.
6. Leaving any inflammable materials or matter in
   any public street or place, or on any open space near
   any building, without such permission as aforesaid.
7. Keeping any goat or goats. within the limits of
   the Borough of Napier.
8. Placing any placard or other document, writing,
   or painting on, or otherwise defacing, any house or
   building, or any wall, fence, lamp-post, or gate, with-
   out the consent of the occupier or owner thereof.
9. Allowing the droppings from the eaves of any
   house or verandah to fall upon any footway.
10. Opening any drain or sewer or removing the
    surface of any footway or carriage road, without
    authority from the Borough Council so to do.
11. Neglecting to clean any private yard, way,
    passage, or avenue, by which neglect a nuisance by
    offensive smell or otherwise is caused.
12. Rolling any cask, beating any carpet, breaking
    in any horse, flying any kite, using any bows and
    arrows, or playing at any game to the annoyance of
    any person in any public place, or obstructing any
    footpath or carriage road, whether by allowing any
    any cart or animal to remain across such footpath or
    carriage road, or by placing goods thereon, or other-
    wise.
13. Throwing or discharging any stone or other
    missile, to the damage or danger of any person or
    property.
14. Having any awning on or over any footway in
    any public street or thoroughfare, not being nine feet
    clear above the footway, or obstructing the footway
    by the supports of such awning or verandah, or
    hanging any goods on or under such awning over the
    footway.
15. Blasting any rock, stone, or timber in or near
    any public place, without permission of the Council.
16. Furiously or negligently riding or driving
    through any public place, street, or thoroughfare.
17. Exposing in any public street or thoroughfare,
    except in any fair or market lawfully appointed for
    that purpose, any horse or other animal for show, hire,
    or sale.
18. Making any cellar-door, or other opening from
    the footway of any street or public thoroughfare,
    without the consent or not in accordance with the
    directions of the Town Council.
19. Exposing for sale any article whatsoever on
    any footway or outside any shop window or doorway
    abutting on any public thoroughfare or street.
20. Discharging any firearms, or carrying any fire-
    arms, sword, dirk, dagger, or other offensive weapon
    within the Borough of Napier without permission of
    the Town Council: Provided that the provision last
    aforesaid shall not apply to any Justice of the Peace,
    or any person in Her Majesty's military or naval
    service, or any member of the police or other peace
    officer, or any member of a recognized Volunteer
    corps, or any special constable, or any person actually
    in pursuit of any felon or offender.
21. Any person laying out or opening any street
    or building therein, and omitting, during the operations
    necessary for forming such street or for building
    therein, to take all such precautions for guarding
    against injury to the passengers along such street as
    may be necessary, or as may be directed by the Town
    Council.
22. Any person placing any obstruction upon any
    street line, whereby life or limb is likely to be en-
    dangered.