Local Government By-laws




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 107

within one month to the owner of the cattle, and if | lished in accordance with the provisions of "The
not so demanded then to the city fund, and, if the Municipal Corporations Acts Amendment Act, 1875."
said money shall not be sufficient for all the pur-
poses aforesaid, the amount whereby the same falls
short, or if no such sale be ordered the whole of the
said amount, may be recovered from the said owner,
if and when known, in like manner as other penalties
and sums adjudged or ordered to be paid by Justices
are to be recovered.
4. If any cattle be at any time found straying,
loitering, or grazing in any street, public or private,
whether in the charge of any person or not, unless
such person shall be actually driving such cattle at a
proper pace, the owner of such cattle shall forfeit for
every head of such cattle a sum not exceeding
twenty shillings, and if such cattle shall by reason
of having been so found at large have been im-
pounded by the Council, the amount of such penalty
and the costs if adjudged respectively before the
release or sale of such cattle shall be added to the
pound fees and charges payable in respect of such
cattle, and the amount thereof, or such lesser amount
(if any) as after the sale of the cattle may remain
in the hands of the poundkeeper, shall be paid over
by him accordingly; and if the proceeds of any sale
of such cattle shall not be sufficient after paying the
lawful fees and charges aforesaid to satisfy such
penalty and costs, or if such penalty and costs shall
have been adjudged after the release or sale of the
cattle, the same or so much thereof as remains un-
paid shall and may be recovered from the owner of
the cattle in like manner as other penalties and costs
adjudged by Justices are by law to be recovered, and
if on the case of any information under this section
the owner be not known, then the provisions of the
last preceding section, so far as necessary to give the
adjudicating Justice jurisdiction, shall apply.
5. If any goat shall have been sold under the pro-
visions of either of the two last preceding by-laws,
or under the provisions of "The Municipal Corpora-
tions Act, 1867," relating to the impounding of
cattle for trespass in the streets, and shall after the
expiration of twenty-four hours be found in any
place whatsoever within the city, any Justice may, by
warrant under his hand directed to any constable,
authorize the destruction of such goat, and the same
may be destroyed accordingly.
6. The last three by-laws, numbered 3, 4, and 5,
are made in lieu of the said 42nd, 43rd, and 44th
subdivisions of Part I. of the said Schedule, and shall
be read and construed as if they were inserted in
their place in the said subdivisions.
7. All by-laws and regulations and parts of by-
laws and regulations heretofore in force in and for
the said city which are inconsistent with or repug-
nant to the seven by-laws hereby made, or to the
subdivisions of the said Schedule adopted by the
second of the said by-laws hereby made, are hereby
repealed.

Passed by the said Council, and the Common
Seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and
Citizens of the City of Nelson affixed
hereto at a meeting of the said Council,
held this twenty-eighth day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.
(L.S.)
JOSEPH WEBB, Chairman.
H. V. GULLY, Town Clerk.

Regulation of Timaru Municipal Corporation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1876.

THE following Regulation, passed by the Municipal
Corporation of the Town of Timaru, is pub-

DANIEL POLLEN.

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.
BUILDING REGULATIONS.
REGULATION No. 13.

Regulations made by the Council of the Borough of
Timaru under the authority of Subdivision I. of
Part V. of Schedule 13 of "The Municipal Corpo-
rations Act, 1867."

In pursuance of the said Schedule of the said Act
the Council of the Borough of Timaru make the
following regulations, that is to say, —

From and after the date upon which the Regu-
lations hereinafter made shall come into
operation, the Building Regulations of the
said Council made on the twenty-second day
of May, 1871, under the authority of Part V.
of Schedule 13 of the said Act, shall be and
the same are hereby repealed.

For the purpose of making a distinction (in
certain localities, and under certain conditions) in
the application of such of the following Regulations
as apply to the construction of external walls, the
Borough of Timaru shall be divided into two parts,
denominated respectively the INNER AREA and the
OUTER AREA.

The inner area shall comprise all that portion of
the Borough of Timaru described in the Schedule
hereto, and distinguished by a red colour on a map
deposited in the office of the Town Clerk, signed by
him, and sealed with the Corporation Seal.

The outer area shall comprise all the remaining
part of the Borough of Timaru, as the boundaries
thereof shall be fixed by lawful authority from time
to time.

The following Regulations shall apply to and be
enforced in every part of the Borough of Timaru,
whether within the said inner area or outer area, as
the boundaries of the said borough shall be fixed by
lawful authority from time to time:—

  1. Every building already erected or that may be
    hereafter erected in the said borough, whether such
    building be built upon new or old foundations, or
    upon foundations partly old and partly new, or
    whether such building be an addition to any building
    already erected, or which may be hereafter erected,
    shall be subject to the control and supervision of the
    Borough Council, and shall be erected, added to,
    altered, renewed, or repaired in accordance with the
    following Regulations:—

PLANS, &C., TO BE SUBMITTED.

  1. Before beginning to erect any building, or to
    alter, add to, or renew any building already erected,
    or which may be hereafter erected, or to execute any
    other work placed under the control and supervision
    of the Borough Council in these Regulations, the
    builder, owner, or occupier shall submit to the
    Building Surveyor to the Council the plans and
    specifications of the contemplated work for his
    inspection, and shall give such further particulars
    to the Surveyor as he may require; and no work
    placed under the control and supervision of the
    Borough Council in these Regulations shall be com-
    menced until the Surveyor has certified that the
    plans and specifications thereof are in accordance
    with these Regulations.

NON-COMBUSTIBLE ROOFS.

  1. It shall not be lawful to cover the exterior of
    the roof, flat, or gutter of any building, or any
    erection on the roof or flat of any building, whether
    such building be already erected or hereafter erected,


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🏘️ Continuation of By-laws regarding straying cattle and repeal of old regulations for Nelson City. (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
28 December 1875
By-laws, Cattle impounding, Penalties, Repeal, Nelson City
  • JOSEPH WEBB, Chairman
  • H. V. GULLY, Town Clerk

🏘️ Publication of Building Regulations passed by the Timaru Municipal Corporation.

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
8 February 1876
Building Regulations, Timaru Borough Council, Inner Area, Outer Area, Repeal of 1871 Regulations
  • DANIEL POLLEN