Num. 93.

1269

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1884.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1884.

By-laws made by Mackenzie County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1884.

THE following by-laws, made by the Mackenzie County Council, are published in accordance with “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

By-law No. 1.

FOR regulating the pace at which any horses, cattle, or vehicles shall cross the Tekapo Bridge.

In pursuance of the powers contained in “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1880,” and all powers and authorities enabling them in this behalf, the Mackenzie County Council hereby order as follows:—

1. No person shall, after the passing of this by-law, ride or drive any horses, cattle, or vehicle across the Tekapo Bridge at other than a walking pace.

2. Any person committing a breach of the above by-law shall, on the conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

By-law No. 2.

By-LAWS and regulations determining the sum to be paid to Mackenzie County Council for licenses, and the conditions on which such licenses shall be granted for providing for the inspection, cleanliness, and good management of slaughter-houses so licensed, and for fixing the penalty to be paid to the county for the breach of any such by-law and regulation.

In pursuance of the powers contained in “The Slaughter-houses Act, 1877,” and all powers and authorities enabling them in this behalf, the Mackenzie County Council hereby orders as follows:—

1. Whenever in these by-laws or regulations any of the terms mentioned in section 5 of the said Act—“The Slaughterhouses Act, 1877”—are used, such terms shall, in the construction hereof, have the meaning assigned to them by the said section of the said Act, unless there be something in the context or subject-matter repugnant thereto.

Fees.

2. Any person or persons slaughtering, or permitting to be slaughtered, cattle for sale, barter, or shipping shall pay to the Clerk of the Council a fee for a license, or renewal of a license, as follows:—

(a.) For a general butcher’s license to slaughter any number of cattle, per week, £5 per annum:

(b.) For a farmer’s license to slaughter not more than six small cattle or one large cattle, per week, £1 per annum.

Slaughterhouses to be kept clean.

3. Every keeper of a slaughterhouse shall at all times keep the same and the premises connected therewith, and the appurtenances thereto belonging, in a clean state, free from offensive effluvia, and in all respects to the satisfaction of any Inspector appointed, or to be appointed, under the said Act. Such Inspector shall have power at any time to order the use of such disinfectants in any slaughterhouse as he may think fit, such disinfectants to be purchased by the owner at his own expense. Every such keeper of a slaughterhouse shall so dispose of the blood, offal, drainage, and other refuse matter therefrom that the same shall not create a nuisance, nor be offensive to persons residing or being in or passing through the neighbourhood of such slaughterhouse; and no keeper of a slaughterhouse shall permit any blood, offal, drainage, or refuse matter to accumulate in, or upon, or about the same, or on the premises connected therewith, or to flow, fall, or be thrown or put into any river, stream, drain, or watercourse.

4. Every such person shall admit to his licensed premises at any hour of the day or night any Justice of the Peace, constable, or Inspector, or other officer of the Council.

5. Every such person who shall commit a breach of the above by-laws or regulations shall, on the conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £2.

By-law No. 3.

By-LAWS for regulating the width and condition of the tires of wheels which shall be used by all vehicles, whether plying for hire or not, and fixing maximum weights to be carried on vehicles on roads within the county.

In pursuance of the powers contained in “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882,” and all other powers and