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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

accompanied by the tender of a sum equal to the rate for
the broken period of the current half-year, commencing
three days after the date of application; except the pay-
ments be made within two months prior to the end of the
half-year, in which case payment shall be made to the end
of the second half-year.

17. Temporary taps, as per agreement with the Water
    Committee.

18. At stand-pipes, any quantity not exceeding 400 gal-
    lons, 5s.

19. Hose for gardens or other purposes (excepting fire-
    extinguishing and domestic purposes) must be paid for by
    meter. No hose-attachment allowed unless paid for by
    meter or otherwise arranged.

20. Stables, 10s. per horse per annum for the maximum
    number kept at any time during such period, unless by
    meter.

21. Cow, mule, or ass, 5s. each, unless by meter or other-
    wise arranged.

22. Builders may be supplied by meter at 2s. 6d. per
    1,000 gallons; and they shall deposit the cost of the meter,
    which shall be retained as security that the meter is left
    in good order. No rent shall be charged for meter. Mini-
    mum, 10,000 gallons per quarter or any portion of a quarter.

Meters to Private Houses.

23. Rent of meters, 15 per cent. on cost, payable quarterly
    in advance (a deposit of the value of the meter may, if
    deemed necessary, be demanded from applicants); but the
    Board reserve the right to supply.

24. Fee for cutting off and turning off water-supply, 5s.
    each.

25. Exceptional cases for supply of piping outside of
    streets with mains, in the manner as decided by the Water
    Committee.

Meters.

26. Rates by meter shall be payable quarterly.

27. Any consumer using the water shall, on delivery of
    written notice, provide a meter to gauge his supply. Meters
    shall be fixed in such places as the Water Committee shall
    direct, and be charged as mentioned in scale of charges.

28. Should any meter be out of repair, or cease to register,
    or register inaccurately, the Water Committee shall esti-
    mate the consumption of the average of the previous quarter
    charged to the consumer, who shall be liable to pay accord-
    ingly, and such decision shall be final.

29. All water-meters must be enclosed in a wooden box,
    and the key of both meters and boxes, duly labelled with the
    name of the owner, must be lodged at the office of the Water-
    supply. If required by the consumer the box may have a
    glass front. Locks and meters to be uniform, and supplied by
    the Board at the expense of the consumer by meter.

Plumbers.

30. Competent plumbers may be licensed by the said
    Board to lay pipes, and do any work in connection with
    water-supply, on payment of an annual fee of 5s. Every
    such plumber, on receiving his license and making the
    necessary deposit, shall sign an agreement binding himself
    to comply with the conditions contained in the by-laws of
    the said Board relating to him, and no person but those duly
    licensed by the Board shall be allowed to attach or alter any
    service-pipe, or in any other way interfere with pipes, taps,
    cocks, meters, or any matters or things connected with the
    water-supply.

31. Every plumber shall forward a monthly return (on
    forms supplied to him) of the work he has done to the said
    Water-supply Office, and, failing to do so, shall be either
    guilty of an offence, or have his license suspended until such
    return is duly forwarded.

32. No licensed plumber shall do any work connected
    with the water-supply without giving at least one day's
    notice thereof, and receiving written authority from the
    Water Committee to do such work.

33. Plumbers shall be responsible for all damage done or
    caused by them in doing any work whatever, or through bad
    workmanship or inferior materials; and, in the event of any
    such damage, bad workmanship, or neglect, they shall be
    liable to have their licenses cancelled without any refund of
    license-fee.

34. All work shall be done to the approval and satisfaction
    of the Board or officer appointed thereby, and must be passed
    by such Board or officer before the water shall be turned on
    at the main.

35. All drawing-cocks must be of the best quality and
    most approved description, and must be those known as
    screw-down valves, and in exposed or public places must be
    enclosed with a wood or iron box under lock and key.

36. In addition to the valve-cock at the junction of the
    main in each service, a second valve-cock shall be placed in
    a strong wooden box within the boundary of the property,
    supplied at the expense of the consumer.

37. In no case will the use of instantaneous-closing taps,
    valves, or cocks be permitted. Galvanised-iron piping of an
    approved quality only will be allowed for external services,
    and of the requisite size suitable to the requirements of the
    tenements, as shall be determined by the officer appointed
    by the Board.

Repairs.

38. Any person neglecting to repair any service-pipe,
    meter, tap, or other fixture used in the supply of water, after
    having received notice from any officer of the Board, shall
    render himself liable to have the water cut off, and shall be
    guilty of an offence.

Waste of Water.

39. Any person who causes or permits any wilful, negli-
    gent, or unnecessary waste or use of water to take place, by
    allowing a cistern or other vessel to overflow, or the water to
    run from any tap, cock, hose, valve, pipe-work, or engine,
    shall be guilty of an offence.

Rates in Arrears.

40. At the expiration of fourteen days from the date of
    any water rate being due, and after delivery of notice on the
    premises to which such water is laid on (excepting temporary
    supplies, which may be cut off after twenty-four hours’
    notice), it shall be competent for the officers of the Board to
    cut off any such supply in whatever manner may be deemed
    advisable.

Wrong or False Information.

41. Any person who shall give to any officer of the Board
    false information upon any matter pertaining to water-
    supply shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalties.

If any person does any of the following things:—

42. Wilfully injures or destroys any part of the water-
    works.

43. Unlawfully draws off or diverts any water belonging
    to the waterworks. Wilfully or negligently allows any pipe
    or apparatus on his premises to be out of repair so that water
    is wasted, or alters any meter, or does or suffers any act
    whereby his supply of water is improperly increased.

44. Not having agreed to be supplied with the water from
    the waterworks, takes any such water from the supply
    furnished to another person.

45. Being supplied with water from the waterworks, sup-
    plies another person who has not agreed to be so supplied
    with or permits him to take any such water.

46. Obstructs any person acting under the authority
    of the Board in doing anything which the Board is here-
    by empowered to do.

47. Opens the ground so as to uncover any pipe
    belonging to the waterworks, or connects any pipe with
    such pipe without giving the Board seven days’ notice
    in writing of his intention so to do.

48. Connects any pipe with a pipe belonging to the
    waterworks, without giving the Board two days’ notice
    in writing of the day and hour he proposes to do so,
    or without having obtained the permission of some person
    acting under the authority of the Board in that behalf.

49. Connects any pipe with a pipe of the waterworks,
    except in the presence of, or contrary to the direction
    of, the officer appointed by the Board to superintend the
    same, unless such officer fails to attend at the time named
    in the notice.

50. Connects with a pipe of the waterworks any pipe
    of a strength or material not approved by the Board—
    He shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £20
    for each such offence, and to a further sum equal to the
    cost incurred by the Board in repairing the injury done
    to any part of the waterworks by any such act.

51. Any person who shall violate, or fail to do or
    observe, any rules, matters, or things laid down in these
    by-laws, or shall do that which he is not entitled or
    allowed to do under the authority of these by-laws,
    shall be deemed guilty of an offence, and for each such
    offence shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £5,
    and a further sum not exceeding £5 for every day during
    which such offence shall continue.

H. THOMPSON,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the foregoing by-laws were duly
passed at a meeting of the Arch Hill Road Board
held on the 7th day of December, 1896, and were con-
firmed by special order at a special meeting of the said
Board on the 11th day of January, 1897, in accordance
with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. FRANKLIN,
Clerk to the Board.

Arch Hill, 21st January, 1897.