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officer of the Board so to do. And all closets for the reception of nightsoil shall be pan-closets as hereinafter defined, and erected in conformity with the provisions of these by-laws.

2. If at any time hereafter there shall be suffered to be upon any premises within the road district any closet, privy, or receptacle for nightsoil not being such a pan-closet as aforesaid, the owner of such premises, or, if such closet, privy, or receptacle shall have been erected or provided by the occupier after the coming into operation of these by-laws, or if the occupier shall be occupying by virtue of any tenancy, then the occupier of such premises, shall be deemed guilty of an offence against these by-laws. The occupier of every such premises shall permit and allow and facilitate the doing by the owner of everything upon such premises necessary to enable such owner to erect such pan-closet as aforesaid, and in the event of his neglect or failure so to do shall be guilty of an offence.

3. A pan-closet shall be a closet constructed in every respect in conformity with the following provisions of this by-law.

4. The seat of a pan-closet, the aperture in such seat, and the space beneath such seat, shall be of such dimensions as to admit of a movable receptacle for filth, of a capacity of not less than 2 cubic feet, being placed and fitted beneath such seat in such a manner and such a position as may effectively prevent the deposit upon the floor or sides of the space beneath such seat, or elsewhere than in such receptacle, of any filth which may from time to time fall or be cast through the aperture in such seat.

5. The seat of such pan-closet shall be so constructed that the whole of such seat, or a sufficient part thereof, may be readily moved or adjusted in such a manner as to afford adequate access to the space beneath such seat for the purpose of cleansing such space, or of removing therefrom, or placing or fitting therein, the appropriate receptacle for filth.

6. Such receptacle shall be so constructed that the contents thereof may not at any time be exposed to any rainfall or the drainage of any waste-water liquid refuse from any adjoining premises.

7. Such receptacle shall be constructed of such material or materials and in such manner as to prevent any absorption by any part of such receptacle of any filth deposited therein, or any escape by leakage or otherwise of any part of the contents of such receptacle.

8. Every pan-closet shall in all other respects be well and substantially erected. It shall be provided with sufficient opening for ventilation as near to the top as practicable, and communicating directly with the external air. It shall be enclosed on all sides, and provided with a door placed in the position best adapted to conceal its interior. It shall also be screened from the view of the public.

9. Such pan-closets shall be so constructed and placed in such position as to afford ready means of access thereto for the purpose of cleaning the same and removing the filth therefrom, and from the premises to which such pan-closet belongs, without being carried through any dwellinghouse or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be in any manufacture, trade, or business.

By-law 3.—Removal of House Refuse, Rubbish, and Nightsoil.

1. The occupier of every house, building, or premises shall provide and keep and maintain at all times upon his premises a properly constructed receptacle or receptacles for holding house refuse and rubbish, and shall at all times keep the same in good repair and condition.

2. Such receptacle shall be constructed of such material or materials and in such a manner as to prevent any absorption by any part of such receptacle of any offensive matter which may be deposited therein, or any escape by leakage or otherwise of any part of the contents of such receptacle.

3. Such receptacle shall be so constructed and be of such capacity as to be capable of being easily and conveniently carried by one man from the place where it is kept to the most accessible street.

4. Such receptacle shall be constructed in such a manner and placed in such a position at all times so as to afford ready means of access to the same for the purpose of removing the contents thereof to the most accessible street, and, so far as may be practicable, in such a manner and such a position as to admit of its being carried with its contents to such street without its being carried through any dwellinghouse or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

5. The occupier of every house, building, or premises shall promptly and regularly deposit or cause to be deposited in such receptacle, and keep therein, all house refuse and rubbish not being of a liquid nature, and shall not put any liquid therein.

6. The place for the deposit of rubbish, house refuse, and nightsoil shall be at the rubbish depot at Waiohiharore Block, or such other place or places as may be appointed from time to time by the Board.

7. No nightsoil shall be buried, or cast, or deposited within the portion of the road district as defined in by-law No. 10 hereof.

8. No person shall empty or cause to be emptied any privy or cesspool, or load, carry, or remove, or permit or suffer to be removed, any nightsoil or offal within the road district save between the hours of 11 o’clock p.m. and 6 o’clock a.m. of any day of twenty-hours, nor at any time otherwise than in a securely covered cart.

9. No person shall deposit any faecal matter, nightsoil, offal, filth, rubbish, or other refuse or offensive matter in any place other than such place or depot as shall from time to time be appointed by the Board.

10. It shall be the duty of every occupier of any premises within the Whataupoko Road District to cleanse every earth-closet, privy, ash-pit, and cesspool on or used in connection with the premises of which he is in occupation, and to remove all house refuse from the said premises at regular intervals of not more than fourteen days between each such cleansing and removal.

By-law 4, and Regulations.

Officers.

The officers from time to time duly appointed by the Whataupoko Road Board as the Local Board of Health for the Whataupoko Road District shall, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., have a free right of ingress and egress to all premises within the road district, for the purpose of inspection, and shall not be hindered by any person or persons in the exercise of their duties.

Such officers shall be paid such wages, salaries, or allowances as the said Local Board shall deem reasonable.

The expenses incurred by the Local Board in the due execution of its duties as a Local Board of Health in the said road district may be paid out of “The Road Board Fund” of the Whataupoko Road District.

Penalties.

Every person who shall do or cause or procure to be done anything contrary to or otherwise than as provided by these by-laws and regulations 1 to 4, or any section thereof, or who shall omit to do anything therein required to be done, shall be deemed guilty of an offence, and shall be liable for each such offence to such penalty, not exceeding £5, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit.

Until the Board shall by resolution determine otherwise, the above by-laws and regulations, numbered 1 to 10, shall only be in force in that portion of the Whataupoko Road Board District as follows:—

The whole of Blocks A, B, and C, Whataupoko, and that portion of Block D, Whataupoko, nearest said Blocks A, B, and C: bounded by Russell Road, thence to Waimata River, and thence to the junction of Stafford and Whitaker Streets.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made by the Whataupoko Road Board, as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

Hy. McKay, Clerk,
Whataupoko Road Board.

Gisborne, 31st March, 1900.

Special Order made by the Oakura Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1900.

THE following special order, made by the Oakura Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

SPECIAL order made by the Oakura Road Board, viz.:—

“That the Oakura Road Board hereby resolve, by way of special order, to increase the number of members to five, according to section 26 of ‘The Road Boards Act, 1882,’ such resolution to take effect as soon as gazetted in the Government Gazette.”

G. A. ADLAM,
Chairman.

I certify that the foregoing resolution has been duly passed by the Oakura Road Board, in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. A. ADLAM,
Chairman.

Oakura, 5th April, 1900.

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