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and which is used as a water-supply by the inhabitants of such kainga, or any other kainga on the banks of such stream or near such spring.

8. No person who is the owner or occupier of any premises within a Maori kainga shall permit or suffer any nightsoil or refuse or any offensive rubbish or matter of any kind whatever to accumulate or remain or be in or upon such premises so as to be injurious or dangerous to health or so as to cause an offensive smell.

9. No horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, or other animals shall be buried within a Maori kainga.

10. No person shall throw or leave any dead animal on any property within a Maori kainga whereby any offensive smell is or is likely to be created.

11. Every person who commits a breach of any of the By-laws 7, 8, 9, and 10 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings.

(D.) Drunkenness.
(Section 16, Subsection 4.)

12. No alcoholic liquor shall be supplied, brought, or drunk in any pa or Maori kainga at any time.

13. Where a public meeting is held by invitation, the person or persons issuing such invitation shall be jointly and severally liable, if he or they supply or cause to be supplied any alcoholic liquor to the visitors, or any of them, or to any person whatsoever attending such meeting, to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

14. Any person found drunk at any kainga or Maori meeting shall be liable to a fine of not less than five shillings and not exceeding one pound.

15. Any person, Maori, or European shall be guilty of an offence who—
    (1.) Being drunk, or under the influence of liquor, enters a meeting-house, or a church, or some other public building within a Maori pa.
    (2.) Takes any alcoholic liquor into such meeting-house, church, or public building.
    (3.) Drinks or causes any one else to drink any alcoholic liquor in any such meeting-house, church, or public building.

And such person shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five shillings and not exceeding one pound for a first offence, and not exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence.

(E.) Hawkers.
(Section 16, Subsection 13.)

16. The following by-laws shall apply to Indian, Assyrian, and other hawkers selling their wares in the Maori kaingas within the district—that is to say:—
    (1.) Such person shall have a license from the Council before he may vend his wares within the kaingas of the district.
    (2.) The license in the Form B in the Schedule hereto shall have force throughout the whole of the district, and the fee therefor shall be two pounds.
    (3.) The Chairman or the Clerk of the Council or a member of the Council duly authorised by the Council in that behalf is empowered to issue such license.
    (4.) All fees paid for licenses shall be forwarded to the office of the Council.
    (5.) Any person hawking goods without license within Maori kaingas in the district shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

17. A special license may be issued by the Chairman or Clerk or any member of the Council, or by the Chairman of the Village Committee of a kainga where any hui or gathering is held, to any person desirous of hawking and selling goods at such hui or gathering, on payment of a fee of ten shillings. For any other manner of selling, five shillings. Such license shall be in force only while such hui or gathering lasts, and no longer. Any person hawking and selling goods at such hui or gathering without special license, or a license as provided in the foregoing by-laws, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

(F.) Smoking.
(Section 16, Subsection 14.)

18. Every person, whether European or Maori, who sells, gives, or supplies any cigarette, tobacco, or torori to any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years shall be deemed guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

19. Every Maori youth under the age of fifteen years who smokes tobacco, torori, or a cigarette, or any part of a cigarette, shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable for the first offence to a penalty not exceeding five shillings, for the second offence to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings, and for a third or subsequent offence to a penalty of one pound.

(G.) Gambling.
(Section 16, Subsection 15.)

20. Any person, whether Maori or otherwise, desirous of establishing a billiard-room in any kainga, village, or pa, and any Maori desirous of establishing a billiard-room at any other place within the district, except townships (but not Maori lots within a Native township) and European settlements, shall first obtain a license from the Council, which may be granted subject to the following terms and conditions:—
    (a.) Such license shall be in Form O in the Schedule hereto.
    (b.) The fee for such license shall be ten pounds.
    (c.) Such license shall remain in force for twelve months from the date thereof (unless sooner revoked by the Council as hereinafter provided).
    (d.) All billiard-rooms shall be properly ventilated, and shall at all times be kept clean and in good order.
    (e.) All billiard-rooms shall remain open on week-days, and only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Any person committing a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound for the first offence, not exceeding two pounds for the second offence, and for a subsequent offence shall be liable to have his license revoked.
    (f.) No Maori youth under the age of fifteen years shall be permitted to play billiards on such licensed premises, and, if discovered playing therein, the licensee or the person for the time being in charge of the premises shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for the first offence, and for a second offence the Council may revoke the license.
    (g.) Renewal of license must be applied for before the expiry of the term for which a license has been granted.

21. Any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years found playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five shillings for the first offence, not exceeding ten shillings for the second offence, and for a third or subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

22. Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such a room or table at any other place within the district except townships (but not Maori lots within a Native township) and European settlements, without license from the Council, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

23. Any person found playing for money, whether by cards or any other game (except billiards on duly licensed premises), within the precincts of any kainga, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for the first offence, not exceeding one pound for the second offence, and not exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence.

24. Any owner or occupier of any house or premises situate in any Maori kainga who shall permit or allow gambling or playing for money (other than billiards in duly licensed premises) in such house or upon such premises, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound for the first offence, not exceeding two pounds for the second offence, and not exceeding five pounds for every subsequent offence.

Village Committees.

25. The Council may delegate all or any of its powers under the foregoing by-laws to the Village Committee, and such Committee shall thereupon have full authority to exercise such powers within its kainga.

26. The Village Committee may impose a fine or a penalty for the breach of a by-law, but if the same is not paid within a specified time the Chairman of the Committee shall thereupon report such breach and all the circumstances of the case, and the failure to pay the fine or penalty imposed, to the Chairman of the Council.

THE SCHEDULE.
Form A.
(By-law No. 4.)

To [Name],
[Address].

GREETING. You are requested to cleanse or cause your house to be cleansed within __ days after service of this notice upon you. And you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply with this notice you will be liable to a penalty not exceeding __.

Dated the __ day of __, 19.
[Seal.] , Chairman [or Clerk] of __ Council [or Village Committee].

Form B.
(By-law No. 16.)

HAWKER LICENSE.

Know all men that __, a hawker, is duly licensed to vend his goods in the kaingas of the Te Arawa Maori District for one year from the date hereof.

Given under the seal of the Maori Council of the Te Arawa Maori District, the __ day of __, one thousand nine hundred and __.
[Seal.] , Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.