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couch or raised bedstead in such house at least 1 ft. above
the ground ; and any person who, after service of such notice,
shall refuse or neglect within the time specified in such
notice to comply with the same shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding one pound.

(B.) Cleansing Houses.
(Section 16, Subsection 2.)

8. The Chairman of the Council, or any person duly autho-
   rised by the Council in that behalf, may by notice in writing
   direct the owner or occupier of any house or other building
   in a dirty and unwholesome state to clean or cause the same
   to be cleaned within a time to be specified in such notice,
   which may be in Form C in the Schedule hereto. And if
   after service of such notice upon him any person shall refuse
   or neglect to comply with such notice, he shall be liable to a
   penalty not exceeding one pound for the first offence and
   not exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence.

9. The Council may order the removal or destruction of
   any building in a dirty and unwholesome state, if in its
   opinion it is unsuitable for human accommodation, or if the
   owner or occupier thereof fails after due notice to clean,
   renovate, or himself remove or destroy the same. Any costs
   incurred by the Council in and about such removal or de-
   struction shall be a debt due to the Council, recoverable
   as liquidated damages by process in the Magistrate’s Court.

10. The Village Committee may in its discretion ease or
    modify the application of the foregoing By-laws Nos. 8
    and 9, in the case of any old, ill, or feeble person occu-
    pying any such buildings as aforesaid, so that such by-law
    may not press heavily on such person. The Chairman
    of the Village Committee shall report the case and all the
    circumstances to the Chairman of the Council, whereupon
    the Council shall consider such case and decide whether it
    shall devote part of its funds towards cleansing and other-
    wise improving the dwellings of such sick, old, or feeble
    persons.

(C.) Nuisances.
(Section 16, Subsection 3.)

11. No nightsoil, refuse, or offensive rubbish shall be cast
    or deposited or allowed to flow into any spring, stream,
    or watercourse that flows through or past a Maori kainga
    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.

12. 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.

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

14. 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.

15. Every person who commits a breach of any of the
    By-laws Nos. 11, 12, 13, and 14 shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding ten shillings.

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

16. No alcoholic liquor shall be supplied, drunk, or brought
    to any Maori hui, gathering, or meeting of any kind, or for
    any purpose whatsoever, whether held in a Maori kainga or
    at any other place within the district, except townships and
    European lots in a Native township.

17. 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 ten pounds.

18. Any person found drunk at any kainga or Maori meet-
    ing shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten shillings
    and not exceeding two pounds.

19. Any person found drunk in any Maori kainga shall be
    liable to a fine not exceeding five shillings for the first
    offence, not exceeding ten shillings for the second offence,
    and not exceeding one pound for every subsequent offence.

20. Any person 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 pub-
    lic 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 subse-
quent offence.

(E.) Tohungas.
(Section 16, Subsection 5.)

21. It shall not be lawful for any tohunga or alleged
    tohunga to cause any patient under his treatment to bathe
    in cold water.

22. It shall not be lawful for any such tohunga to hinder
    or prevent the attendance of a duly qualified medical prac-
    titioner on such patient, or the treatment of such patient
    with European medicines suitable to the complaint or pre-
    scribed by a duly qualified medical practitioner.

23. It shall not be lawful for any person alleged to be a
    tohunga to charge any fee or reward for his services.

24. Any person committing a breach of the above by-laws
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

25. Wherever, on account of the practices of any person
    alleged to be a tohunga, he gathers a following and establishes
    himself in any kainga, or travels from one kainga to another
    with such following, so as, in the opinion of the Council or of
    any Village Committee, to cause serious inconvenience to the
    inhabitants of any kainga, or to any of them, by causing
    waste of food or substance, or in any other way, the Council
    may, by notice in writing, direct such tohunga to desist from
    such practices, and if he persist the Council may impose a
    penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

26. The Council may grant a license, after full inquiry, to
    persons skilled in the use of Maori herbs or wairakau, for
    such term and subject to such conditions as the Council
    may deem fit. Such license shall have force only within
    the district.

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

27. 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
    licenses.
    (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.

28. 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 gather-
    ing is held, to any person desirous of hawking and selling
    goods at such hui or gathering, on payment of a fee of ten
    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.

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

29. 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.

30. Every Maori youth under the age of fifteen years who
    smokes tobacco, torori, or a cigarette, or any part of a cigar-
    ette, 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.

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

31. No billiard-room shall be constructed and no billiard-
    table erected within any Maori kainga, or at any other place
    within the district except townships and European settle-
    ments: Provided that this by-law shall have force in
    respect of Maori lots within a Native township. Any person
    guilty of a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a fine
    not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

Village Committees.

32. 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.