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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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or any water-closet, privy, urinal, drain, bath, sink, lavatory, overflow or waste pipe, receptacle, or other sanitary appliance or thing contained therein, complies with this by-law, or whether any breach of this part of the by-law has been committed in any respect whatever; and every person who shall wilfully obstruct or hinder the Inspector in the exercise of such powers shall be guilty of an offence.

It shall be lawful for the Inspector to dig up and open any part of the ground, or remove any part of any building on such premises, for the purpose of examining any drain, or pipe, or trap, or other appliance: Provided always that the person inspecting as aforesaid shall not dig up or open any ground, or remove any part of any building as aforesaid, without having given to the occupier of the said premises, or the owner thereof, or his agent, at least twelve hours’ previous notice of his intention on that behalf; nor in any case unless such Inspector shall have reason to suspect that some nuisance exists upon the premises in question, or on any premises in the vicinity thereof, and he shall not have been able to discover the cause of such nuisance upon an ordinary inspection of such premises; nor unless he shall have reason to believe that the drain or pipe, or trap, or other appliance he desires to inspect exists under, or behind, or in the immediate vicinity of the ground or part of building intended to be interfered with as aforesaid, and is probably defective, and also the probable cause of the nuisance existing or suspected to exist upon the said premises, or on any premises in the vicinity thereof: Provided also that in digging up and opening such ground or removing such part of building as aforesaid, as little ground or as small a part of the building as reasonably can be shall be dug up or opened, or removed, as the case may be, and as little damage done to the premises as can be; and, unless some defect or nuisance shall be found requiring attention, such ground or building shall forthwith be reinstated in a good and workmanlike manner by or at the expense of the Board.

94A. No new house may be erected which shall not have along its whole frontage an open space measuring at least 30 ft. to the boundary of any land or premises opposite, or to the opposite side of the street; and an open space at the back free from any erection thereon above the ground-level, except a privy or ashpit, such space to belong exclusively to such house and extend the whole width of the house, and be at least 15 ft. in depth from the back wall of the house, and be at least 200 square feet in area.

95. No person shall tether or otherwise put or place any horse, ass, mule, ox, or goat, or any other cattle, for the purpose of depasturing or grazing the same, in or upon any street or road, whether public or private, within the district.

96. If any horse, ass, mule, ox, or goat, or any other cattle, shall be at large and without proper guidance in or upon any street, road, or public place in the district, the owner thereof shall be guilty of an offence.

97. No person shall take or allow any horse or cattle to be upon any footpath.

98. No person shall sweep or throw or allow to be swept or thrown any dust, dirt, or rubbish into or upon any street, footway, channel, or public place whatsoever.

99. No person shall permit or suffer any nightsoil or refuse, or any offensive rubbish or matter of any kind, to accumulate, or remain, or be in any premises in his occupation so as to be injurious or dangerous to health.

100. No person shall use, drive, or conduct any velocipede, bicycle, tricycle, or similar carriage or vehicle of any description on or upon any footway or footpath within the district.

101. Every velocipede, bicycle, tricycle, or similar carriage used in any street, private street, or public place after sunset shall carry a light in a conspicuous place in the front thereof, and shall also at all times carry an alarm-bell; and the rider thereof shall, if there be any possibility of collision, ring such bell when meeting or approaching any vehicle or any person whether on foot or on horseback.

102. Every person who shall do or cause to be done or permit or allow anything whereby a nuisance of any kind not hereinbefore mentioned or prohibited by any Act or any by-law of the district for the time being in force shall exist, shall be guilty of an offence.

103. Every owner or occupier of a building within the district built fronting a street shall provide a spouting and downpipe which shall be connected with a water-channel, drain, or sewer.

104. Any owner or occupier of any land or building from which any water shall flow or drip on or over a footpath shall be liable to a penalty.

105. All notices under this by-law shall be deemed duly served if given to the person for whom they are intended personally, or if sent to him through the post, addressed to or left for him at his usual or last known place of abode or business in the district, or if affixed to any part of any premises to which such notice may relate.

106. If any person fails or refuses to do anything required by this by-law to be done, observed, or performed, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing any-
     thing enjoined or required to be done, or does anything prohibited by these by-laws, every such person in any case so offending shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

The following acts are prohibited:—

107. Leading or riding any horse or other animal, or drawing, wheeling, or driving any cart, carriage, sledge, truck, barrow, or other thing, upon or along any footpath, without permission from the Eden Terrace Road Board so to do.

108. Burning any shavings, straw, or other materials or matter upon any footpath, channel, surface-drain, or carriage-road, without such permission as aforesaid.

109. Drawing or trailing any sledge, timber, or other material upon any footpath or carriage-road to the injury of such footpath or carriage-road.

110. No person who contracts for the removal of nightsoil shall empty any privy, or load, carry, remove, or deposit any nightsoil, offal, or other offensive refuse, save within the hours of 12 midnight and 4 o’clock a.m.

111. Leaving any inflammable materials or matter in any public street or place, or on any open space near any building, without such permission as aforesaid.

112. Throwing or discharging any stone or other missile to the damage or danger of person or property.

113. Blasting any rock, stone, or timber in or near any public place without permission of the Eden Terrace Road Board.

114. Furiously or negligently riding or driving through any public place, street, or thoroughfare.

115. Riding or driving around the corner of any street at a faster pace than a walk.

116. Any driver of any vehicle leaving the same unattended in any public thoroughfare without passing through the near wheel or wheels a suitable chain or chains so as effectively to prevent the rotation of the said wheel or wheels.

117. Any person placing an obstruction upon any street-line whereby life or limb is likely to be endangered.

118. Any person leaving upon any public street or thoroughfare any plough, harrow, cart, or other vehicle without any horse or animal harnessed thereto, unless in consequence of some accident having occurred.

119. Any person slaughtering or skinning any beast upon any public street or thoroughfare, or permitting any slaughtered beast or skin to remain there, or leaving any dead beast on such street or thoroughfare.

120. Keeping any disreputable house, or house of ill-fame, or having the control, conduct, or management of the same, or being a reputed occupier or an inmate of any such house.

All previous by-laws, except those known as the Eden Terrace Waterworks By-laws, are hereby repealed.

Sealed with the seal of the Eden Terrace Road Board in the presence of—

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS CLEVELAND,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly passed on the 8th day of April, 1902, and the several provisions of sections 75 and 76 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” complied with.

WILLIAM OWEN POCKLINGTON,
Clerk to the Board.

8th April, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

Form A, Eden Terrace Drainage.

Application for a Connection with the Sewers.

To the Clerk, Eden Terrace Road District.

SIR,—I hereby apply for a permit to drain the undermentioned premises. I undertake to conform to the regulations made by the Board, and to pay the sums required in accordance with the said regulations.

Street or place:
Description of premises:
Name of owner:
Name of occupier:

Signature:
Address:

Indorsement.

I have this day received a copy of the regulations made by the Eden Terrace Road Board under “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, “The Public Health Act, 1900,” &c.

Signature:

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Form B, Eden Terrace Drainage.

Notice of Intention to alter House-drain.

To the Clerk, Eden Terrace Road District.

SIR,—I hereby apply for a permit to alter the drains upon the undermentioned premises. I undertake to conform to