1928

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 72

(B.) Cleansing Houses.

(Section 16, Subsection 2.)

8. The Chairman of the Council, or any person duly authorised 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, renovation, 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 cleaning, renovation, removal or destruction 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. 5, 6, 8, and 9, in the case of any old, ill, or feeble person occupying 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 otherwise 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, or upon any footpath, street, drain, or any public thoroughfare, 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 permit or suffer any dead animal or any portion of any dead animal to be upon or to lie upon his land or any portion thereof occupied by him in close proximity to the public road or any public place so as to cause an offensive smell.

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

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

(D.) Drunkenness.

(Section 16, Subsection 4.)

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. Any person found drunk at any Maori meeting shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten shillings and not exceeding two pounds.

20. 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.

21. 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 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.) Tohungas.

(Section 16, Subsection 5.)

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

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

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

25. Any person committing a breach of the above By-laws Nos. 22, 23, and 24 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

26. 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.

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

(F.) Dog Registration.

(Section 16, Subsection 7.)

28. The fee for the registration of any dog of a greater age than six months, owned by a Maori within the district, shall be three shillings: Provided that when dogs are kept for the sole purpose of the management of sheep or cattle, or for the destruction of rabbits, the fee for registration shall be two shillings and sixpence.

29. The fee shall be paid and registration made at the office of the Council, or to persons authorised under the seal of the Council to receive such fee and make such registration.

(G.) Stray Cattle.

(Section 16, Subsection 8.)

30. Any person allowing cattle, horses, or other cattle to roam at large in a Maori kainga or through the streets of any kainga occupied as a township may be fined the sum of not more than two shillings and sixpence for each animal (cattle or horses), and one shilling for each sheep, pig, or goat.

31. Any person furiously riding a horse in any kainga or through any streets of any Maori kainga occupied as a township, or furiously driving any sledge, wagon, carriage, or other vehicle through the same, may be fined a sum not exceeding one pound.

(H.) Hawkers.

(Section 16, Subsection 13.)

32. 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 D 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.) The Secretary shall register the name and residence of all persons to whom licenses are issued. The said register shall be open to all persons who may wish to inspect the same. The fee for each search shall be one shilling.
    (6.) Any person hawking goods without license within Maori kaingas in the district shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.
    (7.) The Council may cancel the license of any hawker if it is proved that such hawker is a confirmed drunkard or has been convicted by the law of larceny or any other criminal offence.