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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.

7. The Village Committee may in its discretion ease or modify the application of the foregoing By-laws Nos. 5 and 6, 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.)

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Every person who commits a breach of any of the foregoing By-laws Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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 anyone 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.)

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

20. 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.

21. Any person committing a breach of the above By-laws Nos. 19 and 20, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

22. 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.

(F.) Stray Cattle.
(Section 16, Subsection 8.)

23. 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.

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

24. 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.) 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.

25. 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 five shillings per day while such hui lasts. 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.

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

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

27. Every Maori 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.

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

28. 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 settlements: 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.

29. Any person found playing for money, or for valuable consideration, whether by cards or any other game, 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.

30. Any person, Maori or otherwise, the owner or occupier of any house or premises situate in any Maori kainga who shall permit or allow gambling or playing for money in such house or upon such premises 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