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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(a.) He shall furnish such privy or closet with a reservoir or receptacle of suitable construction and of adequate capacity for dry earth or other deodorising substance, and he shall construct and fix such reservoir or receptacle in such manner and in such position as to admit of ready access to such reservoir or receptacle for the purpose of depositing therein the necessary supply of dry earth or other deodorising substance.

(b.) He shall construct or fix in connection with such reservoir or receptacle suitable means or apparatus for the frequent and effectual application of a sufficient quantity of dry earth or other deodorising substance to any filth which may from time to time be deposited in any nightsoil-pan for filth constructed or used in or in connection with such closet.

(c.) He shall also place and provide in or in connection with such closet or privy a nightsoil-pan so that the position and adjustment of such pan may admit of the frequent and effectual application of a sufficient quantity of dry earth or other deodorising substance to any filth which may from time to time be deposited in such pan.

(d.) He shall also construct such closet or privy so that the contents of such pan may not at any time be exposed to any rainfall or to the drainage of waste water or liquid refuse from any adjoining premises.

(e.) He shall also construct such pan of such material and in such manner as to prevent any absorption by any part of such pan of any filth deposited therein, or any escape by leakage or otherwise of any part of the contents of such pan.

(f.) He shall construct such pan so that the bottom or floor thereof shall be in every part at least three inches above the level of the surface of the ground adjoining such pan.

(g.) He shall construct such closet or privy in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access thereto for the purpose of cleansing the same and of removing filth therefrom, and in such manner and in such a position as to admit of all filth being removed from such privy or closet, and from the premises to which such privy or closet may belong, without being carried through any dwellinghouse.

(h.) He shall provide such privy or closet with a sufficient opening for ventilation as near to the top as practicable, and communicating directly with the external air.

(i.) He shall construct such privy or closet in such manner as to afford adequate access to the space beneath the seat thereof for the purpose of cleansing such space or of removing therefrom or placing and fitting therein the appropriate pan for filth.

(j.) No privy or closet shall have an opening directly on any road, street, or public place within such areas.

With Respect to Nightcarts.

1. No person shall convey any nightsoil along any street or road within such areas between the hours of 7.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.

With Respect to Nuisances.

1. No person shall lay or construct a drain under any public or private street or road, footpath or right-of-way, within such areas except such as shall be made or built of iron, stone, brick, glazed pipes, or concrete, and except with the consent in writing of the Road Board being first obtained.

2. Neither the owner nor the occupier of any land situate within such areas, or other person for the time being in charge of any premises thereon, shall cause, or permit, or suffer any offensive matter or liquid whatever to be discharged from such land or premises into or upon any street, road, or right-of-way or public place within such areas, or into any ditch or drain being within the limits of such street, road, or right-of-way; and any such owner or occupier or other person who, after receiving notice that offensive matter or liquid has been or is being so discharged, fails to remove the same or to prevent and put an end to such discharge shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

3. No person shall permit any land situated within such areas, or any premises thereon, to become a nuisance by reason of injurious smells arising therefrom or by the accumulation of offensive matter thereon or therein.

4. All drains, water-closets, earth-closets, stables, dog-kennels, fowlhouses, outhouses, yards, and ashpits on any premises on any land situated within such areas shall be maintained and kept by the owner, occupier, or agent of such land and premises so as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health, and so that there shall be no overflow or soakage therefrom.

5. No person shall throw any animal, with the intention of drowning it, or any dead animal or offensive matter or rubbish of any kind, into any river or public watercourse, drain, or water-channel within such areas, or shall throw or leave any dead or offensive matter on any land, street, or road within such areas.

6. Every person who shall construct an ashpit in connection with a building shall construct such ashpit at a distance of six feet at the least from any dwellinghouse or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

7. He shall construct such ashpit in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access to such ashpit for the purpose of cleansing the same and of removing the contents thereof, and, so far as may be practicable, in such a manner and in such a position as to admit of the contents of such ashpit being removed therefrom, and from the premises to which such ashpit may belong, without being carried through any dwellinghouse or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

8. He shall construct such ashpit of a capacity not exceeding in any case nine cubic feet, or of such less capacity as may be sufficient to contain all dust, ashes, rubbish, and dry refuse which may accumulate during a period not exceeding one week upon the premises to which such ashpit may belong.

9. Any person committing a breach of or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this by-law shall be liable to, and shall for each offence forfeit and pay, a penalty not exceeding the sum of five pounds.

Schedule.

All that area of land comprised within the boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 125 and 326 in the Avon Ward of the Heathcote Road District. All that area of land comprised within the boundaries of the Opawa Ward of the Heathcote Road District. All that area of land comprised within the boundaries of Rural Section No. 49 in the St. Martin’s Ward of the Heathcote Road District.

This by-law shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1905.

The seal of the Inhabitants of the Heathcote Road District was affixed to this special order this 27th day of March, 1905.

Geo. Scott,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that a special order of which the foregoing is a true copy has been duly passed by the Heathcote Road Board in accordance with law.

S. R. Wright,
Clerk of the Heathcote Road Board.

Special Order made by the Riccarton Road Board, County of Selwyn, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

THE following special order, made by the Riccarton Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

RICCARTON ROAD BOARD, COUNTY OF SELWYN.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Riccarton Road Board at a Special Meeting held on Monday, the 27th Day of March, 1905.

THE following by-law for regulating the erection and construction of privies, closets, ash-pits, the removal of nightsoil, and the prevention of nuisances within those parts of the Riccarton Road District hereinafter described, and for imposing penalties for the breach of this by-law, be now confirmed and adopted in form of special order.

BY-LAW OF THE RICCARTON ROAD BOARD.

In pursuance of the powers and authorities contained in “The Public Health Act, 1900,” and in “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and the Acts amending the same respectively, and of all other powers in that behalf thereunto enabling or otherwise vested in them, the Inhabitants of the Riccarton Road District, by the Riccarton Road Board, do hereby make and ordain the following by-law:—