APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment Act, 1907, the appointments of Trustees to the Geraldine Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette Nos. 81, of 9th October, 1902, and 29, of 30th March, 1905, as from 26th March, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancies in certain Fire Boards.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1908.

Pursuant to the Fire Brigades Act, 1907, and the rules made thereunder, I, John George Findlay, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 16th day of April, 1908, to be the day for holding an election of one member of each of the under-mentioned Fire Boards by the insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Frederick George Cray as a member of the said Fire Boards:—

Dunedin Fire Board.
Oamaru Fire Board.
Maori Hill Fire Board.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law, Southland County Council.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1908.

It is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the by-laws made by the Southland County Council on the 13th March, 1908, as appoint the several sums to be paid to the Southland County funds for the licensing of vehicles have been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the One-tree Hill Road Board, County of Eden, making By-laws.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th March, 1908.

The following special order, made by the One-tree Hill Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

ONE-TREE HILL ROAD BOARD.

By-laws of the Body Corporate under the Name of “The Inhabitants of the One-tree Hill Road District,” made and enacted by the One-tree Hill Road Board.

In pursuance of the powers vested in it by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and its amendments, “The Dog Registration Act, 1880,” and its amendments, and “The Public Health Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and by all or any other statutes it hereunto enabling, the Road Board of the One-tree Hill Road District doth hereby make and enact the following by-laws (to come into operation on the gazetting thereof), namely:—

PART I.—GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Interpretation.

1. In the interpretation of these by-laws, unless inconsistent with the context,—

“Board” means the One-tree Hill Road Board:

“District” means the One-tree Hill Road District, as defined by the New Zealand Gazette of the 18th day of May, 1883, page 651, and any alterations thereof which may from time to time be legally made:

“District Health Officer” means the District Health Officer of the public health district within which the district is situate:

“Footpath” means any portion of a road laid off or formed for the use of pedestrians solely:

“House” includes hotel, boardinghouse, and any building in which human beings dwell or are intended to dwell, and includes a shop with dwelling-rooms attached:

“Inspector of Nuisances” means the Inspector of Nuisances for the time being appointed by the Board, or if there be no such Inspector appointed, then the Clerk of the Board shall be deemed the Inspector of Nuisances for the purpose of these by-laws:

“Occupier” in respect of any premises means the person by whom or on whose behalf such premises are actually occupied, and in the case of a factory includes any agent, manager, foreman, or other person acting or apparently acting in the general management or control of such factory, and in the case of any premises not actually occupied by any person means the owner of such premises:

“Owner” in respect of any premises means the person for the time being entitled to receive the rack-rent thereof, or who would be so entitled if the same were let to a tenant at a rack-rent:

“Offensive matter” includes offal, putrid or decayed animal or vegetable matter or fish, the refuse of fruit and vegetables, carrion, dead animals, and any other matter giving off an offensive odour or being in any way injurious to health:

“Person” and words applying to any person or individual shall include a body of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated:

“Privy” includes earth-closet, water-closet, pan-privy, and every place for the reception of faecal matter:

“Sufficient privy” means a water-closet or pan-privy of the description, with the appliances, fittings, and connections, and places as required by these by-laws:

“Road” means any road in the district, and includes street, and also any footpath and crossing, and the whole land between the fences on either side of a road or street:

“Sanitary fitting” includes a urinal, sink, bath, wash-tub, lavatory, and any receptacle, appliance, or thing for the reception or removal of human or animal excreta, sewage, or liquid waste:

“Sewage-tank” means a tank, reservoir, or receptacle for the reception and disintegration of sewage, and includes that class of sewage-tank commonly known as a septic tank, and includes all reservoirs, pipes, filter-beds, discharges, and other parts ordinarily appurtenant to or required for the efficient operation of a sewage-tank:

“Special area” means all that portion of the district bounded on the north by the Great South Road from the junction of Campbell Road with the Great South Road to the junction of the Great South Road with the main Auckland-Onehunga Road, and thence on the west by the main Auckland-Onehunga Road to its junction with Golf Road, and having a mean depth of 500 links from the said Great South Road and from the said main Auckland-Onehunga Road:

“An offence” shall mean an offence against these by-laws, and shall include the omission or neglect to comply with any part thereof.

Where not inconsistent, words, phrases, and designations herein used which appear in the interpretation clauses of any of the Acts under which these by-laws are made shall have and include the interpretation given thereto by such Acts.

2. These by-laws shall (except as to any by-law or by-laws the application whereof is limited to the special area) apply to and be in force within the whole district.

Offences and Penalties.

3. Any person who shall do, or cause to be done, or be concerned in doing, anything contrary to these by-laws or any of them, or any provision therein contained, or who shall omit to do anything required by these by-laws, or any of them, to be done by him, shall be deemed to have committed a breach of these by-laws.

Any person committing a breach of these by-laws shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every such offence, and in case of a continuous offence to a penalty of not more than £5 for each day during which such offence continues.

PART II.—CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF ROADS.

1. No person shall ride or lead any horse or other animal, or wheel any barrow or other vehicle, or ride any cycle or other vehicle, upon or along any footpath.

Preventing the Dragging of Material.

2. No person shall drag or allow to be dragged on a road any timber or other heavy material not being wholly raised above the ground on wheels.