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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

By-laws of the Arapawa District Maori Council, under
the Maori Councils Act, 1900, approved.

Native Minister's Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1912.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to approve of the following by-laws
made by the Maori Council of the Arapawa Maori Dis-
trict, under the provisions of section sixteen of the Maori
Councils Act, 1900, and amendments.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Approved.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

THE MAORI COUNCIL OF THE ARAPAWA MAORI DISTRICT.

BY-LAWS.

THE Maori Council of the Arapawa Maori District, con-
sti tuted under the Maori Councils Act, 1900, hereby re-
vokes all by-laws heretofore made by that Council, and in
lieu thereof hereby makes the following by-laws under and
by virtue of the said Act and its amendments, such by-laws
to come into operation upon approval thereof by the
Governor and the publication of the same in the Gazette
and Kahiti:-

Interpretation.

In these by-laws, except when inconsistent with the con-
text, or when otherwise expressly provided, the following
expressions shall have the meanings attached thereto :-

"The said Act" means the Maori Councils Act, 1900,
and includes all amendments thereof.

"The Council" means the Maori Council of the
Arapawa Maori District, constituted under the
said Act.

"Committee" or "Village Committee" means the
Village Committee or Komiti Marae of a Maori
kainga, village, or pa, appointed by the Maori
Council under the provisions of the said Act.

"District" means the Arapawa Maori District, pro-
claimed by the Governor under the said Act by
Proclamation dated the 26th day of December,
1900.

"Native township" means a township constituted
under the Native Townships Act, 1895, or under
section 8 of the Native and Maori Land Laws
Amendment Act, 1902.

"Prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regula-
tions made under the said Act or by these by-laws.

(A.) Health and Personal Convenience.
(Section 16, subsection 1.)

1. Human corpses shall be buried, if the death occurs
   between the 15th day of March and the 15th day of Sep-
   tember (both days inclusive) in any year, within four days
   after death; and, if the death occurs between the 16th
   day of September and the 14th day of March of the follow-
   ing year (both days inclusive), within three days after
   death, unless the Council shall otherwise direct, or unless
   it is otherwise provided for by any Act of the General
   Assembly.

2. It shall be the duty of the nearest relatives of the
   deceased, or, in their absence, of the owner or occupier of
   the house, or in premises wherein deceased died, to comply
   with the provisions of the last preceding by-law; and all
   or any of them shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach
   thereof as the Council may deem fit, and shall be liable
   to a fine not exceeding £1.

3. No human corpse shall be buried, except with the per-
   mission of the Council, in any place other than a burial-
   ground recognized by the inhabitants of a Maori kainga, or
   reserved or set apart by them or some duly constituted
   authority as a burial-ground.

4. No human corpse shall be permitted to lie in state in
   any house, but must be taken outside, and may lie in state
   in a tent to be erected in some suitable place which shall
   be indicated by the Chairman of the Village Committee or
   the member of Council for the riding.

5. The Council may, by notice in writing in Form A in
   the Schedule hereto, require the owner or occupier of any
   house within a kainga (other than cooking-houses, kautas,
   and outbuildings) which shall be erected after the coming
   into operation of these by-laws to construct a raised wooden
   floor for the same (within a time to be specified in such
   notice), to be approved by the Council or any person or
   body it may authorize in that behalf.

6. Any person who, after service upon him of such notice
   as aforesaid, refuses or neglects, within the time specified
   in such notice, or such further time as the Council may
   allow, to comply with the same, shall be liable to a fine
   not exceeding £1.

7. The Council may, in lieu of notice referred to in By-
   law No. 5, by notice in writing in Form B in the Schedule
   hereto, require the owner or occupier of any such building
   as is referred to in By-law No. 5 to construct or provide a
   couch or raised bedstead in such house at least 1 ft. above
   the ground; and any person who, after service of such
   notice, shall refuse or neglect within the time specified in
   such notice to comply with the same shall be liable to a
   fine not exceeding £1.

(B.) Cleansing Houses.
(Section 16, Subsection 2.)

8. The Chairman of the Council, or any person duly
   authorized 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 speci-
   fied in such notice, which may be in Form C in the Sche-
   dule 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 fine not exceeding £1 for the
   first offence and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent
   offence.

9. The Village Committee may in its discretion ease or
   modify the application of the foregoing By-laws Nos. 5,
   6, and 8, in the case of any old, sick, or feeble person
   occupying any such buildings as aforesaid, so that such
   by-law may not press heavily on such person. The Chair-
   man 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 old, sick, or
   feeble persons.

(C.) Nuisances.
(Section 16, Subsection 3.)

10. 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 in-
    habitants of such kainga, or any other kainga on the banks
    of such stream or near such spring.

11. No person who is the owner or occupier of any pre-
    mises 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, so as to be injurious or dangerous to
    health or so as to cause an offensive smell.

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

13. No person shall throw or leave any dead animal or
    any property within a Maori kainga whereby any offensive
    smell is or is likely to be created.

14. Every person who commits a breach of any of the
    By-laws Nos. 10, 11, 12, and 13 shall be liable to a fine not
    exceeding £1.

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

15. 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.

16. 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 meet-
    ing, to a fine not exceeding £10.

17. Any person found drunk at any kainga or Maori
    meeting shall be liable to a fine of not less than 10s. and
    not exceeding £2.

18. Any person found drunk in any Maori kainga shall
    be liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence,
    not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not exceed-
    ing £1 for every subsequent offence.

19. 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 kainga.
    (2.) Takes any alcoholic liquor into such meeting-house,
    church, or public building.