Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3737

“Waterworks” shall include all lands, reservoirs, mains, pipes, and fountains, and all buildings, machinery, gear, and appliances of every kind purchased, acquired, or constructed by the Board for collecting, conveying, or carrying water for, to, or through the district, or deemed by any Act of Parliament to have been so constructed:

“Consumer” shall include any person entitled to use or consume water supplied from any waterworks belonging to or vested in the Board:

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

Words importing the singular number include the plural number, and words importing the plural number include the singular number, and words importing the masculine gender include females:

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.

Application.

4. These by-laws shall apply to and be in force within the whole district, except where otherwise specially provided.

Notices.

5. Any notice required to be sent or signed by or on behalf of the Board may be sent or signed by the Chairman or the Clerk or any other person acting for or on behalf of the Board.

6. Any application or notice which is required to be served upon or delivered to the Board may be delivered at the office of the Board, addressed to the Board, the Chairman, or the Clerk.

7. Any notice or other document which is hereby required to be served, or given, or sent by or on behalf of the Board to any person shall be deemed to have been duly served, given, or sent, if delivered to such person personally, or to his attorney, solicitor, or agent, or left at his residence or place of business, or posted at a post-office in the district addressed to such person at his or her last-known place of abode, or to the last-known place of abode of such attorney, solicitor, or agent.

Inspector.

8. The Board may from time to time appoint an Inspector or Inspectors, whose duty shall be to see that its by-laws are duly observed, and to investigate and report any breaches thereof to the Board.

9. All Inspectors and other officers appointed by the Board under or for the purpose of any repealed by-law, and holding office at the time this by-law comes into operation, shall be deemed to have been appointed under this by-law.

Offences.

10. 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 £10 for every such offence, and in case of a continuous offence to a penalty of not more than £10 for each day during which such offence continues. The continued existence in a state contrary to any of the provisions of these by-laws of any work or thing shall be deemed a continuous offence within the meaning of this section.

Licenses.

11. The following provisions shall, unless otherwise specified, apply to all licenses granted by the Board under these by-laws:—

(a.) Before any such license shall be granted, an application in the prescribed form by the person applying for such license, and giving all such information as may be required by or provided for in any such form, shall be delivered to the Clerk, and the fee payable in respect of such license shall be deposited with such application. Every such application shall be signed by the applicant.

(b.) Every such license shall, when issued, be in the prescribed form, and signed by the Clerk, and shall remain in force until the thirty-first day of March next after the issue thereof, and may be renewed on application to the Clerk and payment for renewal fee, not later than the thirty-first day of March in each year.

(c.) Every such license shall be registered in a book to be kept by the Clerk in the appointed form.

(d.) If, in the opinion of the Board, it is proved that the holder of any license or the person applying for any license is from any cause unfit to be the holder of such license, the Board may cancel, refuse, suspend, or revoke the same.

PART II.

GOOD RULE AND GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT, AND MANAGEMENT OF ROADS.

12. No person shall—

(1.) Throw or place any glass, filth, dirt, tins, hoops, irons, rubbish, or other matter of a similar nature, or any earth, bricks, stones, or other material upon any public place or private street, or leave or permit or suffer to be placed or left any dust tin, box, or other receptacle for house refuse or other refuse on any public place or private street.

(2.) Carry any load on his shoulders or otherwise to the danger or obstruction of persons using any footway, or ride or drive, lead or wheel any truck, barrow, cart, dray, carriage, cycle, or vehicle of any kind, or ride, drive, or lead any horse, cattle, or other animal upon or along any such footway.

(2A.) Drive any cart, carriage, or vehicle along, or permit or suffer the same to stand over or upon any water-table, water-channel, or gutter in any street or road.

(3.) Leave standing or lying upon any public place any truck, wheelbarrow, vehicle, or other similar thing, or any packing-case, crate, basket, cask, barrel, package, or other encumbrance.

(4.) Burn any litter, straw, shavings, or other combustible materials upon any public place, or on any open space near any building, so as to endanger such building.

(5.) Leave any inflammable materials or matter in any public place, or on any open space near any building, without having first obtained the permission of the Board.

(6.) Drag, draw, or trail, or permit or suffer to be dragged, drawn, or trailed, any sledge, timber, or any other heavy material in or upon any public place, whereby such public place is or may be injured.

(7.) Allow the drippings of the eaves of any house or erection to fall upon any public footpath.

(8.) Open any drain or sewer, or remove the surface of any footway or street, or make any cellar-door or other opening from such footway or street without having first obtained the permission of the Board.

(9.) Omit or neglect to secure and maintain the foundations of any building, or any wall or fence, abutting on any public place where the footway has been formed, whereby such footway is or may be injured.

(10.) Expose for sale any article whatsoever on any footway or outside of any shop, shop-window, or doorway abutting on any public place so as to encroach thereon, or hang or suspend any article upon or from any veranda-post, or any part of a veranda, or any fence, or in any way over such footway.

(11.) Suspend or place any carcase, meat, or offal so as to overhang any part of a public place or encroach thereon.

(12.) Neglect to clean any private yard, way, passage, or avenue by which neglect a nuisance, by offensive smell or otherwise, is caused.

(13.) Spill or cast, or allow to be spilt or cast, or to overflow into or upon any road, public place, or reserve, or any land, building, or erection adjacent thereto, any nightsoil or other offensive matter.

(14.) Slaughter (except in cases of unavoidable necessity) or skin any animal upon any public place, or permit any slaughtered animal or skin to remain there, or leave any dead animal on such place.

(15.) Throw or leave any dead animal, or part thereof, or animal remains, or offensive matter of any kind upon any place, or into any creek, stream, or other water, or on the bank thereof.

(16.) Suffer any dead animal or part thereof to remain upon his land, or in premises in his occupation, so as to become a nuisance.

(17.) Suffer to remain in the district the body or part of the body of any animal belonging to him, or in his charge or keeping, that may have been killed or died while straying, or while being driven from any one place to another.

(18.) Expose in any public place (except in any fair or market lawfully appointed for that purpose) any horse or other animal for show, hire, or sale, or shoe, bleed, or dress any horse in any public place.