3744
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

as aforesaid, unless and until the same shall be provided with a proper privy or closet and privy-pan, the same to be erected and provided in accordance with the provisions of Part V of these by-laws.

Public halls.

71. No person shall use any building or enclosure within the district for public meetings, or as assembly rooms, or as a theatre, or music-hall, or dancing-hall, or for any public performance or amusements whatever, except as herein provided, that is to say,—

(a.) The owner or occupier of any such building or enclosure shall apply in writing to the Board for a license, stating the situation and description of the same, the names of the owner or occupier, and the purpose for which it is to be used.

(b.) Such building shall be inspected by the Surveyor or some competent person appointed by the Board in that behalf; and if satisfied upon his report that such building is secure and suitable for the purpose proposed, that it has sufficient means of ventilation, and of ingress and egress, and sufficient provision against fire, the Board may issue to the applicant a license, under the hand of the Clerk, for a period not exceeding one year, to use the said building for the purpose stated in the application, and such building may be used accordingly.

72. The Surveyor or other officer appointed by the Board in that behalf may, at all reasonable times, enter and inspect any such licensed building or enclosure. Upon the Board being satisfied that any licensed building or enclosure has become insecure, or is being used in a disorderly manner so as to be obnoxious to the neighbouring inhabitants, or to the public, or that it is being used for other purposes than those stated in the license, the Board may cancel or suspend such license either wholly or for such period as it thinks fit, and shall forthwith give notice to the licensee of such cancellation or suspension.

73. No owner or occupier thereof shall permit, suffer, or allow, to enter or remain in any such building or enclosure a greater number of persons than is stated on the face of the license therefor.

74. If any owner, or occupier, or person having the control of any such building shall use it, or allow it to be used for any of the purposes herein mentioned, not having a license for the same, or during the time when such license is cancelled or suspended, as herein provided, he shall be guilty of an offence.

The word “building” in this and the preceding clauses includes any part of a building, or any ground or premises whatsoever.

75. The Board may from time to time make regulations for appointing the times and the hours during or at which respectively any such registered building or ground shall be used for the purpose for which it is registered or shall be closed, and every occupier of any such premises who permits the same to be used for any such purpose during, or at any other time, or after any such hour respectively, shall be guilty of an offence.

76. For each certificate or license as aforesaid there shall be paid to the Clerk a fee not exceeding £10, as may be fixed by the Board upon such application.

77. No fee shall be charged for the license of any schoolroom or hall belonging to any church in respect of any public meeting, entertainment, or amusement in connection solely with the work of such church; but if any such schoolroom or hall shall be let to or used by any person other than the church authorities for any public meeting, entertainment, or amusement whatever, then, and in such case, the owner or occupier of such schoolroom or hall shall pay the fee for the license provided for in the preceding section of these by-laws.

78. No person shall use any building, part of a building, or enclosure for the purposes of a billiard or bagatelle room, bowling or skittle alley, or shooting gallery, to which the public have admission, until he shall have obtained from the Board a license so to do, and shall have paid to the Clerk a fee of £2 2s. sterling for such license for one year or any less period. Application for such license shall be made in writing to the Clerk.

79. No person shall keep billiard or bagatelle rooms, bowling or skittle alley, or shooting gallery open, nor allow nor permit any game to be played or shooting to be carried on therein respectively between the hours of 11 o’clock at night and 6 o’clock of the following morning, or between the hours of 11 o’clock on Saturday night and 6 o’clock on Monday morning.

80. No person under the age of sixteen years shall enter or remain in any billiard or bagatelle room unless he shall be accompanied by his parent or guardian; and no keeper or licensee of any such room shall permit, suffer, or allow to enter or remain therein any such person unless he shall be in the company of his parent or guardian.

PART IV.
PUBLIC VEHICLES.

Vehicles to be licensed.

81. No carriage shall carry passengers or goods, or ply for hire within the district, or between places beyond and within the district, until and unless the same be duly licensed as hereinafter mentioned, and no person shall let to hire, use, or employ any carriage as a carriage hereinbefore defined within the limits aforesaid unless and until the same be so licensed.

82. The Board may from time to time license to ply for hire within the limits of the district any such carriage as it shall think fit.

Application for license.

83. Such license shall only be granted on the written application for the same of the owner or owners of the carriage to be licensed, and in every such license shall be specified the name and surname and place of abode of every owner of the carriage in respect of which the license is granted, and the name of the district, and every such license shall be signed by the Clerk.

Approval of vehicle.

84. He shall also produce such carriage as directed by the Traffic Inspector, and if upon inspection the Inspector shall certify such carriage to be constructed and equipped so as to be in a fit and proper condition, and sufficiently convenient in all respects for public use, and the license be granted, the Inspector shall issue a metal plate bearing the licensed number of such carriage to be affixed upon the same.

Number to be affixed.

85. The owner shall, during the time such carriage shall be licensed, keep such plate affixed on the right-hand panel of the driver’s seat, and shall cause the number to be also painted, to the satisfaction of the Traffic Inspector, on the panel at the opposite end of the driver’s seat, in such a manner that the same shall be plainly visible and legible.

86. No carriage for the carriage of passengers shall be used or employed unless and until the number of persons which, according to the license, may be carried by such carriage shall have been affixed to some conspicuous place on the outside of such carriage, in letters of at least 2 in. in length and of a proportionate breadth, and so as to be clearly distinguishable from the colour of the ground whereon the same are painted.

87. The owner, driver, or conductor of any carriage shall not permit to be carried in or by such carriage a greater number of persons than the number which, according to the license, may be carried.

88. The license of any carriage may be revoked, cancelled, or suspended by the Board as it shall deem right, after notice given to the owner, driver, or conductor thereof to show cause why the same should not be revoked, cancelled, or suspended, and opportunity thereupon given him to show such cause.

Lights.

89. The owner or driver of any carriage used for the carriage of passengers after sunset and before sunrise shall cause such carriage to be provided with proper carriage-lamps, and shall keep such lamps properly lighted while such vehicle shall be so used.

90. The owner or driver of every carriage used for the carriage of passengers shall cause a carriage-lamp to be placed and kept inside thereof, and at the end opposite the entrance door thereof, and shall keep such lamp properly lighted whenever such carriage shall be used to ply for hire or carry passengers at any time after sunset and before sunrise.

91. The owner or driver of every carriage used for the carriage of passengers shall not permit any person to smoke whilst inside such carriage, and shall cause to be printed in legible letters of at least 1 in. in length and of proportionate breadth, and posted inside the said carriage on some conspicuous place, the following words: “No smoking permitted.”

92. The owner or driver of any vehicle used for the carriage of passengers shall keep such vehicle and each horse attached thereto, and all fittings, appliances, furniture, and appointments thereof thoroughly clean and in good, serviceable order and condition, and as often as required by the Board, or any officer thereof, shall thoroughly disinfect such vehicle and appointments.

Time-table.

93. Licensed carriages used for the carriage of passengers shall start and run at such stated times, and from