Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3783

Special Order made by the Epsom Road Board making By-laws.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1914.

THE following special order, made by the Epsom Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

EPSOM ROAD BOARD.

BY-LAWS of the body corporate under the name of “The Inhabitants of the Epsom Road District,” made and enacted by the Epsom Road Board.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the Road Boards Act, 1908, and its amendments, the Public Health Act, 1908, and its amendments, and by all or any other statutes it thereunto enabling, the Road Board of the Epsom Road District doth hereby make and enact the following by-laws (which shall come into force on being gazetted), namely :—

Title.

The short title of this by-law shall be “The Epsom Road Board Drainage By-law No. 1, 1914.”

Interpretation.

In the interpretation of this by-law the following words and phrases shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there is something in the subject-matter or in the context inconsistent with such meaning :—

“Approved” means approved by the officer appointed by the Board for the inspection of the work or matter where to the context relates.

“By-laws” shall mean all by-laws of the Board for the time being in force, made under the provisions of any Act enabling the Board to make by-laws, including by-laws made by the Board in its capacity as a local Board of Health.

“Board” or “Road Board” shall mean the Epsom Road Board.

“Drain” shall mean every drain or sewer neither vested in the Board nor maintained by the Board.

“Drainage area” shall mean and include the whole of the Epsom Road District.

“Drainage Inspector,” see “Inspector.”

“Inspector” shall mean the officer appointed by the Board for the inspection of the work or matter to which the context relates.

“Occupier” shall include the person for the time being in charge of any premises.

“Sewer” shall mean every sewer or drain vested in the Board, or under the control of or maintained by the Board.

“Clerk” shall mean the Clerk of the Corporation or the acting Clerk for the time being.

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.

Notices.

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.

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.

Any notice or other document which is hereby required to be served or given or sent by or on behalf of 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.

Inspectors.

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.

All Inspectors and other officers appointed by the Board under the 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.

Application of By-law.

Except as to such sections or part of this by-law as are declared to be limited, or are by necessary implication limited, in their application to particular areas or districts, this by-law shall apply to the whole of the district.

Breaches.

Any person who does or omits or causes to be done or omitted, or knowingly permits or suffers to be done or omitted, any act, matter, or thing, or who causes or knowingly permits or suffers any condition of things to exist contrary to any provision contained in this by-law, shall be deemed to have committed a breach of such provision, and be liable accordingly.

Penalty.

Any person committing a breach of any provision of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty of such amount as the Court inflicting the same shall think proper, but in no case exceeding £10, as provided by the Road Boards Act, 1908, section 122.

Copies of By-laws.

The Board shall have this by-law printed, and shall supply a copy thereof to any person requiring the same on payment of the sum of 1s.

Date.

This by-law shall come into force on being gazetted.

Drainage compulsory.

All property within the Epsom Road District shall be provided with suitable and sufficient drains to carry away the whole of the sewage, refuse water, and household waste-water to a sewer ; and it shall be the duty of every owner or occupier, and of every person on behalf of whom any building erected within the said area when these by-laws come into force, or which shall thereafter be erected, added to, altered, or repaired, to cause the provisions of these by-laws to be observed and complied with.

Application to be made.

The owner or occupier of any property desiring to have the same connected with the sewer shall make application at the Clerk’s office in Form 4 in the Schedule of Forms hereto.

Inspector to visit.

On receipt of such application the Inspector shall visit and inspect the applicant’s property, and point out the position and line in which the connection shall be made.

Estimated Cost to be deposited.

The Board only may and no other person or Corporation shall make connection with sewers and lay drainpipes beneath public streets, footpaths, and public places. Such connection shall be made at the sole cost of the applicant. Before making such connection the applicant shall deposit with the Council the amount of the estimated cost thereof.

In case of Pipes becoming choked.

The expense of keeping in repair the drainpipes mentioned in foregoing section will be borne by the Board, but if any of such pipes shall be choked by the placing or allowing to remain therein of any substance other than ordinary sewage, the owner or occupier of the property drained by such pipes shall defray the cost incurred by the Board of clearing the pipe so choked. Where two or more properties are drained by one pipe the Board shall determine by whom and in what proportion the cost of removing such obstruction shall be paid. In no case shall two or more premises be allowed to be drained by one common pipe unless a special permit in writing has first been obtained from the Board.

All Fittings and Pipes the Property of the Board.

Notwithstanding the payments enumerated in the preceding sections, all drainpipes, traps, or other fittings provided by the Board (in consideration of such payments), and all drainpipes beneath public streets or footpaths, shall remain the property of the Board, and no person shall have any claim to the same.

Notice to be given before connecting.

No person shall connect any drain, pipe, closet, urinal, trap, cesspool, or other fitting with any sewer or with any drainpipe communicating or intended to communicate with any sewer unless he shall have previously given the Clerk one week’s notice in writing of his intention to do so, such notice to be in Form 4 in the Schedule of Forms hereto.

All pipe-laying work shall be done in accordance with the specification in the First Schedule hereto, and these by-laws, and not otherwise.

Notice to be given of Alteration.

No person shall remove or make any alteration to any drainpipe, soil-pipe, water-closet, urinal, trap, or other fitting communicating with any sewer unless he shall have previously given the Clerk one week’s notice in writing of his intention to do so. Such notice shall be given in Form 5 in Schedule of Forms hereto.