3016

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 90

water will be permitted to drain into such septic tank or tanks. The sewage and house water (from water-closets, washtubs, and sinks) only shall drain into the septic tank or tanks.

210. Position of Tank.—Such septic tank shall be built in such position and portion of the allotment as may be directed by the Board.

211. Disposal of Effluent.—The effluent from the tank shall be led into the sea if the allotment has a water frontage, or into some natural watercourse in the event of the allotment not having a water frontage, or in the absence of a natural watercourse thereon, then the effluent shall be disposed of by means of filtration with field tiles or an approved artificial filter bed.

212. No Water-mains to connect with Closets, Drains, &c.—No pipe leading from the borough water-mains, or from any service pipe connected therewith, shall on any pretext be connected directly with any closet, urinal, trap, drain, or sewer. Where water-supply is required, the water-pipe must in all cases deliver with a free outfall into an open cistern above the highest water-level of such cistern, and such water-pipe shall be provided with a high-pressure stopcock on the supply pipe to the cistern.

213. Right to enter Premises.—Any officer of the Board acting under the Board’s authority may enter at all reasonable hours into any house or property connected with the sewers in order to examine whether the drains and fittings in such house and property are in proper order. Any person refusing such admission, or in any way hindering such officer in the execution of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on conviction to a penalty as hereinafter mentioned.

214. Notice requiring Owner to fix Closet.—Immediately upon the completion of the connection between any property and the sewers, the owner or occupier of the said property shall, whenever required by notice to do so, construct a proper water-closet or closets in accordance with this by-law, and immediately thereafter shall, if required, empty, cleanse, and fill in all cesspits and other receptacles for sewage matter, and remove all privies and earth closets and old drains on the said property to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

215. Free Ventilation.—All openings for ventilation made in accordance with these regulations, or by order of the Inspector, shall at all times be kept open and free from obstruction. Every occupier shall at all times see that all openings to the drains on his premises, whether for ventilation or otherwise, and all traps and other fittings, are at all times in good order, clean, and free from obstruction.

216. Burying Nightsoil.—No person shall bury, or cause or allow or permit to be buried or deposited, in or on the ground any nightsoil in any portion of the drainage area.

217. Cesspit.—No person shall construct, maintain, or use a cesspit within the One Tree Hill Road District.

218. Using Cesspits.—Every owner or occupier of any land in the One Tree Hill Road District upon which a cesspit exists at the date of these by-laws coming into force shall clear out the same and fill up the same with dry earth, ashes, or other effective deodorant.

219. Closing Cesspit compulsory.—If the owner or occupier of any land whereon any cesspit is situated fails, neglects, or refuses to clean out and fill up the same, the Board may cause the same to be done, and may recover the cost of so doing from such owner or occupier or either of them.

220. Sanitary Service.—The owner of every building used wholly or partly as a dwelling and situated in the undrained area, and not provided with an effective septic tank constructed to the satisfaction of the Board, shall continuously employ the services of the Board’s nightsoil contractor for the removal of all faecal and other matter deposited in any privy or water-closet situated on the premises of such owner, and shall pay to the Board an annual fee in respect of such removal. Such fee shall be deemed to be for the period from the 1st day of April in each year to the 31st day of March in the succeeding year, and shall be included in the demand for the general rates payable in respect of the property on which the dwelling is situated, and shall be payable accordingly.

221. Breach of By-law.—Any person who shall do, or cause or permit or allow to be done, anything contrary to these by-laws or any of them, or who shall omit to do anything required by these by-laws or any of them to be done, shall be deemed to have committed a breach of these by-laws.

222. Penalty.—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.

I, Thomas Harcourt Ambrose Valentine, Chief Health Officer of the Dominion of New Zealand, pursuant to the provisions of section 21 of the Public Health Amendment Act, 1918, do hereby approve of the by-laws adopted by the One Tree Hill Road Board at a special meeting of the Board convened for that purpose on the 1st day of September, 1920, and confirmed on the 6th day of October, 1920, on which date they came into force.

Dated this 8th day of October, 1920.

T. H. A. VALENTINE, Chief Health Officer.

PART VII.

MOTOR-CAR BY-LAWS.

223. Definition of Motor.—In these by-laws the word “motor” shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it by the Motor Regulation Act, 1908, and its amendments.

224. Speed.—No person shall use, drive, or propel (or cause to be used, driven, or propelled) on, along, or upon any road within the One Tree Hill Road District, or any road under the control or management of the said local authority or body corporate, any motor at a greater speed than sixteen miles per hour, and when turning any corner in any of the said roads the speed of the said motor shall be reduced to four miles per hour.

225. Sounding Horn.—The driver or person in charge of any motor on any of the said roads shall on approaching, meeting, or overtaking any person on the roadway thereof, whether or not such person is on foot or is riding, leading, or driving any horse or any other animal, or is driving any vehicle, give audible and sufficient warning to such person of the approach or position of such motor by sounding a horn, gong, bell, or other instrument.

226. Passing Restive Horses.—The driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor on any of the said roads shall, on the request of any person driving, riding, leading, or having charge of any restive horse, or having charge of any vehicle drawn by a restive horse, and coming towards or going the same way as the motor, or on such person holding up his hand as a signal for that purpose, cause such motor to stop and become stationary, and shall stop the engine thereof until such person with the horse or vehicle which he is so driving, riding, leading, or in charge of shall have passed or removed to the rear of the motor.

227. Obstructing Traffic.—No driver or person in charge of any motor when on any of the said roads shall cause or permit or allow such motor to be driven or operated or to remain or stand on the said road so as to obstruct or interfere with the traffic thereon.

228. Competent Driver.—No person shall drive, operate, or attempt to drive or operate, a motor on any of the said roads unless he is a person competent to drive or operate the same and competent to control its use and movements.

229. Competent Drivers only.—No person or bailee having the possession or use or being in charge of a motor while on any of the said roads shall permit any other person to drive or operate or to attempt to drive or operate the same unless such last-mentioned person is competent to drive or operate the same.

230. Motor when stationary.—No person driving or in charge of a motor when on any of the said roads shall leave or quit such motor without having taken due precautions against its starting or being started in his absence.

231. Passing Tram-cars.—The driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor on any road in the said district shall, on meeting or overtaking any tram-car or other vehicle which shall be slowing down or shall have stopped for the purpose of picking up or setting down passengers, decrease the speed of the said motor so that the same shall not pass any part of the said tram-car or other vehicle at a greater speed than four miles per hour.

232. Penalty.—Any person committing a breach of any of these by-laws shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

PART VIII.

HEAVY TRAFFIC.

233. Heavy Traffic.—Conduct of the particular kind of traffic following, viz.: The cartage of gravel, stone, or scoria from any scoria-pit or gravel-pit along any of the roads in the One Tree Hill Road District under the control of the Board is hereby forbidden, unless the cost as estimated by the said Board of reinstating such road or roads is previously paid to the said Board.

234. Breach.—If any person or body corporate shall conduct or be engaged in the particular kind of traffic hereinbefore mentioned without having first paid to the said Board the cost as estimated by the said Board of reinstating the road or roads for such traffic he shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the by-law.

235. Penalty.—The penalty for any breach of this by-law is a fine not exceeding £20.