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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

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 provision 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 31st 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 31st 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 such 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 shoulder 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 first having obtained the permission of the Board:

(6.) Drag, draw, 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 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:

(19.) Roll any cask, beat any carpet, fly any kite, use any bows and arrows, or catapult or shanghai, or play at football or any game, to the annoyance of any person in any public place, or obstruct any public place, whether by allowing any cart or animal to remain on or across such public place, or by placing any goods or articles thereon, or otherwise:

(20.) Wantonly or maliciously disturb any inhabitants by improperly starting or setting in motion any fire-alarm, ringing any door-bell, knocking at any door, blowing any trumpet or horn, beating any drum or gong, using any other noisy instrument, rolling any trolly, or ringing any bell in any public place or in any doorway abutting thereon:

(21.) Place any placard or other document, writing, or painting, or print, stencil, paint, or write on or otherwise deface any house or building, or any footway, kerb-stone, steps, or any wall, fence, lamp-post, veranda-post, railway-post, telegraph-post, urinal, or gate, without the consent of the occupier or owner thereof:

(22.) Stamp, stain, paint, write, print, or post any advertisement or notice upon any footway, kerbstone, or steps:

(23.) Expose to view or distribute in any public place any placard, handbill, print, or other document whatever of an offensive or indecent character:

(24.) Throw or place upon any footway any fruit skin, rind, or peel:

(25.) Throw or discharge any stone or other missile to the damage or danger of any person or property:

(26.) Blast any rock, stone, earth, or timber in or near any public place without having first obtained permission of the Board, or fail to attend to any directions or comply with any conditions in regard thereto given or imposed by the Board or any officer thereof:

(27.) Discharge any firearms without reasonable cause, or set off any fireworks or explosive material in or near any public place, or so near thereto as to endanger, annoy, or frighten the passers-by:

(28.) Place any obstruction in or upon any public place, or in or upon any watercourse, channel, or surface drain in any road, whereby life or limb is likely to be endangered:

(29.) Fail to keep in good repair any rail, gate, fence, or cover over or about any area or entrance or lighting-place to any cellar or other place opening into or upon or near any public place, or keep open for more than a reasonable time for taking in or out any articles any entrance to any such area, cellar, or other place, or omit to protect such entrance when open for use:

(30.) Omit, when opening any street, to take all such precautions for guarding against injury to the passengers along such street as may be necessary or as may be directed by the Board or any officer thereof:

(31.) Destroy, damage, pollute, or obstruct any pump, watercourse, fountain, trough, or drinking-fount in any street or public place:

(32.) Wilfully or maliciously damage or destroy, or do, permit, or suffer any act tending to damage or destroy, any growing tree, shrub, or other plant of any kind whatsoever belonging to the Board, whether the same shall be growing in any road, reserve, or public or private place in the district, or