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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

By-laws of the Mangonui District Maori Council, under the
Maori Councils Act, 1900, and the Health Act, 1920, ap-
proved.

Native Minister's Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1921.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to approve of the following
by-laws made by the Maori Council of the Mangonui Maori
District, under the provisions of section 16 of the Maori
Councils Act, 1900.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs.

Approved.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

THE MAORI COUNCIL OF THE MANGONUI
MAORI DISTRICT.

BY-LAWS.

THE Maori Council of the Mangonui Maori District, consti-
tuted under the Maori Councils Act, 1900, and its amendments,
and the Public Health Act, 1920, hereby makes the following
by-laws in lieu of the by-laws published in the New Zealand
Gazette dated 18th February, 1902, under and by virtue of
the said Acts and amendments, such by-laws to come into
operation upon approval thereof by the Governor-General
and the publication of the same in the Gazette and Kahiti.

INTERPRETATION.

In these by-laws, except where inconsistent with the con-
text or when otherwise expressly provided, the following ex-
pressions shall have the meanings attached thereto:—

“The said Act” means the Maori Councils Act, 1900,
and its amendments, and the Public Health Act,
1920:

“The Council” means the Maori Council of the Mango-
nui Maori District constituted under the said Acts:

“Committee” or “Village Committee” means the Village
Committee of a Maori kainga, village, or pa appointed
by the Maori Council under the provisions of the said
Acts:

“District” means the Mangonui Maori District pro-
claimed by the Governor-General under the provisions
of the said Acts:

“Native Township” means a township constituted under
the Native Townships Act, 1895:

“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations
made under the said Acts or by these by-laws.

(A.) GENERAL PROVISIONS.

1. All deaths shall be notified by the nearest of kin, or in
   his absence by the owner or occupier of the dwelling where
   death took place, to the nearest Registrar of Births, Deaths,
   and Marriages within thirty-six hours of death. Failure to
   comply shall render the offender liable to a penalty not ex-
   ceeding £1.

2. In every case of death, where the deceased has not been
   attended to by a qualified medical practitioner, the Committee
   shall investigate the circumstances surrounding such death
   with regard to the nature of illness, duration, treatment, and
   names of persons who treated or were in attendance on
   deceased, and report the results of this investigation to the
   nearest Registrar of Maori Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

3. Human corpses shall be buried, if the death occurs be-
   tween the 15th day of March and the 15th day of September
   (both days inclusive) in any year, within four days after
   death; and if the death occurs between the 16th day of
   September and the 14th day of March of the following year
   (both days inclusive), within three days after death, unless
   the Medical Officer of Health or the Director of Maori Hygiene
   shall otherwise direct.

4. Where death has occurred from an infectious disease,
   the corpse shall be buried within twenty-four hours after death.
   The corpse shall be removed from the dwelling, tent, hospital,
   or place where death occurred to the cemetery without being
   allowed to lie in state at any intermediate or village, and no
   tangi shall be held.

5. It shall be the duty of the nearest relatives of the de-
   ceased, or, in their absence, of the owner or occupier of the
   house or premises wherein deceased died, to comply with the
   provisions of by-laws 3 and 4; and all or any of them shall
   be deemed guilty of a breach thereof as the Council may
   deem fit, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5
   for each offence.

6. No human corpse shall be buried, except with the per-
   mission of the Council, in any place other than a burial-
   ground recognized by the inhabitants of a Maori kainga, or
   reserved or set apart by them or some duly constituted
   authority as a burial-ground.

7. No human corpse shall be permitted to lie in state in
   front of any meeting-house or in the courtyard (marae) thereof,
   but may lie in state at some other spot in the vicinity that
   may be indicated by the Chairman of the Committee.

(B.) BUILDINGS.

8. No person shall erect a dwellinghouse upon any site not
   having natural or artificial subsoil drainage sufficient to pre-
   vent such site being damp, or upon any site having matter
   thereon which may prove injurious to the health of the occu-
   pants of such buildings. The ground underlying every
   dwellinghouse shall be so formed and graded that no water
   can flow or lodge thereon or under any part of such building.
   Where the site of an erected dwellinghouse is considered in-
   jurious to the health of the occupants, the Council may order
   the owner or occupier to remove such building to a more
   healthy site.

9. Every person who shall erect a dwellinghouse shall con-
   struct every room intended to be used as a living-room so
   that the same shall be not less than 8 ft. 6 in. in height from
   the floor to the ceiling in every part; provided that every
   room intended to be used as aforesaid with a sloping or
   unceilinged roof shall be not less than 9 ft. in height from the
   floor to the roof over one-half the superficial area of such
   room, and no wall thereof shall have a less height than 5 ft.
   before any slope of the roof commences.

10. Every person who shall erect a dwellinghouse shall
    provide that for every sleeping-room therein there shall be
    at least 36 square feet of floor-space to each adult or every
    two children under ten years of age sleeping in that room,
    and there shall be a window-space clear of frames equal in
    area to at least one-tenth of the area of the floor of such
    room, of which window-space at least one-half shall be made
    to open.

11. Every person who shall erect a dwellinghouse must
    provide each sleeping-room with a boarded floor so that there
    shall be between the underside of every joist, plate, stringer,
    and bearer on which such floor may be laid or supported and
    the upper surface of the ground a space of 4 in. at the least
    in each part, and he shall cause the area below such floor
    to be thoroughly ventilated by some effectual method.

12. In the case of houses already erected the Council may
    require the owner or occupier of any dwellinghouse which
    does not comply with Section B, clauses 10 and 11, to make
    such alterations or additions as may be deemed necessary.

13. The Council may, or shall if the Medical Officer of Health
    or Director of Maori Hygiene so directs, order the removal
    or destruction of any building in a dirty and unwholesome
    state, if in its opinion it is unsuitable for human habitation,
    or if the owner or occupier thereof fails after due notice to
    clean, renovate, or himself remove or destroy the same.

14. The Chairman of the Committee, or any person duly
    authorized by the Committee in that behalf, may by notice
    in writing direct the owner or occupier of any house or other
    building in a dirty and unwholesome state to clean or cause
    the same to be cleaned within a time to be specified in such
    notice.

15. Any person refusing or neglecting to comply with notice
    for removals, alterations, or cleaning under clauses 8, 10, 11,
    12, 13, and 14 shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for
    the first offence and £5 for every subsequent offence, and in
    the case of persistent refusal or neglect to comply, the Com-
    mittee may order the work to be done. Any costs incurred
    by the Committee in and about such removals, alterations,
    or cleanings shall be a debt due to the Committee, recover-
    able as liquidated damages by process in a Magistrate’s
    Court.

16. The Committee may, in its discretion, ease or modify
    the application of the foregoing clauses 8, 12, 13, and 14 in
    the case of any old, ill, or feeble person occupying any such
    buildings as aforesaid, so that such clauses shall not press
    heavily on such person. The Chairman of the Committee
    shall report the case and all the circumstances to the Chair-
    man of the Council, whereupon the Council shall consider
    such case and decide whether it shall devote part of its funds
    towards cleaning and otherwise improving the dwellings of
    such sick, old, or feeble persons.

17. The owner or occupier of a dwellinghouse shall be held
    responsible for preventing more persons sleeping in any
    room thereof than are allowed by the floor-space laid down
    in clause 10. Failure to comply with this shall render him
    liable to a penalty not exceeding 5s. for a first offence and not
    exceeding 10s. for every subsequent offence.

Movable and Temporary Dwellings.

18. Every person who shall own or occupy temporarily a
    tent, shed, whare, or similar structure shall be responsible that
    the same is clean, dry, weatherproof, and ventilated. Each
    adult and every two children under ten years of age shall be
    provided with 16 square feet of floor-space.