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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Council or by the Chairman of a Village Committee shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than ten shillings (10s.).
(3.) Any person committing adultery or interfering indecently with any man, woman, or child within a Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than twenty-five pounds (£25).
(4.) Any person assaulting another or any persons fighting in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than two pounds ten shillings (£2 10s.).
(5.) Any person who uses bad language or slanders another in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(6.) Any person who steals from another in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(7.) The proprietor of a picture-show established in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of twelve pounds (£12) per annum, with the exception of a travelling show, who shall pay such sum for each opening as the Council or Village Committee shall decide.
(8.) Any person being the owner or occupier of any store within a Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of two pounds (£2) per annum, with the exception of a store or stall in temporary use at any gathering the fee shall be ten shillings (10s.) per week or part thereof.
(9.) No hui or gathering will be permitted in any Maori Settlement without permission has firstly been obtained from the Maori Council of the district. Failing such permit being obtained the originators of such hui or gathering shall pay to the Council the sum of not more than twenty-five pounds (£25).
The powers conferred under these by-laws are in addition to and not in substitution for the powers conferred by any other Act.
The above by-laws were passed at a meeting by the Maori Council for the Hokianga Maori District held at Rawene on the 11th day of August, 1924, and are given under the seal of the said Council.
HONE WEPHA, Chairman.
Additional By-laws made by the Council of the Pewhairangi Maori Council District in pursuance of Section 16 of the Maori Councils Act, 1900.
Native Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1926.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following additional by-laws made by the Council of the Pewhairangi Maori District, under the provisions of section 16 of the Maori Councils Act, 1900.
K. S. WILLIAMS,
Acting Minister of Native Affairs.
BY-LAWS.
- (1.) ANY person causing pain to any dumb animal in a Maori Settlement by beating or working same when unfit, or by not feeding or watering same, shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(2.) Any person failing to leave any Maori Settlement when warned to do so by the Chairman or any member of the Council or by the Chairman of a Village Committee shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than ten shillings (10s.).
(3.) Any person committing adultery or interfering indecently with any man, woman, or child within a Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than twenty-five pounds (£25).
(4.) Any person assaulting another or any persons fighting in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than two pounds ten shillings (£2 10s.).
(5.) Any person who uses bad language or slanders another in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(6.) Any person who steals from another in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(7.) The proprietor of a picture-show established in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of twelve pounds (£12) per annum, with the exception of a travelling show, who shall pay such sum for each opening as the Council or Village Committee shall decide.
(8.) Any person, being the owner or occupier of any store within a Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of two pounds (£2) per annum, with the exception of a store or stall in temporary use at any gathering the fee shall be ten shillings (10s.) per week or part thereof.
(9.) No hui or gathering will be permitted in any Maori Settlement without permission has firstly been obtained from the Maori Council of the district. Failing such permit being obtained the originators of such hui or gathering shall pay to the Council the sum of not more than twenty-five pounds (£25).
The powers conferred under these by-laws are in addition to and not in substitution for the powers conferred by any other Act.
The above by-laws were passed at a meeting by the Maori Council for the Pewhairangi Maori District held at Pupuke on the 6th day of February, 1925, and are given under the seal of the said Council.
HOORI TANE, Chairman.
Additional By-laws made by the Council of the Whangarei Maori Council District in pursuance of Section 16 of the Maori Councils Act, 1900.
Native Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1926.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following additional by-laws made by the Council of the Whangarei Maori District, under the provisions of section 16 of the Maori Councils Act, 1900.
K. S. WILLIAMS,
Acting Minister of Native Affairs.
BY-LAWS.
- (1.) ANY person causing pain to any dumb animal in a Maori Settlement by beating or working same when unfit, or by not feeding or watering same, shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(2.) Any person failing to leave any Maori Settlement when warned to do so by the Chairman or any member of the Council or by the Chairman of a Village Committee shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than ten shillings (10s.).
(3.) Any person committing adultery or interfering indecently with any man, woman, or child within a Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than twenty-five pounds (£25).
(4.) Any person assaulting another or any persons fighting in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than two pounds ten shillings (£2 10s.).
(5.) Any person who uses bad language or slanders another in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(6.) Any person who steals from another in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of not more than five pounds (£5).
(7.) The proprietor of a picture-show established in any Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of twelve pounds (£12) per annum, with the exception of a travelling show, who shall pay such sum for each opening as the Council or Village Committee shall decide.
(8.) Any person, being the owner or occupier of any store within a Maori Settlement shall pay to the Council or Village Committee the sum of two pounds (£2) per annum, with the exception of a store or stall in temporary use at any gathering the fee shall be ten shillings (10s.) per week or part thereof.
(9.) No hui or gathering will be permitted in any Maori Settlement without permission has firstly been obtained from the Maori Council of the district. Failing such permit being obtained the originators of such hui or gathering shall pay to the Council the sum of not more than twenty-five pounds (£25).
The powers conferred under these by-laws are in addition to and not in substitution for the powers conferred by any other Act.
The above by-laws were passed at a meeting by the Maori Council for the Whangarei District held at Whangarei on the 2nd day of August, 1924, and are given under the seal of the said Council.
PIRINIHA WHAREUMU, Chairman.
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Additional By-laws for Hokianga Maori Council District
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🪶 Māori Affairs2 December 1926
By-laws, Maori Council, Hokianga, Animal Welfare, Public Order, Fines
- Hone Wepha, Chairman of Hokianga Maori Council
- K. S. Williams, Acting Minister of Native Affairs
🪶 Additional By-laws for Pewhairangi Maori Council District
🪶 Māori Affairs2 December 1926
By-laws, Maori Council, Pewhairangi, Animal Welfare, Public Order, Fines
- Hoori Tane, Chairman of Pewhairangi Maori Council
- K. S. Williams, Acting Minister of Native Affairs
🪶 Additional By-laws for Whangarei Maori Council District
🪶 Māori Affairs2 December 1926
By-laws, Maori Council, Whangarei, Animal Welfare, Public Order, Fines
- Piriniha Whareumu, Chairman of Whangarei Maori Council
- K. S. Williams, Acting Minister of Native Affairs