tracing of cases of sickness in the village or district. The
Committee shall make it as widely known as possible that
such an infectious disease exists. Any person, after receiving
such notice, who does not notify cases of sickness existing
in a house or camp owned or occupied by him shall be deemed
guilty of an offence.
48. No person suffering or suspected to be suffering from an
infectious disease shall travel or be removed to other dwelling-
houses or camps already occupied unless to a hospital, without
the consent of a nurse, Sanitary Inspector, or Medical Officer.
49. Where so directed by a Sanitary Inspector, Native
nurse, or qualified medical practitioner, no person living in
a house, building, or camp where infectious disease exists
shall travel about to other occupied houses or districts unless
he possesses a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner
that he is free from infection.
50. Any person, not acting under the instructions of a
qualified medical practitioner or an official of the Department
of Health who treats cases of sickness other than in his own
immediate family, or allows cases of sickness to collect in a
house or camp owned or occupied by him shall be deemed
guilty of an offence.
51. No clothing, blankets, or domestic utensils shall be
removed for further use from a house in which infectious
disease exists or has existed until such material has been
properly disinfected by a Native nurse, Sanitary Inspector,
or under the orders of a qualified medical practitioner.
52. Any person infringing any of By-laws 45, 46, 48, 49,
and 50 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each
offence.
(h) TANGIS, HUIS, AND GATHERINGS.
53. The Committee of the village of district where a tangi,
hui, or gathering is held shall be responsible for the proper
regulation of such tangi, hui, or gathering from a sanitary
standpoint.
54. The Committee shall take steps to ensure that proper
precautions are carried out with regard to cleanliness, venti-
lation, and overcrowding of meeting-houses, cleanliness of
the marae and cooking-houses, and the proper disposal of
refuse and rubbish.
55. The Committee shall take steps to ensure that sufficient
privy accommodation to the satisfaction of the Medical
Officer of Health or Director of Maori Hygiene is provided,
separate for each sex, and that such privies are kept in a
clean and sanitary condition.
56. The Committee shall take steps to prevent the fouling
of water-supplies.
57. The Committee shall take steps to prevent any tangi,
hui, or gathering being so unduly prolonged as to be a menace
to public health.
58. The Committee shall prevent any acute cases of sickness
remaining in a meeting-house, and shall insist on their being
removed to a detached dwellinghouse, tent, or to their own
homes.
59. Any person depositing excreta or urine within a Maori
kainga at other than places appointed shall be guilty of an
offence, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s. for each
offence.
60. The Committee may appoint a sanitary squad to carry
out the provisions of this section. Where any expense is
incurred, it shall be a charge upon the funds of the tangi, hui,
or gathering, or may be raised as a levy or contribution, as the
Committee may deem fit.
61. Where there is no duly constituted Health Committee
in a village where the tangi, hui, or gathering is held, the
relatives of the deceased or the promoters of the hui or gather-
ing shall be held responsible for the carrying-out of the clauses
of this section.
(I) WATER-SUPPLIES.
62. The Council shall make such by-laws regarding water-
supplies to suit the particular circumstances of their district
as the Medical Officer of Health or the Director of Maori
Hygiene approve.
(J) DRUNKENNESS.
63. (1) No alcoholic liquor shall at any time be supplied,
drunk, or brought to any Maori kainga.
(2) Where a public meeting is held by invitation, the
person or persons issuing such invitations shall be jointly and
severally liable, if he or they supply or cause to be supplied
any alcoholic liquor to the visitors, or any of them, or to any
person whatsoever attending such a meeting, to a fine not
exceeding £5.
(3) Any person found drunk at any kainga or Maori meeting
shall be liable to a fine of not less than 5s. and not exceeding £1.
(4) Any person shall be guilty of an offence who—
(a) Being drunk or under the influence of liquor, enters a
meeting-house or a church or some other public
building within a Maori kainga;
(b) Takes any alcoholic liquor into a Maori kainga ;
(c) Drinks or causes any one else to drink any alcoholic
liquor in any meeting-house, church, or public
building.
Any such person shall be liable to a fine of not less than 5s.
and not exceeding £1 for a first offence, and not exceeding £2
for every subsequent offence.
(K) HAWKERS.
64. The following by-laws shall apply to Indian, Assyrian,
and other hawkers selling their goods in the Maori kaingas
within the district, that is to say,—
(1) Such person shall have a license from the Council before
he may sell his goods within the kaingas of the district.
(2) The license in the Form B in the Schedule hereto shall
have force throughout the whole of the district, and
the fee therefor shall be £2.
(3) The Chairman or Clerk of the Council, or a member of
the Council duly authorized by the Council in that
behalf, is empowered to issue such licenses.
(4) All fees paid for licenses shall be forwarded to the office
of the Council.
(5) Any person hawking goods without a license within any
Maori kainga in the district shall be liable to a fine
not exceeding £5.
A special license may be issued by the Chairman or Clerk
or any member of the Council, or by the Chairman of the
Village Committee of a kainga where any hui or gathering is
held, to any person desirous of hawking and selling goods at
such hui or gathering on payment of 10s., or for any other
kind of sale, 5s. Such license shall be in force only while such
hui or gathering lasts, and no longer. Any person hawking
or selling goods at such hui or gathering without a special
license, or without a license as provided in the foregoing
by-laws, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.
(L) SMOKING.
65. Every person, whether European or Maori, who sells,
gives, or supplies any cigarette, tobacco, or torori to any
Maori youth under the age of fifteen years shall be deemed
guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
£5.
Every Maori youth under the age of fifteen years who smokes
tobacco, torori, or cigarettes, or any part of a cigarette, shall
be deemed to be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable for the
first offence to a fine not exceeding 5s., for the second offence
to a fine not exceeding 10s., and for a third or subsequent
offence to a fine of £1.
(M) GAMBLING.
66. Any person, whether Maori or otherwise, desirous of
establishing a billiard-room in any kainga, village, or pa,
and any Maori desirous of establishing a billiard-room at any
other place within the district, except townships (but not
Maori lots within a Native township) and European settle-
ments, shall first obtain a license from the Council which may
be granted subject to the following terms and conditions:—
(1) Such license shall be in Form C in the Schedule hereto.
(2) The fee for such license shall be £10.
(3) Such license shall remain in force for twelve months
from the date thereof unless sooner revoked by the
Council as hereinafter provided.
(4) All billiard-rooms shall be properly ventilated, and shall
at all times be kept clean and in good order.
(5) All billiard-rooms shall remain open on week-days only,
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Any person
committing a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a
fine not exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding
£2 for the second offence, and for a subsequent offence
shall be liable to have his license revoked.
(6) No Maori youth under the age of fifteen shall be per-
mitted to play billiards on such licensed premises, and
if discovered playing therein, the licensee or the person
for the time being in charge of the premises shall be
liable to a fine of £5 for the first offence, and for a
second offence the Council may revoke the license.
(7) Renewal of license must be applied for before the expiry
of the term for which a license has been granted.
(8) Any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years found
playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence,
not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not
exceeding £1 for the third offence or for subsequent
offence.
(9) Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table
in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such a
room or table at any other place within the district
except townships (but not Maori lots within a Native
township) and European settlements, without a license
from the Council shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
£5.