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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

(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.
    (6) 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. (1) 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.
    (2) 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 settlements, 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 permitted to play billiards on such licensed premises, and if discovered playing therein the licensee or the person for the time 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.
    (10) Any person found playing for money, whether by cards or any other game (except by billiards on licensed premises), within the precincts of any kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s. for the first offence, and not exceeding £1 for the second offence, and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent offence.
    (11) Any person, the owner or occupier of any house or premises situate in any Maori kainga, who shall permit or allow gambling or playing for money (except by billiards on licensed premises) in such house or upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding £2 for the second offence, and not exceeding £5 for every subsequent offence.

(n) VILLAGE COMMITTEES.

67. (1) The Council may delegate wholly or in part its powers under the prescribed rules or regulations to any village committee, and such committee shall thereupon be enabled to exercise such powers within its own kainga.
    (2) The village committee shall have power to impose a penalty or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not paid within the prescribed period the Chairman of the committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the Chairman of the Council.

(o) WELFARE AND MORAL WELL-BEING OF THE MAORI INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT.

68. (1) Every person within a Maori village, pa, or assemblage of houses, who ill-treats any animal, or leaves any animal for any time without sufficient food or water, is liable to a fine not exceeding £5.
    (2) Any person who wilfully trespasses within a Maori village and refuses to leave such village after being warned to do so by a member of the Council, or of the village committee, or such person as the Council or village committee may depute for the purpose, is liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.
    (3) (a) No person shall conduct a picture-show or other entertainment for profit or gain within a Maori village unless licensed to do so by the village committee. Such license shall be valid if signed by any two members of the village committee.
    (b) The fee for any such license shall be £1 per month or part of a month, but the village committee may remit such license fee either wholly or in part.
    (c) Any person infringing against this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.
    (4) No person shall promote or organize any hui or Maori meeting to be held within any Maori settlement without having first obtained the consent of the Maori Council or village committee thereto. Any person offending against this part of the by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

SCHEDULE.

Form A.

NOTICE TO CLEANSE HOUSE.

To [Name and address].

GREETING! You are requested to cleanse or cause your house to be cleansed within __ days after service of this notice upon you, and you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply with this notice you will be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.

Dated the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.]

Chairman [or Clerk] of __ Council
[or Village Committee].

Form B.

HAWKER’S LICENSE.

Know all men that __, a hawker, is duly licensed to sell goods in the kainga of the __ District for one year from the date hereof.

Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Maori District, the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.]

Chairman [or Clerk] of __ Council.

Form C.

BILLIARD LICENSE.

Know all men that __ of __ is duly licensed to keep a billiard-room at __ for twelve months from the date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the Council.

Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Maori District, the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.]

Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.

The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori Council for the Arapawa Maori District held at Waikawa on the 5th day of December, 1931, and are given under the seal of the said Council.

[SEAL.]

TANIORA LOVE, Chairman.

Approved in Council.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

18/4/1932.