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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 118

Every Maori 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., and for the second offence to a fine not exceeding 10s., and for a third or subsequent offence to a fine of £1.

M.—GAMBLING.

69. 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. They shall be provided with privy and urinal accommodation to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health or Inspector of Health.
    (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 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 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 every 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 license from the Council, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £25.
    (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 £5 for the first offence, not exceeding £10 for the second offence, and not exceeding £20 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 £5 for the first offence, not exceeding £10 for the second offence, and not exceeding £20 for every subsequent offence.

N.—VILLAGE COMMITTEES.

70. 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.

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.

71. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which no provision has been made.

O.—WELFARE AND MORAL WELL-BEING OF THE MAORI INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT.

72. (1) Any person who having custody, control, or charge of a child, being a boy under fourteen years, and a girl under the age of sixteen years, wilfully ill-treats, neglects, abandons,

or exposes such child in a manner likely to cause such child unnecessary suffering or injury to its health, shall pay to the Council or commit the sum of not more than £20.
(2) It shall be an offence, within any Maori kainga or Maori settlement surrounding a Maori kainga, to practise as a Tohunga, or practise on the superstition and credulity of the Maori people, by pretending to possess supernatural powers of treatment and cure of disease.

Any person infringing this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20 for each offence.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) (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.
(6) 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.

Approved: 12th February, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

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 kaingas 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 the 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 Taumarunui Maori District held at Taumarunui on the 12th day of February, 1938, and are given under the Seal of the said Council.

[L.S.] WAIRANGI TE TAU,
Chairman.