✨ Ordinance Provisions and Appointments
Town of Wellington, as marked on the map of the Surveyor-General of the New Zealand Company, as the Lieutenant-Governor with the advice of the Executive Council may proclaim, and it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council from time to time, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, to specify any further or other limits of towns, within which any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be enforced, upon a requisition to that effect from a majority of the Magistrates of the district in which such town is situate.
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Be it enacted, That nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to repeal any penalties imposed by any other Ordinance in force in the Province of New Munster.
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Be it enacted, That any person assaulting, or resisting any Constable in the execution of his duty, shall be liable to a fine of not more than ten pounds.
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Be it enacted, That any person, refusing or neglecting to repair the chimney of any house in his occupation after having been called upon so to do by the Resident Magistrate; and any person neglecting to keep clean the chimney, of any house occupied by him, so that from the foulness thereof the same shall take fire, shall be liable to a fine of not more than two pounds.
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Be it enacted, That all proceedings under this Ordinance shall be regulated and carried on according to the Ordinance, No. 5, session 2, for the regulation of summary proceedings before Justices of the Peace: and that this Ordinance shall be read and construed together with Ordinance No. 2, session 7.
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Be it enacted, That this Ordinance shall take effect from the day of the passing of the same.
Passed the Legislative Council this twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
HENRY SHAFTO HARRISON,
Clerk of Council.
E. EYRE,
Lieutenant-Governor.
Government House,
23rd August, 1849.
SCHEDULE A.
Beat Carpets, Fly Kites, drive a Carriage, for the purpose of breaking horses, ride a horse for the purpose of breaking, throw, or permit to be thrown rubbish, or anything annoying or offensive: slaughter, or cut up any animal so near to the carriage or footway, that the blood or offal shall cause a nuisance to passengers: place or cause to be placed, any carriage, for either persons or things, any wheelbarrow, cask, or barrel, except for necessary and temporary purposes: ride any horse, mule, or ass, upon the footways: place any stall, hoard, chopping-block, show-board, (on hinges or otherwise) basket, wares, goods, or merchandise, of any kind whatsoever: wash or hoop any cask or vessel: place any timber, stones, bricks, lime, or other materials for buildings, (except the same be enclosed) expose any meat or offal, so as to overhang the street.
BY PROCLAMATION, dated at Wellington, the 28th day of January, 1850, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR EYRE declared "That the provisions of the aforesaid Ordinance to increase the efficiency of the Constabulary Force shall, from and after the 1st April, 1850, be enforced within the Town of Dunedin," "within the district of Otago."
Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 23rd July, 1855.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to direct the republication of the following Notifications from the "New Zealand Government Gazette."
By His Honor’s command,
JOHN LOGAN,
Clerk to Superintendent.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 11th June, 1855.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering the Government has been pleased to direct that the name of the following gentleman should be added to the Commission of the Peace for the Province of Otago.
PETER PROUDFOOT, Esq.
By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 12th June, 1855.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering the Government has been pleased to appoint
PETER PROUDFOOT, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner for hearing and deciding Claims to Land under the "New Zealand Land Claimants Ordinance," Sess. II. No. 15, during the absence of Mr. Commissioner Mantell.
By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 12th June, 1855.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering the Government has been pleased to appoint
PETER PROUDFOOT, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Commissioner of Crown Lands un-
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Constabulary Force Ordinance
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⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementConstabulary, Powers, Penalties, Public Order
⚖️ Schedule A of Constabulary Force Ordinance
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementProhibited Activities, Town Regulations, Nuisance
⚖️ Proclamation Enforcing Constabulary Ordinance in Dunedin
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement28 January 1850
Proclamation, Dunedin, Otago, Ordinance Enforcement
- Lieutenant-Governor Eyre
🏛️ Republication of Government Gazette Notifications
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration23 July 1855
Notifications, Republication, Dunedin
- John Logan, Clerk to Superintendent
⚖️ Appointment to Commission of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement11 June 1855
Justice of the Peace, Appointment, Otago
- Peter Proudfoot (Esquire), Added to Commission of the Peace
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
🗺️ Appointment as Land Claims Commissioner
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey12 June 1855
Land Claims, Commissioner, Appointment
- Peter Proudfoot (Esquire), Appointed Land Claims Commissioner
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
🗺️ Appointment as Commissioner of Crown Lands
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey12 June 1855
Crown Lands, Commissioner, Appointment
- Peter Proudfoot (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
Otago Provincial Gazette 1855, No 28