VI.—A Bye-Law to prevent the mischiefs arising from the making of Fires in the open air in the City of Dunedin.

Whereas great danger to life and property within the City of Dunedin, arises from making fires in the open air, and it is necessary that accidents therefrom should be guarded against or prevented: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the said city, by virtue of the authority in them vested—That from and after the expiration of twenty-one days next ensuing the date of this Bye-Law coming into operation, it shall not be lawful for any person to make or keep, or cause or permit to be made and kept, within the City of Dunedin, a fire in the open air, unless such fire be made and kept in a fire-place or other enclosure fitted with a chimney, and securely built or formed of stone, brick, or metal sufficiently screened from the action of the wind, and from time to time kept in full repair; and no such fire shall be so made, until the sufficiency of such fitting, building, and screening, as aforesaid, shall have been certified by the Surveyor of the said city in writing under his hand; and every person who shall offend against these present provisions, or any or either of them, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum of two pounds to the Corporation of the City of Dunedin.

VII.—A Bye-Law to provide Regulations to be observed by the owners of Licensed Weighbridges in the City of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, New Zealand, and by persons using the same.

Whereas it is expedient to make provisions by bye-laws for the regulation of all Weighbridges, and to license those now established or hereafter may be established within the City of Dunedin, for the purpose of the trade thereof: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Corporation of the City of Dunedin, and from and after the day on which this Bye-law shall come into operation, the following regulations shall be in force within the said City of Dunedin:—

1. All hay, straw, coals, and firewood, to be hereafter sold, exposed, or offered for sale, bartered or exchanged within the City of Dunedin, shall be weighed at some Weighbridge within the said city licensed for that purpose by the Council thereof; and any person offending herein shall for each offence forfeit and pay a sum of two pounds.

2. Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for sale within the City of Dunedin, any hay, straw, coal, or firewood, shall, when requested by any City Inspector of Weights and Measures, or other persons authorised by the City Council on that behalf, produce the weight note of the load or part of a load of any such articles as aforesaid, for the satisfaction of such Inspector or other person; and any person refusing or omitting to do so when so requested, shall for each offence forfeit and pay a sum of two pounds.

3. Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for sale within the City of Dunedin, any hay, straw, coal, or firewood, loaded on any waggon, dray, cart, or other vehicle, shall have the tare weight of such waggon, dray, cart, or other vehicle, painted and affixed thereto in letters of not less than one inch; and any person failing herein shall forfeit and pay a sum of one pound.

4. Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for sale within the said City of Dunedin, any hay, straw, coals, or firewood, shall, upon being requested by a purchaser or an intending purchaser, proceed with all despatch in order to obtain a second weighing of the same, at the Weighbridge in the city nearest to the place where such goods may have been sold or offered for sale, or at any other Weighbridge in the city, at the option of the purchaser, and in the presence of the purchaser if he feels so disposed; the said purchaser in all such cases taking the said load or other quantity at the net re-weight, and paying the expense of such second weighing; and any person who shall so sell, expose, or offer for sale as aforesaid, and who shall refuse or omit to proceed and to obtain a second weighing, shall, for each offence, forfeit a like penalty of one pound.

5. Any carter or other person who shall refuse or omit, on being requested by the purchaser, to take to the Weighbridge in the city nearest to the place where such goods may have been sold or offered for sale, or to any other Weighbridge in the city, at the option of the purchaser, the waggon, dray, cart, or other vehicle after the delivery of the load, for the purpose of such dray, cart, or other vehicle being re-weighed, and the tare weight thereof when empty ascertained, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum of one pound, and shall also forfeit and pay a like penalty if he shall refuse to produce to the purchaser the weight-note of any load or other quantity so purchased, or of the dray, cart, or other vehicle when empty.

6. The owner, reputed owner, proprietor, or keeper of any Weighbridge within the City of Dunedin, who shall give a false or incorrect weight of any dray, cart, or other vehicle, or of any load or part of a load of goods, thereon shall, upon proof thereof, forfeit for each offence a sum of five pounds.

7. All penalties and sums of money recoverable under this Bye-law shall be payable to and recoverable by the Corporation of the City of Dunedin.

VIII.—A Bye-Law to prohibit Rubbish, or other matter, being deposited within the City of Dunedin, excepting at the places determined upon by the City Council.

Whereas it is expedient to prevent persons placing, laying, or discharging, within the city of Dunedin, rubbish, soil, or offensive matter, in other than places ordered to be set apart for that purpose by the Council of the said city: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the said Council of the City of Dunedin, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the day on which this Bye-law shall come into force, it shall not be lawful for any person to set, place, lay, deposit, shoot, or discharge any ashes, rubbish, broken glass, offal, dung, soil, dead animals, blood, or other filth, or annoying thing, in any place within the bounds of the said city, excepting at the place or places publicly notified by the said Council by advertisement in one or more of the newspapers published in the said city; and any person offending herein shall forfeit for each offence a sum of two pounds to the Corporation of the City of Dunedin.

IX.—A Bye-Law to prevent persons from Ringing Bells in the City of Dunedin.

Whereas it is expedient to prevent a nuisance occasioned by persons ringing bells in the City of Dunedin: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the said city, by virtue of the authority in that behalf in them vested—That from and after the date on which this Bye-law shall come into force, it shall not be lawful for any person to ring a bell or bells in the said city, for the purpose of crying or calling any matter or thing whatsoever; and every person offending against the provisions of this Bye-law, or any or either of them, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum of one pound to the Corporation of the City of Dunedin.

X.—A Bye-law to license any Bazaar within the City of Dunedin, for the Sale therein of Horses, Horned Cattle, and Carriages.

Whereas it is expedient to make provision by bye-law, that the sale of horses, horned cattle, and carriages within the City of Dunedin shall be regulated by