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 any sum not exceeding ten pounds.

BYE-LAW No. VII.

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. Hay, Straw, &c., to be Weighed.

All hay, straw, and coals 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 any sum not exceeding ten pounds.

2. Seller to produce Weight Note.

Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for sale within the City of Dunedin, any hay, straw, or coal, 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 any sum not exceeding ten pounds.

3. Tare Weight to be affixed to Cart or Wagon.

Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for sale within the City of Dunedin, any hay, straw, or coal, 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 any sum not exceeding ten pounds.

4. Second Weighing if requested.

Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for sale within the said City of Dunedin, any hay, straw, or coals, 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 ; and 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 not exceeding ten pounds.

5. Penalty for refusal to take second Weighing.

Any carter or other person who shall refuse or omit, 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 not exceeding ten pounds, 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. Penalty for giving False Weight.

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 not exceeding ten pounds.

BYE-LAW No. VIII.

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 operation, 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, or by notice under authority of the Council posted on the ground "that rubbish may be deposited there"; and any person offending herein shall forfeit for each offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds.

BYE-LAW No. IX.

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 them vested in that behalf—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 whatever ; 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 any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

BYE-LAW No. X.

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 "License" : Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the City of Dunedin by virtue of the authority in them vested in that behalf—That from and after the day on which this Bye-law shall come into force, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to offer either by private sale or public auction, any horse, horned cattle, or carriage, in any bazaar within the said city, unless such bazaar, repository or sale yard, shall be duly licensed by and under the authority of the said Council, and every proprietor or owner for the time being of such bazaar shall pay a license fee of £10 for the same, and such license shall be renewed annually, and a like sum of £10 paid for such renewal ; and any person selling either by private sale or public auction any horse or carriages in any bazaar, repository,