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of any two or more houses, then the landlord or owner
of the land upon which such watercloset or privy is
erected shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty
of forty shillings, payable to the Corporation of the
Town of Oamaru, and to a like penalty, payable as
aforesaid, during every day that the offence is continued; and the Council shall abate or cause to be
abated, every such nuisance, and do what shall be needful
for preventing a continuance recurrence thereof, and shall
have power to enter any building or premises for that
purpose, and the expense incurred by them in so doing
shall be paid by the owner or occupier of the said building or premises for the use and benefit of the said
Council, by writing under the hand of the Mayor or
Town Clerk as aforesaid, for such payment.

VI. A Bye-Law to prevent the mischief arising from the
making of fires in the open air in the Town of
Oamaru.

Whereas great danger to life and property within the
Town of Oamaru 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 town,
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 or kept, within the Town of
Oamaru, a fire in the open air, unless such fire be made
and kept in an enclosure, 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 or
other person appointed by the Council of the said town,
in writing under his hand; provided that the owner or
occupier of any land having previously obtained leave
from the Surveyor aforesaid, or such other person as
the Council may appoint, may burn any weeds, rubbish
or other matter, such fire being watched by some competent person until quite extinguished; 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 not exceeding two pounds to the Corporation of the Town of Oamaru.

VII. A Bye-Law to provide Regulations to be observed
by the owners of Licensed Weighbridges in the Town
of Oamaru, 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 town of Oamaru, for the purpose of
the trade thereof: Be it therefore ordered and directed
by the Corporation of the town of Oamaru, 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 town of Oamaru:

1. All hay, straw, coals and firewood to be hereafter
   sold, exposed, or offered for sale, bartered or exchanged
   within the town of Oamaru, shall be weighed at some
   weighbridge within the said town, licensed for that
   purpose by the Council thereof, and any person offending herein shall for each offence forfeit and pay a sum
   not exceeding two pounds.

2. Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for
   sale within the Town of Oamaru any hay, straw, coal,
   or firewood, shall, when requested by any town Inspector
   of Weights and Measures, or other person authorised
   by the Town Council in 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 not exceeding two pounds.

3. Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for
   sale within the Town of Oamaru 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 not exceeding
   one pound.

4. Every person who shall sell, expose, or offer for
   sale within the said Town of Oamaru any hay, straw,
   coals, or firewood, shall, upon being requested by a pur-
   chaser or an intending purchaser proceed with all
   dispatch in order to obtain a second weighing of the
   same at the weighbridge in the town nearest to the
   place where such goods may have been sold or offered
   for sale, or at any other weighbridge in the town at the
   option of the purchaser, and in the presence of the pur-
   chaser if he feel so disposed; the said purchaser in all
   such cases taking the said load or other quantity at the
   nett 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 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 town nearest to the place where
   such goods may have been sold or offered for sale, or to
   any other weighbridge in the town 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 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 employed.

6. The owner, reputed owner, proprietor, or keeper
   of any Weighbridge within the town of Oamaru, 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 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 town of Oamaru.

VIII. A Bye-Law to prohibit Rubbish or other matter
being deposited within the Town of Oamaru, excepting
at the place determined upon by the Town Council.

Whereas it is expedient to prevent persons placing,
laying, or discharging, within the town of Oamaru,
rubbish, soil, or offensive matter in other than places
set apart for that purpose by the Council of the said
town: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the
said Council of the town of Oamaru, 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, dead animals, blood, or other filth or annoy-
ing thing in any place within the bounds of the said
town, excepting at the place or places publicly notified
by the Council by advertisement in one or more of the
newspapers published in the said town; and any person
offending herein shall forfeit for each offence a sum not
exceeding two pounds to the Corporation of the Town
of Oamaru.

IX. A Bye-law to license any Bazaar within the Town
of Oamaru, for the sale therein of Horses, Horned
Cattle, and Carriages.

Whereas it is expedient to make provision by bye-
laws, that the sale of horses, horned cattle, and carriages
within the Town of Oamaru shall be regulated by
"License": Be it therefore ordered and directed by
the Council of the Town of Oamaru, by virtue of the