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hawking such goods about the streets of the said City;
and the said market and other dues to vary and alter
from time to time, and other dues to fix and establish
in lieu thereof; and such market and other dues when
so regulated and fixed or altered, shall be published in
one or more of the newspapers published in the said
City, and shall be deemed to be the market and other
dues, which, from and after such publication, may be
lawfully demanded, received, or taken by the Market
Inspector hereinafter mentioned for the use of the Cor-
poration of the City of Dunedin: Provided always, that
if in the month of June or December in any year the said
Council shall not think fit to vary or alter the market
or other dues previously fixed as aforesaid, then such
market and other dues so previously fixed as aforesaid
shall continue in force until the said Council shall at
any meeting in the month of June or December in any
year alter or vary such market or other dues as aforesaid: Provided also, that until the said Council shall
otherwise determine in manner aforesaid, the following
shall be the market and other dues which shall be pay-
able and paid as aforesaid:

By the tenant or occupier of
each market stall ... 2s. per day.

By the owner or driver of each cart or
waggon brought into the market place ... 2s. per day.

By the owner or person in possession
of each barrow or basket in which
goods are exposed for sale in said
market-place ... 6d. per day.

By every person hawking dairy, garden,
or farm produce about the streets in
a cart or waggon ... 6d. per day.

By every person hawking as aforesaid
with a barrow or basket ... 6d. per day.

3.—The market shall be open for the sale of garden
and dairy produce on Wednesdays and Saturdays in
each week; on Wednesdays, from sunrise to sunset;
and on Saturdays, from sunrise to eleven o’clock post
meridian.

4.—There shall be appointed by the said Council an
officer to be called the Market Inspector, whose duties
shall be generally as follows:

To demand and receive from day to day all market
dues from the persons liable to pay the same as aforesaid.

To see that the market regulations are duly observed
in the said market.

To inspect all articles exposed for sale in such market,
and to seize such as are bad or unwholesome, and on
such articles being surveyed by any two householders,
and declared by them in writing to be bad or unwholesome, to cause the same to be destroyed, and to prohibit
the sale of any articles in such market which he may
consider noisome or offensive.

To inspect all scales, weights, and measures used in
the market.

5.—The market sheds or stalls used in the said
market shall be appropriated to the sale of garden,
dairy, and farm produce, with the exception of hay and
straw, which shall be sold in such other portion of the
town as may be directed by the said Council.

6.—All butter or potatoes offered for sale in the
market shall be sold by avoirdupois weight only, and
any person offering to purchase may require the vendor
of any such butter or potatoes to weigh the same, and
if, on reference to the Market Inspector, it shall be
found that such vendor has made a false representation
of the weight thereof, every such person shall forfeit
and pay any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds for every
such offence.

7.—Any person who may resist the Inspector in the
discharge of his duty in any particular whatsoever,
shall, independent of any other penalty which he or she
may incur for assault or otherwise, forfeit and pay any
sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such offence.

8.—Any person who may place any matter or thing
so as to obstruct the streets or footways in the said
market or elsewhere therein than where desired by the
market inspector, and shall neglect or refuse to remove
the same on being so required to do by the inspector,
shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Ten
Pounds for every such offence.

9.—That any person who may place any nail, hook
or peg in any part of any stall, or may in any way fit
up or inclose any such stall without the consent or contrary to the directions of the inspector, or if any stallholder neglect or refuse to take down any hook, nail,
peg or fittings in his or her stall when required to do so
by the inspector, every such person shall forfeit and pay
any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds for every such
offence.

10.—Any person who may sweep or cause to be
swept any dirt or rubbish into or upon any of the
streets, gutters or footways of the said market, and
allow the same to remain there, shall forfeit and pay
any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds for every such
offence.

11.—Any person who may sell or offer for sale by
weight or measure any article which, when tried by the
market inspector, may be found deficient in the weight
or measure represented, shall forfeit and pay any sum
not exceeding Ten Pounds for every such offence.

12.—The holder of any stall or shed in the said
market who may fail or neglect in one hour after the
opening of such market to thoroughly cleanse his or her
stall or shed, and the footway and gutter in front thereof,
shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Ten
Pounds for every such offence.

13.—Any person who may place or keep any cart,
carriage or wheelbarrow in any part of the said market,
contrary to the direction of the inspector thereof, shall
forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds for
every such offence.

14.—Any person who may sell or offer for sale in the
said market any marketable commodity before the opening or after the closing of such market, shall forfeit and
pay any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds for every such
offence.

15.—Any person who may be desirous of having his
or her name or calling affixed to any stall or shed, or to
have the same enclosed in any particular way, shall
apply to the inspector, under whose directions, but not
otherwise, the same may be done, and such applicant
shall pay the cost occasioned thereby.

16.—Every person hawking goods about the streets
as aforesaid, shall on each day he or she shall be so
engaged, pay the proper dues to the said market inspector; and shall, from day to day, or from time to time,
obtain from the said inspector a ticket or receipt for
each and every of such payments, which said ticket or
receipt such hawker shall be bound to produce on
demand to any police officer or petty constable. And
if such hawker shall be found hawking as aforesaid
without such ticket, or shall refuse or neglect to comply
with the requirements of this clause in any particular,
he or she shall, upon conviction, be liable to and shall
pay any penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.

Bye-Law, No. XVIII.

XVIII.—A Bye-Law to regulate the proceedings of the
Council of the City of Dunedin.

Whereas it is expedient to make divers regulations
for conducting the proceedings and business of the
Council of the City of Dunedin: Be it therefore
ordered and directed by the said Council, by virtue and
in exercise of the power in this behalf vested in them
by law, that from and after the coming into operation
of this Bye-Law, the following rules and regulations
shall be in force, that is to say:—

Order of Proceedings.

1.—The business of the Council shall be conducted
on all occasions with open doors, and business shall be
commenced so soon after the time stated on the summons as there is a sufficient number of members in