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foreordered and directed by the Council of the Town of Oamaru, that 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:

That any person under an order signed by the Mayor or Town Clerk, shall be allowed to enter upon any land or premises in the Town of Oamaru (a notice to that effect under the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk having been served at least one week previously, on the occupier or owner of such land or premises,) for the purpose of carrying through such land or premises any main or sub-main sewer or drain that may, in the opinion of the Town Surveyor, be required; and any person offering any obstruction in the execution of such work, shall be subject to a penalty for every such offence, of the sum of Two Pounds to the Corporation of the Town of Oamaru: Provided that the land or premises so entered upon shall be restored, as nearly as possible, to the same state as before the construction of such drain.

16. A Bye-law to provide for the construction and regulation of private drains in the Town of Oamaru.

Whereas it is expedient to provide for the construction and regulation of private drains in the Town of Oamaru: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the Town of Oamaru, that 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:

The occupier or owner of any section or part of a section within the said Town of Oamaru shall, upon receiving notice under the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk to that effect, within one month from the date of such notice, construct, or cause to be constructed, a side drain, together with cesspool and grating, in accordance with a plan furnished by the Town Surveyor, and under his direction, and cause such drain to communicate with any main or sub-main drain as may be required after the expiration of such notice, the Council shall have power to have the same constructed at the sole cost and expense of such occupier or owner, such cost or expense to be recovered in a summary way in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Oamaru, and any person or persons obstructing the execution of such works, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Two Pounds. Such cesspool shall be emptied and cleansed at such times as may be required by the Inspector of Nuisances, subject to the before-mentioned fine.

17. A Bye-Law to prevent the straying of cattle, &c.

Whereas much damage arises both to public and private property by the straying of horses, cows, bullocks, bulls, sheep, goats, and pigs, within the Town of Oamaru, and it is advisable for the prevention thereof that the penalties hereinafter named should be imposed upon the owners of any such horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs so straying within the Town of Oamaru—

Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the said Town of Oamaru, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the day and date of this bye-law coming into operation, any policeman or other person shall be empowered to drive or take to the public pound any horse, cow, bullock, bull, sheep, goat, pig, or other animal found trespassing or at large in the Town of Oamaru. The owner of any horse, cow, bullock, bull, sheep, goat, pig, or other animal, who shall allow the same to stray within the limits of the Town of Oamaru, shall be liable to a penalty of one shilling for each and every such animal so allowed to stray as aforesaid, provided that no penalty for any one offence shall exceed the sum of ten pounds.

18. A Bye-Law for compelling owners of dead animals or offensive matter to bury the same.

Be it therefore ordered and directed by the 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 deposit any dead animal or offensive matter except in such place or places as may be appointed by the Council, and that it shall be compulsory upon the person removing the said animal or offensive matter (which removal shall be effected before the expiry of twenty-four hours) to bury the same, in or upon such place as directed by the said Council, at least two feet underground, or in such other manner as directed by the Inspector of Nuisances, or such other person as the Corporation may appoint, such animal or offensive matter to be buried within twenty-four hours from its removal to such place. Every person who shall fail to observe the provisions of this bye-law shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not less than ten shillings and not exceeding five pounds.

Passed by the Council of the Town of Oamaru, this fifteenth day of April, 1868.

S. GIBBS,
Mayor of Oamaru.

GEORGE SUMPTER,
Town Clerk.

The foregoing bye-laws having been laid before the Provincial Council of this Province for fourteen days, have been submitted to me for confirmation, and it having been made to appear to me that none of the said bye-laws are repugnant to the "Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act 1865," or to the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1865," or to the "Otago Municipal Councils Empowering Act 1865, Amendment Act 1866," or to an Ordinance intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1865," or to the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1866," or to the general spirit and intendment of the laws in force within the Colony and the Province, I do hereby, with the advice and consent of my Executive Council, confirm the said bye-laws.

As witness my hand at Dunedin, this sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JAMES MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Mr. Adam Bell
Mr. Edward Downes
Mr. William Drysdale
Mr. Adam Dumars
Mr. Alexander Pullar
Mr. John M’Farlane
Mr. Elias Jones

to be managers of the Birkskin Village Cemetery.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Provincial Secretary.

11th May, 1868.

NASEBY CEMETERY MANAGERS.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint

Mr. John Bremner
Mr. William Grumitt
Mr. Walter Inder
Mr. David Birrell Millar
Mr. Luis William Busch

to be managers of the Naseby Cemetery Reserve.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Provincial Secretary.

20th May, 1868.