NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. XIII. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1869. No. 599.

[WITH SUPPLEMENT.]

NOTICE.—On and after Monday, the 15th March, the Government Offices will open at 9.30 a.m., and close at 5 p.m.

On Saturdays the Offices will close at 12 noon.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN.

Bye-Law No. 3.

Bye-law of the Council of the City of Dunedin, made under Section 186 of the “Municipal Corporations Act, 1867.”

A Bye-law to provide for the better Rule and Government of the City of Dunedin.

In pursuance of the powers and provisions contained in Section 186 of part 13 of the “Municipal Corporation Act, 1867,” the Council of the City of Dunedin ordain as follows, that is to say:—

Any person guilty of any of the following offences, omissions, or neglects, within the City of Dunedin shall on being convicted of any such offence, neglect, or omission, be liable to pay any penalty not exceeding (£5) Five Pounds :

1st.—Throwing any glass, filth, dirt, rubbish, or other matter of a similar nature, upon any street, footway, court, alley, or public place whatsoever.

2nd.—Riding, driving, leading, or wheeling any barrow, cart, dray, or carriage, upon or along any footpath without permission from the City Council to do so.

3rd.—Placing any timber, bricks, stones, or other building materials upon any footway, channel, surface drain, or carriage road, without permission as aforesaid.

4th.—Burning any shavings, straw, or other materials or matter upon any footway, carriage road, or open or public place, without such permission as aforesaid.

5th.—Leaving any inflammable materials or matter in any public shed or place, or on any open space near any building, without such permission as aforesaid.

6th.—Drawing or trailing any sledge, timber, or other material upon any footway, or carriage road, to the injury of such footway or carriage road.

7th.—Emptying any privy or cesspool, or carting away any night soil, or other offensive matter, without having a license from the City Council of Dunedin, so to do.

8th.—Allowing any night soil, or other offensive matter to be spilt, or otherwise cast on to or upon any road, street, footway, public place, or thoroughfare.

9th.—Allowing the droppings from the eaves of any house to fall upon any footway.

10th.—Placing any placard, or other document, writing, or painting on, or otherwise defacing any house, or building, or any wall, fence, lamp post, railway post, or gate, without the consent of the occupier, or owner thereof.

11th.—Opening any drain, or sewer, or removing the surface of any footway or carriage road, without authority from the City Council so to do.

12th.—Neglecting to clean any private yard, way, passage, or avenue, by which neglect a nuisance, in any public street or thoroughfare, not being ten feet clear above the footway.

13th.—Rolling any cask, beating any carpet, breaking in any horse, flying any kite, using any bows and arrows, or playing at any game, to the annoyance of any person, in any public place, or obstructing any footpath, or carriage road, whether by allowing any cart or animal to remain across such footpath or carriage road, or by placing goods thereon, or otherwise.

14th.—Throwing or discharging any stone, or other missile, to the damage or danger of any person or property.

15th.—Having any awning on or over any footway in any public street or thoroughfare, not being ten feet clear above the footway.

16th.—Blasting any rock, stone, or timber, in or near