or any other exterior part of any tent store or building now existing in any of the proclaimed streets of the Municipality of Cromwell, except the same be situated at a distance of thirty clear feet from any other building.

5. That it shall be lawful for this Council to create a Municipal Fire Brigade, to be paid at such rates and subject to such regulations as the Council may from time to time appoint; and the Council may at any time at their pleasure discharge any officers or men of the said Brigade, and appoint others in their stead; and any person or persons obstructing the members of the Municipal Fire Brigade in the execution of their duty, shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

Awnings, &c.

6. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to erect, or cause to be erected, any shade, awning, or other building over or across any public footpath within the Municipality aforesaid, without having first obtained in writing the consent of the Municipal Council aforesaid to such erection; and every such shade, awning, or building, when such consent to the erection of the same shall have been obtained, shall be erected with the outside of the posts or pillars thereof in a line with the outside of the kerb or other boundary of the footpath in front of any shop, dwelling house, or other premises to which such shade, awning, or buildings shall be attached, and no plate, rafter, or tie of any such shade, awning, or building shall be of a less height above the surface of such path than eight feet in the clear to the underside of such plate, rafter, or tie; and it shall be competent for the Municipal Council aforesaid, to direct and require the removal of any such shade, awning, or building erected across or over any public footpath of the said Municipality, except the same be in strict accordance with the foregoing directions, whether such shade, awning, or building shall have been erected prior to the date of this bye-law or not; and it shall be further lawful for the said Council to give notice to remove any such shade, awning, or building by means of the Inspector or other officer of such council, to any owner or occupier by whom, or for whom, such shade, awning, or building shall have been erected; and any such owner or occupier who shall refuse or neglect to remove any such shade, awning, or building, or portion thereof within forty-eight hours from the time of such notice of removal being given, shall, for every such offence, refusal, or neglect, be liable to the penalty hereinafter provided for a breach of this bye-law.

Penalty.

7. Any person or persons committing, or causing to be committed, a breach of any of the clauses of this bye-law, shall, on conviction thereof before any two or more Justices of the Peace, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Bye-Law No. 13.

A bye-law for the prevention of horse-racing, furious riding or driving through the surveyed streets and roads of the incorporated town of Cromwell.

Whereas great danger and inconvenience arise to the public of the incorporated town of Cromwell from the existing practice of horse-racing, furious riding and driving: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Corporation of the town of Cromwell, 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 Cromwell —

That any person or persons engaged in horse-racing, furious riding or driving, or carelessly allowing horses to stray unprotected through any of the surveyed streets or roads within the Municipality, shall, upon conviction before any two or more Justices of the Peace, forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

Certified correct —

W. J. Barry, Mayor.

Passed by the Council of the town of Cromwell, the twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

(l.s.)

R. F. Badger, Town Clerk.

WAKARI ROAD BOARD. — Notice is hereby given of the intention of the Wakari Road Board to apply to the General Road Board, at its first meeting, for leave to levy a Highway Rate of Ninepence per Pound on the annual value of the district; and also an additional rate of Sixpence per Pound on the value of the Maori Hill part of the district.

BUSHY ROAD BOARD. — Notice, it is the intention of the Bushy Road Board to apply to the General Road Board, in October, for authority to levy a highway rate of five pence (5d.) per acre for the year 1870.

ALLDAY ROAD DISTRICT. — The Board hereby notifies its intention of applying, at the October sitting of the General Road Board, for leave and authority to levy a Highway Rate of 4d. (fourpence) per acre on all lands in the district.

HERBERT ROAD DISTRICT. — The Board hereby give notice that they purpose applying to the General Board at the October sitting, for authority to levy a Highway Rate of one shilling per pound of annual value on all lands, houses, mills, &c., in the district.

WAINGALOA ROAD BOARD. — Notice is hereby given, that it is the intention of this Board to apply to the General Road Board, at its next meeting, for authority to levy a Highway Rate of three (3) pence per acre on all lands liable to be rated in the District.

THE HOUKA LOCAL ROAD BOARD. — Notice. Application by the above Road Board will be made to the General Road Board, at its meeting on the first Thursday in October, 1870, for permission to levy a Highway Rate of One Shilling in the Pound for the current year on all lands, houses, and buildings in the above district.

FINEGAND ROAD BOARD NOTICE. — Application has been made by the above Board to the General Road Board for authority to levy a rate of One Shilling in the Pound on all lands, houses, &c., in the district.

TOTARA. — Notice is hereby given, that application will be made to the General Board by the Local Board of Totara for leave to levy future rates in the said district on the annual value of all property in the district — vide Roads Ordinance 1865, Section XXXI.

TOTARA. — Notice is hereby given, that application will be made to the General Board, at its next statutory meeting, for the issue of a precept for the Highway Rate for the current year.

SYDNEY ROAD DISTRICT. — The Board hereby give notice that it is their intention to apply for authority to levy a Highway Rate of Sixpence (6d.) per acre on all lands in the district.

HAMPDEN ROAD BOARD. — Notice is hereby given of the intention of the Hampden Road Board to apply to the General Road Board, at its first meeting, for leave to levy a Highway Rate of Sixpence in the Pound on the annual value of the district.