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A regulation made under the authority of the above section 3, subdivision 3, Part VII, "for prescribing the distance from any adjoining land, or from any building, within which it shall not be lawful to make or keep any stack of hay, corn, straw, or other produce, if not placed under roof or cover, and for prohibiting or restraining the use for such covering of certain inflammable materials."
1st. It shall not be lawful to make or keep any stack of hay, corn, straw, or other agricultural produce belonging to the class of cereals stored in the open air, at a less distance than thirty (30) feet from any building, and street line, and from the land of adjoining owner.
2nd. It shall not be lawful to make or keep any stack of hay, corn, straw, or other agricultural produce belonging to the class of cereals stored in any building within the town of Invercargill, attached to, or at a less distance than twenty (20) feet from any other building, unless the roof of such first mentioned building is covered with iron or slates, and the walls are constructed wholly of brick.
3rd. It shall not be lawful to deposit any timber shavings in any wooden building, at a less distance than ten (10) feet from any adjoining land, street, public place, and building.
4th. It shall not be lawful to make or light any fire in any building within the town of Invercargill, situate at a less distance than fifty (50) feet from any other building, save in some properly constructed fire-place.
5th. Any building, while used as a stable only, may be used for the storage of hay, corn, straw, and other agricultural produce, whether complying with the foregoing regulations or not. Provided that if built of wood or iron its storing capacity shall not exceed three thousand (3000) cubic feet.
The above regulation was passed at a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 20th day of June, 1872.
W. B. SCANDRETT,
Town Clerk.
A regulation made under the authority of clause 68 of the Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865.
The above regulation was passed at a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 20th day of June, 1872.
W. B. SCANDRETT,
Town Clerk.
A regulation made under the authority of the above section 48, subdivision 1, Part 10, "for appointing the several sums to be paid for licenses for hackney carriages," &c., &c.
1st. For each license for any hackney carriage, or express waggon or cab, there shall be paid to the Town Clerk the sum of one pound annually. Every license to be available only until the 19th day of April after the date of its issue.
2nd. Every hackney carriage, or express waggon, or cab, when standing or plying for hire, shall each even at and after sunset carry and sufficiently display two (2) lighted lamps, one on each side of the splash board.
3rd. The owner of every licensed hackney carriage, express waggon, or cab, shall paint upon a conspicuous part of the off side thereof, his name and the word "licensed," and the number of the license, in white letters one inch in length on a black ground.
The above regulation was passed at a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 20th day of June, 1872.
W. B. SCANDRETT,
Town Clerk.
A regulation made under the authority of the above section 73, subdivision 2, Part X, "for appointing the several sums to be paid for licenses for carts," &c., &c.
1st. For every license for any cart plying for hire within the Town of Invercargill, there shall be paid to the Town Clerk the sum of One Pound annually.
2nd. Every license to be available only until the 19th day of April after the date of its issue.
3rd. The owner of every licensed cart shall paint upon a conspicuous part of the off-side thereof his name and the word "licensed," and the number of the license, in white letters one inch in length on a black ground.
The above regulation was passed at a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 20th day of June, 1872.
W. B. SCANDRETT,
Town Clerk.
A regulation made under the authority of the above section 1 subdivision 1, Part VIII, "for appointing limits within which it shall not be lawful to keep any swine."
1st. It shall not be lawful to keep any swine within forty (40) feet of any private or public dwelling, shop, or any public or private street within the meaning of the said Act, or within twenty feet of any adjoining land. This regulation shall be construed as meaning the kerb of the footpath of the said streets, or of any such street respectively.
The above regulation was passed at a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 20th day of June, 1872.
W. B. SCANDRETT,
Town Clerk.
A regulation made under the authority of the above section 2, subdivision 1, Part VIII, "for appointing hours for the removal of night-soil, offal, or other offensive refuse or matter, and a place for the deposit of the same."
1st. No person shall empty any privy, or load, carry, remove, or deposit any night-soil, offal, filth, rubbish, or other offensive refuse or matter within the Town of Invercargill, save between the hours of 11 o’clock p.m. and 6 o’clock a.m. of any day.
2nd. No person shall deposit any night-soil, offal, filth, rubbish, or other offensive refuse or matter, or empty the contents of any privy within the Town of Invercargill, at any place save and except at the Corporation Manure Depot, or in compliance with the provisions of the Act.
The above regulation was passed at a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 20th day of June, 1872.
W. B. SCANDRETT,
Town Clerk.
A regulation made under the authority of the above section 88, subdivision 4, Part X, "for appointing the several sums to be paid for licenses by hawkers or pedlars," &c., &c.
1st. For the hawker’s or pedlar’s license there shall be paid to the Town Clerk the sum of one pound annually.
2nd. Every license to be available only until the 19th day of April after the date of its issue.
3rd. Every hawker’s cart or barrow shall have the owner’s name painted upon a conspicuous part of the off side thereof, and the words "licensed hawker," and the number of the license in white letters one inch in length on a black ground.
The above regulation was passed at a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 20th day of June, 1872.
W. B. SCANDRETT,
Town Clerk.
£4 10s
FOUND.—Strayed into my yard, Bay Cob Mare, no brand, white snip, near hind foot white; in foal.
W. C. PHILIP,
Commercial Hotel, Tokomairiro.
Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick and Co., of Stafford Street, Printers to the Provincial Government for the time being.
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Invercargill Town Council Regulations for Registered Buildings
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government20 June 1872
Municipal regulations, Fire safety, Building codes, Invercargill
- W. B. Scandrett, Town Clerk
🏘️ Regulation on Hackney Carriages and Cabs
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government20 June 1872
Licensing, Hackney carriages, Public transport, Invercargill
- W. B. Scandrett, Town Clerk
🏘️ Regulation on Carts Plying for Hire
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government20 June 1872
Licensing, Carts, Public transport, Invercargill
- W. B. Scandrett, Town Clerk
🏘️ Regulation on Keeping Swine
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government20 June 1872
Public health, Livestock, Municipal regulations, Invercargill
- W. B. Scandrett, Town Clerk
🏘️ Regulation on Removal of Night-Soil and Offal
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government20 June 1872
Public health, Waste management, Municipal regulations, Invercargill
- W. B. Scandrett, Town Clerk
🏘️ Regulation on Hawkers and Pedlars Licenses
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government20 June 1872
Licensing, Hawkers, Pedlars, Municipal regulations, Invercargill
- W. B. Scandrett, Town Clerk
🏘️ Notice of Strayed Horse
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentStray animals, Lost property, Tokomairiro
- W. C. Philip, Found strayed horse
Otago Provincial Gazette 1872, No 804