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footway, any portion of the upper portion or covering of
which shall be less than 8 feet clear above the level of
such footpath. The shape, figure, dimensions, and material of any such portico shall be approved by the Council previous to the erection thereof.

II. Regulation as to driving of great cattle through
the Town of Oamaru, made under authority of Section
45, Subdivision 9, Part I. of the 13th Schedule.
It shall not be lawful to drive into or through any part of the Town of Oamaru, except between the hours of 10 o’clock p.m. and 8 o’clock a.m. of any day, any great cattle (provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to horses driven in harness, or to oxen in the yoke, or to driving milch cows to water and back).

III. Regulation as to erection and alteration of wooden
buildings, and erection, alteration and repairs of
chimneys, &c., made under authority of Section 1,
Subdivision 1, Part V. of the 13th Schedule.
Whereas it is expedient to prevent persons erecting, or
causing to be erected, within the Town of Oamaru,
wooden buildings abutting or fronting any of the main
streets: 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
on which this regulation shall come into force, it shall not
be lawful for any person, unless with the written consent
of the Council, to erect or cause to be erected any building
composed of wood, or other unsuitable material, abutting or fronting any of the undermentioned streets
in the Town of Oamaru. The occupier or owner of any
section or part of a section in any of the said streets
shall, before proceeding such erection of any building
abutting or fronting such street, lodge with the Town
Clerk, for the inspection of the Council, a plan or plans,
together with specifications, of the building intended to
be erected, and the erection of such building shall not be
commenced until such plan or plans and specifications
shall have received the sanction of the Council, and a
notification in writing to that effect, signed by the Town
Clerk, shall have been delivered to such occupier. Any
owner or occupier altering any existing building in any
of the main streets, shall, before proceeding with such
alteration, lodge with the Town Clerk plans and specifications of the same, and shall obtain the consent of the
Council before proceeding therewith.
The above regulation shall apply to the following streets
in the Town of Oamaru, viz.:— Tyne street, Itchen to
Arun streets, Tees street, Wansbeck to Irkhen streets,
Severn street, Cross Lane to junction of Coquet street; the
whole of Thames and Itchen streets. No chimney
shaft or flue shall be constructed, altered, repaired, or renewed, except with stone or brick.

IV. Regulation as to making and keeping or stacking
hay, corn, or straw, &c., within the Town, made under
the authority of Section 3, Subdivision 2, Part VII.,
of the 13th Schedule.
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 the like
when placed under roof or cover.
It shall not be lawful to make or keep any stack of hay
corn or straw in the open air at a less distance than 30
feet from any building and street line, and from the land
of any adjoining owner. Stables and buildings where
any stack of hay, corn, or straw is kept, to have an iron
or slate roof, to be at least 20 feet from any other building, unless the walls are of stone or brick.

V. Regulation as to keeping of swine. Made under
the authority of Section 1, Subdivision 1, Part VIII. of
the 13th Schedule.
It shall not be lawful to keep any swine within the
following blocks, viz.:—Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 37, 38, and Herstlet’s claim.

JOHN S. WAIT, Mayor.
E. W. ROXBY, Town Clerk.
Oamaru, June 30, 1873.

Bye-Laws.
Municipal Corporation of Oamaru.
Bye-laws of the Council of the Incorporated Town of
Oamaru, made under part 13 of the “Municipal Corporations Act 1867.” Passed and confirmed by the Town Council of Oamaru, on the 30th day of June, 1873.

Bye-law No. I.
In pursuance of the powers and provisions contained
in section 181, part 13, of the “Municipal Corporations
Act 1867,” the Council of the Town of Oamaru ordain as
follows, that is to say:—
1st. The whole of the subdivisions of the 1st, 2nd, 6th,
7th, 9th and 11th, and subdivisions 1 and 2 of the 8th
part of the 13th Schedule of the said Act, are hereby adopted in and for the said Town of Oamaru, and for and
on behalf of the said Corporation.
2nd. The following Bye-laws heretofore existing are
hereby repealed—that is to say, the whole of the existing
Bye-laws numbered from 1 to 18.

Bye-law No. II.
Bye-law of the Council of the Town of Oamaru, made
under section 186 of the “Municipal Corporations
Act 1867.”
A Bye-law to provide for the better rule and government of the Town of Oamaru.

In pursuance of the powers and provisions contained in
section 186 of part 13 of the “Municipal Corporations
Act 1867,” the Council of the Town of Oamaru ordain as
follows, that is to say:—
Any person guilty of any of the acts, offences, omissions
or neglects mentioned in any of the following
Bye-laws, shall, on being convicted of any such act, offence, neglect, or omission be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds (£5):—

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, or animal upon or along any footpath, without the permission of the Town Council to do so.

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

4th. Burning any 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 Town Council of Oamaru 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 drippings 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, 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 Town Council to do so.

12th. Neglecting to clean any private yard, way, passage or avenue, by which neglect a nuisance is caused.

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. Blasting any rock, stone, or timber, in or near any public place, without permission of the Town Council.

16th. Furiously or negligently riding or driving through any public place, street or thoroughfare.

17th. Exposing in any public street or thoroughfare, except in any fair or market lawfully appointed for that purpose, any horse or other animal for show, hire, or sale.

18th. If any butcher or other person shall kill or