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and addresses at the Municipal Office, and shall submit the vehicle required to be licensed to the inspection of the Council or their Inspector, and shall pay to the Town Clerk, in aid of the Municipal Fund, for the license of each several vehicle, a sum to be calculated after the rate of five shillings per annum for each passenger that the vehicle is allowed to carry at any one time, and the said license, however, may be taken out or renewed quarterly —on the first day of June, September, December, and March—a proportionate sum to the amount aforesaid being paid.

Any person committing any act against anything contained in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act, neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Form of license for vehicles.

PUBLIC VEHICLE LICENSE.

No. of

Whereas ___ has applied, pursuant to the provisions of Bye-Law No. 1 of the Council of the said Municipality, for a license to carry passengers for hire in a vehicle thus described:—

Build: ___

Color: ___

and has paid the sum of for said license, as directed by said Bye-Law: Now, therefore, I, the Town Clerk of the said Municipality, in the name and on behalf of the said Council, do hereby license the said carriage, of which you are owner, and which is numbered , as a public vehicle, to carry passengers (and no more) for hire within the said Municipality, under and subject to the provisions of such Bye-Law No. 1, and to such other regulations as may from time to time be in force, until the first day of ___ next, and no longer.

Given under my hand, at the Office of the Naseby Municipality, this day of in the year ___.

BYE-LAW NO. II.

A Bye-law for Regulating and Licensing Persons to Slaughter certain Animals within the Municipality of Naseby, under certain conditions.

Butcher’s License.

1. That all persons whose premises shall have been paved and suitably prepared, so that in the opinion of the Council such premises can be kept inoffensive, and whose premises shall have been reported by the Council Inspector to be in a fit and proper state, shall, upon payment of an annual license fee of forty-two shillings to the Town Clerk, in aid of the Municipal fund, payable on the first day of July, or upon such adjourned day as the Council may appoint, be permitted to kill calves, sheep, and lambs: Providing all such persons shall receive the blood into tubs, and cause its removal, together with all offal or other offensive matter, from such premises at least once in every twenty-four hours. And for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Bye-law, such premises shall be registered at the Municipal Offices, and shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Council or their duly-appointed Inspector; and every person who shall kill any calves, sheep, or lambs without being duly licensed, except the bona fide servants of a duly licensed butcher on registered premises as aforesaid, or whose premises shall not be kept and maintained inoffensive as above required, or who shall neglect or refuse to comply with any other Regulations herein made, shall for each such act, neglect, or refusal, on conviction before any Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Several premises to be registered and licensed.

2. Be it further ordered that it shall not be lawful for any licensed butcher to kill or cause to be killed any calves, sheep, or lambs on premises which are situate distinct and apart, except such premises are severally registered, and a license taken out to slaughter on each such several premises, as though they belonged to different owners.

BYE-LAW NO. III.

A Bye-law for compelling the Removal of Waste Water and Impurities from Cellars and other places within the Town of Naseby.

It shall not be lawful for any person to suffer any waste or impure water, or any animal or vegetable matter, to remain in any cellar or place within any building or premises in the town for twenty-four hours after written notice to him from any Inspector of Nuisances to remove the same. And whosoever shall allow any waste or impure water, or sludge or tailings, or burnt bones, or offensive rubbish or other matter to run or flow from any such building or premises upon or over, or be on any carriage or foot way or other place, whether public or private, within the said town, or shall allow the contents of any water-closet, privy, or cesspool to overflow or to soak therefrom so as to be offensive, shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to a like penalty, payable as aforesaid, during every day that the offence is continued. And the Council shall abate, or cause to be abated, every such nuisance, and do what shall be needful for preventing a continuance or recurrence thereof, and shall have power to enter any building or premises for that purpose; and the expense incurred by them in so doing shall be paid by the owner or occupier of the said building or premises, for the use and benefit of the said Council, by writing under the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk as aforesaid for such payment.

BYE-LAW NO. IV.

A Bye-law for Regulating the Formation of Crossings for Wheeled Vehicles over Footpaths, and for Protecting the Footpaths and Water Channels.

Channel Crossings.

1. That all persons having, or that may hereafter have, roadways for carts and other wheeled vehicles across the footpaths now formed, or that may hereafter be formed, by the Council in the Municipality of Naseby, shall, at their own cost, provide, construct, and maintain a crossing-place over the water-channel and footpath in the manner following, after having first obtained permission from the Municipal Council:—

How constructed in kerbed streets.

2. In streets where a stone or wood kerb is now or hereafter may be laid, the crossings shall be paved with stone or wood pavement the whole width of the footpath, from the interior edge thereof to the pavement of the water-channel, and the pavement shall be enclosed on both sides with a stone or wood kerb of the same size and description as the street kerbing, which it must join at the angles. The water-channel must not in any way be altered or obstructed, and it must be maintained at all times in as good repair, at the cost of the persons having the crossing, as the other portions of the water-channel immediately adjoining.

Where no kerbing, scantlings may be used.

3. In streets where a footpath and side-channel is or may hereafter be formed, and where no kerbing is laid, suitable wood planks or scantlings shall be provided, and fixed over the water-channel so as to leave a free passage for the water underneath, to project into the public roadway not less than five feet from the outer edge of the footpath: and the crossing-place over the footpath shall be paved, metalled or gravelled in such manner that it shall at all times be as clean and dry as the footpath itself is immediately adjoining such crossing-place.

Materials to be approved of.

4. The materials used for such crossing-places and kerbing and the manner of laying the same, shall be subject to the approval of the Municipal Council.

Specifications to be submitted and fee paid.

5. All persons about forming crossing-places over footpaths shall give notice of their intention, and submit a specification of the manner in which the work is to be performed to the Town Clerk, who shall give permission for the same to be proceeded with as specified, provided the specified manner is not objectionable, and shall charge and receive a fee of not more than Five shillings for each examination and permission.

Any person committing any act against anything contained in this Bye-law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act, neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Resident Magistrate, or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

BYE-LAW NO. V.

A Bye-law for the Prevention of Horse-racing, Furious Riding or Driving through the Surveyed Streets and Roads of the Incorporated Town of Naseby.