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BYE-LAW No. X.

A Bye-Law to prevent the nuisance arising from the keeping of Piggeries, Pigsties, and other similar places within the Town of Naseby.

Whereas it is expedient to prevent the continuance of nuisances arising from the keeping of pigs, sheep, and other animals within the Township of Naseby: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of said Town, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the date of this Bye-Law coming into force and operation, the following Regulations shall be in force:

Piggeries may be kept within town boundaries.

1. The Council may from time to time grant permission to persons to keep a pigstye on their premises, but such permission must be obtained from the Municipal Council, and shall be given in writing, and, on the back of the document containing such permission, the conditions upon which the same was granted shall thereon be endorsed. Such permission to be temporary.

2. Such permission shall in no wise be deemed of a permanent nature, and in no case is it to be granted for a term exceeding one year, and this clause shall be endorsed on the back of every such permission.

Persons keeping pigsties must register them.

3. All persons to whom permission is granted to keep pigstyes within the town boundaries must, within seven days after such permission has been granted to them, deposit a duly signed certified copy of such permission at the Town Clerk’s office, and pay a fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence annually for the registering of the same.

Against slaughtering pigs, sheep, or other animals on premises.

4. It shall not be lawful for any person so permitted to keep a pigstye on his premises, to use such permission as a means whereby he may deal or trade in pigs or sheep or other animals, by slaughtering and killing said animals for sale on his premises.

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. XI.

A Bye-law prohibiting the Deposit of Goods or Vehicles on the Public Roads or Footpaths, and the Exposure of Goods for Sale outside of any Shop, Store, Dwelling, or House in the Town of Naseby.

Whereas much inconvenience is caused to the public by the blocking-up of the public roads or footpaths by the depositing thereon of vehicles or merchandise for sale or otherwise, and as it is desirable to repress such a custom or nuisance, any person or persons depositing for any period longer than is absolutely necessary for their removal into any store, shop, house, or other dwelling, goods, merchandise, vehicles, or other material upon the public pathways, roads, or passages; or any person or persons who shall expose for sale outside his premises or on any public pathway any goods, merchandise, vehicles, or other material, shall, for every breach of the provisions of this Bye-law, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

BYE-LAW No. XII.

A Bye-law compelling all Vehicles to carry Lights when travelling at night.

That every vehicle licensed to carry passengers, of whatsoever description, travelling within the limits of the Town of Naseby, after sunset and before sunrise, shall be provided with proper carriage lights, and the driver shall keep the same properly lighted, or be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

BYE-LAW No. XIII.

A Bye-law to Regulate the Sale, by weight or measure, of Marketable Commodities within the Town of Naseby.

Penalty for using illegal weight.

1. The owner or reputed owner or vendor of any marketable commodities or produce brought into the said town for sale by weight or measure, or offered or exposed therein for that purpose, and reported on by a duly-appointed officer of the said Council as being of unjust or illegal weight or measure, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Penalty for selling under weight.

2. Any person within the said town selling or delivering, or causing or permitting to be sold or delivered, any goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind whatever, under the weight at or for which such goods, wares, or merchandise shall have been sold, shall be subject to the before-mentioned penalty.

BYE-LAW No. XIV.

A Bye-law to Restrain the Keeping of Houses of Ill-Fame in the Town of Naseby.

Whereas it is necessary for the peace and comfort of the Inhabitants of the Town of Naseby that houses of ill-fame and bad repute within the said town should be restrained and, if possible, suppressed: any person keeping any such house, or being the reputed proprietor and occupier thereof, or having the chief control or conduct or management of the same, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds for every such offence; and all Inspectors of Nuisances of the said Council, or other officer thereof being special constables, are hereby required to lay and prefer informations for a breach of this Bye-law at the instance or on request of any two respectable householders resident in the neighbourhood of such reported house of ill-fame and bad repute.

BYE-LAW No. XV.

A Bye-law for the better Prevention and Extinguishing of Fires, and the Regulation of Awning over Footpaths.

Fire in yards.

1. That no person shall light or have any fire burning within or upon any yard or premises, whether enclosed or not, for any purpose whatsoever, without first having obtained license or permission from the said Council, or their duly authorised officer, except such fire be made in a properly constructed approved fireplace.

Burning stubble, rubbish, &c.

2. That no person shall be allowed to set fire to any stubble, scrub, furze, or other inflammable material, until notice in writing be given to parties owning or occupying property adjacent to the place where such fires shall be made, twenty-four hours previous to such fires being made; and that no fire shall be made and continued excepting between the hours of eight a.m. and eight p.m.

Straw, &c., to be kept under cover.

3. That no person shall be permitted to keep any heaps or stacks of hay, corn, or straw on their premises, unless the same be under cover of a shed or building, of which no exterior part or covering shall be of canvas or calico, or other textile fabric, or at a distance of fifty feet from any adjoining building, or twenty feet from any adjoining property not belonging to or in the occupation of the owner of such heap or stack of hay, corn, or straw.

Tents, &c., of calico to be thirty feet from other buildings.

4. That no person shall erect any tent, store, or dwelling, or other building of calico, canvas, or other textile fabric, or renew with the like material any roof or any other exterior part of any tent, store, or building now existing in any of the proclaimed streets of the Municipality of Naseby, except the same be situated at a distance of thirty clear feet from any other building.

Fire Brigade.

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 officer 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.

Application for building chimney, forge, &c., to be made.

6. As forges are oft-times built in the open air for the purpose of heating tires, no fire shall be so made unless permission shall have been obtained from the Mayor and two Councillors for the time being; and it is further ordered that no building, chimney, or other furnace shall be erected without such permission.

7. No person shall be at liberty to throw out any live ashes, fire, or coals in an inflammable state, whether of wood or coal, under the penalty before mentioned.