CHARLES COLCLOUGH,
Town Clerk.

Riverton, 3rd December, 1878.

SIR,—By direction of the Corporation of Riverton I have to inform you that the annexed draft Bye-Law No. 1 was adopted by the said Corporation, on the 2nd December, 1873.

I have the honor to be, sir,
Your most obedient servant,
PETER GRANT,
Town Clerk.

His Honor the Superintendent, Dunedin.

"I can advise His Honor the Superintendent to assent to these Bye-Laws."
GILESON K. TURTON.

BYE-LAW No. 1

The following draft Bye-law has been adopted in terms of Clause 186 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1867:—
A bye-law to provide for the better Rule and Government of the Town of Riverton.

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 Riverton ordains as follows, that is to say:—

Any person guilty of any of the following offences, omissions, or neglects, within the Town of Riverton, shall, on being convicted of any such offence, neglect, or omission, be liable to pay any penalty not exceeding (£5) five pounds:—

1st.—Throwing any glass, dirt, filth, 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, upon or along any footpath without permission from the Town Council to do so.

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

4th.—Burning any shavings, straw, or other 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.—Allowing the droppings from the eaves of any house to fall upon any footway.

8th.—Placing any placard, or other document, writing, or painting on, or otherwise defacing any house, or building, or any wall, fence, lamp post, railway post, or gate, without the consent of the occupier or owner thereof.

9th.—Opening any drain, or sewer, or removing the surface of any footway, or carriage road, without authority from the Town Council to do so.

10th.—Neglecting to clean any private yard, way, passage, or avenue, by which neglect a nuisance, by offensive smell or otherwise, is caused.

11th.—Breaking in any horse, 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.

12th.—Throwing or discharging any stone, or other missile, to the danger or damage of any person or property.

13th.—Blasting any rock, stone, or timber, in or near any public place, without permission of the Town Council.

14th.—Furiously or negligently riding or driving through any public place, street, or thoroughfare.

15th.—Making any cellar door, or other opening from the footway of any street or public thoroughfare, without the consent, or not in accordance with the directions of the Town Council.

16th.—Discharging any firearms, or letting off any fireworks, or carrying any loaded fire-arms, or other offensive weapon, within the town of Riverton, without permission of the Town Council: Provided that this provision shall not apply to any Justice of the Peace, or any person in Her Majesty’s military or naval service, or any member of the police, or other peace-officer, or any member of a recognised Volunteer Corps, or any special constable, or any person actually in pursuit of any felon or offender.

17th.—Any person laying out or opening any street or building therein, and omitting during the operations necessary for forming such street, or for building therein, to take all such precautions for guarding against injury to the passengers along such street as may be necessary, or as may be directed by the Town Council.

18th.—Any person placing any obstruction upon any street line, whereby life or limb is likely to be endangered.

19th.—Any person leaving any hole, excavation, or dangerous formation in or near any public place, street, or thoroughfare, without fencing or enclosing the same, or without keeping a light burning upon such formation from sunset to sunrise.

20th.—Any carter riding any cart, dray, or waggon, without having and holding proper and sufficient reins, and no competent person having charge of the animal or animals drawing the same.

21st.—Any person driving any vehicle whatsoever, or riding any animal, and when meeting any other vehicle or animal not keeping on the left or near side of the road or street, or when passing any other vehicle or animal going in the same direction, not going or passing, or not allowing any person desirous so to do to pass, when practicable, on the right or off side of such other vehicle or animal.

22nd.—Driver of any horse or vehicle injuring any person or property whatsoever, by negligence or by driving on the wrong side of the road, or by being away from his horse or cattle, so as to be unable to have the full control of them.

23rd.—Any person driving any cart, waggon, or dray, without the name and residence of the owner thereof being painted in a legible and permanent manner on the right or off side, in letters of at least one inch in length.

24th.—Any person who shall act as driver, or have the sole charge of more than one vehicle, on any public road or street, unless in cases where two of such carriages, and no more, shall be drawn each by one horse only, and the horse of the hinder or such carriages shall be attached by a sufficient rein to the back of the foremost of such vehicles.

25th.—Driver or guard of public vehicle for conveyance of passengers, wilfully delaying on the road, using any abusive or insulting language to any passenger, or by reason of any intoxication, negligence, or other misconduct, causing injury to or endangering the safety of the person or property of any passenger or other person.

26th.—Any person turning loose any horses or cattle upon any public street, or allowing any animal or animals thereon to wander on any public street or thoroughfare within the Town of Riverton.

27th.—Any person leaving upon any public street or thoroughfare any plough, harrow, cart, or other vehicle, without any horse or animal harnessed thereto, unless in consequence of some accident having occurred.

28th.—Any person slaughtering or skinning any beast upon any public street or thoroughfare, or permitting any slaughtered beast or skin to remain there, or leaving any dead beast on such street or thoroughfare.

29th.—Any person having any iron, timber, or boards laid across any vehicle going along any street or thoroughfare, so that either end shall project more than two feet beyond the wheels or sides of such vehicle.

30th.—Any person destroying, damaging, polluting or obstructing any aqueduct, dam, sluice-pipe, pump, water-course, or fountain.

31st.—Any person being the owner or tenant of any building abutting on any street where the footpath has been formed, who, by omitting or neglecting to secure and maintain the foundation of such building, causes or allows the formed footpath to fall in, or be otherwise damaged.

PETER GRANT,
Town Clerk.
Council Chambers, Riverton, 2nd Dec., 1873. 1 t 50s