Road Board Notices and Bye-laws




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PENINSULA ROAD BOARD.

I. Tenders wanted for providing, breaking, &c., 150 yards Metal, on No. 3 Road, Highcliffe. Apply to Mr Robert Inglis, Highcliffe.

II. Tenders invited from Surveyors, to perform the work of the Road Board. Tenderers to state the amount per day, price of each plan, &c., or the sum total per year.
Both tenders to be sent in before the 4th February, 1875.
4—12s. 6d. WILLIAM HAY, Clerk.
5th January, 1875.

NORTH TAIERI ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE.

THE North Taieri Road Board intend to levy a General Rate of One Shilling in the £ on all rateable property within the District for the year 1874—75.
The Rate Book lies for inspection at the Schoolhouse, Mosgiel, for 30 days from date. Objection, if any, must be lodged with the Clerk, in writing, not later than the 30th day of January, 1875.
A special meeting of the Board will be held on the first Monday in February, at 6 p.m., to hear objections, if any.
WM. M’LEOD,
Clerk to Board.
Mosgiel, 29th Dec. 1874. 4—20s.

HALFWAY BUSH ROAD BOARD.

Notice to Appellants against Assessment.

THE Appeal Day has been fixed for Saturday, January 23rd, 1875, at 3 p.m., at the Schoolhouse, Waikari.
Rates for the period ending June 1875 are now payable daily at the Schoolhouse, Waikari.
3—7s. W. JOHNSON.

NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Grey Road Board have made a rate of one shilling in the £ on all rateable property within the Saddle Hill subdivision, and that the said rate is payable to Mr William Jaffray, of Saddle Hill Park, or to me at Greytown Schoolhouse on or before the 9th Feb., 1875.
WM. MACANDREW, Clerk.

BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS
OF
The DISTRICT BOARD and RATEPAYERS of the
District of the PENINSULA,
Made under the authority of the "Highway Boards Empowering Act, 1871," and the "Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871, Amendment Ordinance, 1874."

Any person guilty of any of the following offences, omissions, or neglect within the said District, shall on being convicted of any such offence, omission, or neglect be liable to pay any penalty not exceeding five pounds, to be recovered in a summary way.

  1. Removing any stone, timber, earth, or gravel from any road without permission from the Board.
  2. Throwing or depositing any rubbish, dirt, stones, firewood, or any other matter upon any road calculated to injure the same.
  3. Erecting without permission of the Board any fence, making any crossing, drawing any sledge, timber, or other material upon any road in such a way as to injure the same.
  4. Filling up or damaging any water-table, culvert, bridge, bank, tree, or wall, or riding or driving upon any footpath.
  5. Turning loose any horses or cattle upon any road, or allowing any animal to wander thereon.
  6. Furiously riding or driving any cart, dray, waggon, or other carriage, or when meeting any vehicle refusing or neglecting to keep on the left hand side of road, or when passing any 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 animal or vehicle.
  7. The driver of any cart, dray, waggon, or other carriage, riding thereon without having and holding proper and sufficient reins, or the owner or hirer of any such cart, dray, waggon, or other carriage allowing an incompetent person to have charge thereof, and of the animal or animals drawing the same.
  8. Any person driving any cart, dray, waggon, or truck without the name and residence of the owner thereof being painted in a legible and permanent manner on the right or off side thereof in letters of at least one inch in length.
  9. The driver of any vehicle injuring any person or any property whatever by negligence or by driving on the wrong side of the road: or by being away from the horse or cattle drawing such vehicle so as to be unable to have full control thereof.
  10. Any person who shall act as driver or have the sole charge of more than one vehicle on any road.
  11. Any person leaving upon any road any plough, harrow, cart, or other vehicle or implement without any horse or animal harnessed thereto unless in consequence of some accident having occurred.
  12. Any person slaughtering or skinning any beast upon any road, or permitting any skin or carcase to remain there, or leaving any dead beast upon any road.
  13. Any person leaving any iron, timber, or boards laid across any vehicle going along any road, so that either end shall project more than two feet beyond the wheels or sides of such vehicle.
  14. Any person discharging any firearms or fireworks, or playing at any game upon any road.
  15. Any person blasting any rock, stone, or timber upon or near any road without permission in writing from the Board.
  16. Any person fishing from the North-east Harbor Beach Road or Bridge Crossing Anderson’s Bay.

The foregoing Bye-laws and Regulations were made by the District Board and Ratepayers of the District of the Peninsula, at a meeting of the Board held on Saturday, the second day of January, 1875, when the Common Seal of the Board was, by order of a majority of the members present, whose names are hereunder written, affixed hereto:—

ALEXANDER STEWART, Chairman.
W. HOOPER.
JOHN MATHIESON.
W. M. FRASER.
WILLIAM BURKE.
ROBERT INGLIS.
WILLIAM STEWART.
CHARLES HUNTER.

I approve of the foregoing Bye-laws and Regulations.
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.
19th January, 1875.

OTAGO WASTE LANDS ACT, 1872.
Section 65, Sub-section 1.

TENTH SCHEDULE.

District of Mount Ida, January 11, 1875.
To the District Land Officer at Naseby.

WE HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that we intend to construct a water race for irrigation, farming, and domestic purposes, commencing at a point near Spring Creek, on the road between Naseby and Eden Creek, and terminating at section No. 4, Eweburn Agricultural Block.
The length of such race is two miles, or thereabouts, and its intended course is about north and south, and it will pass through the Mount Ida Pastoral Investment Company’s, and M. E. A. Chapman’s, runs.
The mean depth and breadth of such race is 2 feet by 3 feet, and it is capable of carrying 1 1/2 sluice heads of water.

JOSEPH PACKMAN,
Naseby, Livery Stable Keeper.
ANDREW ELLIOTT,
Kyeburn, Miner.

Any person objecting to the issue of a License to the above-named applicants must lodge his objection, in writing, at my office within fourteen clear days from the date hereof.



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🏗️ Peninsula Road Board Tenders

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
5 January 1875
Tenders, Road Maintenance, Metal Supply, Surveying
  • Robert Inglis, Contact for tender applications

  • WILLIAM HAY, Clerk

🏗️ North Taieri Road Board Rate Levy

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
29 December 1874
Rate Levy, Inspection, Objections, General Rate
  • WM. M’LEOD, Clerk to Board

🏗️ Halfway Bush Road Board Appeal Day

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Appeal Day, Assessment, Rates, Waikari
  • W. JOHNSON

🏗️ Grey Road Board Rate Notice

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Rate Levy, Saddle Hill, Payment Notice
  • William Jaffray, Payment contact for rates

  • WM. MACANDREW, Clerk

🏛️ Peninsula District Board Bye-Laws

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
19 January 1875
Bye-laws, Regulations, Road Use, Offences, Penalties
8 names identified
  • Alexander Stewart, Chairman of the Board
  • W. Hooper, Board member
  • John Mathieson, Board member
  • W. M. Fraser, Board member
  • William Burke, Board member
  • Robert Inglis, Board member
  • William Stewart, Board member
  • Charles Hunter, Board member

  • J. MACANDREW, Superintendent of the Province of Otago

🗺️ Water Race Construction Notice

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
11 January 1875
Water Race, Irrigation, License Application, Mount Ida
  • Joseph Packman, Applicant for water race construction
  • Andrew Elliott, Applicant for water race construction