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any building abutting 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.
51st.—Any person or persons who shall ring or
cause to be rung, any bell which at the time of such
ringing may be under the control of the Lawrence
Volunteer Fire Brigade without due cause.
Passed by the Council of the Town of Lawrence,
this 28th day of June, 1875.
MATTHEW HAY, Mayor
L. C. HOLMES, Town Clerk.
REGULATIONS of the Council of the Town of
Lawrence, made under Schedule 13 of "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."
No. 1.
A Regulation made under the authority of Section 4,
Subdivision 1, Part 1, of Schedule 13 of the said
Act—"For regulating the height from the
ground, shape, dimensions, and materials
of Porticos or verandahs."
1st.—No portico or verandah shall be of less
height than 8 feet from the kerb to the soffite of the
facia, measured in the centre of the verandah; nor
higher than 8 feet, unless the permission of the
Town Council has been first obtained in either case.
2nd.—All porticos or verandahs shall be erected
in accordance with plan and specification deposited
in the office of the Town Clerk.
No. 2.
A Regulation made under the authority of Section
14, Subdivision 3, Part 1, of Schedule 13 of said
Act—"For regulating the foundation, or
drains to be laid under any footway or channel."
1st.—All drains under footways shall be con-
structed with such materials as shall be approved of
by the Town Council, and shall be laid with a fall of
3 inches in the whole width of the footway, the level
at the discharge mouth being the level of the water
channel.
2nd.—The footway opened up for the reception of
the pipe shall be made good with the same material
of which it is constructed.
3rd.—No drain under a footway, and discharging
into the channel, shall be laid or used for any other
purpose than for carrying off surface water, whether
from roofs or yards.
No. 3.
A Regulation made under the authority of Section
26, Subdivision 4, Part 1, of Schedule 13 of said
Act—"For regulating the formation, &c., of
Crossings, across or over footways and channels."
1st.—No crossing shall be less than 10 feet long
in the direction of the street, nor of greater length,
unless the permission of the Town Council has been
obtained.
2nd.—Both sides of any crossing laid in any street
or parts of the street of the said Town of Lawrence,
shall be laid with black pine planking 9 inches deep,
and 3 inches thick, and the crossing shall be laid
with boulder pitchers six inches deep, in as regular
material, as possible, with a quadrant of the same
material, and two feet radius at each end.
3rd.—All crossings shall be the full width of the
footpath, and shall have such inclination towards the
channel, and be set to such gradients as the Town
Council may direct.
4th.—All crossings shall be well bedded on a pre-
pared bed, using at least three inches of sand, and
well rammed to a solid and uniform surface to the
satisfaction of the Town Council.
5th.—No materials shall be used in any crossing
which have not been first approved of by the Town
Council.
6th.—No workman shall be allowed to set any
part of any crossing who shall not have first ob-
tained a license under the hand of the Town Clerk,
as a guarantee of his competency to execute the
work, which license shall be revocable at the option
of the Town Council.
No. 4.
A Regulation made under the authority of Section
45, Subdivision 9, Part 1, of Schedule 13 of the
said Act—"For appointing the hours during
which it shall not be lawful to drive into or
through the town or any part thereof, any cattle
intended for sale, slaughter, or shipment, or
travelling from one part of New Zealand, or of
any other colony, to any other place, &c., &c.
It shall not be lawful to drive into or through any
of the streets, or parts of the streets, within the fol-
lowing limits, namely, Ross Place, Whitehaven Street
(from its junction with Irvine Street to its junction
with Lismore Street), Lismore Street (to its junction
with Peel Street), Colonsay Street, Peel Street (to
its junction with Lismore Street), Lancaster Street
(to its junction with Lismore Street), Campbelton
Street, Ardrossan Street, (to its junction with Ailsa
Street), and Ailsa Street (to its junction with Peel
Street), which limits are coloured blue on the map
marked "A," deposited in the office of the Town
Clerk, except between the hours of 10 o'clock p.m.
and 8 o'clock a.m., of any day any cattle intended
for sale, slaughter, or shipment, or travelling from
one part of New Zealand, or of any other colony, to
any other place: Provided that nothing herein con-
tained shall apply to horses driven in harness, or to
oxen in the yoke.
No. 5.
Regulation made under the authority of Section 3,
Subdivision 2, Part 7 of Schedule 13 of said Act
—"For prescribing the distance from any ad-
joining land, or from any building, within which
it shall not be lawful to make or keep any stock
of hay, corn, straw, or other produce, if not
placed under roof or cover, and the like where
placed under roof or cover, and for prohibiting
or restraining the use of such covering of certain
inflammable materials."
1st.—It shall not be lawful to make or keep any
stack of hay, corn, straw, or other agricultural pro-
duce belonging to the class of cereals stored in the
open air, at a less distance than (30) thirty feet from
any building and street line, and from the land ad-
joining owner.
2nd.—It shall not be lawful to make or keep any
stack of hay, corn, straw, or other agricultural pro-
duce belonging to the class of cereals, stored in any
building within the Town of Lawrence attached to or
at a less distance than (20) twenty feet from any
other building, unless the roof of such first-men-
tioned building is covered with iron or slates.
3rd.—It shall not be lawful to deposit any timber
shavings in any wooden building at a less distance
than 10 feet from any adjoining land, street, public
place and building.
4th.—It shall not be lawful to make or light any
fire in any building within the Town of Lawrence
at a less distance than 50 feet from any other
building, save in some properly constructed fireplace.
5th.—Any building, while used as a stable only,
may be used for the storage of hay, corn, straw, and
other agricultural produce, whether complying with
the foregoing regulations or not: Provided that if
built of wood or iron its capacity shall not
exceed (3000) three thousand cubic feet.
No. 6.
A Regulation made under authority of Section 1,
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Bye-law No. 2 of the Corporation of the Town of Lawrence
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government28 June 1875
Bye-law, Municipal Corporations Act, Lawrence, Local Government, Public Order, Regulations, Traffic, Weighbridges, Licensing
- Matthew Hay (Mayor), Signed bye-law as Mayor
- L. C. Holmes (Town Clerk), Signed bye-law as Town Clerk
- Matthew Hay, Mayor
- L. C. Holmes, Town Clerk
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