NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON).

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

HENRY BUNNY,
PROVINCIAL SECRETARY.

VOL. XX. FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1873. No. 20.

Corporation of Wanganui.

BYE-LAW No. 3.

BYE LAW of the Council of the Borough of Wanganui, made under special order of the Council the twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, confirmed the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and sealed with the common seal of the said Borough the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

In pursuance of Section 186 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1869, the Council of the Borough of Wanganui ordain as follows. That is to say—

1. The Council may make such provision as it shall think fit for the periodical removal from every dwelling-house or other tenement, as aforesaid, within the Borough, at the expense of the owner or occupier thereof, of any night soil, dung, ashes, slops, filth, refuse, or rubbish of any kind.

2. The Inspector of Nuisances for the time being appointed by the Council, or any other person who may be employed by the Council for the purposes of this Bye-law, shall have power at all reasonable hours in the day or night to enter into, or upon, any building or land within the Borough for the purpose of effecting any such removal, as in the last preceding section specified, or of examining the condition of any privy, cess-pool, drain, or closet-pan, or of cleansing, constructing, altering or repairing same.

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

4. Throwing or sweeping any glass, filth, dirt, rubbish, orange-peel, or other matter of a similar nature upon or into any street, channel, footway, court, alley, or public place whatsoever.

5. Leading or riding any horse or other animal, or drawing, wheeling, or driving any cart, carriage, sledge, truck, barrow, or other thing, upon or along any footpath, without permission from the Town Council so to do.

6. Burning any shavings, straw, or other materials, or matter, upon any footway, channel, surface drain, or carriage road, without such permission as aforesaid.

7. Drawing or trailing any sledge, timber, or other material upon any footway or carriage road.

8. Allowing nightsoil or other offensive matter to be spilt, or otherwise cast on to or upon any road, street, footway, public place, or thoroughfare.

9. Leaving any inflammable materials or matter in any public street, or place, or on any open space near any building, without such permission as aforesaid.

10. Suffering any goat or goats to trespass upon any property, public or private, within the limits of the Borough.

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

12. Allowing the droppings from the eaves of any house or verandah to fall upon any footpath.

13. Opening any drain or sewer, or removing the surface of any footway or carriage road, without authority from the Borough Council so to do.

14. Neglecting to clean any private yard, way, passage, avenue, watercloset,