Of the Local District of Marton, order the following:—

Furze Fences.

1. It shall not be lawful for any person to make or place, or to keep or continue, any fence of brushwood, furze, or other like material, within the limits of Stewart Street and the main road running parallel therewith, starting from Cubabbula Street, and running to the northern extremity of the district. Every owner or occupier of any premises, who shall make or place such fence, or cause such fence to be made or placed; and every owner or occupier of any premises who, after fourteen days’ notice from the Board to remove any such fence thereto appertaining, or who shall suffer any such fence, or any part thereof, to remain, shall forfeit on conviction for such offence, a sum not exceeding five pounds; and in every such case a sum not exceeding forty shillings for every day after any such conviction during which such fence shall continue.

2. All fences of brushwood, furze, or other like material, without the limits of Stewart Street and the main road running parallel therewith, from Cubabbula Street to the northern extremity of the district, and within the district, shall be kept thoroughly trimmed to a height not exceeding five feet; and every owner or occupier of any premises who, after fourteen days’ notice from the Board, shall neglect to trim, or cause to be trimmed, any such fence thereto appertaining, shall forfeit on conviction for such offence, a sum not exceeding five pounds; and in every such case, a sum not exceeding forty shillings, for every day after any such conviction, during which such fence shall remain untrimmed.

3. No fence of brushwood, furze, or other like material, shall be allowed to remain within forty feet of any building within the district, and every owner or occupier of any premises who, after fourteen days’ notice from the Board, shall neglect to move or cause to be removed, any such fence, or portion thereof, thereto appertaining, shall forfeit, on conviction for such offence, a sum not exceeding five pounds, and in every such case a sum not exceeding forty shillings for every day after any such conviction, during which such fence shall continue.

Passed by the Board on the first day of December, 1873.

W. G. WATT, Chairman.

By and with the advice of the Executive Council, I hereby approve of these Bye Laws, this twenty-second day of December, 1873.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Superintendent.

Local District of Marton.

BYE-LAWS of the Board of Commissioners of the Local District of Marton made by the Board under the 73rd section of “The Local Boards Act, 1873.”

Building.

In pursuance of the 73rd section of “The Local Boards Act, 1873,” the Board of Commissioners of the Local District of Marton ordain the following:

1. No portico or verandah shall be of less height from the ground than eight feet.

2. Any person wishing to erect a verandah must, previous to commencing such erection, obtain from the District Surveyor a written permission to do so.

3. Any verandah hereafter erected contrary to the regulations and provisions herein contained shall be deemed a public nuisance, and as such shall be removed at the expense of the party causing such erection.

Passed by the Board this thirty-first day of October, 1873.

W. G. WATT, Chairman.

Swine and Cesspools.

1. It shall not be lawful to keep any swine within the limits of Blackwell street and the Tutaenui Stream on one side, and Cubabbula street to the northern extremity of the district on the other side, and outside those limits at least four chains from any main road.

2. No privy or cesspool shall be emptied, nor any night soil carted away, nor any offensive liquor or matter of any kind whatever, pumped out of or removed from any house, cellar or premises, within the district, except between the hours of midnight and six o’clock a.m.

Passed by the Board this thirty-first day of October, 1873.

W. G. WATT, Chairman.

Hawkers, &c.

1. Every person who shall exercise or carry on the business of a hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, or any other trading person carrying to sell or exposing for sale any goods, wares, or merchandise, within the district shall be required to take out a license.

2. Every such license shall be in the form in the schedule hereto annexed, and the same shall be in force for six months from the date of the issue thereof.

3. Such license shall be issued by the District Clerk to any person applying for the same, on payment of a sum of one pound one shilling (£1 1s.), and such application shall be in writing and signed by any two ratepayers and by the applicant.

4. This regulation shall not extend to prevent any person from selling or offering for sale fish, fruit, farm, and dairy produce in the public streets or thoroughfares, or selling or exposing for sale any sorts of goods or merchandise in any public market or any other public place set apart for the like purpose.

5. If any such hawker, pedlar, or petty chapman holding such license as aforesaid be convicted of selling stolen goods or merchandise, he shall forfeit his license.

6. The District Clerk shall keep a register of the names and places of abode of all persons to whom such licenses shall be issued, and such register may be