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38. Throwing any night soil, carrion, or offensive matter into any stream, watercourse, or open drain, or any animal with the intention of drowning it, into any such stream, watercourse, or open drain.

39. Keeping any pig within twenty-two yards of any house, public street, or thoroughfare, or allowing any pig-stye to become a nuisance.

40. Allowing any privy or cess-pit to be within three yards clear of any adjoining premises without the consent of the Council.

41. Allowing any privy to be used unprovided with suitable apparatus for removing the soil, or allowing any cess-pit to be formed or used not constructed or maintained to the satisfaction of the Council.

42. Allowing the contents of any privy or cesspit to soak therefrom, so as to be offensive, or allowing any privy to remain in full view from any public street or thoroughfare.

43. Refusing any Health Officer, Sanitary Inspector, Inspector of Nuisances, or other officer duly appointed by the Council permission within reasonable hours to inspect any premises.

44. Neglecting to abate any nuisance whatever within twenty-four hours after receiving written notice so to do, from any Health Officer, Sanitary Inspector, Inspector of Nuisances, or other officer duly appointed by the City Council, unless in such written notice longer time be allowed.

WITH RESPECT TO OFFENSIVE TRADES.

45. Any person carrying on the business of a blood boiler, bone boiler, fellmonger, slaughterer of cattle, horses, or animals of any description, soap boiler, tallow melter, tripe boiler, or any other noxious or offensive business, trade, or manufacture, within the City of Wellington, unless licensed or permitted by the City Council so to do.

46. Discharging any firearms, or letting off any fireworks, without permission of the City Council.

47. Throwing or discharging any stone or other missile in any public place or thoroughfare.

WITH RESPECT TO HAWKING, ETC.

48. Any person hawking, selling, or offering for sale in any street or public place in the City of Wellington, without first having paid to the Inspector appointed by the City Council the undermentioned dues, during which period such articles may be hawked, exposed, or offered for sale, or other dues as may be from time to time fixed and appointed by the said Council:

1st. Dues from any person selling, hawking, or offering for sale any articles, in any street or public place in the City of Wellington, with cart, per month, 10s.; quarter, £1 5s. And the onus of proof that any articles being delivered about the streets of the city have previously been ordered, and not being hawked, shall in such case rest with the vendor or party delivering the goods.

MISCELLANEOUS.

49. 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 the formed footpath to fall in or be otherwise damaged.

50. Any person laying out or opening any street or building thereon, and omitting during the operations necessary for the formation of such street or for building thereon 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 City Council.

51. Any person destroying, damaging, polluting, or obstructing any aqueduct, dam, sluicepipe, pump, water course, or fountain.

52. Any person stabling any horse, cow, or other animal in any stable or shed, or forming or using any dung-heap or dung-pit, unless such stable or dung-pit be erected, maintained, and drained to the satisfaction of the City Council.

53. In the event of any fire occurring within the limits of the City of Wellington, it shall be lawful for the Captain or other Officer of any local fire brigade to take the horse or horses from any cart, waggon, dray, or other vehicle for the purpose of harnessing such horse or horses to any fire engine, and driving such engine to the locality of the fire, it being understood that the Fire Brigade so using the horse or horses shall, on demand, pay the owner such reasonable compensation as may be ordered (in the event of dispute) by any two Justices of the Peace, and any person driving any cart, waggon, dray, or other vehicle, who shall refuse the use of the horse or horses so required, or any person obstructing or preventing any Captain or other Officer of any local Fire Brigade from so using the horse or horses.

54. Any person who shall allow any furze to grow wild after receiving notice from the City Council to remove the same, or who shall continue to keep or maintain any furze fence without permission from the City Council so to do.

The foregoing Bye-Laws were passed by the City Council of Wellington at a Meeting on this 19th day of May, 1871.

JOHN RING,
Town Clerk.

I, the undersigned, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, do hereby approve of the foregoing Bye-laws, Wellington, 29th May, 1871.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Superintendent.

Signed by His Honor the Superintendent, at Wellington, in the presence of

WM. HISCOCK,
Town Clerk.