Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 22

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✨ Bye-Laws for Palmerston North Local District



NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON).

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto 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. XXIII. MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1876. No. 22.

Palmerston North Local District.

BYE-LAWS.

In pursuance of the 73rd section of “The Local Boards Act, 1873,” the Board of Commissioners of the Local District of Palmerston North, order the following:—

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

  2. The Inspector of Nuisances for the time being appointed by the Board, or any other person who may be employed by the Board 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 district for the purpose of effecting any such removal, as in the last preceding section specified, or of examining the condition of any privy, cesspool, drain, or closet-pan, or of cleansing, constructing, altering, or repairing the same.

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

I. 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.

II. 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 Board so to do.

III. Burning any shaving, straw, or other material or matter upon any footway, channel, surface drain, or carriage road, without such permission as aforesaid.

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

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

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

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

VIII. 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 owner or occupier thereof.

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



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  • HENRY BUNNY, Provincial Secretary