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80.—Conditions of Registration.

The Warden may endorse on the back of any Certificate of Registration such lawful conditions as may be desirable or necessary for the public good, which conditions shall at all times be binding upon the holder of any such certificate.

X.—LICENCES.

81.—Business License.

Every person engaged in trade or business within the limits of the Gold Field shall obtain from the Warden a business licence, and shall be entitled to occupy an area not exceeding twenty perches, having a frontage of 33 feet, and a depth of 165 feet, where obtainable.

82.—Sites to be Marked by Pegs.

Occupants of sites for business purposes shall place and maintain at each frontage corner of such site a peg not less than two inches square, and standing at least one foot above the surface.

83.—Space between Buildings.

An open space of six feet shall at all times be left between buildings occupied for business purposes. The holder or occupier of a single business area or site shall only build upon 27 feet of his frontage. The holder or occupier of two or more adjoining areas or sites may build upon 33 feet frontage for every such additional area or site.

84.—Registration of Sites.

Business sites may be registered with the Warden for ten days, whilst the holder is engaged in preparing for the occupancy thereof, such registration may be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of ten days, and such renewal shall be endorsed on the certificate, and recorded in the Registration Book.

85.—Occupancy of Sites.

Business sites can only be held or occupied by holders of Business Licences, and no site unbuilt upon can be held unoccupied for more than one clear day, unless the same shall be registered, as provided in Rule 84.

86.—Absence from Site Built Upon.

Any person in lawful possession of a business site, and having erected thereon a substantial dwelling or place of business, may absent himself from such site for any space of time not exceeding nine months, by registering his application and lodging his business licence with the Warden; such protection to remain in force only during such time as the business licence shall remain in operation.

At the expiration of the time for which such site is registered, if the owner do not take possession thereof or move the building, any person taking such site may either remove the building, at the expense of the owner, on receiving an order from the Warden, or purchase the same; the price to be estimated by Assessors.

87.—Information to the Public.

When any business site has been registered, the holder thereof shall post and maintain thereon a board, not less than nine (9) inches square, with the word “registered,” the name of the holder, and the date, number, and period of such registration legibly painted or written thereon.

88.—Roadway between Business Sites.

A space of sixty-six (66) feet shall at all times be left for a road or street between the frontages of business sites, and no person shall on any pretence whatever encroach upon such roadway.

89.—Land to be Set Apart for Occupancy.

The Warden may, wherever it shall be necessary for the public convenience, set apart land to be occupied for business purposes, and direct the Mining Surveyor to divide such land by streets and roadways in the most convenient manner. Provided that if, after such survey as aforesaid, it shall be found that any person has a substantial building or place of business upon any street or section so set apart as aforesaid, he shall be entitled to occupy the site upon which the building stands, or if the building is upon the street, to occupy the section immediately in the rear of the building, upon taking out a business licence within three days after receiving a notice from the Warden or Surveyor. Provided always that the section be not in the legal occupation of some other person previous to the survey of the street.

90.—Mode of taking up Business Sites.

Every person intending to take up a business site on land set apart, and surveyed for business purposes, shall make application in writing at the Warden’s office in accordance with the form set forth in Schedule H, attaching thereto his business licence; and every application shall be registered in a book set apart for that purpose, showing the date and hour upon which such application is made, when they shall be granted according to priority of application. In the event of two or more applications for the same site...