Bye-Law Approval




PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Surveyor or other the proper officer of the Council in that behalf appointed has been left for him her or them at his her or their last place or last known place of residence stating that any chimney or flue in the house occupied or owned by him her or them is whether by want of sufficient construction elevation or want of repair dangerous to passengers or neighboring buildings or otherwise unsafe or unfit for use cause the same to be repaired and no person shall make use of such chimney or light any fire or burn any material in the fireplace thereof or connected therewith until the said Town Surveyor or proper officer has certified in writing that such chimney has been altered raised or repaired and is again safe or fit for use and for the purpose of making inspection and giving such notices as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the said Town Surveyor or other the said proper officer to enter into and upon any building in which any such chimney as in this clause mentioned is situate or connected therewith or belonging thereto.

  1. It shall not be lawful for any person at the same time or by the same vehicle or mode of conveyance to carry transport or convey (except by means of boat on the River Grey) into or through the Borough or any part thereof or from one part to any other part thereof more than 50lbs weight of blasting or gun powder but nothing herein contained shall apply to blasting or gun powder being landed from a boat from any ship or vessel in the Grey River for the purpose of being stored or deposited in the Powder Magazine and in course of transit to such Magazine.

  2. Any person offending against any provision of this Bye-Law shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

  3. The word “Cattle” shall for the purpose of this Bye-Law be deemed to include horses asses mules sheep bulls bullocks cows calves goats and swine of all ages and of either sex and to apply to any one of such animals alone as well as to a mob or herd.

  4. The words “Private Street” shall mean any road street or place within the Borough of Greymouth used by vehicles or foot passengers and either accessible to the public from a public street, or forming a common access to lands and premises separately occupied and which has not been maintained as or declared a public street.

  5. The word “Vehicle” shall include a bicycle and also any wheeled carriage or cart whatever be its form or construction used in carrying persons or goods.

  6. The sections Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 and sub-sections Nos. 1, 2, and 4 of section 5 of the Ordinance of the Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury intituled the “Canterbury Police Ordinance Session X No. 1,” and all Bye-Laws or Regulations or parts of Bye-Laws or Regulations (if any) heretofore in force in and for the Borough of Greymouth which are inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions hereof or in any respect deal or purport to deal with the said provisions are hereby repealed.

Passed by the said Council this fifth day of March, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

(L.s.) G. W. MOSS, Mayor.

J. C. MOORE, Councillor.

I, John Arthur Whall, of Greymouth, in the Province of Westland, in New Zealand, the Town Clerk of the Borough of Greymouth, do hereby certify that the above-mentioned Bye-Law No. 10 is in compliance as regards the said Borough with Section 184 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1867.

JOHN A. WHALL,
Town Clerk.

Superintendent’s Office,
Hokitika, April 28, 1875.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the “Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,” and the Acts amending the same I hereby approve of and allow the following regulations of the Council of the Borough of Greymouth, numbered 1 to 15, both inclusive, and I direct that the same be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette of the Province of Westland, the same having been duly transmitted to me as by law required, and not disallowed within the time prescribed therefor.

JAS. A. BONAR,
Superintendent.



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🏘️ Bye-Law No. 10 for Greymouth Borough (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
28 April 1875
Bye-Law, Municipal Corporations Act, Greymouth Borough, Rule and Government
  • G. W. Moss, Mayor
  • J. C. Moore, Councillor
  • John Arthur Whall, Town Clerk
  • Jas. A. Bonar, Superintendent