✨ Municipal Bye-Laws




PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Act, 1867" the Council of the Borough of Greymouth ordains as follows that is to say:

  1. No person without having first obtained permission in writing of the Council so to do shall make or cause any obstruction in or upon any public street or private street or any roadway footpath or channel by allowing any vehicles or animal to remain for a longer time than necessary for loading or unloading the same upon or across the same provided that this clause shall not apply to vehicles or animals standing or remaining on any stand or in any street or place appointed for that purpose by the Council.

  2. No person shall without having first obtained permission from the Council so to do cause any obstruction to any street roadway footpath or channel by placing any goods materials or other things upon or across the same provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to goods being taken into any store shop or warehouse which shall have been placed on the footpath so as to extend not more than a third of the way across the same and which shall not have remained in or upon such footpath or any part thereof more than six hours altogether since they were first deposited there neither shall anything in this clause contained apply to building or other material or rubbish purported to be dealt with by sections 29 to 37 both inclusive of Part One of the 13th Schedule of the "Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

  3. No person shall take sole charge in any public street or private street within the Borough of Greymouth of more than one vehicle at the same time.

  4. No person in charge of any vehicle in or upon any public street or private street shall allow any materials which may be conveyed on such vehicle to drag or trail behind the same so as to obstruct passage or to injure such street as aforesaid or to project on either side thereof more than a distance of two feet measured horizontally from the outside of the axle of the wheel of such vehicle.

  5. Any person riding or driving or otherwise in the charge of any horse or vehicle in or upon any public street or private street shall keep to the near side thereof and any person so riding or driving or otherwise in charge of any horse or vehicle as aforesaid shall while he shall so be in charge remain sufficiently near to have the same under proper control.

  6. Any person riding or driving any animal or vehicle in any public street or private street meeting any other animal or vehicle shall keep on the near or left side of the road and the one passing shall keep on the off or right side of the road and shall not in any manner prevent or obstruct any other person from riding or driving as aforesaid from so meeting or passing.

  7. No person shall furiously or negligently ride or drive any horse in or upon any public street or private street.

  8. No person shall wilfully or negligently so drive cattle in any public street or private street so as to cause damage or danger to any person or thing or shall in any wise misbehave in respect of the driving of cattle therein.

  9. No person in charge of any vehicle shall ride thereon without there being and he then having hold of good and sufficient reins thereto.

  10. No person shall without the authority of the Council expose or offer cattle for sale or exhibition in any public street or private street not being a lawful fair or market.

  11. No person shall kill or slaughter any cattle or animals of any kind within the Borough except at some slaughter house duly licensed by the Council of the said Borough and registered in the registration books of the Council and no person shall kill slaughter offer for sale or have in his possession with intent to slaughter or to sell as fit for human food any diseased animal or any meat fish game poultry or fruit which shall be unfit therefor.

  12. No person shall keep open in or upon any public street or private street any entrance or opening therefrom for access into any vault cellar or other underground place except for the purpose of taking goods thereout or storing goods therein nor for any longer time than shall be reasonably necessary for such purpose nor during such time as shall be so necessary without providing sufficient protection to passengers from any injury thereby.

  13. No person shall neglect or omit to keep always in good repair any door railing



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Westland Provincial Gazette 1875, No 14





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Approval of Municipal Bye-Law No. 10 (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
28 April 1875
Bye-law, Municipal Corporations Act, Greymouth, Westland Province, Street regulations