Municipal Bye-Law Provisions




PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

or cover to or about any entrance or opening
of any vault cellar or other underground place.

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  1. No person shall make any writing or
    painting upon any house building wall fence
    gate door or post of any kind or shall place
    thereon or affix thereto any placard document
    or thing or shall in any way deface the same
    without the consent of the owner or the
    occupier thereof.

  2. No person shall throw or place in or
    upon any public street or private street any
    bottle or other glass whether whole or broken
    filth dust rubbish or other offensive annoying
    obstructive or inconvenient solid matter of
    any kind.

  3. No person or persons shall play at any
    games in or upon any public street or private
    street and no person shall wilfully disturb
    any inhabitant by ringing his bell or knocking at his door.

  4. No person shall wantonly hurt or
    harass any cattle passing along or being in
    any street.

  5. No person shall wilfully set on any
    dog to attack or put in fear any person or
    animal in any street or suffer any ferocious
    or mischievous dog of which he may be owner
    or have charge to be at large and unmuzzled.

  6. No person shall without lawful cause
    or authority discharge or let off any fire arms
    in or upon any public street or private street
    or within 100 yards therefrom but nothing
    herein contained shall extend to any Justices
    of the Peace or any person in Her Majesty’s
    Naval or Military service or any member of
    the Police force or other Peace officer or to
    any member of a recognized Volunteer corps
    while on parade or on duty or any Special
    Constable actually in pursuit of any felon or
    offender.

  7. No person shall in any public street
    or private street to the annoyance of any
    person roll any cask or vessel or beat any
    carpet.

  8. No person shall throw cast or discharge any stone stick marble bullet or missile
    of any kind to the damage of any person
    property or thing.

  9. No person shall place or leave in or
    upon the bank of any river creek stream or
    water-course any dead animal or other noxious
    or offensive matter or thing or shall throw
    or discharge into any river creek or
    stream or water-course any dead animal or
    other noxious or offensive matter or thing or
    any living animal with intent to drown
    the same or shall drown any animal therein.

  10. No person having the charge of shall
    permit any bull stallion or entire animal to
    cover within public view.

  11. No person shall place or throw any
    timber bricks stones rubbish or other substance into or upon any channel or surface
    drain so as to obstruct the flow of the water therein.

  12. No person shall allow any night soil
    offal or other offensive matter to be spilt or
    otherwise cast on to or upon any public street
    or private street within the Borough of Greymouth or any foot way or path.

  13. No person shall break in any horse
    fly any kite or use any bows and arrows in
    any public street or private street within the
    Borough of Greymouth.

  14. No person shall slaughter kill or skin
    any beast upon any public street or private
    street within the Borough of Greymouth nor
    permit to remain or leave thereon any
    slaughtered or dead beast.

  15. No person shall light any bush fire or
    burn or set fire to any inflammable matter in
    any public or private street, or in the open air
    in any part of the Borough of Greymouth
    without first obtaining permission in
    writing of the Mayor of the Borough of
    Greymouth and such permission shall be
    subject to such conditions as the Mayor shall
    impose and no person shall light any such fire
    contrary to any such conditions or in contravention thereof.

  16. No person shall blast any rock stone
    or timber within the Borough of Greymouth
    without first obtaining permission in writing
    of the Mayor for the time being of the
    Council of the said Borough and the Mayor
    shall specify in such permission the number
    of days or times the applicant shall be permitted to blast and the precautions that shall
    be taken by him and no person shall so blast
    contrary to such permission and without
    taking such precautions as shall be stated in
    such permission.

  17. Every person shall immediately after
    notice in writing under the hand of the Town



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Westland Provincial Gazette 1875, No 14





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🏘️ 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