Borough Council Regulations




PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Council of the Borough of Greymouth make
the following Regulation that is to say:—

  1. No person shall empty any privy or
    load carry remove or deposit any night soil
    offal or other offensive matter or refuse
    between the hours of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m.

  2. No person shall deposit any night soil
    offal or other offensive matter or refuse in any
    other place than between high and low water
    mark on the sea shore South Beach colored
    black and directly opposite to a post colored
    brown as shown in a plan of the said Borough
    deposited in the Town Clerk’s Office and
    sealed with the seal of the Borough.

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.

JOHN A. WHALL, Town Clerk.


REGULATION No. X.

Regulation of the Council of the Borough
of Greymouth made under Subdivision
No. 2 of Part No. 8 of the 13th
Schedule of the “Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,” for the licensing
registering and inspection of Slaughter
Houses for appointing the fees to be
paid for licenses and registration of
same for preventing cruelty in such
Slaughter Houses and for cleansing of same.

In pursuance of Section or Provision No. 6
of Part 5 of the 13th Schedule of the
“Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,” the
Council of the Borough of Greymouth make
the following Regulation that is to say:—

  1. Every person who shall hereafter desire
    to use any building or place within the Borough
    of Greymouth as a slaughter house and which
    the said Council are by the Section or Pro-
    vision No. 3 of Part 8 of the 13th Schedule
    of the said Act empowered to license shall
    apply in writing to the said Council for a
    license for the same and the said Council shall
    if it thinks fit so to do grant a license for such
    slaughter house to the person so applying.

  2. Every such license shall be an annual
    one and shall be in force for one year from the
    date of issue thereof and no longer and the
    fee to be paid for such annual license shall
    be £2.

  3. Every place which at the time of the
    passing of the said Act was in use as a
    slaughter house and has continued so ever
    since shall within one month of the coming
    into force of this sub-division be registered
    and the fee for registration shall be 20s.

  4. The Town Clerk shall keep a book in
    which the situation of all places licensed and
    registered as aforesaid and the names of the
    owners or occupiers of the same shall be
    entered.

  5. Every slaughter house within the
    Borough shall be kept in a clean and proper
    state and shall be provided with a proper and
    sufficient supply of water all filth shall be
    removed to the place appointed by Regulation
    No. 9 of the Council for the deposit of offal
    or buried properly once at least every twenty-
    four hours.

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.

JOHN A. WHALL, Town Clerk.


REGULATION No. XI.

Regulation of the Council of the Borough
of Greymouth made under Part 9 of
the 13th Schedule of the “Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867,” for appointing
the times and places for Bathing.

In pursuance of the powers and provisions
contained in Section or Provision No. 1
of Part 9 of the 13th Schedule of the
“Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,” the
Council of the Borough of Greymouth make
the following Regulation that is to say:—

  1. It shall be lawful for any person to bathe
    in any place in the Erua Moana Lagoon (but
    not its branch) and as colored neutral tint in a
    plan of the said Borough deposited in the
    Town Clerk’s Office and sealed with the seal
    of the said Borough before 8 a.m. and after
    7 p.m. and at no other times and at no other
    places within the said Borough.

  2. No person except those engaged in
    bathing or intending to bathe or accompanying
    bathers shall resort to or pass within 100



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🏘️ Regulation for Removal of Night Soil and Offal (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 March 1875
Night Soil, Offal, Sanitation, Greymouth, Borough Council
  • G. W. Moss, Mayor
  • J. C. Moore, Councillor
  • John A. Whall, Town Clerk

🏘️ Regulation for Licensing and Inspection of Slaughter Houses

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 March 1875
Slaughter Houses, Licensing, Registration, Inspection, Fees, Greymouth
  • G. W. Moss, Mayor
  • J. C. Moore, Councillor
  • John A. Whall, Town Clerk

🏘️ Regulation for Bathing Times and Places

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 March 1875
Bathing, Regulation, Erua Moana Lagoon, Greymouth
  • G. W. Moss, Mayor
  • J. C. Moore, Councillor
  • John A. Whall, Town Clerk