BOROUGH OF BALCLUTHA.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 192, 15 March 1878, Page 3

BOROUGH OF BALCLUTHA.

|| *^6ji*^;*sJ^ereby given that- at a Special Meeting of t**© Council of ; ihe Bpro.ugh of,Balclutha, to be holden at the Borough C/ancil Chambers, HBalcluthaV on Tuesday, the 26th day of March instant at ci S nt o'clock in evening] the following Draft Bye-Laws will be tal^ n illto consideration, ;. then approved, will be adopted, namely: — - 1 - : -' J - *-''■--■ "-"-- BYE-LAW No. I.X y • ' part L— STREETS AND tOOTWAYS. r_ y, i ' : -. . „ = - Porticos, Projection, &c. L The word " portico , shall mean^nc! include every awning portico porch: Verandah shed shade or covering apon or across any public footway H for the -'purpose of shade of shelter together with the supports other than H '-'/the binlding against which it shall he of such portico. | 2^ Subject to : the provisions. -hereinafter contained it shall be lawful |; for the owner of any house or building abutting upon any public footway j| within the borough to erect oi* place against or in front of such building If-- and upon or.across such footway such portico as such owner shall see fit. ji" 3. _ Every such portico shall be supported by upright pillars or supports |:. fixed on the outer line or kerb of the footway and shall not be of less g| height tiiah 10 feet from the kerb to the sofitte of the fascia measured in | Ihe cente^fthe. verandah nor higher than 10 feet unless the permission 1 of the Borough Surveyor has been first obtained in either case. If 4. All porticos shall be erected in accordance with plan and specifica- | tion deposited in the, office of the Borough Clerk. | 5. If before the* coming into operation of these bye-laws in the borough |f any portico shall have been erected or placed against or in front of any i building and upon or across any public footway contrary to some Act or |f. OrdinanceYor. bye-law lawfully in force in the borough or if after such |^»rning into operation any .portico shall have been erected or placed against |- or in front of any "building. and' upon or across any public footway other- ' |. wise than, as^shall^ave been appointed by the bye-laws of the council or if % any projecting window balcony step cellar cellar-door or window or steps | le^au^g^^anyceUar.or otherwise lamp lamp-post lamp-iron sign signf post sigh-irjpn* show-board whidqw shutters wall gate fence or opening or "i any other** projection s'or5 'or 'obstruction placed or made against or in front of fy any building within the borough after the coming into operation of these | bye-laws .therein shall be, an. annoyance in consequence of the same proI jectingintc^pr being made in or upon or endangering or rendering less & commbd^dus the passage along any footway of street i.t shall be lawful for !' the council tp give. notice, to the owner or occupier of such building to X remove or to alter so as to conform to. these bye-laws such portico or to "-V remove or in such manner as the council shall by such notice require | to alter such projection br obstruction and such owner or occupier shall | within fourteen days after the service of such notice upon him remove or y .*. in manner aforesaid respectively alter such portico or such projection or y obstruction as aforesaid respectively and if the owner or occupier of any f such building neglect or refuse for fourteen days after siich notice so served [ :-" to remove such portico or such projection or obstruction or to alter the v same in manner aforesaid respectively he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding X five pounds. . . . . \ 6; Jl before the coming into operation of these bye-laws in the borough ; any portico shall have been erected or placed without violation of any byey law for the time being lawfully in force against or in front of any building jr and upon or across any. public footway laid out as such hereunder or other- -,. wise and such portico shall not be in conformity with some bye-law for the , :-"' time being.in force. or if any such projection or obstruction as in the last : ;. preceding section mentioned which has been placed or made against or in -". front of any building before such coming into operation as aforesaid shall ' - be an annoyance as. in the said section mentioned it shall be lawful for the < council to cause such portico to be remove^, or altered so as to conform to • such bye-laws or (as the case may be) such? projection or obstruction to be remoyed or altered as they see fit. Provided that the council shall give < notice, of every such intended removal or alteration to the owner or j occupier against or in front of whose building such portico projection or obstruction may be seven days. before such removal or alteration shall be i commenced and shall make reasonable compensation to be ascertained and j ordered if the parties differ by two justices to every person who shall incur i ; . any loss pr damage by such removal or alteration except in cases where the portico projection or obstruction shall have been erected placed or 1 made without lawful right or against the law or may be removable under ; some other Act or law in which case no compensation shall be made. s 7. Every owner or occupier of any building against or in front of < which there shall be any portico shall keep the same clean and in good l repair and it shall be lawful for the council to give notice to any such owner ( or occupier to clean or repair such portico if and as the same may require { and every owner or occupier who shall neglect or refuse within seven days £ after the service of such notice to effect such cleaning and repair shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. Spouts and Drains for Houses, &c. < 8. Tlie owner or occupier of every house or building in adjoining or < near to any street within seven days next after the service of a notice by ( . the council for that purpose shall put up a shoot or trough of the whole s length of such house or building and shall connect the same either w*ith a 1 similar shoot on the adjoining house or building or with a pipe or trunk 1 to be fixed to the front or side of such first-mentioned house or buildmg 1 from the roof to the ground to carry the water from the roof thereof in such a manner that the water from such house or the shoot or trunk fixed thereto or from any portico or projection therefrom shall not fall upon the l persons passing along the street or flow over the footway but so that no ; such pipe or. trunk shall- be an obstruction to the safe and convenient : passage along the footway ahd shall construct or lay from and hi continua- \ tion of such pipe or trunk to the water channel or gutter herein called \ channel at the outer edge of the footway and through under and tran- . versely to the footway such covered drain or trunk for carrying such water , to such channel as shall be authorised or directed by some bye-law in that ( behalf and shall thereafter keep in good condition every such shoot trough i pipe clrain and trunk and every such drain or trunk shall be constructed i laid and repaired subject to the inspection of such officer as the council \ shall have appointed in that behalf and in default of compliance with any ■ such notice within the period aforesaid or with the provisions of this i section such owner shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. . 9." Every Owner or occupier of land in adjoining to or near any street if such land shall be so situated that surface or storm water from or upon , the same overflows or tenets naturally if not , otherwise discharged to overflow any footway of such street shall within seven days next after the : service of notice by the council for that purpose construct and lay from such point upon such land being near to the footway as shall be specified in such notice by plan appended or otherwise and higher in level than the bottom of the channel at the outer edge of the footway to the said channel and through under and transversely to the footway and keep in good condition such covered drain or trunk as and subject to the like inspection as in the, last preceding section mentioned respectively and in default of compUance with any such notice within the period aforesaid or with the provisions of this section such owner or occupier shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 10. All drains under footways shall be constructed with iron pipes not exceeding .three inches in diameter and shall be laid with a fall of three inches in the whole width of the footway the level at the discharge mouth being the level of the water channel. The kerbstone shall be neatly cut with acirciilar hole of the same size as the outside diameter'of the pipe to. receiye the end of the pipe and relaid to line and level. .'The footway opened up for the reception of the pipe shall be made good with the same material of which it is constructed.^ No drain under a footway and discharging into the channel shall be laid or used for any other purpose jthan for carrying off surface water whether from roofs or yards. .".'". --. „ :. Grossing over Footways and Gliannels. 11. Every person who wilfully and without lawful excuse rides or. drives any horse i; or other animal or drives or wheels any carriage cart or other vehicle upon along or across any footway or any water channel or * gutter herein called channel- by the side of any street save in each such case upon and by or at some crossing to be made as hereinafter mentioned shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 12Tli"ahy land shall front to adjoin or abut upon the footway of any street and if access with horses and vehicles from such street to such land or to some sufficient way appurtenant thereto cannot be had without-riding driving or wheeling the same respectively upon or across the said footway or the channel if any lying along the outer edge thereof and if the owner of such land shall desire that a crossing for horses and other animals/and for vehicles be made as herein provided oyer such footway and channel and shall give notice in writing of such his desire to the-couneilandin such notice describe the land hi question and the proposed hwork by reference to the. specification deposited as hereinafter mentioned such specification being in accordance with the provisions hereof and with such bye4aws as may be in force in that behalf it shall be lawful for such owner after seven clear days from the giving of such notice and no-fel>efbre '(with" ho unnecessary delay or obstruction) at his own cost and under,' the: inspection: of such [officer as the council shall haveappointed for Ihe purpose to make such crossing according to the tenor of such>noticerand specification arid not otherwise .and the owner of such land shall, afterwards in like manner maintain the same. 13? L *Every such owner who desires as' aforesaid that any such crossing shall ibe made "shall before giving notice to the council as herein provided deposit with the town clerk a specification describing the proposed work •with respectito each: of .theJsev'eral matters thereby or by any such bye-laws in force in that behalf required or provided.

14. Unless within the period of *even days after the receipt 0 f any 'such notice as aforesaid the council *hall give notice to the person grv-^ the same that ;(if the fact be so) such notice or the specification referred to therein and deposited is not in accordance with the provisions of such bye-laws as. aforesaid such notice and specification shall thereafter so far only as affects the liability of such person to any penalty be deemed to be in accordance therewith. , 15. In streets in which at the site of any such proposed crossing there is a kerb of stone or wood along the outer edge of the footway the crossing so far as the footway extends shall have on both sides a kerb not higher in any part than the surface of the footway at that part and similar in all respects to such first-mentioned kerb and such kerb shall approach to and join the street kerbing in gentle curves outwards and such crossing shall be of such width and the surface thereof so far as the footway extends shall have such inclination outwards and be depressed so far below the footway as shall have been respectively appointed by some bye-law in that behalf and shall with respect to the channel be so laid or constructed as not to raise or obstruct the same or any part thereof. 16. In streets in which at the site of any such proposed crossing there is no such kerbing as hi the last preceding section mentioned "the crossing over the channel; shall be such suitable bridge as shall leave a free passage for the water underneath tile same and shall be of such materials form length size strength and fall as. shall have been respectively appointed by some bye-law in that behalf and the surface of such crossing so far as the footway" extends shall be so made good by paving macadamising gravelling or otherwise that the necessary traffic by animals or vehicles over the same shall not cause any damage thereto but that such crossing shall be as sound and commodious for the passageof persons using the footway as the other portions of such footway adjoining such crossing. --" • --•''. 17. No person making any crossing shall be deemed guilty of an offence by reason 'only of some departure in making such crossing from the notice or specification relating thereto unless the officer of the council appointed as hereinbefore provided to inspect the malting of the crossing shall have reported in writing such departure to the council within three days after the same shall have occurred and unless such person being served by the council within three days after such report with a notice so to do shall for the space of seven clear days after such notice have failed to correct or supply such departure. 18. If any crossing shall have been made in any respect contrary to any bye-law in force it shall be lawful for the council if they shall see fit to cause the same to be altered so as to conform to such bye-law and to recover the expenses of such alteration from the owner of the land to which such crossing shall lead but they shall not so_ recover in those cases of departure "from the notice or specification which the council or their officer might respectively have given notice of or reported but failed to give notice of or report respectively in manner and within the time provided in the preceding sections. 19. If unj private street shall meet at an angle the footway of any public street and there shall be no crossing upon or across such footway and the channel adjacent thereto from such private street to such public street it shall be lawful for the council if they shall see fit to make in accordance with any bye-law in force in that behalf a crossing upon and over such footway and channel of the description hereinbefore provided with respect to other crossings and to recover from the owner of each of the tenements abutting on such private street such portion of, the expenses of such making as shall bear to the whole of such expenses the same proportion as the rateable value of such_ tenement bears to the whole rateable value of all the tenements so abutting. . 20. If any crossing across or over any footway or channel to any land or way appurtenant thereto or to any private street shall have been made before the coming into operation of these bye-laws in the borough but shall in any respect not be in accordance therewith or with any bye-law for the time being in force tho council may if they shall see fit cause the same to be altered so as to conform to such bye-laws and if such crossing shall have been made contrary to any bye-law in force at the time of making the same the council may recover the expenses of such alteration in manner in the last two preceding sections mentioned according as one or the other may be applicable to the case. 21. If any crossing shall be out of repair and the person liable hereunder to maintain or repair the same shall for seven days after notice from the council to that effect neglect properly and completely to repair the same he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding live pounds. 22. No crossing shall be less than nine feet long in tlie direction of the street nor of greater length unless the permission of the borough surveyor has been first obtained. Both sides of any crossing laid in any street or part of a street may be laid with hard wood planking nine inches deep and three inches thick well tarred and the crossings may be laid with boulder pitchers six inches deep in as regular courses as possible. All crossings shall be the full width of the footway and shall have such inclination towards the channel and be set to such gradients as the borough surveyor- may direct. Cost of Constructing Footways. 23. One-third of the cost of constructing footways on one or both sides of any streets in the borough shall be a charge upon the owners or occupiers of the lands and buildings fronting on such footways. If any owner or occupier liable for the payment of any part of the cost of constructing the footway adjoining any lands and buildings shall fail to pay the same on demand he shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of this bye-law and shall on conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. Depositing Building Materials Excavations &c. 24. Every person intending to build put up or take clown or cause to be built put np or taken down any building wall or other structure or any fence or to alter or repair or cause to be altered or repaired the outward part of any such building or other structure whether in any of such cases over or tender ground or to make any hole within ten feet of any street or footway -shall give notice in writing of such his intention to the council and in such notice shall describe the intended work and the height depth extent and position thereof and whether or not it be necessary for the execution, of the said work that a scaffold or stage be constructed or that building or other materials or building rubbish be deposited upon or in the footv/ay or street adjoining or in front of such structure or hole and for what time it will be necessary that such stage or scaffolding or such materials deposited be so kept or continued or that such hole remain open together -with such other particulars touching such intended work as such person sh all see fit. . . 25. The council having received any such notice as aforesaid if it shall seem to them fit may grant to the person having given such notice upon payment by him of the sum of five shillings a license in the appointed form under the hand of the borough clerk authorising such person to construct such stage or scaffolding as the proper officer of the council to be appointed in that behalf shall require or permit and to deposit building and other materials and building rubbish upon or across in each of the cases aforesaid so much of the footway adjoining or in front of the site of the intended work anol sqmruch of the "street adjoining such footway and to keep and continue the said stage scaffolding and materials or rubbish so constructed or deposited respectively for such time respectively as shall seem fit to the said, council and be specified in the said license and the council may if it shall seem fit renew such license or grant a fresh license to such person from time to time and such person may thereupon from time to time do "the said acts according to the tenor of such license. 26. Every person who shall intend to build or take down or cause to be built or taken down any building or other structure whether over- or under ground or to alter or repair or cause to be altered or repaired the outward part of any such structure within in any of the cases aforesaid ten feet of any street or footway or who shall have a license for, constructing- any stage or scaffolding or depositing any building or other materials or building rubbish upon or across any footway or street sball before 'beginning to execute such work or to do such act cause to be put up so as to separate from the street and from the remainder (if -any) of the foofr.vay so much of the premises where the work is to be executed as fronts the site of such work and the area upon which according to the license such stage or scaffolding is to be constructed or such materials or rubbish are to be deposited such sufficient hoards or fences together with such convenient platform or handrail if there be room enough to serve as a footway for passengers outside of such hoard or fence as shall be re- j spectively approved by such officer as the council shall have appointed in that behalf and shall continue such hoard or fence with such platform, and handrail as aforesaid standing and in good condition to the satisfaction of such officer during the time limited as aforesaid in the. said license or the last renewal thereof and for such longer time as the public safety or convenience requires and shall in air cases in which it is necessary m order to prevent, accidents cause the same to be sufficiently lighted from sunset to sunrise and shall remove such hoard fence platform and handrail and make good the footway and.. street within a reasonable tune after the provisions of this section have been fulfilled. 27 Every person who executes or begins or continues to execute any such work, as in the last section mentioned or who being licensed thereto constructs or begins or continues to construct any such stage or scaffolding . or deposits or keeps deposited any such material or rubbish upon or across \ any footway or street without having in any of the cases aforesaid put up \ such hoard or fence or such platform with such handrail as aforesaid or >. continuing the same respectively standing and m good condition as afore- - 'said during the time aforesaid or without keeping the said hoard fence , platform or rail and each part thereof respectively while the same are standing sufficiently lighted from sunset to sunrise or without removing t the sarnie within such reasonable time as aforesaid or without maJonggood L the footway and street after such removal shall for every such offence _ forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. y : .- .*•'-■ , ; a 28 Every person licensed as herein mentioned to construct any stage or scaffolding or to deposit any materials or rubbish shall remove within a 1

reasonable time after the time limited as aforesaid in such license or in tht last renewal thereof all such stage scaffolding materials and rubbish and shall make good the footway and street and if any such person shall fail ir any such case to comply with this section he shall forfeit a sum noi exceeding five pounds. 29. Nothing herein contained shall render it lawful to construct anj stage or scaffolding or to : deposit any materials or rubbish or to put up anj hoarding or fence platform or handrail as aforesaid or all or any of them so that the same shall extend or be across or over or upon any streel further from the inner edge of the footway than one-third of the whole breadth of such street or in any case so as to render the street exclusive ol the footways impassable for carriages or so as to obstruct the channel. 30. If any person who ought under any bye-law to remove any matter or thing or to make good any footway or street shall fail so to do whether or not such person shall have been convicted or not of any offence under any bye-law the council may remove such matter or thing or make good such street or footway and may recover th\ expenses of so doing from the person so making default before two Justices of the Peace. Lighting of Obstructions gK^rally. 31. When any building materials rubbish c\ other things are laid or any hole made in any street or footway whether the same be done by order, or authority of the council or not the person causing such materials or other things to be so laid or such a hole to be made shay, at his own expense cause a sufficient light to be fixed in a proper place upon or ixear the same and continue such light every night from sunset to sunrise while such materials or hole remain and such person shall at his own expanse cause such materials or other things and such hole to be sufficiently fenced and enclosed until such materials or other things are removed or the hoy* filled up or otherwise made secure and every such person who fails so t^Jight fence or enclose such materials or other things or such hole shall for eWy such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 32. In no case shall any such building materials or other things tr such hole as last mentioned respectively be allowed to remain an unneces* sary time under a penalty not exceeding five pounds to be paid for every such offence by the person who whether by order or authority of the council or not causes such materials or other things to be laid or such hole to be made and in any such case the proof that the time has not exceeded the necessary time shall be upon the person so causing such materials or other things to be laid or causing such hole to be made. Houses &c. Encroaching on Streets &c. 33. If any house or other building or any part thereof shall before the coming into operation of these bye-laws have been erected or placed in upon over or across the public highway or any public street or footway marked or set out as such in such manner as to be a common nuisance to the highway or as to encroach on such street or footway it shall be lawful for the council to give notice to the owner of such house or building to remove such house or such part thereof as shall so have been erected or placed with such precautions for the safety of passengers and for the proper securing of so much (if any) of such house or building as is to ;emam thereafter as the council shall see fit and such owner shall -within twenty-eight days after the service of such notice upon him remove such house or part according to the tenor of such notice and if such owner shall fail within the said period of twenty-eight, days to remove such house or part or shall not comply' with the requirements of the said notice he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds and the council may if they shall see fit remove such house or part and recover the expenses of so doing from the said owner. Obstructions to Streets by Cattle, <he. 34. If any cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swine shall be found upon any land not being a common and quch that there is no fence whether upon the same land or any other dividing such first-mentioned land from the streets whether public or private of the borough or any of them without any person having charge of sucib. cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swine the owner thereof shall for.Vit a sum not exceeding five pounds and the proper officer of the counckmay seize, such cattle horses asses mules sheep goat 3or swine and placefche same at some neighbouring place of safe custody and any Justice of 4\e Peace if such owner be not known upon proof of the issue of a summons in the usual form addressed to sueh 'owner as " owner " only without otherwise naming or describing him such cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swine and the place of seizure being truly described therein and j>f the publication of such summons in some newspaper commonly circul:v\ing in the borough may after the expiration of twenty, four hours from sud"| publication proceed with, respect to such owner not appearing as if pfo-sonal service of a summons stating his name had been effected or if sucft owner appear then as in other cases and-- the Justice may order the cattle asses mules sheep goats or swine to be sold and the money arising 'from the sale after deducting the said penalty and the costs awarded ai\i the reasonable expenses to be estimated and assessed by the Justice of seeing keeping and selling the said cattle shall be paid if demanded within .\ae month to the owner of the cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swifce and if not so demanded then to the borough fund and if the said moJey shall not be sufficient for all the purposes aforesaid the amount whereb^the same falls short or if no such sale be ordered the. whole of the said aJiount may be recovered from the said owner if and when known in like mfcuier as other penalties and sums adjudged or ordered to be paid by Justices are to be recovered. ' \ 35. If any cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swirs be at any time found in any street without any person having charge caereof the owner thereof shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds a:<d if such cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swine shall by reason if having been found at large have been impounded by the council the aiiount of such penalty and the costs if adjudged respectively before the re-ease or sale of such cattle horses asses rniiles sheep goats or swine shall b( added to the pound. fees and charges payable in respect of such cattle horsei asses mules sheep goats or swine and the amount thereof or such lesser anount (if any) as after the sale of the cattle horses asses mules sheep goafcs or swine may remain in the hands of the poundkeeper shall be paid ove't by him accordingly and if the proceeds of any sale of such cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swine shall not be sufficient after paying the lawful fees find charges aforesaid to satisfy such penalty and costs or if siich penalty and costs shall have been adjudged after the release or sale of the cattle horses assess mules sheep goats or swine the same or so much thereof as remains unpaid shall and may be recovered from the owner of the cattle horses asses mules sheep goats or swine in like manner as other penalties and costs adjudged by Justices are by law to be recovered and if in the case of any information under this section the owner be hot known then the provisions pf the last preceding section so far as necessary to give the adjudicating Justice jurisdiction shall apply. _ 36. If any goat shall been sold under the provisions of either of the two last preceding sections and shall ".after the expiration of twenty-four hours be found in any place whatsoever within the borough any justice may by warrant under his hand directed to any constable authorise the destruction of such goat and the same may he destroyed accordingly. 37. It shall not be lawful to drive into or through any part of the borough of Balclutha except between the hours of ten o'clock p.m. and eight o'clock a.m. of any day any cattle horses asses mules sheep goats ;or swine intended for sale slaughter or shipment or travelling from one part of New Zealand or any other colony to any other place. . Provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to horses driven in harness dr to oxen in the yoke. 38. In shall not be lawful to break-in any horse or other animal in any street whether public or private or in any public place save such places as from time to time may be appointed by' Some bye-law of the council in that behalf or by locking the wheels of any cart or other vehicle or otherwise .to test or try any horse or other animal so as to obstruct or injure any street or public place and any person offending against this section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. PART 11. Buildings <be. for Public Meetings &c. 1. For every license in respect of buildings for public meetings there shall be paid to the borough clerk the sum of ten shillings and sixpence annually. PART III.— FIE-E PREVENTION.

Foul Clbimneys. 1. Every person who wilfully sets or causes to be set on fire any chim-ney-flue smoke-vent or stoye-pipe herein called in common " chimney" shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds Provided always that nothing herein contained shall exempt the person so setting or causing to be set on fire any chimney from liability to be informed against or prosecuted before any criminal court for such act as for an indictable offence. 2. If any chimney accidentally catch or be on fire the person occupying or using the premises in which such chimney is situated shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings Provided always that such forfeiture shall not be incurred if such pei*son prove to the satisfaction of the justices before whom the case is heard that such fire was in no wise owing to the omission neglect or carelessness whether with respect to cleansing such chimney or otherwise of himself or of his servant. Deposit of Inflammable Materials &c. 3. It shall not be lawful "to make or keep any stack of hay corn oi other agricultural produce, belonging to- the class of cereals stored in the apen air at a less distance than (30) thirty' feet from any building and street line and from the land of the. adjoining owner. ..,„,.: '.""" 4. It shall not be lawful to make or keep any stack of -hay corn straw or other agricultural produce belonging to the class, of cereals' stored inanj building within the borough of Balclutha attached to or at. a less distance than (20) twenty feet from any other building : unless ; the' roof of such firsl mentioned building is covered with iron -br slates. ~ 5: It shall not be lawful to rdeposit any timber-shavings in any woodei building at a less distance than 10 feet from ?ny adjoining land stree 'public place or, building: ) ■ .

c 6. It shall not be lawful to make or light any fire in any building I within the borough of Balclutha situate at a less distance than 50 feet :1 from any other building save in some properly constructed fireplace. I T. Any building while used as a "stable . only may be used for the storage of hay corn straw and other agricultural produce whether comply- ■ T ing with the foregoing bye. laws or not Provided that if built of wood or 7 iron its storage 'capacity shall not exceed 3000 cubic feet. T 8-. Every person who shall make or place any stack of hay corn straw k or . other produce or place as or for the covering of any such stack any 3 inflammable material or deposit any combustible material or light any fire £ contrary in any such case to any bye-law for the time being in force and every occupier of any premises whereon any stack or any such covering of a , stack shall be or any combustible materials have been deposited if the - , same though lawfully made placed or deposited before the coming into ' . force of any such bye-law shall be there contrary to the tenor of 3iich byoi law who shall not within seven days after notice from the council so to do , remove such stack covering or materials or who shall suffer to remain any such stack covering or materials unlawfully made placed or deposited before the coming into force of such bye-law shall forfeit on conviction of such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds. 9. Every person who wilfully sets fire to any inflammable matter v whatsoever in the open air without having given notice in writing to the" ' occupiers of the land adjoining to the land 'upon which such matter shall ! be and also to the borough clerk of his intention so to do or within twentyi four hours after giving the last-given of such notices or between the hours . of four in the afternoon of any day and eight in the morning of the following day shall 'forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 10. Every person who shall light any bonfire tar-barrel or firework upon or within sixty yards of any public or private street or any public ■ place shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 11. It shall not be lawful for any person to make or place or to keep or continue any fence of brushwood bushes or Other like material within the borough and every person who shall make or place any such fence and . every owner or occupier of any premises who for seven days after notice ' from the council to remove any such fence thereto appertaining if lawfully J made or placed before the coming into operation of these bye-laws shall suffer any such fence oi* any part thereof to remain or who shall suffer to L rerrnain any such fence unlawfully made before such coming . into * operation shall forfeit on conviction for such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.