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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3091, 7 December 1870, Page 4

New Advertisements. CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. NOTICE is hereby given that at a Special Meeting of the Council held on the sth day of December last, the BYE-LAW hereunder was made in pursuance of the 186th section of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1867, and is deposited for the inspection of any person interested therein at the office of the Council. GEORGE GORDON, Town Clerk. City Council Office, Dec. 6, 1870. BY-LAW No. 12, MISCELLANEOUS. A By-Law of the Council of the City of Christchurch made under the Municipal Corporations Act 1867. INDEX. 1. Obstruction by Vehicles &c. on roadway or footpath. 2. More than one Vehicle in charge. 3. Projecting loads. 4. Law of the road near side Control of horses &c. 5. Law of the road passing or meeting. 6. Furious riding &c. 7. Negligent driving of cattle. 8. Riding on vehicles. 9. Offering cattle for sale or exhibition. 10. Sale of diseased meat. 11. Cellar doors open &c. 12. Defacing walls &c 13. Throwing rubbish in streets 14. Night soil. 15. Lighting straw gorse &c. in street, 16. Rolling casks &c. 17. Harrassing cattle. 18. Dogs. 19. Firearms and fireworks. 20. Throwing stones. 21. Drowning animals in streams &c. 22. Indecent language. 23. Indecent exposure 24. Entire animals covering. 25. Public bathing. 26. Disturbance in street. 27. Disorderly houses. 28. Damage to public property. 29. Nuisance from private yard. 30. Polluting wells. 31. Collection of waste water. 32. Gnliies &c. S 3. Penalty clauses. 34 to 37. Interpretation. 38. Repealing.

In pursuance of the 186th Section of the Municipal Corporations Act 1867 the Council of the City of Christchurch ordain as follows ; 1. No person shall make or cause any unnecessary obstruction in or upon the roadway or footpath of any street or private street by allowing any vehicle or animal to remain in upon or across the same or by placing thereon any goods or material of any kind or shall fail to remove snch obstructions when thereto required. 2. No person shall take the sole charge in any street or private street of more than two vehicles at the same time each of which shall be drawn by one horse only and not by any other animal and the horse drawing the rearmost thereof shall be attached by a sufficient rein or other fastening to the back of the foremost of such vehicles. 3. No person in charge of any vehicle in or upon any street or private street shall allow any material which may be conveyed on such Vehicle to drag or trail behind the same so as to obstruct passage 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. 4. Any person riding or driving or otherwise in charge of any horse or vehicle in or upon any 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 complete control, 5. Any person riding or driving any animal or vehicle in any street or private street meeting any other animal or vehicle shall keep on the near or left side of the road and 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. 6. No person shall furiously or negligently ride or drive any horse or vehicle in or upon any street or private street. 7. No person shall wilfully or negligently so drive cattle in any 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. 8. No person in charge of any vehicle shall ride thereon without there being and he then having bold of good and sufficient reins thereto. 9. No person shall without the authority of the Council expose or offer cattle for sale or exhibition in any street or private street not being a lawful fair or market. 10. No person shall slaughter or expose or offer for sale or have in his possession with incut to slaughter or sell as fit for human food any diseased animal or any meat fish game poultry or fruit which shall be unfit therefor. 11. No person shall keep open in or upon any 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 nor shall any person neglect or omit to keep always in good repair any door railing or cover to or about such entrance or opening, 12. No person shall make any writing or painting upon any bouse 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 occupier thereof.

13. V> person shall throw or place in or ■upon any 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. 14. No person shall convey night soil along any street or private street between the hours of six o’clock in the morning and eleven o’clock at night. 15. No person shall burn or set light in or upon any street or private street to any hay straw flax wood shavings gorse cuttings or other inflammable produce or material. 16. No person shall in any street or private street to the annoyance of any person roll any cask or vessel or beat any carpet. 17. No person shall wantonly hurt or badass any cattle passing along or being in any street. 18. No person shall wilfnlly set on any dog to attack worry 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. 19. No person shall without lawful cause or authority discharge or let off any fire arms or fireworks of any kind whatever. 20. No person shall throw cast or discharge any stone stick marble bullet or missile of any kind to the damage or danger of any person or thing. 21. No person shall place or leave in or upon the bank of anv river creek stream or watercourse any de<d animal or other ooxious or offensive matter or thing or shall throw east or discharge into any river creek or stream or watercourse any dead anim il or Other noxious or offensive matter or thing or any living animal with intent to drown the same or shall drown any animal therein. 22. No person shall in any street sing say or recite any profane indecent or obscene