THE POLICE OFFENCES BILL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2049, 29 August 1868, Page 3

THE POLICE OFFENCES BILL.

Parti—Offences relating to the good order of towns. Any person guilty of any of the following offences omissions or neglects shall on conviction pay a penalty not less than ten shillings nor more than five pounds:— 1. Throwing or placing any glass filth dirt rubbish or other matter of a similar nature (without the permission of the local authority) any earth stones or other material upon any road footway or public place. 2. Riding driving or wheeling any barrow or carriage upon or along any footpath. ' _3. Placing any hoarding scaffolding timber bricks or other building materials upon any footway channel surface drain or carriage road without the permission of the local authority having been first obtained. 4. Burning any litter straw shavings or other combustible materials upon any footway carriage road or open or public place or so:as to endanger any house' or other building or wilfully firing the bush scrub grass fern-flax or other vegetation within the boundaries of any town. 5. Leaving any inflammable materials or matter in any public shed or place or on any open space near any building without having first obtained the permission of the local authority. ■ ;■•-■■-6.: 'Drawing or> trailing.' any> sledge timber or any other heavy material upon any footway or carriage road to the injury of such footway or carriage road. 7.< Emptying any privy or cesspool or carting, away any night soil or other offensive matter without, a, license from and without haying given such security as may be required by the local authority. 8. Allowing; any night soil or other offensive matter to be spilt or otherwise cast into or upon any road street footway or public place. - .'.,.• >: :'■ 9. Allowing the drippings of the eaves of any house to fall upon any public footway- .- . "'■'■". ' .... - '... : 10. Placing any placardr or other document writing or painting on or otherwise defacing any house or building or any wall fence lamp post or gate without the consent of the occupier or owner thereof.; ; 11. Opening any drain or sewer or rej moving the-surface of any footway or carriage road without the permission of the local authority haying been first obtained. 12. Neglecting to clean all private yards ways passages or avenues by which neglect a nuisance by offensive smell or otherwise is caused. ' ; ' 13. Rolling any cask beating any carpet breaking-in any horse flying any kite using any bows and arrows or playing at any game to the annoyance of any person in any piiblic place or obstructing any footpath-, or carriage road whether by allowing any cart or animal to remain across such footpath or carriage road or by placing goods thereon or otherwise. -14. Throwing or discharging any stone or other missile to the. damage or danger of-any person. 15. Having any awning or show-board or sign-board on any footway in any public street or thoroughfare not being seven feet clear above the footway or hanging any goods on or -under such awning over thefootaray. * : _ 16. Suspending or placing any carcass meat or offal so as to overhang any part of a public thoroughfare, . r IT. Blasting any rock stone or timber in or near any public place without permission of the local authority and not attending tto any directions in regard thereto given by such local authority. 18. Furiously or negligently riding or driving through any public place. 19; Exposing in any public street or thoroughfare (except in any fair or market lawfully appointed for that purpose) any horse or other animal for show hire or sale or shoeing bleeding farrying dressing exercising ~ training "of breaking; any horse in any public thoroughfare. , .. ' I; 20. Permitting any stallion or: bull to cover within public view of any street or public place. - 21. Making any cellar door or other opening from-the footway of any street or public thoroughfare ..without the consent of the local-authority. ;".:'„ r 22. )Any carter plying for hire without a license. : - ' r ! 23. Any carter waiting for hire allowing his cart or dray to stand in any other place than those appointed by the local authority or demanding higher rates than authorised by such local authority. 24. Plying for hire, with any boat not being a steamboat at any ferry or on any river without a license from the local authority or demanding higher rates than sanctioned by such local authority. 25. Discharging any firearms or setting off any fireworks or carrying any firearms sword dirk dagger or other offensive weapon within any town or public place without permission from the local authorityProviso in, favor of certain persons.