Corporation of Wanganui. Bye-Law No. 3. BYE LAW of the Council of the Borough of Wanganui, made under special order of the Council the twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, confirmed the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and sealed with the common seal of the said Borough the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy three. In pursuance of Section 186 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1^69, the Council of the Borough of "Wanganui ordain as follows. That is to say — 1. The Council may make such provision as it shall think fit for the periodical removal from every dwelling-house or other tenement, as aforesaid, within the Borough, at the expense of the owner or occupier thereof, of any night soil, dung, ashes, slops, filth, refuse, or rubbish of any kind. 2. The Inspector of Nuisances for the time being appointed by the Council, or any other person who may be employed "by the Council for the purposes of this Bye-law, shall have power at all reasonable hours in the day or night to enter into, or upon, any building or land within the Borough for the purpose of effecting flection spec'ihetf, op ol n clck£mnng?ne~ condition of any privy, cess-pool, drain, or closet-pan, or of cleansing, constructing, altering or repairing same. 3. Any person guilty of any of the following offences, omissions, or neglects, within the Borough, shall, on being conTicted of any such offence, neglect, or omission, be liable to pay any penalty not exceeding (.£5) five pounds : — 1. Throwing or sweeping any glass, filth, dirt, rubbish, orange-peel, or other matte* of a similar nature upon or into any street, channel, footway, court, alley, or public place whatsoever. 2. Leading or riding any horse or other animal, or drawing, wheeling, or driving any cart, carriage, sledge, truck, barrow, or other thing, upon or along any footpath, without permission from the Town Council so to do. 3. Burning any shavings, straw, or other materials, or matter, upon any footway, channel, surface drain, or carriage road, without such permission as aforesaid. t 4. Drawing or trailing any sledge, timber, or other material upon any footway or carriage road. 5. Allowing nightsoil or other offensive matter to be spilt, or otherwise cast on to or upon any road, street, footway, public place, or thoroughfare. 6. Leaving any inflammable materials or matter in any public street, or place, or on any open space near any building, without such permission as aforesaid. 7. Suffering any goat or goats to trespass upon any property, public or private, within the limits of the Borough. 8. Placing any placard 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. 9. Allowing the droppings from the eaves of any house or verandah to fall upon any footpath. 10. Opening any drain or sewer, or removing the surface of any footway or carriage road, without authority from the Borough Council so to do. 11. Neglecting to clean any private yard, way, passage, avenue, watercloset, privy, or drain, when ordered to do so by the Inspector of Nuisances, or other person acting on behalf of the Council, by which neglect a nuisance by offensive smell, or otherwise, is caused. 12. Rolling any cask, beating any carpet, breaking in any horse, flyiug any kite, using a y bows and arrows, or playing at any g me to the annoyance of any person in any public 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. 13. Throwing or discharging any stone or other missile, to the damage or danger of any person or property. 14. Having any awning on or over any footway in any public street or thoroughfare, not being (8) eight feet clear above the footway, or obstructing the footway the supports of such awning, or veran- , dab, or hanging any goods on or under such awning over the footway. 15. Blasting any stone or timber in or near any public place without permission ' of the Council. 16. Furiously or negligently riding or driving through any public place, street, or thoroughfare. 17. Exposing in any public street or thoroughfare, except in any fair or market — bjgfallv appointed^ for that purpose, any horse or other amnraribT Hirowrmre, or sale. 18. Making any cellar door or other opening from the footway of any street or public thoroughfare, without the conBent, or not in accordance with the directions, of the Council. ♦ 19. Exposing for sale any article whatsoever on any footway, or outside any shop window or doorway abutting on any public thoroughfare or street. 20. Discharging any firearms, or squib, cracker, rocket, or other firework, within the Borough, without permission of the Council. Provided that the provision aforesaid as to discharging firearms shall not apply to any Justice of the Peace, or any person in her Majesty's military or naval service, or any member of the police or other peace officer, or any member of a recognised volunteer corps, or any special constable, or any person actually in pursuit of any felon or offender. 21. Any person laying out or opening any street, or building therein, and omitting during the operations necessary for forming such street or building therein, to take all such precautions for guarding against injury to the passengers along Such street as may be necessary, or as jnay be directed by the Council. . 22. Any person placing any obstruction upon any street line whereby life or limb is likply to be endangered.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3897, 26 July 1873, Page 4
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957Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3897, 26 July 1873, Page 4
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