Cromwell presumed to be, are hereby expressly repealed. BY B-LAW NO. 2. Bye-law of the' Council of the Town of Cromwell, made under section 18'j of the "Municipal Corporations Act 18G7." , A Bye-law to provide for the better rule and government of the Town of Cromwell. In pursuance of the powers and provisions contained in section 180, part 13, of the " Municipal Corporations Act 1867," the Council of the Town of Cromwell ordain as follows, that is to say : Any person guilty of any of the following offences, omissions, or within the Town of Cromwell, shall on being convicted of such offence, neglect, or omission, be liable to pay any penalty not exceeding (£5) Five Pounds: — Ist.—Throwing any glass, filth, dirt, rub* bish, or any matter of a similar nature, upon any street, footway, court, alley, or a public place whatsoever. 2nd. Hiding, driving, or leading any horse, or wheeling any barrow, cart, dray, or carriage, upon any footpath without permission from the City Council so to do. 3rd.—Placing any timber, bricks, stones, or other building materials upon any footway, way, channel, surface drain, or carriageroad, without such permission as aforesaid, i 4th.—Burning any shavings, straw, or other materials ur matter upon any footway, carriage-road, or open or public place, without such permission as aforesaid. sth. Leaving any inflammable materials or matter in any public shed or place, or any open place near any building, without such permission as aforesaid. 6th. —Drawing or trailing any sledge, timber, or other material upon any footway or carriage road, to the injury of such footway or carriage road. 7th. —Emptying any privy or cesspool, or carting away any nightsoil, or other offensive matter, without having a license from the , Town Council of Cromwell so .to do Bth.—Allowing any nightsoil or other , offensive matter to be spilt or otherwise cast on to or upon auy road, street, footway, public place, or thoroughfare. 9th.—Allowing the droppings from the eaves of any house to fall upon any footway. 10th.—Placing any placard or other document, writing, or painting on, or otherwise defacing, any house or building, or auy wall, fence, lamp-post, railway-po3t, or gate, without the consent of the occupier or owner thereof. i 11th.—Opening any drain or tewer, or removing the surface of any footway or carriage , road', without authority from the Town Council so to do. . r 12th,—Neglecting to clean any private yard, way, passage, or avenue, by which ne- ; gleet a nuisance, i»y offensive smell or otherwise, is caused. , ' 13th.—[lolling 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 public place, or obstructing any footpath, or carriage-road, whether by allowing any cart or animal to remain acros3 such footpath or carriage-road, or by placing goods thereon, or otherwise. 14th.—Throwing or discharging any stone, or other missile, to the damage or danger of any person or property. , lsth.—Having any awning on or over any footway in any public street or thoroughfare, not being eight feet clear above the footway. 16th.—Blasting any rock, stone, or timber, in or near any public place, without permission of the Town Council. 17th. — Furiously or negligently riding or driving through any public place, 'street, or thoroughfare. 18th.—If any butcher or other person shall kill or slaughter any animal without having been duly licensed in that behalf by the Town Council. 19th.—Making any cellar-door or other opening from the footway of any street or public thoroughfare, without the consent or not in accordance with the directions of the Town Council. 20th.—Exposing for sale any article whatsoever on any footway, or outside of any shop-window or doorway abutting on any public thoroughfare or street. 21st.—Discharging any firearms, or letting off any fireworks, or carrying any firearms, sword, dirk, dagger, or other offensive weapon, within the town of Cromwell without permission of the Town Council. Provided that the provision last aforesaid shall not apply to any Justice of the Peace, or auv person in her Majesty's military or naval service, or any member of the police, or other peace olHcer, or any member of a i recognised Volunteer Corps, or any special | constable, or any person actually in pursuit of any felon or offender. 22nd.—Any person laying out or opening any street or building therein, and omitting during the operations necessary for forming such street, or for building therein, to take all such precautions for guarding against injury to the passengers along such street as I may be necessary, or as may be directed by the Town Council. 23rd.—Any person placing any obstruction upon any street-line, whereby life or limb is likely to be endangered. 24th.—Any person leaving any hole, excavation, or dangerous formation in or near any 1 public place, street, or thoroughfare, without fencing or enclosing the same, or without keeping a light burning upon such formation from sunset to sunrise. 25th.—Any person neglecting or omitting to keep in good repair auy rail, gate, fence, or co? or over or about any area, or entrance'
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Cromwell Argus, Volume VI, Issue 291, 9 June 1875, Page 7
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