BYE-LAWS OF THE INCORPORATED TOWN OF NASEBY.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 236, 12 September 1873, Page 1 (Supplement)

BYE-LAWS OF THE INCORPORATED TOWN OF NASEBY.

BYK-L.VWS, PASSED at laat meeting of Council, for the Corporate Town of Naseby, published for general informal ioQ, in accordance with Part XIII. of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1867. By order. GEO. CLARKE, Town Clerk. Bye-Law No. I. A Bye-Law Regulating Vehicles Travelling for Hire. Vehicles to be Licensed. 1. That no vehicle of any description whatever (excepting stage coaches running long distances) shall carry passengers for hire within the Municipal boundary, unless the same be duly licensed, and the vehicle, harness, and horses used in drawing the same be, in the opinion of the Council or of their Inspector, in a fit condition for public use, with the number of the License, and the number of passengers that the same is allowed to carry, couspiouously and legibly painted thereon, and the driver a sober and competent man. Number of Passengers. 2. That the number of passengers to be conveyed in each vehicle at any one time shall be determined by the said Council upon the report of their Inspector; and no greater number of passengers than the number so determined on shall, at any one and the same time, be carried in such carriage on any pretence whatever ; but children in arms shall not be counted as passengers. Names to be Registered. 3. That the owner or owners of all public vehicles carrying passengers for hire shall register their names and addresses at the Municipal Office, and shall submit the vehicle required to be licensed to the inspection of the Council or their Inspector, and shall pay to the Town Clerk, in aid of the Municipal fund, for the License of each several vehicle, a sum to be calculated after the rate of Five Shillings per annum for each passenger that the vehicle is allowed to carry at any one time, and shall thereupon receive a License in the annexed form; the said License, however, may be taken out or renewed quarterly—on the first day of June, September, December, and March—a proportionate sum to the amount aforesaid being paid. Any person committing any act against anything contained in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act, neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any [Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. , . Form of License for Vehicles. PUBLIC VEHICLE LICENSE. No.—,' "Whereas . of has applied, pursuant to the provisions of Bye-Law No. 1. of the Council of the said Municipality, for a license.to carry passengers for hire in a vehicle thus described :—Build: Color : , and has paid the sum of for said License, as directed by said ByeLaw : Now, therefore, I, the Town Clerk of the said" Municipality, in tlie,*iiamc and on behalf of the said Council, do hereby License the said carriage, of which, you are owner, and which, is numbered , as a public vehicle, to cgrry passengers (and no more) for hire within the said Municipality, under and subject to the provisions of such Bye-Law No. 1, and to such other Regulations as may from time to time be in force, until the first day of next, and no longer. /" Given under my hand, at the Office of the Naseby Municipality, this day of in the year _ ./' Bye-Law No. 11. A Bye-Law for Regulating and Licensing Persons to Slaughter certain Animals within the Municipality of Naseby, under certain conditions. JButcher's License. 1. That all persons whose premises shall have been paved and suitably prepared, so that in the opinion of the Council such premises can be kept inoffensive, and whose premises shall have been reported by the Council Inspector to be in a fit and proper state, shall, upon, payment of an Annual License Fee of FortyTwo Shillings to the Town Clerk, in aid of the Municipal fund, payable on the first day of July, or upon such adjourned day as the Council shall appoint, be permitted to kill calves, sheep' and lambs : Providing all such pei sons shall receive the blood into tubs, and cause its removal, together with all offal or other offensive matter, from such premises, at least once in every twenty-four hours. And for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this ByeLaw, such premises shall be registered at the Municipal Offices, and shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Council or their duly-appointed Inspector ; and every person who shall kill any calves sheep or lambs without being duly licensed, except the bona fide servants of a duly licensed butcher on registered premises as aforesaid, or whose premises shall not be kept and maintained inoffensive as above required, or who shall neglect or refuse to comply with any other .Regulations herein made, shall for each such act, neglect, or refusal on conviction before any Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten' Pounds. Several Premises to be. Registered and Licensed. 2. Be it further ordered that it shall not be lawful for any Licensed butcher to kill or cause to be killed any calves sheep or lambs on premises which are situate distinct and apart, except such premises are severally registered, and a License taken out to slaughter on each such several premises, as though they belonged to different owners. Bye-Law No. 111. A Bye-Law for compelling the Removal of Waste Water and Impurities from Cellars and other Places within the Town of Naseby. It shall not be lawful for any person to suffer any waste or impure water, or any animal or vegetable matter, to remain in any collar or place within any building or premises in the Town for twenty-four hours after written notice to him from any Inspector of Nuisances to remove the same. And whosoever Bhall allow any waste or impure water, or sludge or tailings, or to burnt bones, or offensive rubbish or other matter to run or flow from any such building or premises upon or over, or be on any carriage or footway or other place, whether pub'ic or private, within the said Town, or shall allow the contents of any watercloset, privy, or cesspool to overflow or to soak therefrom so as to be offensive, shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and to a like penalty, payable as aforesaid, during every day that the offence is continued. And the Council shall abate, or cause to be abated, every such nuisance, and do what shall be needful for preventing a continuance or recurrence thereof, and shall have power to enter any building or premises for that purpose ; and the expense incurred by them in so doing shall be by the owner or occupier of the said building or premises, for the use and benefit of the said Council, by writing under the hand of the Mayor or Town Clerk q,s aforesaid for such payment. Bye-Law jSo. IV. A Bye-Law for Regulating the Formation of Crossings for Wheeled Vehicles over Footpaths, and for Protecting the Footpaths and Water Channels. Channel Crossings. , 1. That all persons having, or that may hereafter have,

roadways for carts and other wheeled vehicles across the footpaths now formed, or that may hereafter be formed, by the Council in the Municipality of Naseby, shall, at their own cost, provide, construct, and maintain a crossing-place over the water-channel and footpath in the manner following, after having first obtained permission from the Municipal Council : How Constructed in Kerbed Streets. 2. In streets where a stone or wood kerb is now or hereafter may be laid, the crossings shall be paved with stone or wood pavement the whole width of the footpath, from the interior edge thereof to the pavement of the water-channel, and the pavement shall be enclosed on both sides with a stone or <vood kerb of the same size and description as the street kerbing, which it must join closely at the angles. The water-channel must not in aDy way be altered or obstructed, and it must be maintained at all times in as good repair, at the cost of the persons having the crossing, as the other portions of the water-channel immediately adjoining. Where no Kerbing, Scantlings may be used. 3. In streets whe?'e a footpath a.nd side-channel is or may hereafter be formed, and where no kerbing is laid, suitable wood planks or scantlings shall be provided, and fixed over the waterchannel so as to leave a free passage for the water underneath, to project into the public roadway uot less than five feet from the outer edge of the footpath ; and the crossing-place over tho footpath shall be paved metalled, or gravelled in such manner that it shall at a.ll times be as clean and dry as the footpath itself is immediately adjoining such crossing-place. Materials to be Approved of. 4. The materials used for such crossing-places and kerbing, and the manner of laying the same, shall to the approval of the Municipal Council. Specifications to be Submitted and Pee Paid. ' 5. All persons about forming crossing-places over footpaths shall give notice in writing of their intention, and submit a specification of the manner in which the work is to be performed to the Town Clerk, who shall give permission for the same to be proceeded with as specified, provided the specified manner is not objectionable, and shall charge and receive a fee of not more than Five Shillings for each examination and permission. Any person committing any act against anything contained in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act, neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Bye-Law No. Y. A Bye-Law for the Prevention of Horse-Racing, Furious Riding or Driving through the Surveyed Streets ''and Roads of the Incorporated. Town of Naseby. 1. That any person or persons engaged in horse-racing, furious riding or driving, or who carelessly allow horses to stray unprotected through any of the surveyed streets or roads within the Municipality, shall be liable to a penally not exceeding Ten Pounds. Pack Horses, after being Loaded, not to Remain in Public •• Streets and Places. 2. As soon as the owner or driver of any pack-horses shall have completed the loading or unloadiug .of his. animals, he shall within a reasonable time remove the same from the public streets, and in no wise suffer said horses or animals to loiter about the streets or be fast'eued up therein, or be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. < Drays and Waggons not to Remain in Public Streets and Places. 3. Any carter or bullock-driver, having completed the losing or unloading of his dray, waggon, or bullock-drav, shall remove the same from the public streets, or be liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO. BXE-Latv NO. YI. A feye-Law to Regulate the Driving of Horses and Horned Cattle through •A the Town of Naseby. ° 1. No loose horse or unyoked horned cattle, whether intended for sale or slaughter, or when passing from one part of the country to another, or for any other purpose whatever, shall be driven along, across, into, or through any terrace, square, street, lane, court, alley, or any inhabited portion of the Town of Naseby, excepting between the hours of eight of the clock at night or nine of the clock in the morning : Provided that nothing herein contained shall be held to extend to any miJch cow or to horned cattle in yoke, when going to or returning from depasturing or watering. 2. If any cattle shall be found upon any land not being a common, and such that there is no fence, whether upon the same land or any other dividing such first-mentiooed land from the streets, public or private, of the Town, or an v of them, without any person having charge of such cattle, the owner of such cattle shall forfeit a sum not exceeding Twenty Shillings for every headof such cattle, and the proper officer of the Council may seize such cattle and place the same at some neighboring place of safe custody; and any Justice, if such owner be not known, upon proof of the issue of a summons in the usual tprm, addressed lo such owner as " owner " only, without otherwise naming or describing him, such cattle and the place of seizure being truly described, and of the publication of such summons in some newspaper circulating in the Town, may, after the expiration oftwenty-lour hours from such publication, proceed with respect to such "owner appearing as if personal service of a summons, stating bis name, had been effected, or if such owner appear, then* as in other eases and the Justice may order the cattle to be sold and the money arising from the sale, after deducting the said penalty and the costs awarded, and the reasonable expenses to be estimated and assessed by the Justice of seizing, keeping, and selling the said cattle, shall be paid, if demanded within one mouth, to the owner of such cattle, and if not so demanded, then to the Borough fund; and if the said money shall not be sufficient for all the purposes aforesaid, the amount whereby the same falls short, or if no such sale be ordered, the whole of the said amount may be recovered from the said owner, if and when known, in like manner as other penalties and sums adjudged or ordered to be paid by Justi -es are to be recovered. 3. If any cattle be at any time found in any street, without any person having the charge thereof, the owner of such cattle shall forfeit for every head of such cattle a sum not exceeding Twenty Shillings, and if such cattle shall, by reason of having been so found at large, have been impounded by the Council, the amount of such penalty and the costs, if adjudged respectively before the release or sale of such cattle, shall be added to the pound fees and charges payable in respect of such cattle, and the amount thereof or such lesser amount (if any) as after the sale of the cattle may remain in the hands of the Poundkeep.er shall be paid over by him accordingly; and if the proceeds of any sale of such cattle shall not be sufficient, after'paying the lawful fees and charges aforesaid, to satisfy such penalty and costs, or if such penalty aud costs shall have been adjudged after the release or sale of the cattle, the same, or so much as remains unpaid shall and may be recovered from the owner cf the cattle in like manner as other penalties and costs adjudged by Justices are bylaw to be , j-ecovered ; and if in the case of any information under this Regulation the owner be not known, then the provisions ef the last preceding regulation so far as necessary 10 the adjudicating Justice jurisdiction shall apply: The said cattle shall, in all cases be deemed and taken to mean asses, mules, horses' aud their kind, cows and their kind and swine. 4. It 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 public p.'aces as from time to* time may be anpointed by some Regulation of the Council in that behalf, which ■ the Council are hereby authorised to make; or by locking the wheels of any cart or other vehicle, or otherwise to test or tryany horse or animal so as to obstruct or injure any street or -public place. • 5. Any goats found astray on the public streets, or in or on enclosed premises or than a common, will be liable to be summarily destroyed. Any person committing any act against anything contained

in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act, # neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Bye-Law No. VII. 1. No person shall bathe in any reservoir or waterworks supplying the town or any portion thereof, or shall wash, throw, or cause to enter therein any,animal, whether dead or alive, or throw therein any rubbish.. Nuisance. 2. No person shall commit any nuisance, or indecently expose his or her person in any street, 1 road, or public highway, or in view thereof, or in any place of public resort. Any person committing-any act against anything contained in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for, each such act, neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Bye-Law No. VIIL A Bye-Law for the Regulation of Drains, &c. 1. Whosoever being supplied with water by the Council from any waterworks or pumps of or belonging,to or under the . control or management of the Council, or having access to any such waterworks or pumps for the taking of water therefrom, shall wilfully or negligently suffer any water to run to waste from any pipe or conduit from or by which- he shall be so supplied, or to which he shall have 'such access, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. 2. Whosoever shall obstruct or damage any culvert, sewer, or drain belonging to or under the control of the Council, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Bye-Law No. IX. „ » A tlie Regulation of Foul Chimneys, &o. 1. Every person who wilfully sets or causes to be set on fire any chimney, flue, smoke-vent, or stove-pipe, herein called in. common "chimney," shall be liable to a penalty of not less than Jbive Pounds nor more than Ten Pounds Provided always that nothing herein contained shall exempt the person so setting or causing to be set on tire any chimney from liability to be informed - against or prosecuted before any Criminal Court for such act as anjndictable offence. ■ 2. If any chimney accidentally catch or be on fire, the "person occupying or using the premises iu which such chimney is situated shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ITorty Shillings : Provided always that such forfeiture shall not be incurred if such, person prove to the satisfaction of the Justice before whom the case is heard that such fire was in nowise owing to the omission, neglect, or carelessness, whether with respect to cleansing such Chimney or btherwise, of himself or his servant. Hinging Fire Bell. 3. Any person or persons ringing the fire bell without due c;>use.sbM.il be liable to a penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings. - Bye-Law No. X. A Bye-Law to Prevent the Nuisance arising from the Keeping of Piggeries, Pigsties, and other similar Places within the Town of Naseby. Whereas it is expedient to prevent the continuance of nuisances arising from'the keeping of pigs, sheep, and other animals within the Township of Naseby • Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of said Town, by virtue of the putbority in them vested, that from and after the date of this Bye-Law coming into force and operation, the following Regulations shall be in force: —- Piggeries may be Kept within Town Boundaries. 1. The Couucil may lVom time to time grant permission to persons to' keep a pigsfcye on their premises, but such must be obtained from the Municipal Council, and shall be given * in writing, and, on the back of the document containing such permission, the conditions upon which the same was granted shall thereon be endorsed. Such Permission to Tie Temporary. 2. Such permission shall in no wise be deemed of a permanent nature, and in no case is it to be granted for a term exceeding one year, and this clause shall be endorsed on the back of every such permission. Pwsons Keeping Pigsties must Register them. 8. All persons to whom permission is granted to keep pigsties within the Town boundaries must, within sev.en days after such permission lias been granted to them, deposit a duly signed certified copy of such permission at the Town Clerk's office, and pay a fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence annually for,the registering of the same. Against Slaughtering Pigs, Sheep, or other Animals on Premises. 4. It shall not be lawful for any person so permitted to keep a pigstye on his premises, to use such permission as a means whereby he may deal or trade in pigs or sheep or other animals, ■by slaughtering and killing said animals for sale on his premises. Any person committing any act against anything contained in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Resident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten>Pounds. Bye-Law No. XL A Bye-Law Prohibiting the Deposit of Goods or Vehicles on the Public Roads or Footpaths, and the Exposure of Goods for Sale Outside of any Shop, Store, Dwelling, or House in the Town of Naseby. "Whereas much inconvenience is caused to the public by the blocking up of the public roads or footpaths by the depositing thereon of vehicles or merchandise for sale or otherwise: And, as it is desirable to 1 repress such a custom or nuisance, any person or persons depositing for any period, longer than is absolutely necessary for their removal into any store, shop, house, or other dwelling,, goods, merchandise, vehicles, or other material upon the public pathways, roads, or passages'; any person or persons' who shall expose for sale outside his premises or upon any public pathway any goods, merchandise, or other material, shall, for every breach of the provisions of this Bye-Law, be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. . Bye-Law No. XII. A Bye-Law Compelling all Vehicles to Carry Lights'when Travelling at Night. That every vehicle licensed to carry passengers, of whatsoever description, travelling within the limits of the Town of Naseby, after sunset and before sunrise, shall be provided with proper carriage lights, and the driver shall keep the same properly lighted, or be liable to a penalty not exceeding Tea Pounds. Bye-Law No. XIII. A Bye-Law to .Regulate the Sale, by Weight Oi- Measure, of Marketable Commodities within the Town of Naseby. - Penalty for Using Illegal Weight. 1. The owner or reputed owner or vendor of any marketable commodities or produce brought into the said Town for sale by weight orimeasure. or offered or exposed therein for that purpose, aud reported on by a duly-appointed officer of the said Council as being of unjust or illegal weight or measure, shall be ■ liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Penalty for Selling Under Weight'. 2. Any person within the said Town selling or delivering, or causing or permitting to be sold or delivered, any goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind whatever, under the weight at or for which such goods, wares, or merchandise shall have been sold, shall be subject to the before-mentioned penalty. Bye-Law No. XIY. A Bye-Law to Restrain the Keeping of Houses of 111-Pame in the Town of Naseby. Whereas it is necessary for the peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the Town of Naseby that houses of i.'l-fame and bad repute within the said Town should be restrained and, if possible,

suppressed : Any person keepmg any such house, or being the reputed proprietor and occupier thereof, or having the chief control* or conduct or management of the same, shall forfeit and pay the sum of Ten Pounds for every such offence ; and all Inspectors of Nuisances of the said Council, or other officer thereof being Special Constables, are hereby required to lay and prefer informations for a breach of this Bye-Law at the instance or on request of any two respectable householders resident in the neighborhood of such reported house uf ill-fame and bad repute. Bye-Law ISTo. XV. A Bye-Law for tlie better Prevention and Extinguishing of Fires, and the Regulation of Awnings over Footpaths. Fire in Yards. .1. That no person shall light or have any fire burning within or upon any yard or premises, whether enclosed or not, for any purpose whatsoever, without first having obtained license or permission from the said Council or their duly authorised officer, except such fire be made in a properly constructed ap- ' proved fireplace. . Burning Stubble, Rubbish, Sfc. 2. That no person shall be allowed to set fire to any stubble, scrub, furze, or other inflammable material, until notice in writing be given to parties owning or occupying property adjacent to the place where such fires shall be made, twenty-four hours previous to such fire being made ; and that no fire shall be made and continued excepting between the hours of-eight a.m. and eight p.m. Straw, Sfc., to be Kept under Cover. . 3. That no person shall be permitted to keep any heaps or stacks of hay, corn, or straw, on their premises, unless the same be under coveij of a shed or building, of which no exterior part or covering shall be of canvas or calico, or other textile fabric, or at a distance of fifty feet from any adjoining building, or twenty feet from any adjoining propertyjiot belonging to or in the occupation of the owner of such heap or stack of hay, corn, or straw. Tents, Sfc., of Calico to be. Thirty Feet from other Buildings. 4. That no person shall erect any tent, store, or dwelling, or other building of calic:), canvas, or other textile fabric, or renew with the like material any roof or any other exterior part of any tent, store, or building now existing in any of the proclaimed streets of the Municipality of Naseby, except the same be situated at a distance of thirty clear feet other building. Fire Brigade. 5. That it shall be lawful for- this Council to create a Municipal Fire Brigade, to be paid at such rates and subject to such regulations as the Council may from time to time appoint; and the Council may at any time, at their pleasure, discharge any officer or men" of the said Brigade, and appoint others in their stead; and any person or persons obstructing the members of the Municipal Eire Brigade in the execution of their duty shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Application for Building Chimney, Forge, Sfc., to be made. 6. As forges are oft-times built in the open air for the purpose of heating tires, no fire shall be so made unless permission shall have been obtained from the Mayor and two Councillors for the time being; and it is farther ordered that no building, chimney, or other furnace shall be erected without such permission. i 7. No person shall be at liberty to throw out any live ashes, fire, or coals in an inflammable state, whether of wood or coal, under the penalty before mentioned. Awnings, Sfc. 8. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to erect or cause to be erected any shade, awning, or other building, over or across any public footpath within the Municipality aforesaid, with out-having first obtained in writing the consent of the Municipal Council aforesaid to such erection ; and every such shade, awning, or building, when such consent to the erection of the same shall have, been obtained, shall be erected with the outside of the posts or pillars thereof in a line with the outside of the curb or other boundary of the footpath in front of any shop, dwelling-house, or other premises ■which such, shade, awning, or building shall be attached; and no plate, rafter, or tie of any such shade, awning, or building shall be of a less height above the surface of such path than seven feet in the clear to the under side of such plate, rafter, or tie ; nor allow the droppings from the eaves of any house to fall upon any_ footpath; and it shall be competent for the Municipal Council aforesaid to direct and require the removal of any such shade, awning, or building erected on or across or over any public footpath of the said Municipality, except the same be in strict accordance with the foregoing directions, whether such shade, awning, or building shall have been erected- prior to the date of, this Bye-Law or not; and it shall be further lawful for the said Council to give notice to remove any such shade, awning, or building, by means of the Inspector or other officer of such Council, to any owner or occupier bv whom or for whom such shade, awning, or building shall have been erected; and any >such owner or occupier who shall refuse or neglect to remove any such shade, awning, or building, or portion thereof, within forty-eight hours from the time of such notice of removal being given, shall, for every such offence, refusal, or neglect, be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Bye-Law No. XVI. A Bye-Law to Prohibit Rubbish or other Matter being Deposited within the Town of Naseby, excepting at the Places determined upon by the Town Council. 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to set, place, lay, deposit, shoot, or discharge any ashes, rubbish, broken glass, offal, dung, soil, dead animals, blood, or other filth or annoying thing, in any place within the bounds of the said Town, excepting at the place or places publicly notified by the said Council by advertisement in one or more of the newspapers published in the said' Town, or by notice, under authority of the Council, posted on the ground, that "Ttubbish may be deposited there. 2. No person,, without the authority of the Council, shall displace or remove the surface or soil of any land belonging to or' under the control or management of the Council. Any person committing any act against anything contained in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act, neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Wesident Magistrate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. BTE-Law NO. XVII. A Bye-Law for Pedlars and Hawkers. 1. If any person trade, or carry on business within the. Town boundary, as a pedlar or hawker, without having first obtained a License, he shall forfeit and pay, on conviction, for every such offence any sum not exceeding live Pounds; and every person trading or carrying on such business as aforesaid within the said Town shall be deemed and taken to be unlicensed, unless he shall jirove to the contrary by the production of his License or otherwise. 2. Every person licensed to trade or carry on business as •a pedlar or hawker within the TowiP boundary who shall not comply with any Regulation made by the Council, under the power given them, for the regulation and conduct of pedlars and hawkers, shall forfeit and pay, on conviction, for every such offence any sum not exceeding forty shillings. 3. Any person desirous of carrying on the trade or business of a pedlar or hawker within the Town boundary must pay a License fee of £1 Is., on the receipt of which the Town Clerk is hereby empowered to issue to such applicant a License under the Seal of the Corporation. All Licenses from the day of issue will remain in force for twelve months, but will only apply to the person in whose name they are issued. 4. No travelling hawker or pedlar shall be at liberty to trade or carry on business within the Town boundary who is not duly licensed so to trade or carry on business by the Council. The cost of such License shall be £2 2s. Any person committing any act against anything contained, in this Bye-Law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with anv directions or regulations contained therein, for each such act, neglect, or refusal shall, on conviction before any Resident Mag strate or two or more Justices of the Peace, pay; a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.