Government Gazette.

North Otago Times, Volume I, Issue 4, 21 April 1864, Page 10

Government Gazette.

Wednesday, April 16th.1864.

Oamaru Aunderds.

the following Regulations have for

adopted by the wardens of the

Oamaru Hundred:-

1. No diseased cattle shall be

depastured upon the Hundred, and

any person or persons who shall

turn out on departure any diseased

beast, shall forget and pay for

Every such offence, any sum not

Exceeding two pounds.

2. No entire animal over the age

of six months, excepting horses,

asses or mules, and no such horse,

ass on mule, over the age of–twelve

months shall be depasturing upon

the hundred without the consent,

in writing, of the Wardens or a

majorites of them : and any person

or persons who shall turn out or

departures any Entire animal over

the above specified ages, without having

perviously obtained the consent,

in writing, of the Wardens, or a ma-

jority of them, shall forfeit and

Pay any sum not exceeding five

Pounds for every such offence.

3. Whenever it shall appear to

the wardens, or a majority of them,

that any beast of a dangerous or

vicious character, or when from

any other cause they shall deem

it advisable to prohibit any

specified beast from bring depas-

-tured upon the Hundred, it shall

be lowful for them, or a majority

of them, to prohibit the departure-

-ing of any such beast, and to give

notice in writing of such prohi-

-bition to the owner or person having

charge of such beast, and if the

same shall not be removed from

the insfeueed pasture lands of

the hundred written twenty four

hours, or such further time as may.

be stated in such notice, after the

service of such notice, by the deliver-

-ing of the same personally, or by

learing the same at the usual.

place of residence of such owner,

or person having charge of such

beast, shall forfeit and pay any

sum not exceeding five pounds:

as if any person, as aforesaid,

after having received notice as

aforesaid, shall turn out or de-

pasture on any hundred lands

of the hundreds, any prohibited

beast, he shall forfelt and pay any

sum not exceeding five pounds for

every such offence: or in the event

of the owner of any beast which the war-

-ens shall deem it advisable to probi-

bit from assuming upon the hundred,

being unknown to them, it shell be

lawful for them to improved such beast,

to be dealt with under “Jonpounding.

Ordinance 1863.”

4. No sheep shall be departured

on the hundred without the consent,

in writing, of the wardens, as a ma-

-jority of them, and much such re-

-strictions as the may deem it advi-

-sable to impose and any person de-

-pasturing sheep of the unclosed lands

within the Hundred, without such

consent, as aforesaid, shall forfeit

and pay for every such offence any

sum not exceeding five pounds-

them or authorized in that behalf.

provided always that this Bye law

shall not be applicable to sheep bona

fide travelling through the Hundred

if the same shall travel at a rate of not

less than five miles a-day

5. No unbranded cattle over the age

Of six month shall be departured on

the Hundred, and unbranded cattle

above the age of six months found on

the Hundred may be impounded to

be death with according to law.

6. All persons depasturing stock

On the Hundred shall furnish to

the Wardens on or before a day to be

fixed by them by advertisement in

the local paper, a return showing the

number, brands and description of

all beasts above six months old, de-

-pastured on the Hundred, by each

Of them: and in the event if any

person bringing more stock on the

Hundred or taking out a License for

depasturing stock thereon, after that

dates, he shall make a life return

within a week from the time of bring-

-ing on said stock, or taking outsaid

License; and whose ever shall fail

to make to make such return as a-

-foresaid, or shall make a false return,

shall forfeit and pay for every such of-

-fence, a sum not exceeding five Pou-

-nds, and the said cattle will be liable

to be impounded

7. The wardens, or a majority of

them, may at any time call upon a

license holder to make a return,

showing the numbers, description,

and brands of stock departuring upon

the Hundred belonging to him or her,

or in his or his custody : and any li-

-cense holder neglecting, or refusing to

make such return within one week after

having been required by notice in writ-

-ing to make such return shall forfeit

and pay for every such offence any

sum not exceeding five Pounds.

8. Any Cattle not being the property

of or in the custody of, license holder,

or being the property of, or in the custody

of a license holder, by departured on

the Hundred in Contravention of any

Bye Laws duty passed may be im-

-pounded and the owner or custodiam

of such cattle may be proceeded

against for trespass and shall forfoit

and pay for every such offence any

sum not Exceeding Five Pounds.

[Nothing herein contarned shall

prejudice the right of the Waste Land

Board, or the Commissioner of Crown

Lands to proceed against such

trespassers for the recovery of the

penalty of Fifty pounds imposed

by the 76th clause of the “Wastelands

Regulations “ for the illegal Occupation

of Crown Lands]

9. Any person who shall set fire

to the herbage on grass upon the brown

Lands within the Hundred, without

the consent on writing of the Wardens,

or a majority of them, previously

obtained shall forfeit and pay for

Every such offence any sum not Ex-

-ceeding Five Pounds but such con-

-sent of the Wardens will not protect

any person from the consequence of

any loss or damage which may be

Sustained by any person by reason

Of the eardessness with which such

burning within the Hundred may have

been performed.

10. Any person disturding or haras-

-sing cattle depastured within the

boundaries of the Hundred shall

forfeit and pay for Every such

offence any sum not Exceeding Five

pounds, provided always that a

holder of a depasturing license within

the Hundred or any person duty

autorised in his behalf may drive

Such cattle for the purpose of Collec-

-ting such as may belong to him and for

the free and legitimate use of his right

of pasturage within the Hundred but

in Event of it being necessary for such

purpose to drive any cattle belonging

to any other person a greater distance

than half a mile the person so driving

Such cattle must take them ot the near-

-est available stockyard and there

Separate his own from the those of other

Persons and return the latter to the

place from which they were driven

and failing so to do, will be liabe

to the penalty of any sum not Exceed-

-ing Five Pounds for Every such of-

-fence. Any person removing cattle

Beyond and the boundary of the Hundred,

other than those belonging to him or for

the removal of which be shall have

due authority shall forfeit and pay

For Every such offence any sum not

Exceeding Five Pounds.

11. No pigs or goats allowed at large

on the unenclosed lands within

the Hundred and any pigs or goats

found at large within the Hundred

Shall be impounded and the

Owner or custodier of such pigs or

Goats so found at large on the un-

-inclosed lands within the Hun-

-dred shall forfeit and pay any

sum not Exceeding Five Pounds

for Every such offence.

12. All or any of the acts autho-

-ised by these Bye Laws to be done

by the Wardens or a majority of

them may be done by any ranger

or other person duty appointed by