HUNDRED OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 552, 30 July 1851, Page 4

HUNDRED OF AUCKLAND.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred by an act of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, 13 Victoria, ttess. 10, No. 1, intituled "An Ordi-

nance to regulate the occupation of Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of New Ulster/ — We, the undersigned Wardens for the time being, of the Hundred of .Auckland, do make the following Bye Laws, all others being can-* celled. 1 . That all cattle depastured on the aforesaid waste lands of the Crown, shall be branded ou some conspicuous part of the body, with the owner's registered or returned brand, under a penally of two shillings and six-pence per head, ! for each and every omission. 2. That each and every person who shall depasture cattle on such waste lands, shall be assessed, and is, and are hereby assessed, for each and every head of Great Cattle the sum of Six-pence per quarter, and for each and every head of Sheep the sum of One Penny per quarter, payable quarterly in advance, and that cattle mnning for any portion of time within any quarter, shall be chargeable and paid for as if running the entire quaiter. 3. That the assessment hereby made shall be paid to the Ranger, or any other person duly authorized by the Wardens of the said Hundred, quarterly, in advance. 4. That all persons depasturing cattle as aforesaid, shall, in the first week of January, April, July, and October, give notice iti writing, duly signed by him or her, to the Hanger for the time being of the said Hundred, or other authorized person, of the number of cattle then running and bearing his or her btand, and being bona-fide his or her property, as also of the number of cattle (if any) hired of or from any other person, and whom, and particulars of the brand any such hired cattle may bear ; the said return to be left at the office of the Wardens for the aforesaid Hundred, at the residence of the Pound-keeper, at Newmarket, near Hobson's Bridge, under a penalty of Ten Shillings (10s.) for the first omission, and One Pound (£1) for every further omission. 5. That in case any person duly licensed or otherwise lawfully authorized to depasture cattle as aforesaid, shall have in his possession any cattle hired of or from any other person, such other person being licensed or authorized to depasture cattle within the said Hundred, such hired cattle shall be branded with the registered brand of the real owner, and shall be deemed and accounted as cattle depastured by him, under the apportionment made to him by the Wardens ; but in case the person of or from whom such cattle be hired, shall not be lawfully entitled to depasture within the said Hundred, such hired cattle shall be deemed and accounted the cattle of the person hiring the same. 6. That no person shall run any cattle upon the said waste lands, but such as shall be his or her own property, or bona-fide hired by him or her. 7. That each and every person depasturing cattle as aforesaid shall at all times, when required by the Hanger, or any other person duly authorized by the Wardens of the aforesaid Hundred, give in writing, or otherwise, as the Ranger, or such person authorized, may require, full and correct information of the number of cattle running on his account, and whether hired or otherwise, as also the part of the Hundred on which, and where turned out, and when and where last seen, and any other information relating thereto, which the Hanger or such aforesaid authorized person shall ask for or require, and any person refusing to give such information, or giving false or evasive information, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds {£5) for each and every such offence. 8. That any person allowing cattle not bona fide his or her property, or bona fide hired as aforesaid, to run in his or her name, or on account of the apportionment made by the Wardens to him or her, or making any collusive agreement of any kind with a view to impose upon the Wardens or the Ranger, or to defeat the fair and just provisions of the Ordinance above referred to, shall for the first offence forfeit and pay the sum of forty (40) shillings, for the second offence four pounds (£4), for the third and every further oifence the sum of five pounds (£5). 9. That no entire male cattle, great or small, be allowed to run upon any part of the said waste lands, without the consent in writing of two of th^ Wardens at least, under a penalty of twenty (20) shillings, for each and every offence, and any entire male cattle found upon the said waste lands without consent as aforesaid, shall be deemed and treated as cattle trespassing. 10. That any person worrying cattle, by driving them with dogs or otherwise off the said waste lands, or other unenclosed lands not in the lawful occupation of the person so driving off such cattle, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two pounds (£2) for the first offence, three pounds (£3) for the second offence, and five pounds (£5) for the third and every further ofience. 11. That any person setting fire to or causing any part of the said waste lands to be set on fire, without the consent, in writing, of the Wardens, shall forfeit «nd pay for the first offence the sum of twenty (20) shillings, and for each and every further offence the Bum of live pounds (£5). 12. That any person running diseased cattle upon the said waste lands shall forfeit and pay for each and every oll'enco tho sum of five pounds (£5), and any such diseased cattle shall be immediately impounded. I,'}. Thai any person rendering the water upon or (lowing through tho 2>uid waste lauds iiu pure by washing linen or clothes of any kind therein, oi? doing any other act whereby it ilult'lci'ioUH or offensive, matter be thrown into ,ii»y water course or pond, shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than foity (-10) NhiUmgH, nor more than five pounds (£5) for each nnd every offence. 14. That any person convicted of a third oft'euce uguiust the said Ordinance-, or any bye-law made in pursuance thereof, be reported by the Wardens to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, with a recommendation that no future license bo granted to such ucison. Tho Wardens deem it a duty to call especial attention to the 31th, 87th, and 38th sections of the Ciown Lauds Ordinance. Uknhy Mai-son,") Joski'k May, > Wardens. KmvAii» Mayne. j Office of the Wardens for the Hundred of Auckland, June 16, 1851.