[From the Government Gazette, April 7.] Wellington, 4th April, 1849.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 385, 11 April 1849, Page 2

[From the Government Gazette, Ap ril 7.] Wellington, 4th April, 1849.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTE-NANT-GOVERNOR has been pleased to direct the publication of the following notices of Bills about to be brought under the consideration of the Legislative Council, for general information. By His Excellency's Command, Henry Shafto Harrison. Clerk of the Legislative Council.

An Ordinance for taking a Census. 1. Resident Magistrate to warn all householders to be ready "with information required in schedule A. on a certain day. 2. Power to Lieutenant- Governor to appoint persons to collect information. Penalty for refusing or neglecting to answer questions. 3. Persons so appointed to render an account of their proceedings by a certain day to a Justice of the Peace, and transmit the original documents to the Colonial Secretary. 4. Persons so appointed to be remunerated. 5. Fines to be recovered summarily.

An Ordinance to Prevent Entire Horses from being suffered to stray or run at large. 1. The owner of every entire horse liable to a penalty for suffering the same to be at large.

An Ordinance to regulate the Sale of Bread. 1. Bread to be sold by weight only, not by measure. Penalty. " 2. Scales and weights to be kept in shop and bread to be weighed when required. Penalty. 3. Ingredients, all bread not made of wheat, to be specially marked. Fancy bread excepted. 4. Penalty recoverable summarily. 5. Limitation of prosecution.

An Ordinance for preventing the extension of the infectious diseases commonly called the Scab, as well as the Influenza or Catarrh in Sheep or Lambs. 1. Penalty of for each infected sheep at large. 2. When infected sheep kept on land crossed by a public way notice to be given. 3. Penalty for abandoning sheep. 4. Power to Justices to assess damages caused by communicating infection. 5. Proviso when influenza appears after being turned out. 6. Penalty for not destroying infected carcases. 7. Penalty for casting infected carcases into running- streams or other waters. 8. Power to Justices to remove sheep by warrant. 9. Power to Justices to cause examination of suspected sheep. 10. Penalty on butchers for having infected sheep in their possession. 1 1 . Mode of procedure for enforcing the Ordinance. 12. Limit of Ordinance and power to extend by Proclamation.

An Ordinance to define the qualification of Medical Practitioners. 1. Who shall be deemed a legally qualified Medical Practitioner. 2. Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster and the Superintendent of Nelson to appoii.t a Medical Board. 3., Certificate to be granted by the Board. 4. Remuneration to medical witnesses. 5. Medical Board to keep a list of all properly qualified Medical Practitioners.

An Ordinance to Increase the Efficiency of the Constabulary Force. 1. Power to Inspector and Sub-Inspector of Police to board vessels. 2. Power to constable, -without warrant, to search boats and carriages. 3. The like to enter any ship or vessel for the execution of his duty. 4 Fine for trading on Sunday. 5. Fine for playing billiards or other games on Sunday. 6. Regulations as to public houses, to extend to other houses of public resort. 7. Fine for drunkenness. 8. Power ro any two Justices to imprison persons having certain implements with felonious intent. 9. Power to Constables to arrest persons ■with stolen property upon them. 10. Penalty for damaging public buildings. 11. Penalty on persons committing certain acts in the nature of nuisance, specified in schedule A. 12. Power to Constables to seize certain articles enumerated in schedule A. 13. Penalty for discharging fire arms and fire works. - 14. Penalty for burning shavings or other things in the street, and setting fire to the bush. 15. Penalty for bathing in public. 1 6. Penalty for exposing the person. 17. Penalty for nuisances. 18. Penalty for injuring the streets by hauling timber, &c, thereon. 19. Penalty on uncovered openings in the foojtway. .20. Penalty for making any opening on the footway. 21. Penalty for not having gutters.

22. Penalty for removing night soil during the day time. 23. Penalty for throwing dead animals into the streets, or into streams. 24. Penalty for damaging the footpath or carriage ways. 25. Penalty for riding upon carriages without reins. 26. Penalty for furious riding or driving, or driving wild cattle through the streets. 27. Penalty for affixing placards. 2S. Penalty for committing nuisances in the thoroughfares. 29. Provisions respecting mad dogs. 30. Penalty for compounding informations. 31. Limits of the Town to be set out. 32. Regulating the building of houses and power to Justices to order chimnies to be repaired when in a dangerous state. 33. Declaring the limits of the Ordinance. 34. Respecting penalties imposed by other Ordinances. 35. Procedure. 36. Commencement of Ordinance. 37. This Ordinance to be read together with No. 2. Sess. 7. 38. Interpretation clause.

An Ordinance to authorise the Collection of a Rate for Making and Repairing Roads and Streets, &c. 1. Repeal of No. 6, Session 5. 2. Lieutenant-Governor to proclaim districts to be brought within this ordinance. 3. Commissioners to be elected by freeholders or occupiers. 4. Claims to vote to be sent in by a certain day. 5. Resident Magistrate to decide upon claims, to publish a list of voters, and to appoint a day for election of Commissioners. 6. Commissioners to continue in office for one year, and eligible for re-election. 7. A Power to Commissioners to appoint Assessors. 8. In case of non-election of Commissioners, or of Commissioners declining to act, Resident Magistrate to appoint Assessors to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. 9. Rate to be made on nett annual value, or upon the acreage. 10. When Assessment made, notice to be given. 11. Appeal. 12. How Rate may be distrained for. 13. Rate may be recovered. 14. One or more persons to be appointed Commissioners or Assessors to levy the amount. 15. Collectors to give security. 16. Collectors to furnish weekly accounts. 17. To pay balance to Colonial Treasurer. 18. Appropriation Clause. 19. Assessors power to enter Houses, &c. 20. Proceedings for Penalties. 21. No certiorari as to informality. 22. Proceedings against persons acting under ordinance. 23. Not to extend to certain lands and building?. 24. Commencement of Ordinance. 25. Interpretation.