MERCER TOWN BOARD.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 133, 17 January 1916, Page 3

MERCER TOWN BOARD.

By-Laws. Notice is hereby given that at a Special Meeting of the Mercer Town I Buard held ou Wednesday, 22nd I day of December, 1915, the following resolution was pasted and will be submitted for confirmation at the Ordinary Meeting of the Board to be held on Wednesday, the 19th day of January, 1916, at 7.30 p.m., at the Offices of the Board at Mercer. RESOLUTION. In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the "'Town Boards Act 1908" and Part XLII of the "Municipal Corporations Act 1908" tiro Mercer Town Board iu Special Meeting he-eby approves and adopts the By-Liws as mnv signed by the Chaimian and directs that a Meeting of the Board be held on Wednesday, the 19th day of January, 1916 at the Offices of the Board at Mercer for the purposes of confirming this Resolution. The object and purport ol the Bylaws are to regulate, control or license within the Town District of Mercer the following matters To provide for Penalties for the breach of any of these By-laws. PART 1. OiiDEK of Proceedings. To regulate the order of the proceedings of tho Members of the Board. PART 11. (jrENERAL. To provide the manner of service of notices or other documents on or on behalf of the Board ; to control the condition of hedges; to prohibit the plai ing upon or the burning of material iu any Street without consent of the Board ; to prohibit the stacking of imllammable material within 40 ft. of any building or Street; to prohibit injury to Street; to prohibit the discharge of missies or fire-arms in any Street; to provide for the safety of passengers along streets during excavation or building operations ; to forbid the placing of any placard or other writing upon property ; to forbid droppings from tho eaves of any building upon any Street; to prohibit the rolling of any cask, breaking in of horses or the indulgence of any game in any Street to the annoyance or danger of the public ; to prevent furious or negligent driving; 1o forbid the sale of animals in any Street; to rfgulate the construction of cellarflaps ; to prohibit the keeping of pigs within G6ft. of any dwelling house ; to provide for fencing and illumination in any Street; to prohibit tho leaving of any rail, gate, fence, or cover or any entrance to cellar abutting upon any Street in any manner calculated to be a danger to tho public ; to prohibit the driving of any dog or goat harnessed to any vehicle along any Street; to prohibit the turning loose of cattle in any Street; to regulate and control the movements of cattle driven through a Street : to prohibit the assemblage in any Street of persons so as to impede passengers; to prohibit tho defacing or injury of any propei ty in the district; to prohibit the ringing of any five bell without just cause : to prohibit misbehaviour iu any Street; to provide for the cleansing of chimneys; to prohibit tha storage of any explosive material without permission of the Board ; to proh ; bit the slaughter of animals in tho Street: to forbid the obstruction of any Officer of the Board in tho course ot his duty ; to regulate the control of dogs ; to prohibit the use of barbed wire on any boundary fence , to prohibit the conduct or managemect of any disorderly house; to prohibit the erection of sign boards without permission ; to give power to the Board to affix to any house or building the name of any Street ; to prohibit other persons affixing names of Streets in anywise without authority from the Board; to provide for excess and crossings over any footpath, watercourse, channel or gutter; to provide for the repair of any footpath, watercourse, channel or gutter ■ to provide for the repair of private Streets; to prohibit the granting of any right-of-way without the consent of the Board ; to give power to the Board to partly or permanently improve any footpath and charge the owner or occupier of the premises ail'ronting thereou a proportion of such cost: to prohibit the use of defective scales : to regulate and control the keeping of public weighbridges. PAET in. Bui Loi-V ; . To prescribe generally the regulations under which buildings within the district may bo erected, added to, renewed, or repaired, and require plans and specifications of such work to be lodged and a permit for the same obtained : to provide for the inspection of such work and authorising tho Board to compel the removal of any work begun in contravention to the By-laws ; to prescribe the materials with which buildings may be constructed ; to regulate the construction of any stove, grate or heating apparatus therein ; to provido for a grading of any ground underlying any building ; to provide for the proper ventilation uf a building and authority to the Board to condemn any such building. PAET IV. Samtauv a.vu PuiiLic Health To regulate and control the structure and building of privies and sanitary conveniences ; to prescribe the material for the building thereof; to provide means of access to and for tho ventilation, cleansing, repair and number of and removal of nigiitsoil from such privies aud sanitary couj veniouces, and tho distances at ! which they are to bo built from any i house, stream or well; to prohibit tho pollution of any water for any domestic, commercial or public purpose, to provide for permits being I obtaiued for any drainage work; I to ghe power to the Board to con- ! tract for tho removal of nightsoil 1 and ti\ fees for such removal , to prohibit the carting of nightsoil without permission of tho Board i to provide for tho cleansing ox | .rallies, hollows, drains, earth-closets, ! stables, dog-kennels, fowl-houses, ! yards and ush-vits , to prohibit the I throwing or leaving of any dead animal or tho discharge of any offensive matter into or upon any street, public place or water-course,

to require the removal of any filth, ashes, dust, or lubbish upon any premises and to prescribe the manner of such removal; to provide for the drainage of storm water and the repair of pipes in connection therewith at the expense of the owner or occupier of any land from which such storm water llows. PAET V. Public Halls. To regulate and control all public halls, billiard rooms and shooting galleries and require the same to be licensed. PAET VI. As xo Vehicles. To regulate and control the pace of vehicles and of horses and to require vehicles plying for hire either for passengers or goods and the driver thereof to be licensed. PART VII. Regulations for Heavy Traffic. To regulate and control heavy traffic and to provide for the width of tyres to be used on vehicles engaged on heavy traffic in the district and to require such vehicles to be licensed. PART VIII. As to Til action Engines. To regulate and control traction engines and to provide for the weight to be carried thereon or hauled theroby and to require such traction engines to be licensed. PART IX. Sale of Food. To regulate and control the sale of human food and to provide for any diseased or unwholesome food to be condemned. PART X. As to Hawkers To prohibit the sale of goods within the district by hawkers without license and prescribing the fees for such license. PART XI. Licenses To provide that all licenses issued by these By-laws shall expire on the 31st day of December, following the date of issue and for an abatement of license fees where licenses are issued after the 30th day of June in any year. PART XII. Penalties To provide for penalties for the breach of any of these By-laws. A copy of the proposed By-laws is deposited at the Office of the Board, Mercer, and will be open to the inspection of the Public during office hours from this date to the said 19th day of January next. Dated this 24th day of December, 1915. PERCY N. KING, 1291 Town Clerk.