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3. Every person driving a vehicle or riding a bicycle shall exhibit a light between the times of half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise. Every person riding a bicycle in the daytime shall ring a bell when approaching and passing any other person, bicycle, or vehicle. Regulation of Tea-shops. 4. All tea-shops shall be closed between the hours of nine at night and six in the morning the following day ; and no business shall be done by the. licensee or his servants in such tea-shops between such hours. 5. No person other than the licensee or his servants shall remain in any tea-shop between the said hours of nine at night and six in the morning. No child under the age of thirteen years shall remain in any tea-shop except for the purpose of obtaining refreshment; and any child remaining in any tea-shop except for such purpose may be removed therefrom by any member of the police. 6. Any person contravening any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding thirty shillings, or in default of payment thirty days' hard labour. 7. All cases under this Ordinance shall be heard in the Island Court, before the Resident Agent: Provided always that there shall be a right of appeal to the High Court if due notice of such appeal be given in writing within seven days of the first hearing. Passed by the Mangaia Island Council, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six. Jno. T. Large, President, Mangaia Island Council. [Assented to by the Governor on the 28th June, 1906.]

Aitutaki Local Obdinance No. 3.—Aitutaki Ordinance No. 3. Be it enacted by the Island Council of Aitutaki: — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance shall be " The Aitutaki Ordinance No. 3." 2. No pig shall be allowed to run at large on Aitutaki except in the " Lagoon-side Enclosure " ; and any person who finds a pig loose and devouring or destroying the food in any plantation or kainga may kill such pig there and then, and shall at once give notice to the constable of the district that he has done so. 3. On and after the Ist January, 1906, all cattle on Aitutaki shall be subject to a yearly tax of twenty shillings per head, payable in January of each and every year ; but no calf shall be liable to be taxed until it shall have attained the age of one year. Owners of cattle are liable for any and all damage done by their cattle ; and those owners who refuse or neglect to pay the above tax may have their cattle destroyed by order of the Council. No person shall be allowed to import cattle into Aitutaki unless by special permission of the Council. 4. And whereas the women of Aitutaki now occupy the several bathing and washing pools of Aitutaki from daylight to dark, to the exclusion of the men, who are thus unable to bathe until night: From and after the passing of this Ordinance the bathing and washing pools shall be at the disposal of the women from early morning until four p.m. on each and every day, at which hour every woman shall have finished her washing, &c, and shall leave the waters for the use of the men only. Any woman offending against this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not exceeding five shillings for each offence. 5. Section 12 of Aitutaki Island Ordinance No. 1, being inexpedient and unnecessary, is hereby rescinded, cancelled, and declared null and void, and no longer in force in Aitutaki. 6. All tea-shops shall be closed between the hours of nine o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m.; and children under the age of thirteen years shall not be allowed to congregate or wait about or in any tea-shop, except when in charge of their parents. Any tea-shop licensee who neglects to see the provisions of this section attended to shall be liable to have his license cancelled or suspended; and it shall be the duty of the police to assist in seeing that this section is enforced. J. C. Cameron, 19th August, 1905. President, Aitutaki Island Council. [Assented to by the Governor on the 23rd September, 1905.]

Rakahanga Local Ordinance No. I.—Rakahanga Ordinance No. 1. Be it enacted by the Island Council of Rakahanga as follows : — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance shall be " The Rakahanga Ordinance No. 1." 2. Sections 2 to 19 of the " Manihiki Ordinance No. 1 " are hereby adopted for the Island of Rakahanga, and shall be deemed to form part of this Ordinance, substituting therein the name " Rakahanga " for the name " Manihiki." Passed by the Rakahanga Island Council, this eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five. Henry Williams, President. W. E. Gudgeon, Resident Commissioner. [Assented to by the Governor on the 28th June, 1906.]

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