1. Every person who shall throw or lay, or cause, or knowingly permit to be thrown or laid, any carrion, dirt, soil, straw, or dung, or any other filth, rubbish, or noisome or offensive matter whatsoever, on any of the roads, streets, ways, or public passages, or into any well, stream, or wa- tercourse, ford, or reservoir for water, any of the drains or sewers made or to be made within the said Colony; or shall permit or suffer any such noisome or offensive sub- stance as aforesaid to remain exposed in any drain, sewer, or elsewhere, opposite to, or within the immediate neigh- bourhood of his house, or shall allow any accumulation of filth or offensive substances within the premises occu- pied by him, to the annoyance of the inhabitants or pas- sengers; or shall in any manner defile or pollute any well, or stream, or watercourse used by any of the inhabitants of the town of Victoria, or for the supplying with water of ships resorting to the harbour of the said Colony.
2. Every person who shall commit any nuisance in the neighbourhood of any house or place of public passage.
3. Every person who shall set out or leave, or cause to be set out or left, any scaffolding, bricks, lime, barrels, bales or cases of merchandise, or
any other matter
or thing which shall or may obstruct, incommode, or endanger any person or carriage in any public road or thoroughfare.
4. Every person who shall expose any thing for sale in or upon, or so as to hang over any carriage-way or foot- way, or on the outside of any house or shop, or who shall set up or continue any pole, blind, awning, line, or any other projection from any window, parapet, or other part any house, shop, or other building, so as to cause any annoyance or obstruction in any thoroughfare.
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5. Every person who shall encroach on any public way or Crown land, by erecting any building, either on, or projecting over the same, or shall construct any spout which shall project the rain water thereon.
6. Every occupier or owner of any house, building, or other erection who shall neglect to repair or remove the same when in a ruinous or unsafe state, and which shall or may endanger the
passengers in any thoroughfare.
7. Every person who shall ride or drive on any foot- path without obvious necessity; or shall ride or drive in a furious manner, or so as to endanger the life or limb of any person, or to the common danger of the passengers in any public road or thoroughfare; or who, passing or meeting another horse or carriage, shall not keep to the customary side of the road.
8. Every person who shall lead or ride any horse or other animal, or draw or drive any cart or carriage, sledge, truck, or barrow upon any footway, or fasten
any horse or other
other animal so that it can stand across or upon any foot- way, or shall turn loose any horse or cattle upon the public road or thoroughfare.
9. Every person who shall, in any thoroughfare or public place, to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers, kill or slaughter, or expose for show or sale, (except in a market lawfully appointed for that purpose) or feed or fodder any horse or other animal, or shoe, bleed, or farry any horse or animal (except in cases of accident,) or turn loose, clean, dress, exercise, train, or break any horse or animal, or clean, make, or repair any part of any cart or carriage, except in cases of accident where repair on the spot is necessary.
10. Every person who shall keep any dog accustomed to annoy passengers by barking or otherwise, or suffer to be at large any unmuzzled ferocious dog or other animal belonging to him, or set on or urge any dog or other ani- mal to attack, worry, or put in fear any person, horse, or other animal.
11. Every person who, upon any public footway, shall roll or carry any barrel, cask, butt, or other thing calcu- lated to annoy or incommode the passengers thereon, except for the purpose of housing them or of loading any cart or carriage on the other side of the footway.
12. Every person who in, near, or adjoining any public road or thoroughfare, shall wantonly or unnecessarily blow any horn, beat any gong or drum, or make other
any noise calculated to annoy or alarm any person, or to frighten any horse or other animal: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed and extend to any religious procession or festival, for the due celebration of which the consent of the Chief Magistrate of Police has been obtained.
13. Every person who shall wantonly discharge any fire-arms, or throw or discharge any stone or other missile, or make any bonfire, or throw or set fire to any firework, to the damage or danger of any person.
14. Every person who shall wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant by pulling or ringing any door- bell, or by knocking or striking at any door without law- ful excuse, or who shall wilfully and unlawfully extin- guish the light of any lamp.
15. Every person who shall play at any game or pastime to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers.
16. Every person who shall play at any game in any public passage or road so as to obstruct the same, or create a noisy assembly therein,
17. Every person who shall beg, or expose any sore or infirmity to view, for the purpose of exciting compas- sion and obtaining alms, or shall lewdly and indecently
expose
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