(2) The Pulenu'u shall cause any pig so destroyed to be returned to the owner, but if after reasonable inquiry he is unable to ascertain the owner he may dispose of it as he thinks fit. 33. The Chief Medical Officer or any person authorized by him may destroy any pig or~other 'animal belonging to a Samoan wherever found, or may require the owner thereof or some other person to destroy it, and any person who fails to comply with such requirement shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2. Gatherings in Villages. 34. (1) The Village Committee of any village in which any gathering of visiting Samoans is held is hereby empowered and required to so regulate such gathering that no breach of these regulations and no danger to public health by contamination of water-supplies, insufficient privy accommodation, accumulation of rubbish, or otherwise arises therefrom, and that any requirements of the Chief Medical Officer or other person authorized by him in regard to privy accommodation are complied with. (2) Any member of a Village Committee of such village who without good cause neglects or is party to neglecting to comply with the requirements of this clause, and any person who being required by the Pulenu'u of such village or by any one having authority from such Pulenu'u or from the Village Committee to do any work or thing for the purpose of compliance with this clause, fails without good cause so to do, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. Roads. 35. Each District Council is hereby empowered to construct roads within its own district subject to the approval of the Officer in Charge of Public Works, and in accordance with instructions, plans, and specifications given and approved by him. 36. Roads so constructed shall be either " main roads " —that is, roads having a width of not less than 16 ft. — or " main tracks " —that is, roads having a width of less than 16 ft. and not less than 6 ft. 37. District Councils shall be entitled to receive the sum of 6s. per fathom in length for main roads and 2s. per fathom in length for main tracks constructed by them subject to the following conditions : — (a) That the. Officer in Charge of Public Works, or other person authorized by him, is satisfied after inspection that such main roads or main tracks are constructed as provided by clause 35. (b) That the length of main road or main track completed is such as in the opinion of the Officer in Charge of Public Works is a substantial benefit to the public. 38. (1) It shall be the duty of each District Council to repair and maintain in good repair, properly cambered and drained and clear of vegetation and fallen trees, to the satisfaction of the Officer in Charge of Public Works or his representative, and without payment, all main roads and main tracks now existing or hereafter to be constructed in the district under its control, except only such as the Administrator shall decide are to be maintained at the cost of the Administration. (2) Any member of a District Council who without reasonable cause neglects or is party to neglecting to comply with the requirements of this clause, and any person who being required under the authority of a District Council to do any work or thing for the purpose of compliance with this clause, fails without good reason so to do, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. Village Funds. 39. There shall be established in respect of each Samoan village a fund under the control of the Pulenu'u, into which shall be paid as it is received three-fourths of every sum collected on a fine inflicted by the Fa'amasino, or the Pulenu'u, or the Pulefa'atoaga, on any resident of such village. 40. The Pulenu'u shall keep, to the satisfaction of the Inspector appointed to examine his records, a record of all payments received or paid by him on account of the Village Fund, together with the name of the person paying or receiving the same, and the date of such payment or receipt, and together also with such vouchers as shall be required by such Inspector. 41. The Village Fund shall be expended by the Pulenu'u only, and for such purposes only as are of general benefit to the village. 42. (1) Any Pulenu'u who shall fail to keep a record of a village fund in accordance with clause 40, or shall make any expenditure therefrom otherwise than in accordance with clause 41, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2, and shall also be liable civilly at the suit of the Administrator for any moneys which may have been lost through such failure or otherwise through the negligence of the Pulenu'u, or which may have been wrongly expended as aforesaid. Nothing in this clause shall take away or affect the liability of the Pulenu'u to be prosecuted for theft. (2) Any person who receives any money from a village fund knowing the same to have been paid otherwise than in accordance with clause 41 shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2, and shall be also civilly liable at the suit of the Administrator to repay such money, notwithstanding that he may have given consideration therefor. Plantations and Food-supplies. 43. Subject to the rights of Samoans under the law governing the Native title to Native land, the Administrator is hereby empowered to provide from time to time for each able-bodied male Samoan in Samoa such area for cultivation as the Administrator may think fit out of Native land available for the purpose and not presently required by the Samoan owner thereof. 44. Subject as in the last clause provided, any Native land in the neighbourhood of a Samoan village not presently required by the Samoan owner thereof may, with the consent of the Administrator, be used by Samoan residents of that village for cultivation or other purposes approved by the Administrator. 45. Each District Council is hereby empowered and required— (a) To allot the Native land owned by the villages within its district, together with any other Native land made available under the last two preceding clauses, among the able-bodied male Samoans resident in the respective villages in its district in such manner that each such Samoan shall have as nearly as may be an area of ten acres for his cultivation; and (b) To set aside areas of Native land approved by the Administrator for communal cultivation of cotton and other products. 46. Every person to whom land is allotted as aforesaid for his cultivation who without reasonable cause fails to comply with the reasonable requirements of the District Council or Village Committee for its cultivation, and every person who without reasonable cause fails to comply with the reasonable requirements of the District Council or Village Committee for the communal cultivation of any area set aside for that purpose, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 47. (1) Each District Council is empowered and required to fix the number of coconut-trees, bread-fruit trees, banana, taro, yam, and sugar-cane plants, and other trees or plants for food purposes which shall be annually planted by each able-bodied male Samoan resident in its district. (2) Any such Samoan who, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with the reasonable requirements of the District Council under this clause is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 48. Every person who occupies or takes the produce of or who controls persons who occupy or take the produce of any land planted with coconuts is liable to a fine not exceeding £2 if and as often as such plantation is not kept weeded to the satisfaction of the Director of Agriculture or his appointee, unless such person can show that he has made all reasonable efforts to keep it so weeded.

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