By-Law Continuation and Road Board Elections




806:
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Fees payable for License.
5. Every person applying for a pedlar's or hawker's license in
the Amuri County shall, before the same is granted, pay to
the County Treasurer the fees following, that is to say: For a
pedlar's license, £1; for a hawker's license, £2.

Period of License.
6. Every license issued under the provisions of this by-law
shall be and continue in force (unless otherwise forfeited) from
and after the date of granting thereof until the 31st day of
March then next ensuing, and no longer.

Licenses to be numbered.
7. Each license shall be numbered in succession as issued,
and shall be registered according to its number.

Number of License to be exhibited.
8. Every licensed pedlar and hawker shall at all times,
when peddling or hawking in the Amuri County, carry and
exhibit on the pack, box, case, or vehicle wherein or whereon
he carries his wares or merchandise a label or plate, whereon
shall be legibly painted, printed, or inscribed the words "Amuri
County, licensed pedlar" [or hawker, as the case may be],
together with the registered number of his license; and if any
pedlar or hawker shall fail or neglect to comply with this pro-
vision he shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceed-
ing twenty shillings.

Refusal to produce License.
9. If any pedlar or hawker, having obtained such license as
aforesaid, shall at any time, on demand thereof being made of
him by any Justice of the Peace, or constable, or officer of the
County Council, or by any person to whom he shall within
twenty-four hours previously have sold or offered to sell any
goods, neglect or refuse to produce and show to such Justice
of the Peace, or constable, or officer of the County Council, or
other above-mentioned person his said license, he shall, on con-
viction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every such
offence.

Hiring or lending License.
10. If any person shall let out, or hire, or lend any license
granted as aforesaid, or shall trade with, or under colour of, any
license in which his own name shall not have been inserted as
the name of the person to whom the same has been granted,
the person so letting out, hiring, or lending any such license,
and the person so trading with, or under colour of, any such
license, shall, each of them, on conviction, be liable to a penalty
of £5; and the license of any such person who shall be con-
victed of so letting out, lending, or hiring his license to any
other person contrary to this by-law shall be from thenceforth
forfeited and void.

Definition of Pedlars and Hawkers.
11. Any person selling or offering for sale within the Amuri
County goods, wares, or merchandise carried about on the
person, or on any animal, or on any movable conveyance, or
offering for sale goods, wares, or merchandise afterwards to be
delivered to persons not in the trade (other than those of his or
her own manufacture or production), shall be deemed to be
carrying on the business of a pedlar or hawker within the
meaning of this by-law.

Recovery of Penalties.
12. All fines and penalties incurred under the provisions of
this by-law shall be recoverable in a summary way, and in the
manner provided by "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,"
and any Act amending the same.

Interpretation Clause.
13. In the construction of this by-law, unless there be some-
thing in the context repugnant thereto, any word denoting the
singular number or the male sex shall be taken to extend to any
other number of persons and things and to both sexes.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
FORM OF LICENSE FOR A PEDLAR.
AMURI COUNTY, WHEREAS
NEW ZEALAND,
TO WIT.
, of
, in the Pro-
vincial District of
, in the Colony of
, has applied to the
Amuri County Council for a pedlar's license, authorizing and
empowering him to carry on his own person goods, wares, and
merchandise for the purpose of sale, travelling on foot only,
without any horse or any other animal bearing or drawing
burdens, within the Amuri County: And whereas the said
application has been granted, and the said
hath paid to
the County Treasurer the sum of
shillings as the fee for
such license: Now know ye that the said
is hereby
licensed to trade as such pedlar as aforesaid within the Amuri
County, and this license shall continue in force until the 31st
day of March, 188
Given under my hand, this
day of
,188
Chairman, Amuri County Council.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
FORM OF LICENSE FOR A HAWKER.
AMURI COUNTY,
COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND,
TO WIT.
}
, of
, in the Provincial District of
, in the Colony of
New Zealand, has applied to the Amuri County Council for a
license authorizing and empowering him to carry goods, wares,
and merchandise for the purpose of sale, by pack-horse or other
animal, or by cart or other vehicle, as the case may be,
within the Amuri County: And whereas the said application
has been granted, and the said
hath paid into the
County Treasury the sum of
pounds as the fee for
such license: Now know ye that the said
is hereby
licensed to trade as such hawker aforesaid within the Amuri
County, and this license shall continue in force until the 31st
day of March, 188
Given under my hand, this
day of
, 188
Chairman, Amuri County Council.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE FOR A PEDLAR.
To the Clerk of the Amuri County Council.
I [Name, residence, and occupation] hereby apply for a pedlar's
license authorizing me to carry on my person goods, wares,
and merchandise for the purpose of sale, travelling on foot only,
without any horse or other animal bearing or drawing burdens,
within the Amuri County.
Dated at
, this
day of
, 188

FOURTH SCHEDULE.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR A HAWKER'S LICENSE.
To the Clerk of the Amuri County Council.
I,
, hereby apply for a hawker's license, authorizing
me to carry goods, wares, and merchandise for the purpose of
sale, by pack-horse or other animal, or by cart or other vehicle,
as the case may be, within the Amuri County.
Dated at
, this
day of
, 188

The common seal of the Amuri County Council was affixed
hereto this 6th day of June, 1883, in the presence of—
J. MACFARLANE, Chairman.
R. CORBETT, Councillors.
H. H. KING,
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of By-law
No. 1 of the Amuri County Council, as passed and duly made at
an ordinary meeting of the said Council held on the 5th day
of June, 1883.
J. MACFARLANE,
Chairman.

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT By-law No. 1 of the Amuri County Council, regulating the
licensing of pedlars and hawkers, be adopted; and that such
by-law shall come into operation and take effect on and after
the date of gazetting hereof, and remain in force until other-
wise amended.

I hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of a special
order duly made by the Amuri County Council at an ordinary
meeting held on the 5th day of June, 1883.
WILLIAM J. REEVE,
Clerk to Amuri County Council.

Road Board Elections.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1883.
THE following Road Board elections are published in accord-
ance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
THOMAS DICK.

Waipu North Road District, County of Whangarei:
John M. McKay.
William McKenzie.
John Morrison.
Hugh Sutherland.
John J. McKay.

Mangawai Road Board, County of Rodney:
George Ashton.
Neal Campbell..
William Mirehouse.
Archibald Smith.
Samuel Tutin.



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🏘️ Amuri County Council By-Law No. I regulating licenses for pedlars and hawkers. (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
11 June 1883
Amuri County, By-Law, Pedlars, Hawkers, Licenses, Regulations, Fees, Penalties, Schedules
  • J. Macfarlane, Chairman
  • R. Corbett, Councillor
  • H. H. King, Councillor
  • J. Macfarlane, Chairman
  • William J. Reeve, Clerk to Amuri County Council

🏘️ Publication of Road Board Elections for Whangarei and Rodney Counties

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
12 June 1883
Road Board Elections, Whangarei County, Rodney County, Waipu North, Mangawai
10 names identified
  • John M. McKay, Elected to Waipu North Road Board
  • William McKenzie, Elected to Waipu North Road Board
  • John Morrison, Elected to Waipu North Road Board
  • Hugh Sutherland, Elected to Waipu North Road Board
  • John J. McKay, Elected to Waipu North Road Board
  • George Ashton, Elected to Mangawai Road Board
  • Neal Campbell, Elected to Mangawai Road Board
  • William Mirehouse, Elected to Mangawai Road Board
  • Archibald Smith, Elected to Mangawai Road Board
  • Samuel Tutin, Elected to Mangawai Road Board

  • Thomas Dick