Num. 114. 1485

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1884.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1884.

Special Order made by Ashburton County Council.—Alter-
ing Ridings.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1884.

THE following special order, made by the Ashburton County Council, is published in accordance with “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In compliance with the petition of two-thirds of the county electors within the Rangitata Road District, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882,” and of all other powers vested in it in that behalf, the County Council of the County of Ashburton doth hereby order and declare that the Upper Ashburton Riding of the said county shall be divided into two ridings, to wit, one riding the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with those of the Rangitata Road District, and one riding the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with those of the Upper Ashburton Road District, and such new ridings are hereby constituted accordingly.

The name of the new riding the boundaries whereof are coterminous with those of the Rangitata Road District shall be the Rangitata Riding.

The name of the new riding the boundaries whereof are coterminous with those of the Upper Ashburton Road District shall be the Upper Ashburton Riding.

Each of the said new ridings shall elect one Councillor.

I hereby certify that the above special order relating to the division of the Upper Ashburton Riding into two ridings was duly made by the County Council of the County of Ashburton, at an ordinary meeting of the said Council, held at its offices in the Town of Ashburton, on the 3rd day of October, 1884.

Given under my hand, this 8th day of October, 1884.
F. MAINWARING,
Clerk, Ashburton County Council.

By-laws made by Pelorus Road Board, County of Marlborough.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1884.

THE following by-laws, made by special order by the Pelorus Road Board, are published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

BY-LAWS made by the Pelorus Road Board, County of Marlborough, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Counties Act, 1876,” and the several amending Acts.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT on and after the 1st day of March, 1885, the following by-laws be enforced in the Pelorus Road Board District:—

No. 1.—Cattle Depasturing on Roads.

The owner of any horse, ass, sheep, goat, swine, or any other beast or cattle of any kind, which shall, at any time after this by-law shall come into operation, be found depasturing in or upon any fenced or formed road, or the sides of any ditch or bank thereof, within the limits of the Pelorus Road Board District, whether under the tendance or control of any person or not, shall be liable to a fine for each or any animal so depasturing of not more than ten shillings: Provided always that the amount of such penalty shall not exceed the sum of two pounds at any one time, and that such roads have first been brought under the provisions of the Cattle Trespass Act then in force.

Every penalty imposed by this by-law shall and may be recovered in a summary manner.

No. 2.—Regulating the Width of Tires, &c.

(a.) The width of the tires of all the wheels of every vehicle drawn by three or more horses on any of the roads in the Pelorus Road Board District, such roads being either wholly or partly macadamized or metalled, or which shall from time to time, or at any time hereafter, be either wholly or partly macadamized or metalled, shall not be less than 4½in. in width.

(b.) It shall be lawful for any person acting under the authority of the Pelorus Road Board at all times to examine and measure the tires of the wheels of any vehicles; and every owner, driver, or person in charge of any such vehicle, or any other person who shall obstruct or refuse to permit such examination and measurement as aforesaid, or who shall in any way offend against or commit a breach of any of the provisions of this by-law shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds; and every person who shall be convicted of any subsequent offence under this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for every such offence.

(c.) Nothing herein contained shall apply to any vehicles upon springs used exclusively for carrying passengers or other persons and their luggage, or for the carriage of Her Majesty’s mails, or to any vehicle used for the conveyance of any piece of heavy machinery which cannot be taken apart without great expense, loss, or inconvenience.

(d.) Every penalty imposed under this by-law shall and may be recovered in a summary manner.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Pelorus Road Board in accordance with clauses 75 and 127 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
C. H. MILLS,
Secretary, Pelorus Road Board.
9th October, 1884.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDS BURY, Govt. Printer, Wellington.