New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 124

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✨ Road Board By-laws

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 124

SPECIAL ORDER made at a Meeting of the Omaka Road Board, held on the 8th November, 1884.

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

By-law No. 1.—Regulating the Width of Tires, &c.

(a.) The width of tires of all the wheels of every vehicle drawn by three or more horses on any of the roads in the Omaka Road Board District, such roads being either wholly or party 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 4½ inches in width.

(b.) It shall be lawful for any person, acting under the authority of the Omaka 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 £2; and every person who shall be convicted of any subsequent offence under this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for any 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 made in accordance with law.

W. TISSIMAN,
Secretary, Omaka Road Board.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSURY, Govt. Printer, Wellington.

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VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1884, No 124

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🏘️ Special Order: Omaka Road Board By-laws

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated8 November 1884
KeywordsBy-laws, Road Board, Vehicle Tires, Penalties, Omaka
👩‍💼 Officials

W. Tissiman, Secretary, Omaka Road Board

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