JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 979

“Public place” means and includes every road, street,
footpath, court, alley, or thoroughfare of a public
nature, or open or used by the public as of right,
and every reserve and place of recreation or resort
so open or used:

“Footpath” or “footway” means a space formed or set
apart on the side of any road or street, or elsewhere,
for the use of the foot-passengers, or which is gene-
rally used by foot-passengers:

“Chairman” or “County Chairman” means the Chair-
man of the Bruce County.

Offences on Roads and Public Places.

Any person guilty of any of the following offences,
nuisances, or neglects within the County of Bruce, or offend-
ing against any of the following by-laws, shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding five pounds sterling for each separate
offence.

1. A person riding on a bicycle or tricycle or other similar
   vehicle upon any public road, upon meeting any person riding
   any horse or driving any vehicle drawn by a horse or horses,
   and before approaching within two chains of such person,
   shall stop, dismount, and remove his bicycle or tricycle or
   other similar vehicle to the side of the road until the
   person with the horse or horses shall have safely passed.

2. Any person riding a bicycle or tricycle or similar
   vehicle upon any public road shall, upon passing any person
   riding any horse, or driving any vehicle drawn by horse or
   horses, and going in the same direction as the rider of the
   bicycle or tricycle or similar vehicle, reduce the speed
   when passing such rider of any horse or driver of any vehicle
   drawn by a horse or horses when within a distance of two
   chains from any such rider of any horse or driver of any
   vehicle drawn by a horse or horses.

3. Any person riding on any bicycle or tricycle or other
   similar vehicle on any public road between sunset and sun-
   rise without a proper light.

4. Any person riding or driving across any bridge on any
   public road with any horse, or with any cart, wagon, dray,
   carriage, or other vehicle, faster than at a walking pace.

5. Any person walking, riding, or driving on any public
   road who leaves open any registered gate placed upon such
   road. Any person committing any breach of this by-law
   shall, in addition to the before-mentioned penalty, pay to the
   Council such sum by way of compensation for damage as the
   Justice adjudicating upon the information shall in hearing
   thereof order.

Width of Tires of Wheels.

The width of tires of all wheels of every cart, dray, wagon,
or other vehicle upon the roads in Bruce County shall be
regulated in proportion to the load on such cart, dray,
wagon, or other vehicle according to the scale set forth in
the First Schedule hereto, and every owner or driver or other
person in charge of any cart, dray, wagon, or other vehicle
on any such road the whole load on which shall exceed that
specified and provided for in the said First Schedule shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

It shall be lawful for any person acting under the
authority of the Council, or for any policeman or constable,
to stop any cart, dray, wagon, or other vehicle affected by
the first section of this by-law when on any such road, and
to examine and measure the width of the tires of the wheels
of such cart, dray, wagon, or other vehicle, and to cause
such cart, dray, wagon, or other vehicle, and the load then
thereon, to be weighed, if a weighbridge be within a reason-
able distance, and if there be no weighbridge within a reason-
able distance to measure and compute the weight of the load
on such cart, dray, wagon, or other vehicle on the scale set
forth in the Second Schedule hereto; and every owner or
driver or person in charge of such cart, dray, wagon, or other
vehicle, after such weighing and measuring and examination
shall have been lawfully required, refusing to permit such
weighing, measuring, or examination, or in any way hinder-
ing or obstructing the same, shall for such offence be liable
to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

First Schedule.—Width of Tires in Proportion to Loads.

On two wheels:—

1. For a load not exceeding 25cwt., tires not to be less
   than 2¼in. wide.

2. For a load not exceeding 30cwt., tires not to be less
   than 2¾in. wide.

No load shall exceed 40cwt.

On four wheels:—

3. For a load not exceeding 35cwt., tires not to be less
   than 2¾in. wide.

4. For a load not exceeding 60cwt., tires not to be less
   than 3¼in. wide.

No load shall exceed 100cwt.

Second Schedule.—Computation and Regulation of Weights of
Loads according to the Size of Tires.

Heavy Traffic on Roads.

“Heavy traffic” means—

1. The transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine
   which shall itself or together with any thing or things being
   transported thereon weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois
   to each pair of wheels.

2. The traction of any vehicle or thing by means of bul-
   locks, notwithstanding that such vehicle or thing may sepa-
   rately or together with any load thereon weigh less than
   1½ tons avoirdupois.

The county road from the boundary of Kaitangata Borough
through Sections 6, 4, 2, 3, 1, Block 11., Sections 8, 7, 5, 6, 3, 2,
Block I., North Molyneux Survey District, Sections 1 to 8,
Block I., Coast Survey District, Sections 14, 12, 11, 13, 10, 5, 4,
Block IX., Kaitangata Survey District; county road from
Kaitangata Borough boundary to boundary of Balclutha
Borough at railway-bridge via Stirling Township, shall be
closed for heavy traffic during the months of May, June,
July, August, and September in each year.

County ratepayers for their own use entirely shall be
exempt from the operation of the above clause by using a
vehicle as described in subsection of clause 1 of First Sche-
dule.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of By-law
No. 7 of the Bruce County Council.

HENRY CLARK,
Chairman.

Milton, 2nd April, 1895.

The seal of the Bruce County Council was affixed hereto
in the presence of—

(L.S.) HENRY CLARK,
WILLIAM NOBLE,
Councillors of the Bruce County Council,
on the 2nd day of April, 1895.

It is hereby notified and proclaimed that the foregoing
By-law No. 7 of the Bruce County Council has been duly
made and confirmed by the said Council, and the common
seal of the body corporate has been affixed thereto, and a
copy thereof has been sent to the Colonial Secretary, and
that the said by-law will come into force as soon as gazetted.

ALEX. NELSON,
Clerk of the Bruce County Council.

Milton, 2nd April, 1895.

By-LAW No. 8.

A by-law of the Bruce County Council, made in pursuance
of the powers and provisions contained in “The Counties
Act, 1886,” and of all other the powers contained in any
other Act or ordinance enabling the said Council in that
behalf, being a by-law to regulate the weight of any traction-
engine and of any vehicle of any kind which, with its load,
shall be permitted to cross any bridge or culvert in the
Bruce County, and for regulating the conditions on which
traction-engines and vehicles shall be allowed to pass along
the roads within the county:—

1. The term “engine” or “traction-engine” where used
   in the following by-law means a locomotive propelled by
   steam. The word “road” means a road within the Bruce
   County as defined in “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and
   includes county roads and district roads, and any road
   actually in use by the public; and the word “bridge” in-
   cludes culvert or similar construction, and means any
   public bridge connected with any road as hereinbefore de-
   fined. “County” means the Bruce County.

2. The driver or other person in charge of any traction-
   engine or vehicle within the county shall be responsible for
   the management thereof, and be liable for every breach of
   this by-law.