1844
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Licensing of Vehicles.—By-law made by the Mackenzie County
Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1895.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of
"The Counties Act, 1886," that so much of the by-law
made by the Mackenzie County Council, and sealed on the
14th of October last, as appoints the several sums to be paid
to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day
been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

By-laws regulating the Traffic on Roads within the Mackenzie
County.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 130 of "The Public Works Act, 1894," I, John
McKenzie, Minister of Lands, do hereby approve of the
within-written by-laws made by the County Council of
the Mackenzie County.

Given under my hand, this twenty-fifth day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—BY-LAWS No. 6.

In pursuance of the powers, provisions, and authorities con-
tained in "The Counties Act, 1886," "The Public Works
Act, 1894," or any Acts amending the same, and of all other
enabling powers and provisions, the Mackenzie County Coun-
cil doth hereby make and ordain the following by-laws:—

1. In these by-laws, if not inconsistent with or repugnant
   to the context,—

The term "county" shall mean the Mackenzie County
as constituted under "The Counties Act, 1886," or
any Acts amending the same:
"Council" shall mean the Council for the time being of
the Mackenzie County:
"County Clerk" shall mean the Clerk of the Council:
"Traction-engine" or "engine" shall mean any loco-
motive-engine propelled by steam-power, not being
used on a railway or tramway:
"Vehicle" shall mean and include every wagon, dray,
truck, or other carriage, whatever be its construc-
tion, drawn by horses or bullocks or by a traction-
engine:
"Bullock" shall include bulls or cows; and the term
"horse" shall include every other quadruped over
ten hands in height:
"Road," "bridge," "ferry," "ford," and "culvert,"
shall mean any road, bridge, ferry, ford, or culvert
respectively under the care, control, or manage-
ment of the Council.

Words of the singular number shall include the plural,
and words of the plural number shall include the
singular.

Gates.

2. No person, unless duly authorised, shall leave open or
   damage any swing-gate which shall be or which has been
   erected across a road with the permission of the Council, or
   by virtue of "The Public Works Act, 1894."

Width of Tires of Wheels of Vehicles.

3. The width of tires of wheels which shall be used by
   vehicles on roads within the county shall be not less than
   the respective widths specified in Schedule A to these by-
   laws, and no person shall use on a road within the said
   county any vehicle the tires of whose wheels shall be of
   less width than those specified in the said Schedule.

4. No vehicle shall be used on the roads within the
   county, any part of the edge of any of the tires of the
   wheels of which is one-eighth of the width of the tires less
   in thickness than the centre of such tire.

Traction-engines and Heavy Traffic.

5. No person shall use any traction-engine which, together
   with the weight carried thereon, weighs more than 1½ tons
   for each pair of wheels on a road within the county, unless
   the same shall be duly licensed in manner hereinafter
   mentioned.

6. No person shall use any vehicle on a road within the
   county for carrying the goods of any other person than the
   owner, lessee, or driver of such vehicle, which, together with
   the weight carried thereon, weighs more than 1½ tons for
   each pair of wheels, unless the same shall be duly licensed
   in manner hereinafter mentioned.

7. No person shall ply for hire with any vehicle for the
   carriage of passengers or goods within the county unless
   such vehicle shall be duly licensed in manner hereinafter
   mentioned: Provided always that no vehicle in respect of
   which a license-fee shall be payable under clause 6 of these
   by-laws shall be subject to the payment of an additional
   license-fee under this clause.

8. Any person owning or using a traction-engine or vehicle
   who shall desire to obtain a license for the same shall deliver
   at the office of the County Clerk an application in writing,
   signed by him pursuant to the form contained in Schedule B
   to these by-laws, describing the said engine or vehicle, with
   such particulars as the County Clerk shall require, and shall
   also submit the said engine or vehicle to such inspection as
   the County Clerk shall require; and no license shall be
   granted in respect of any engine or vehicle which shall appear
   on inspection to be unsafe or insufficient for public use; and
   for every such license granted there shall be paid to the
   County Clerk, to be placed to the credit of the county fund,
   such sum or sums of money as are respectively specified in
   Schedule C to these by-laws.

9. The Council may, as a condition precedent to the grant-
   ing of any such license, require the person applying for the
   same to enter into a bond, with or without a surety or
   sureties to the Council, in such penal sum as the Council
   shall deem proper, that such person shall pay to the Council
   reasonable compensation for any special damage which shall
   accrue to any road, bridge, ferry, or ford under the care,
   control, or management of the Council, by reason of any
   heavy traffic thereon by the traction-engine or vehicle in
   respect of which such license shall be granted, which bond
   shall be in the form set forth in Schedule D hereunder, or to
   the like effect.

10. Licenses for engines or vehicles shall be in the form
    contained in Schedule E to these by-laws, and shall be in
    force for one year from the date thereof.

11. Every such license shall be signed by the County Clerk,
    and numbered in order, but so that no two or more licenses
    granted under these by-laws shall bear the same number;
    and every traction-engine or vehicle licensed as aforesaid
    shall be registered with such number by the County Clerk
    in a registry-book to be kept for the purpose.

12. No person shall use on a road within the county a
    traction-engine or vehicle required by these by-laws to be
    licensed, excepting vehicles not plying for hire, unless such
    engine or vehicle shall have painted in some conspicuous
    place on the off side thereof, in white letters and figures on
    a black ground—such letters to be not less than 1in. in length,
    and such figures not less than 6in. in length, and of propor-
    tionate breadth respectively—the full name of the owner,
    and the number of the license which shall then be in force
    in respect of such engine or vehicle.

13. Every person in charge of an engine within the county
    shall observe the following regulations and conditions:—

(a.) The speed of an engine shall not exceed two miles
an hour while crossing a bridge or culvert.

(b.) When an engine shall be on a road or bridge, and
distant not more than 100 yards from any person
riding, driving, leading, or otherwise in charge of
a horse upon a road or bridge, the whistle of such
engine shall not be sounded, nor shall the cylinder-
tap be opened or the steam blown off or allowed
to attain a pressure such as to exceed the limit
fixed by the safety-valve of such engine, within
the sight or hearing of any person so riding, driv-
ing, leading, or in charge of a horse as aforesaid.

(c.) No engine shall pass along or come upon a bridge at
any time while any person with a horse or carriage
drawn by a horse is on such bridge, nor shall any
engine, or wagon attached thereto, be permitted to
stop on any bridge, culvert, or ford, excepting for
the purposes mentioned in "The Police Offences
Act Amendment Act, 1890."

(d.) If it should be necessary to discharge any ashes or
other such refuse from the furnace of any engine
on a road, such ashes or refuse shall (after all
fire therein has been completely extinguished) be
spread on the side of such road, at a distance of
not less than five yards from the centre of such
road, by the person in charge of such engine, in
such manner that the surface of such road shall
be kept even; and no such ashes or refuse shall
be discharged upon a bridge or culvert, or upon a
road within one chain of a bridge or culvert.

(e.) While any engine shall be travelling upon or is being
taken over the metalled part of a road, no studs
or other pieces or rings of iron or other metal or
wood shall be attached to or raised upon the level
of the faces of the tires of the wheels of any such
engine which shall have the effect of sinking into
or breaking the surface of a road; and before
crossing a bridge all stones or other substances
which might if passed over injure such bridge
shall be removed; and a man to be stationed at
the further end of the bridge, and shall expose a
red flag, and warn all persons riding or driving a
horse and approaching the bridge of the engine
being about to cross or crossing the same.