Nov. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1845

(f.) The person in charge of an engine shall give im-
mediate notice to the Clerk of the County or
Road Foreman of any damage or injury which
shall be done by such engine, or any wagon
attached thereto, to a road, or to any fence, gate,
bridge, culvert, ford, watercourse, drain, or side-
ditch under the care, control, or management of
the Council; and if such damage has rendered the
road or its appurtenances dangerous for ordinary
traffic or to public safety, the person in charge of
such engine shall, in addition to giving such
notice as aforesaid, place and maintain in such
position, and for such time as the County Clerk
or Road Foreman shall direct, such signals as
shall be sufficient to give warning to all persons
using such road by day or by night of the exist-
ence of such danger.

(g.) Traction-engines shall, so far as practicable, be
driven so that none of the wheels shall travel in
ruts formed in the roads by the wheels of the
same or any other engine.

14. No person shall take any engine which weighs more
    than 5 tons, exclusive of the weight of coals and water
    carried thereon for its propulsion, or any agricultural or
    other machine or vehicle which with the weight of any goods
    being carried thereon weighs more than 8 tons, over the
    Tekapo Bridge, Pukaki Bridge, or that part of the Ohau
    Bridge within the county, without the previous written
    permission of the County Clerk, which permission may be
    withdrawn at any time: Provided that the County Clerk
    may, if he thinks fit, when giving such permission, stipulate
    that before crossing any of the said bridges proper planks
    shall be provided and laid down by the person in charge of
    such engine on such bridge, and impose such other provisions
    as he thinks fit; and such engine shall not be taken on to or
    across such bridge except on planks so laid down or on such
    provisions as aforesaid.

15. No person shall take any engine which weighs more
    than 7 tons, exclusive of the weight of coals and water
    carried thereon for its propulsion, or any agricultural or
    other machine or vehicle which, with the weight of any
    goods being carried thereon, weighs more than 10 tons, over
    any other bridge or culvert within the county under the
    control of the Council, except with the previous written
    permission of the County Clerk, which permission may be
    given on the like conditions as to the use of planks as are
    above mentioned, and may be at any time withdrawn.

16. Nothing herein contained shall be held to relieve any
    person owning or using an engine or vehicle from liability
    in respect of any injury done or damage sustained by the
    traction of excessive weight or extraordinary traffic over or
    along any bridge, culvert, or road.

17. Any person committing a breach of, or failing to com-
    ply with, any of these by-laws shall for every such offence
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

18. The forms in Schedules B, D, and E hereto may be
    altered to suit the circumstances of each case.

19. By-law No. 4 and By-law No. 5 of the said county
    are hereby repealed.

Schedule A.—Width of Tires of Wheels of Vehicles used on
Roads within the County.

(a.) For a vehicle drawn by a traction-engine carrying not
more than 2 tons for each pair of wheels—not less than 3in.

(b.) For a vehicle drawn by a traction-engine carrying not
more than 2½ tons for each pair of wheels—not less than 4in.

(c.) For a vehicle drawn by a traction-engine carrying
more than 2½ tons for each pair of wheels—not less than 5in.

(d.) For a four-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
6½ tons drawn by seven or more horses—not less than 3½in.

(e.) For a four-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
6½ tons drawn by six horses—not less than 3in.

(f.) For a four-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
6½ tons drawn by five horses—not less than 2¾in.

(g.) For a four-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
6½ tons drawn by less than five horses—not less than 2½in.

(h.) For a two-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
3 tons drawn by three or more horses—not less than 2¾in.

(i.) For a two-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
3 tons drawn by two horses—not less than 2½in.

(j.) For a four-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
6½ tons drawn by thirteen or more bullocks—not less than
3½in.

(k.) For a four-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
6½ tons drawn by not more than twelve bullocks—not less
than 3in.

(l.) For any two-wheeled vehicle carrying not more than
3 tons drawn by bullocks—not less than 3½in.

(m.) For any four-wheeled vehicle carrying more than
6½ tons—not less than 4in.

(n.) For any two-wheeled vehicle carrying more than
3 tons—not less than 4in.

(o.) Vehicles coming within the meaning of subdivisions
(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of this Schedule, if on springs,
will be permitted to use tires which are not more than ½in.
less width than those specified in the said subdivisions.

Schedule B.—Application for a License for a Vehicle [or
Traction-engine].

To the Chairman and Councillors of the
County of Mackenzie.

I, , residing at , do hereby request that a
license may be granted for the following vehicle [or traction-
engine], of which I am the owner [or user], to be used on
roads within the county, that is to say—Description:
No. ; horse-power, ; horses used,
; maker, —which vehicle [or traction-engine] when
unloaded weighs , when loaded weighs .

And I undertake to comply with the by-laws of the Council
which may be in force during the continuance of such
license.

Dated this day of , 189 .

License authorised by the Council of the Mackenzie
County, this day of , 189 . , Chairman.

No. .

Schedule C.—License-fee to be paid annually by the Owner of
any Traction-engine or Vehicle as mentioned or defined in
Sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Foregoing By-laws.

£ s. d.

(a.) For a traction-engine under 8 tons in weight
exclusive of the weight of coals and water
carried thereon, if used only in transporting
threshing-machine plant or goods belonging
to the person owning or using the engine .. 1 0 0

(b.) For a traction-engine over 8 tons in weight
exclusive of the weight of coals and water
carried thereon, and used as described in
clause (a) of this schedule .. 2 0 0

(c.) For every other traction-engine under 8 tons
in weight exclusive of the weight of coals
and water carried thereon .. 3 0 0

(d.) For every other traction-engine over 8 tons
in weight exclusive of the weight of coals
and water carried thereon .. 5 0 0

(e.) For every vehicle required by section 6 of these
by-laws to be licensed .. 2 0 0

(f.) For every vehicle not on springs required by
section 7 of these by-laws to be licensed .. 1 0 0

(g.) For every vehicle on springs required by sec-
tion 7 of these by-laws to be licensed .. 0 10 0

Schedule D.

Know all men by these presents that I, (principal),
and we, (sureties), are held and firmly bound to the
Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Mackenzie
County (hereinafter called "the Council") in the sum of £
to be paid to the Council or their Clerk, for which
payment to be well and truly made we bind ourselves, and
each of us our and each of our executors and administrators,
jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.

Signed by our signatures.

Dated the day of , 189 .

Whereas the said (principal) has applied to the
Council for a license for the following vehicle [or engine]:—
Description : No. ; horse-power, ; horses used,
; maker, : And whereas the Council, as a
condition precedent to the granting of such license, have
required the said (principal), with two sufficient
sureties, to enter into this bond, which the said
(principal) has agreed to do: And whereas we, the said
(sureties), have with the approval of the Council agreed to
become such sureties: Now, the condition of the said bond
is that, if the said (principal) 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 said vehicle [or engine],
this bond shall be void, but otherwise shall remain in full
force and virtue.

In witness whereof the parties hereto have hereunto set
their hands the day and year first above written.

Signed by the said in the presence of—
License No. .

Schedule E.

County of Mackenzie, to wit.

Whereas has made application for a license for
the following vehicle [or traction-engine] to be used on roads
within the said county pursuant to the provisions of By-laws
No. 6, that is to say:—Description : No. ; horse-power,
; maker, : And whereas the issue of such
license has been duly authorised by the Council of the said
county: Now, therefore, I, the County Clerk of the said
county, by the authority and on behalf of the said Council,
do hereby license the said vehicle [or traction-engine] to be
used on roads within the said county for the period of one
year from the date hereof, and no longer, subject to the said
by-laws, and to such other by-laws as may from time to
time be in force within the said county.

Given under my hand, at the County Clerk's office, Fairlie,
this day of , 189 . , County Clerk.