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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 58

THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER.—BY-LAW RE HEAVY TRAFFIC.

THAT the Thames County Council hereby make, by special order, by-laws for the regulation of heavy traffic, under the powers of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and all other Acts enabling in that behalf.

BY-LAW.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in them by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and by every and any other Act enabling them in that behalf, the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Thames hereby order as follows:—

1. No person shall engage in any heavy traffic upon any road within the County of Thames until he shall have applied for and be in possession of a license, obtained from the County Council of Thames as herein provided, authorising him to engage in such heavy traffic.

2. Every application for such license shall be in writing, and shall state the number of carts or timber-wagons intended to be used in such heavy traffic.

3. Every license issued under these by-laws shall specify the number of carts, junkers, or wagons in respect of which such license is issued, and such license may be issued for three, six, or twelve months. The yearly license fee shall be, for every four-wheeled wagon or two-wheeled junker or dray engaged in heavy traffic, £15 per year, £7 10s. per half-year, and £3 15s. for every three months: provided that any wagon, junker, or dray having tires of not less than 9in. in width shall only be charged half the foregoing license fees.

4. Provided that drays drawn by not more than two horses and used by settlers for ordinary traffic, such as cartage of firewood, shall be free and exempt from any such license fees.

5. Heavy traffic, as hereinbefore defined, shall cease during the months of May, June, July, August, and September in every year on all the roads as hereinbefore defined: provided always that it shall be lawful for the County Council of Thames, by advertisement under the hand of the Clerk of the said Council, and published in some newspaper circulating in the County of Thames, from time to time during the said period to exempt any roads, road, or part of a road from the operation of this section for all or any part of such period, and also by any advertisement to make or alter any exemption made by any previous advertisement. Every such advertisement as mentioned in this section shall take effect as part of this by-law. No person shall conduct, or cause or procure to be conducted, any heavy traffic, as hereinbefore defined, on or along any roads, road, or part of a road that shall in terms of this by-law be closed for heavy traffic.

6. Provided that when the roads are closed for heavy traffic the County Council of Thames will refund to the licensees such part of fees paid as shall be in proportion to the time lost by the closing of such road.

7. The person for the time being in charge of any vehicle, engine, or machine proceeding or being upon any road shall, whenever required by any officer of the County Council of Thames, or by any constable, so to do, cause such vehicle, engine, or machine to be and remain stopped for a reasonable and sufficient time for the purpose of enabling such officer or constable to inspect, examine, and measure such vehicle, engine, or machine, and any or every part thereof, and the load being transported thereon; and the person so in charge shall permit such inspection, examination, and measurement to be made accordingly; and no person shall obstruct any such officer or constable in or about making such inspection, examination, or measurement.

8. The owner of any wagons, junkers, or carts engaged in heavy traffic shall cause his name and address to be painted on the off side in plain and distinct lettering. Each cart, or wagon, or junker to be distinguished by a consecutive number or letter.

9. Every person who shall do, or cause to be done, or be concerned in doing, anything contrary to any provision of this by-law, or shall omit anything required to be done by him by any such provision, shall be guilty of an offence against this by-law, and shall for each such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 sterling, and, where the offence is a continued one, then to a penalty not exceeding £5 sterling for every day, or part of a day, during which such offence shall continue.

10. Any person or corporation engaged in heavy traffic may, in lieu of license fees, enter into an agreement with the County Council of Thames, and make an annual or other payment by way of compensation for any damage likely to occur on any road, bridge, ferry, or ford therefrom; but such person or corporation entering into an agreement with the County Council of Thames shall give security that no special damage will accrue to any road, bridge, ferry, or ford by reason of such heavy traffic thereon: provided that such security shall be held by the County Council of Thames until the ending of the agreement to the satisfaction of the County Council of Thames.

County Council of Thames Vehicle License.

No. License fee

THIS is to certify that __, pursuant to the provisions of by-law regulating heavy traffic on roads, passed by the County Council of Thames on the __ day of __, 1902, numbered __, of which __, of __, is the owner, is hereby licensed to engaged in heavy traffic in flax and timber on the roads under the control of the said Council until the __ day of __, 19____.

Made by special order passed by the Thames County Council, and confirmed on the 4th day of June, 1902, and given under the seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Thames.

Sealed in the presence of—

E. W. HOLLIS, Clerk.
T. A. DUNLOP, Chairman.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was made in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

E. W. HOLLIS, County Clerk.

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TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LANDS.

In the matter of “The Public Works Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the County of Taranaki proposes to take, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” the lands described in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of a public work, namely, the widening of part of the county road, known as Devon Road. And notice is hereby further given that a plan showing the lands so required to be taken, together with the names of the owners and occupiers thereof (so far as they can be ascertained), has this day been deposited at the Post-office in the Fitzroy Township, in the Henui Road District, near New Plymouth, and is there open to inspection by all persons at all reasonable hours—that is to say, during the ordinary office hours of the said office. And notice is hereby further given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work, or by the taking of the said lands, shall, if they have any well-grounded objections thereto respectively, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the said County Council, addressed to the County Clerk, at the office of such Council, situate in Devon Street, New Plymouth.

Schedule.

Firstly, all that parcel of land in the Henui Road District, in the County of Taranaki, containing twenty-three perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, being part of Section numbered 92, Fitzroy District, as delineated on the said deposited plan, and coloured red. Secondly, all that parcel of land in the said Henui Road District, containing six perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Clinton Road, part of the said Section numbered 92, Fitzroy District, as delineated on the said deposited plan, and coloured mauve. Thirdly, all those parcels of land in the said Henui Road District, containing together thirteen perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Subsections 1, 2, and 3 of the said Section numbered 92, Fitzroy District, as delineated on the said deposited plan, and coloured red. Fourthly, all that parcel of land in the said Henui Road District, containing one perch and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Native Reserve number 18, Fitzroy District, as delineated on the said deposited plan, and coloured mauve. And fifthly, all that parcel of land in the said Henui Road District, containing two perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section numbered 53 on the plan of the Fitzroy Township, on part of Native Reserve number 18, Fitzroy District, as delineated on the said deposited plan, and coloured green.

Dated this 8th day of July, 1902.

H. OKEY, Chairman.
C. T. MILLS, Clerk.

J. B. ROY,
County Solicitor.

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