APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1123

MAUNGATAWHIRI ROAD DISTRICT.

By-laws.

BY-LAWS of the body corporate the Inhabitants of the Maungatawhiri Road District, made and enacted by and under special order of the Maungatawhiri Road Board, passed on the 27th day of February, 1904, and sealed with the common seal of the said Board on the 9th day of April, 1904, to come into force on being gazetted:—

The undermentioned by-laws shall be in force within and shall apply to and affect the whole of the Maungatawhiri Road District.

In pursuance of the powers vested in the said Maungatawhiri Road Board by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, and “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and any other statutory provisions the said Board thereunto enabling, the Maungatawhiri Road Board doth hereby ordain as follows:—

1. In these by-laws, except where inconsistent with or repugnant to the context,—

“District” means the Maungatawhiri Road District:

“District road” means any road, street, or other highway under the care, control, or management of the Board:

“District bridge” means any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Board:

“Cattle” means and includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, and foal; any bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer, and calf; any ram, ewe, wether, and lamb; any mule, ass, goat, boar or sow.

2. No person shall ride, drive, or lead any horse or other animal on, upon, or along any footway or footpath constructed for foot-passengers only within the district.

3. No person shall wheel any barrow or truck, or use, drive, or conduct any velocipede, bicycle, tricycle, or other vehicle of any description on, upon, or along any footway or footpath constructed for foot-passengers only within the district.

4. No person shall leave or allow to remain upon any district road or any district bridge, or upon or over any channel or surface drain in any district road, any logs, timber, bricks, stone, building or other materials, so that such logs, timber, bricks, stone, building or other materials shall be a source of danger, or shall delay, impede, or obstruct the passage of any person, horse, or vehicle over such district road.

5. No person shall, upon any district road, except at places which shall have been appointed by the Board for the purpose, load any vehicle with or place upon or attach to any vehicle any timber or logs.

6. No person shall use or allow to be used any sledge for the carriage or transport of logs, timber, or other materials along or on any district road or district bridge, and no person shall permit, suffer, or allow any logs, timber, or other materials to be dragged on or along any district road.

7. No person shall take any engine, agricultural or other machine, or any load or materials of any kind weighing more than 2½ tons avoirdu pois, on one pair of wheels across any district bridge without the written sanction of the Board first had and obtained.

8. No person shall drive or ride at other than a walking-pace across or upon any district bridge which has a span of 20 ft. or upwards.

9. No person shall, at other than a walking-pace, drive, lead, or take any horses, cattle, engine, agricultural or other machine, or vehicle across or upon any district bridge which has a span of 20 ft. or upwards.

10. Each vehicle mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule of these by-laws which shall be driven, taken, or used upon or over any district road or district bridge from the 21st day of May to the 21st day of October in each and every year, and having the number of wheels mentioned on the same line in the second column of the said Schedule, and carrying the maximum weight mentioned on the same line in the third column of the said Schedule, shall have the minimum width of tire mentioned on the same line in the fourth column of the said Schedule; and if the width of the tires of the wheels, or any of them, of such vehicle be less than is required by the said First Schedule, the owner and driver of such vehicle shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this by-law.

11. For the purpose of these by-laws the number or quantity mentioned in the second column of the Second Schedule to these by-laws of the articles mentioned on the same lines in the first column of the Second Schedule will be deemed a weight of 1 ton.

12. Any person acting under the authority of the Board may at all times examine and measure the tires of the wheels of any vehicle, and may examine, weigh, and measure any vehicle, or the load thereon, which in his opinion infringes these by-laws; and no person shall obstruct or interfere with the person acting under such authority, or refuse to permit such examination and measurement.

13. Every person who shall commit a breach of or fail to comply with any of the provisions of these by-laws shall be guilty of an offence, and for such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of £5.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The following schedule of quantities shall represent 20 cwt. in each of their several kinds:—

Sawn timber or logs .. .. 500 superficial feet.

Firewood .. .. Three-fifths of 1 cord.

Boulders, gravel, or broken stone .. Four-fifths of 1 cubic yard.

Bricks .. .. .. 350.

Barley (4-bushel bags) .. .. 11 sacks.

Oats .. .. .. 14 "

Wheat .. .. .. 10 "

Maize .. .. .. 10 "

Potatoes .. .. .. 12 "

Wool .. .. .. 5 bales.

Bonedust or other artificial manure.. 10 sacks.

Passed by the Maungatawhiri Road Board at a meeting held on the 27th day of February, 1904.

J. G. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman.

W. K. CORNTHWAITE,
Clerk.

Confirmed by the Maungatawhiri Road Board at a special meeting held on the 9th day of April, 1904, and the seal of the said Board affixed in the presence of—

J. G. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman.

W. H. P. EVANS,
E. SMITH,
Members.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and confirmed in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments.

W. K. CORNTHWAITE,
Clerk, Maungatawhiri Road Board.