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46. Any one or more of the sections of this Part of this by-law may be suspended for a special purpose on motion upon notice, or by a unanimous vote of the Council.

47. No resolution or other proceeding of the Council shall be rendered invalid by reason only of any infraction of any of the provisions of this Part of this by-law, or on the ground that any point of order has been wrongly decided by the Chairman.

48. No deputation shall be received by the Council unless some one of the deputation shall give two days’ notice in writing to the Clerk of the intention of the deputation to wait upon the Council.

49. Any Councillor—

(a.) Using any offensive or disorderly language at any meeting of the Council, and refusing to withdraw the same and apologize therefor to the Council when lawfully requested so to do; or

(b.) Having at any meeting of the Council been ruled out of order by the Chairman, and having been twice called to order by him, and having refused to obey such call; or

(c.) Behaving in a disorderly manner at any meeting of the Council; or

(d.) Being present at any meeting of the Council when a division of the Council is taken upon any question and not voting, he not being disabled by law from so doing; or

(e.) Neglecting to attend in compliance with an order for a call of the whole Council within half an hour of the appointed time without reasonable excuse to the satisfaction of a majority of the Council,

shall be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

Bridges.

50. No person shall drive or take over any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Council any horse, cattle, beast, or vehicle at other than a walking-pace.

51. No person shall drive or take over any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Council any engine, agricultural or other machine at a speed exceeding two miles an hour.

52. No person shall drive or ride any animal or vehicle upon or across any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Council intended for foot-passengers only.

53. No person being in charge of any engine shall allow such engine or any vehicle attached thereto to be stopped or to remain stationary upon any bridge or culvert under the care, control, or management of the Council.

54. No person shall take any engine, or vehicle attached thereto, on to any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Council while any person with a horse, or vehicle drawn by a horse or horses, or when any stock, is on or about to come upon such bridge.

55. No person shall discharge ashes or other refuse from any engine upon any road within three chains of any bridge or culvert under the care, control, or management of the Council.

Water-tables.

56. No person shall drive any engine, agricultural or other machine, or vehicle of any kind into the water-table of any road.

Vehicle-lights.

57. No person shall drive any vehicle (not being a bicycle or tricycle) or permit any vehicle (not being a bicycle or tricycle) to be driven or to stand upon any road during the night between the hours of half an hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise unless such vehicle shall carry two proper lamps, one on either side thereof, alight and plainly visible to any person approaching or being approached by such vehicle.

58. No person shall ride any bicycle or tricycle upon any road during the night between the hours of half an hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, unless such bicycle or tricycle shall have a lamp attached thereto alight, and plainly visible to any person approaching or being approached by such bicycle or tricycle.

Pedlars and Hawkers.

59. No person shall trade as or exercise or carry on the business of or calling of a pedlar or hawker within the Waimea County unless he shall be licensed to do so by a license granted to him by the Council.

60. A license to trade as or exercise or carry on the business of or calling of a pedlar or hawker within the Waimea County shall be issued by and under the hand of the Clerk to any person of good character applying for the same on payment of the fee prescribed in the next section hereof, and such license shall remain in force until the 31st December next following the date of the issue of such license.

61. The fee to be paid for every pedlar’s or hawker’s license issued before the 1st July in any year shall be the sum of £5, and the fee to be paid for every pedlar’s or hawker’s license issued on or after the 1st July in any year shall be the sum of £2 10s.

62. Every such license shall authorise the holder thereof to trade as, exercise, or carry on the business of or calling of both a pedlar and a hawker within the Waimea County.

63. No such license shall be transferable.

64. Every such license shall be in the form in the First Schedule hereto.

65. No person shall be required to hold a pedlar’s or hawker’s license for the purpose of selling fish, milk, bread, meat, or newspapers, or fruit or vegetables grown in New Zealand.

Engines on Roads.

66. No person shall blow off steam or water from any engine upon any road for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall any person allow the steam of any engine upon any road to attain a pressure such as to exceed the limit fixed by the safety-valve.

67. No person shall discharge ashes or other refuse from any engine upon the formation of any road, or into any ditch or drain on any road.

68. The person in charge of any engine being used upon any road shall give immediate notice to the County Engineer, County Overseer, or Clerk of any damage or injury done by such engine or any vehicle attached thereto to any road, or to anything pertaining to any road; and in addition to giving such notice as aforesaid shall, if a danger to the travelling public has been created, place and maintain, for such time as the County Engineer or any County Overseer may direct, such protection and signals as shall be sufficient to give warning to all persons using such road, by day or by night, of the existence of such danger.

69. The driver shall be considered to be the person in charge of the engine he is driving, and he shall be responsible under this by-law for his own acts and omissions, and for the acts and omissions of his subordinates or other persons accompanying the engine; and if the owner also be present he likewise will be held responsible, but his presence shall not exonerate the driver.

70. The driver of any engine shall give all possible space on the roadway for the passage of other traffic.

71. No person being in charge of any engine shall drive such engine, or cause or permit such engine to be driven, along any road at a speed exceeding five miles an hour, nor through any town or village in the county at a speed exceeding three miles an hour.

PART II.

Public Health.

72. No person shall cause, permit, or suffer drainage or refuse from any land or premises owned or occupied by him to flow into or to be deposited in any drain within the county constructed or intended for storm-water only.

73. No person shall deposit any dead animal or cause any dead animal to be deposited in any drain, stream, water-course, or lake within the county.

74. No person shall keep swine or permit swine to be kept on property or premises owned or occupied by him within the county unless such swine be kept at least 30 ft. from any public place or road or 100 ft. from any dwellinghouse.

PART III.

HEAVY TRAFFIC.

Wheel-tires.

75. No person shall use or drive upon any road any four-wheeled vehicle which, together with the load thereon, weighs any weight between four tons and five tons unless the tires upon the wheels of such vehicle shall be at least four inches wide.

76. No person shall use or drive upon any road any four-wheeled vehicle which, together with the load thereon, weighs five tons or more than five tons unless the tires upon the wheels of such vehicles shall be at least five inches wide.

Engines drawing Vehicles.

77. No person shall drive or take over any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Council any engine, agricultural or other machine, or vehicle of any kind which itself, or together with the load thereon, or any other vehicle or vehicles attached thereto and the load or loads thereon, exceeds six tons in weight.

78. No person shall drive or take over any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Council any engine, agricultural or other machine, or vehicle of any kind which itself, or together with the load thereon, or any other vehicle or vehicles attached thereto and the load or loads thereon, exceeds the limit of weight specified in any public notice issued by the Council relating to such bridge, a copy of which notice shall have been posted on such bridge.

79. No person in charge of any vehicle which, together with the load thereon, shall be of any weight between three