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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

tons and four tons shall cause or allow such vehicle to be drawn by any engine upon any road unless the tires upon the wheels of such vehicle shall be at least four inches wide.

80. No person in charge of any vehicle which, together with the load thereon, weighs any weight between four tons and six tons shall cause or allow such vehicle to be drawn by any engine upon any road unless the tires upon the wheels of such vehicle shall be at least five inches wide.

81. No person in charge of any engine shall cause or allow such engine to draw upon any road any vehicle which, together with the load thereon, shall exceed six tons in weight.

licensing of Vehicles engaged in Heavy Traffic.

82. Every four-wheeled vehicle (except as in this section provided) used upon any road for the transportation of goods which shall itself, or together with the load thereon, weigh four tons or over shall be licensed by a license granted by the Council: Provided that any such four-wheeled vehicle, all the wheels of which shall have tires thereon at least five inches wide, and which vehicle shall be so constructed that the inside edge of the tire of the hind wheel on the near side of the vehicle shall run in a line with the outside edge of the tire on the front wheel on the near side of the vehicle, and the inside edge of the tire of the hind wheel on the off side of the vehicle shall run in a line with the outside edge of the tire of the front wheel on the off side of the vehicle, shall not be required to be licensed.

83. The license mentioned in the preceding section shall be applied for in writing, and the application shall be in the form and contain the information provided for in the Second Schedule hereto, and shall be signed by the person requiring the license, or his agent, and the prescribed fee for the license shall be deposited with the application.

84. Such license shall be issued by and under the hand of the Clerk, and shall be in the form in the Third Schedule hereto.

85. Every license shall be numbered and registered in a book to be kept by the Clerk.

86. A license may be granted at any time, and shall remain in force for one year from the date when it shall be issued.

87. The yearly fee for a license shall be £10.

88. The Clerk may renew any license without any written application upon payment of the prescribed fee: Provided that he may require any applicant for a renewal of his license to make such application as is provided for in the case of the grant of a license.

89. The name of the owner and the number of the license thereof shall be painted or affixed to the off side of a licensed vehicle in some conspicuous place, and no person shall use any licensed vehicle upon any road unless such name and number shall be so painted or affixed thereon.

90. No person shall use upon any road for the transportation of goods any four-wheeled vehicle which shall itself, or together with the load thereon, weigh four tons or over, and which vehicle shall not be licensed as aforesaid, unless all the wheels of such vehicle shall have tires thereon at least five inches wide, and such vehicle shall be so constructed that the inside edge of the tire of the hind wheel on the near side of the vehicle shall run in a line with the outside edge of the tire on the front wheel on the near side of the vehicle, and the inside edge of the tire of the hind wheel on the off side of the vehicle shall run in a line with the outside edge of the tire of the front wheel on the off side of the vehicle.

licensing of Engines engaged in Heavy Traffic.

91. Every engine used for or engaged in heavy traffic within the county shall be licensed by a license granted by the Council, and such license shall be issued by and under the hand of the Clerk upon payment of the fee of £1 sterling.

92. Every such license shall be applied for in writing, and the application shall be in the form and contain the information provided for in the Second Schedule hereto, and shall be signed by the person requiring the license, or his agent.

93. Every such license shall be numbered and registered in a book to be kept by the Clerk.

94. A license fee of £1 shall be paid by the owner of such engine in respect of every license issued or renewed.

95. A license may be granted at any time, and shall remain in force for one year from the date when it shall be issued, and such license may be renewed by the Clerk without written application: Provided that he may require any applicant for a renewal of his license to make such application as is provided for in the case of the grant of a license.

96. The name of the owner of every engine engaged in heavy traffic, and the number of the license thereof, and the weight of such engine, shall be painted on or affixed to the off side thereof on some conspicuous place; and no person shall use any such engine upon any road unless such name, number, and weight shall be so painted or affixed thereon.

97. No person shall use any engine engaged in heavy traffic upon any road unless and until such engine shall be licensed by a license issued by and under the hand of the Clerk.

General Provisions and Schedules.

98. The manner of ascertaining the weight of the loading or contents of any vehicle being used on any road shall be by computing the weight from the quantity or the superficial or cubical measurement of such loading or contents, and for the purpose of such computation 500 superficial feet of rough or mixed New Zealand timber, or 700 superficial feet of dressed New Zealand timber, or 250 superficial feet of Australian timber, or two-thirds of a cord or 85 cubic feet of firewood, or 20 cubic feet of gravel, or 21 cubic feet of sand, or 25 cubic feet of clay, or 21 cubic feet of broken stone, or 5 barrels of cement, or 38 cubic feet of lime, or 320 bricks, or 45 cubic feet of coal, or 25 bags (4 bushels) of chaff, or 14 bags (4 bushels) of oats, or 12 bags (4 bushels) of wheat, or 13 bags (4 bushels) of barley, or 5 bales of wool, or 5 cubic feet of iron or steel, shall be deemed to weigh 1 ton.

99. Any person authorised by the Council in that behalf may stop and detain any vehicle or machine on any road which in his opinion infringes any by-law made by the Council under section 130 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” until the width of the tires or the weight of such vehicle or machine and the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained, and the driver of any such vehicle or machine on any road shall give such information to such person as to the load or contents of such vehicle or machine, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, and shall do all such acts for enabling the same to be ascertained, as such authorised person requests.

100. The owner or driver of any vehicle or machine on any road shall, upon being requested to do so by any person authorised by the Council in that behalf, have such vehicle or machine weighed upon such properly constructed weighbridge as shall be specified by such authorised person, and shall immediately thereafter deliver to such authorised person a certificate signed by the owner or person in charge of such weighbridge stating the weight of such vehicle or machine.

101. No person in charge of any vehicle or machine on any road shall refuse to stop such vehicle or machine when requested to do so by any person authorised by the Council in that behalf who wishes to ascertain the width of the tires or the weight of such vehicle or machine and the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, and no person in charge of any vehicle or machine on any road shall refuse to give such information to such authorised person as to the load or contents of such vehicle or machine, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, as such authorised person shall request.

102. No person in charge of any vehicle or machine on any road shall refuse to have such vehicle or machine weighed upon such properly constructed weighbridge as shall be specified by any person authorised by the Council in that behalf, and no person in charge of any vehicle or machine shall refuse or neglect when such vehicle or machine is so weighed to immediately thereafter deliver to such authorised person a certificate signed by the owner or person in charge of such weighbridge stating the weight of such vehicle or machine.

103. 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 who shall omit to do anything required to be done by him by any such provision, shall be guilty of an offence against this by-law, and shall, for every offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 sterling.

104. This special order and by-law shall come into force on the 3rd day of November, 1904.

105. All previous by-laws relating to the Waimea County are repealed on the coming into force of this by-law.

First Schedule.

Waimea County.

PEDLAR’S AND HAWKER’S LICENSE.

No. .

WHEREAS , of , has applied for a pedlar’s and hawker’s license, pursuant to the provisions of the by-law made by the Council of the said county: And whereas the issue of the said license has been duly authorised by the said Council:

Now, therefore, I, the Clerk of the said county, in the name and on behalf of the said Council, do hereby authorise the said to act as a licensed pedlar and hawker under the said by-law, and subject to the provisions thereof, until the day of , one thousand nine hundred and , and no longer.

Given under my hand, at the Waimea County Council Office, this day of , 19 , County Clerk.