Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2809

14. No person shall use or take part in the use of any engine in the transportation of any vehicle or machine unless and until the true and correct weight of such vehicle or machine shall have been legibly painted thereon.

15. For the purpose of these by-laws the respective quantities hereinafter specified of the respective materials shall be deemed to be 1 ton in weight, that is to say—600 superficial feet of timber, or 10 bags of wheat of 4 bushels, or 12 bags of barley of 4 bushels, or 14 bags of oats of 4 bushels, or 10 bags of peas of 4 bushels, or 25 sacks of chaff machine-pressed, or 35 sacks of chaff hand-pressed, or 12 sacks of coal, or 6¾ bales of wool, or 6 bales of dressed flax, or ¾ cord of firewood, or ¾ cord of posts or rails.

16. No more than two vehicles shall be drawn at any one time by any engine over any of the said bridges.

17. The person for the time being in charge of any vehicle, machine, or engine engaged in heavy traffic shall, whenever required to do so by any officer of the said Board, or by any person authorised for that purpose by the said Board, cause such vehicle, engine, or machine to be stopped, and to remain so stopped for a reasonable and sufficient time to allow such officer or authorised person to inspect and examine such vehicle, engine, or machine, and the load being transported; and the person so in charge shall permit such inspection and examination, and shall not obstruct such officer or authorised person in or about making such inspection or examination, and the person for the time being in charge of any such vehicle, engine, or machine shall, at the verbal request of such officer or authorised person, give such information as to the load being transported, and as to the quantity, weight, size, and measurement of the same, as shall then be required by such officer or authorised person.

18. The driver or person in charge of any engine shall not propel or cause the same to be propelled along and over any of the said roads, bridges, ferries, or fords unless the engine shall be accompanied by at least one other man, whose duty it shall be to keep careful watch both in front of and behind the engine, and any vehicle or machine drawn thereby, for horses and vehicles which may be approaching, and to warn the riders and drivers of such horses and vehicles of the proximity of such engine, and to assist them in passing the engine and its load in safety.

19. The driver or person in charge of any engine shall, upon being signalled to by the driver or rider of any vehicle or horse, immediately stop such engine; and if it shall appear that the rider or driver of any horse or vehicle meeting or overtaking such engine shall have any difficulty in passing the same, or shall request assistance, then the driver or person in charge of such engine shall forthwith stop the engine, and he and the said man mentioned in the last preceding by-law shall render all possible assistance to such driver or rider.

20. The whistle of the engine shall not be sounded, nor shall the cylinder-taps be opened, within sight of any person riding, driving, leading, or in charge of any horse upon any road, bridge, ferry, or ford; nor shall the steam of any such engine be allowed to attain a pressure exceeding the limit fixed by the safety-valve.

21. No engine shall be propelled over any of the said bridges at a greater speed than three miles per hour, and no engine shall be propelled along or over any of the roads or fords in the said district at a greater speed than eight miles per hour.

22. While any engine shall be travelling upon or is being propelled over any metalled part of any of the said roads or of the said bridges, no studs or other projections shall be attached to or raised above the level of the face of the tires.

23. Before crossing any of the said bridges all stones or other substances which might, if passed over by the engine, injure the woodwork of such bridge shall be removed; and before entering upon such bridge a man shall be stationed at the end farthest from the engine, who shall expose a red flag and warn all persons approaching the bridge that the said engine is approaching the bridge, or is crossing the bridge, as the case may be. And before nearing the corner of a road the person in charge of any engine shall take all necessary precautions by slowing down or otherwise to insure the safety of traffic.

24. The person for the time being in charge of an engine shall give or send immediate notice in writing to the road foreman, road inspector, Chairman, or Secretary of the said Board (whichever he can, with reasonable diligence, first communicate with) of all damage or injury which may have been caused by the engine, or any vehicle or machine attached thereto, to any road, fence, gate, bridge, ferry, culvert, ford, watercourse, drain, footpath, or water-table under the care, control, or management of the said Board, and if such damage has rendered any road, bridge, ferry, or ford dangerous for traffic the person in charge of such engine shall in addition, immediately upon ascertaining such damage, place such signals as shall be sufficient to warn persons using such road, bridge, ferry, or ford, by day or by night, of the existence of such damage, and shall maintain such signal and any other signals in such position and for such time as the person to whom such notice is given, or the Engineer or Secretary of the said Board, shall direct.

25. Nothing herein contained shall relieve any person owning or using any engine, machine, or vehicle engaged in heavy traffic from liability in respect of any injury done to or damage sustained by any of the said roads, bridges, ferries, or fords by reason of such heavy traffic.

26. No engine shall be propelled along or over the following road, or part of the road—viz., Redwood Pass Road—unless the engine shall be preceded by a man at a distance of at least one mile, whose duty it shall be to warn the riders and drivers of horses and vehicles of the approach and proximity of such engine.

27. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing by-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding £5, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding £10 for each day during which such offence shall continue.

28. An engine engaged or used in heavy traffic shall be driven so that none of the wheels shall travel in ruts formed on any of the said roads by the wheels of the same or any other engine, and any person committing a breach of this by-law shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty of £1.

Schedule.

Form A.

APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE FOR AN ENGINE [VEHICLE, MACHINE] FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC.

To the Secretary, Omaka Road Board.

I, , residing at , do hereby request that a license under by-laws gazetted the day of may be granted for the engine [vehicle, machine] hereunder described, of which I am the owner, for use within the Omaka Road District:—

No. [to be numbered]; horse-power, ; maker, ; weight of engine [vehicle, machine], . The said engine is to be used for the following purposes: .

I hereby agree to accept the license to be granted subject to, and that I will comply with, the by-laws of the said district, gazetted the day of .

Name: .
Occupation: .
Address: ___.

License authorised.

___, Secretary.

Form B.

WHEREAS has made application for a license for the engine [vehicle, machine] hereinafter described, to be used on the roads, bridges, ferries, and fords within the Omaka Road District, subject to the provisions of by-laws gazetted the day of , for the purposes in such application set out; and whereas the issue of such license has been duly authorised: Now, therefore, I, by the authority and on behalf of the said Road Board of the said district, do hereby license the engine [vehicle, machine] No. [to be numbered], horse-power, ; maker, ; weight of engine [vehicle, machine], , to be used on and over the roads, bridges, ferries, and fords of the said district, for a period of one year from the date hereof and no longer, for the following purpose, that is to say ___, subject to the said by-laws and to such other by-laws as may be in force from time to time within the said district.

Given under my hand, at , this day of ___, 190__.

___, Secretary.

I hereby certify that the foregoing by-laws have been duly made and adopted by special order at a meeting of the Omaka Road Board held on the 7th day of November, 1904, and the common seal of the Board has been affixed hereto in the presence of—

GEORGE HOULDSWORTH,
Chairman, Omaka Road Board.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Oroua.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 18th November, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Oroua County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.