2894
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

8. No person shall drive or ride at other than a walking pace across or upon any district bridge which has a span of 10 ft. and 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 10 ft. and upwards.

10. Each vehicle mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule of these by-laws which shall be driven or taken or used upon or over any district road or district bridge from the 1st day of May to the 31st 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 purposes of these by-laws the number or quantity mentioned in the second column of the Second Schedule of these by-laws of the articles mentioned on the same line 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. The owner of any vehicle plying for hire, or hired, or used for hire, or kept for hire, used on the district roads, capable of carrying a load of 1 ton and upwards, shall pay for every such vehicle a yearly license of £3 sterling; or, not being capable of carrying a load of 1 ton, shall pay a yearly license of £1.

Provided nevertheless that the Board may in its discretion, and upon application by the owner or driver of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic used in carting such stone, earth, road-metal, scoria-ash, meat, timber, bricks, minerals, or coal, permit the owner or driver of such vehicle to use such vehicle for the purpose of carting stone, earth, road-metal, scoria-ash, meat, bricks, timber, minerals, or coal upon or over all or any of the roads within the boundaries of the said road district, without having paid such license fee, upon the payment to the Board of the following charges by way of compensation for any damage likely to occur to such roads:—

For every load carried on any one day upon or over such road, 1s.

If more than three loads are carried in any one vehicle in any one day upon or over any such roads, then for the day, 3s.

14. 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 respective kinds:—

Sawn timber or logs .. .. 500 superficial feet.
Firewood .. .. .. 80 cubic feet.
Boulders, gravel, or broken stone .. ⅔ of 1 cubic yard.
Bricks .. .. .. 350.
Barley (4-bushel bag) .. .. 11 sacks.
Oats .. .. .. 14 "
Wheat .. .. .. 10 "
Maize .. .. .. 10 "
Potatoes .. .. .. 12 "
Wool .. .. .. 5 bales.
Bonedust or other artificial manures .. 10 sacks.

Passed by the Waiuku Road Board at a meeting held on the 8th day of October, 1904.

J. R. MCELWAIN, Chairman.
WILLIAM J. KING, Clerk.

Confirmed by the Waiuku Road Board at a special meeting held on the 12th day of November, 1904, and the seal of the said Board affixed in the presence of—

J. R. MCELWAIN, Chairman.
PETER DROMGOOL, Member.
W. L. WEST, Member.
ARTHUR L. HULL, Member.

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.

WILLIAM J. KING,
Clerk, Waiuku Road Board.

Waiuku, 12th November, 1904.

THE following special order has been duly passed by the Waiuku Road Board:—

Resolved by special order, That the by-laws now in force in the Waiuku Road District re heavy traffic be repealed on the date the new by-laws come into force, viz., the 1st day of January, 1905.

J. R. MCELWAIN,
Chairman.

WILLIAM J. KING,
Clerk, Waiuku Road Board.

I certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

WILLIAM J. KING,
Clerk, Waiuku Road Board.

Waiuku, 12th November, 1904.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

THAT it be a special order: In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Stratford County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £50, being the further advance of 10 per cent. on the original loan of £500 authorised to be raised by the Stratford County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for completing the construction of portions of the Puniwhakau and Manga Roads as contemplated under the proposal for the original loan raised for that purpose, the Stratford County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 4d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Puniwhakau Road No. 2 Special-rating District, comprising Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, and part 26 (eastern half) of Block III., Omona Survey District; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, part 9 (north-western half), part 13 (north-eastern half), 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, of Block IV., Omona Survey District; Sections 3, 11, 12, and 13, of Block XIII., Mahoe Survey District; and Sections 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, of Block I., Taurakawa Survey District: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of February in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off; the rate of interest to be 5 per cent. per annum.

The above special order was instituted at a special meeting held on the 19th day of October, 1904, and confirmed at a meeting held on the 23rd day of November, 1904.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.