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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

marked “A” in the Schedule to this by-law, and shall be signed by the applicant. Such application shall describe the said engine or vehicle, and shall contain the particulars in such application form set forth, or such as are applicable.

(b.) Pay to the said Secretary the prescribed fee for a license of such engine or vehicle.

5. The sum payable as a license in respect of every such engine shall be the yearly sum of £10, and in respect of every such vehicle the yearly sum of £10: Provided that if the said Board shall think fit by resolution to forego or reduce any fee they shall have power to do so, or if an engine is used solely in connection with the transportation or working of threshing-machines, chaff-cutters, or other machines or mechanical appliances, no such license fee shall be payable.

6. The said license shall authorise the owner of the engine or vehicle in respect of which it is granted to engage in the heavy traffic specified in such license, subject to the provisions of these by-laws, over all the said roads, bridges, ferries, and fords which shall from time to time during the continuance of the said license be passable, and not declared permanently or temporarily unsafe for, and not closed permanently or temporarily to, heavy traffic generally, and to the limited extent only prescribed in respect of any of the said roads, bridges, ferries, or fords closed permanently or temporarily to heavy traffic in excess of a specified weight.

7. Nothing in any such license contained shall operate to prevent the said Board from at any time, and from time to time during the continuance thereof, closing any of the said roads, bridges, ferries, or fords against heavy traffic generally, or heavy traffic in excess of a specified weight, and such license shall be issued and accepted expressly subject to the right of the said Board to so close.

8. In the event of any resolution of the said Board closing a road, bridge, ferry, or ford to heavy traffic generally, or limiting the weight to be carried over any such road, bridge, ferry, or ford, a copy of the resolution legibly setting out the terms thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the road or portion of the road affected thereby, or of such bridge, or ford, or ferry, as the case may be, and a copy of such resolution shall be advertised once at least in a newspaper circulating in the said district.

9. Every license shall be signed by the Secretary of the said Board, and shall be numbered in order, and every license and short particulars of the matters therein contained shall be registered by the said Secretary in a register-book to be kept for that purpose.

10. The owner of the engine or vehicle for which the license shall be granted shall, before using such engine or vehicle in heavy traffic, cause the full name of the owner and the number of the license, in letters and figures (together with the letters W.R.B.) of a minimum length of 2 in., to be legibly painted with good white paint on a black ground on the right-hand side of such engine or vehicle, and shall cause the painting to be maintained, and, if necessary, renewed, during the currency of such license; and within three days after such engine or vehicle shall have ceased to be so licensed such owner shall cause the said painting to be completely effaced and obliterated.

11. In all heavy traffic in which any engine is used the width of the tires of the wheels of vehicles or machines drawn by such engine, whether plying for hire or not, shall not be less than the following: If the weight of the goods, exclusive of the vehicle or machine, is not more than 2½ tons to each pair of wheels of the vehicle or machine, not less than 5 in.; if the weight of the goods, exclusive of the vehicle or machine, is more than 2½ tons and not more than 3 tons to each pair of wheels of the vehicle or machine, not less than 6 in.

12. No vehicle or machine drawn by any engine shall carry more than 6 tons weight (over and above the weight of the vehicle or machine): Provided that on special application in writing to the Secretary of the Board, and with the approval of the Inspector for the time being of the said Board, permission may be granted to the applicant to carry a greater weight than 6 tons on each one vehicle or machine at any one time. Every such permit shall be in writing under the hand of the Secretary, and shall state the maximum weight (over and above the weight of the vehicle or machine) which may be carried by each such vehicle or machine at any one time, and the period for which such permit is given, and the conditions (if any) on which such extraordinary weight may be carried. And any owner or person carrying in or upon any such vehicle or machine more than such maximum weight, or carrying more than the weight of 6 tons, without obtaining such permission and fulfilling such conditions as aforesaid shall be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

13. The maximum weight of goods which may be drawn by any engine, exclusive of the weight of the vehicles in which such goods may be carried or transported, shall be 20 tons.

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 three-quarters of a cord of firewood; or three-quarters of a 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 rider or driver.

20. The whistle of the engine shall not be sounded, nor shall the cylinder-caps 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 signals 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.