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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and its amendments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the publication hereof.

WALTER HISLOP and JOHN GAGE.—Sections 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14, Block I., Town of Blueskin. Occupied by Patrick Lee. No. 4665.

THOMAS FINLAY.—Sections 2, 3, and 4, Block II., and Section 1, Block IV., Town of Waihola. Occupied by Wm. Sinclair. No. 4666.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 15th day of May, 1905, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

W. WYINKS,
District Land Registrar.

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PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

BY-LAW No. IV.

IN pursuance of the powers, provisions, and authorities contained in “The County Councils Act, 1886,” “The Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1900,” and of all other enabling powers, provisions, and authorities contained in any other Acts or otherwise vested in it, the Council of the Southland County doth by this special order make and ordain the following by-law, and that the same shall come into operation upon the 1st day of June, 1905.

1. Repeals.—The By-law No. IV., sealed on the 21st day of April, 1904, and the by-law amending the said By-law No. IV., and sealed on the 15th day of August, 1904, and section 18 of By-law No. II., and sealed on the 21st day of April, 1904, and section 3 of By-law No. III., and sealed on the 21st day of April, 1904, are hereby repealed, but this by-law shall not affect the operation of the remainder of the said By-law No. III.

2. Definitions.—In this by-law the expression—
   “Heavy traffic” has the meaning assigned to it by section 130 of “The Public Works Act, 1894.”
   “County” means the County of Southland.
   “Road” means and includes any road, bridge, ferry, or ford under the care, control, or management of the Council of the County of Southland.
   “Person” means and includes any incorporated company or body.
   “Owner” means and includes the owner, lessee, bailee, employer, or driver of any vehicle.

3. This by-law shall apply to—
   (a.) Every vehicle or machine engaged in heavy traffic on any road within the county, and which shall itself or together with any thing or things being transported thereon weigh more than one and a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels.
   (b.) Every vehicle engaged in heavy traffic on any road within the county and drawn by means of bullocks, irrespective of the weight of such vehicles, either separately or together with any load thereon.

Excepting in all cases—
(1.) Exemptions.—Any threshing-mill.
(2.) Any cart or vehicle while being used by any farmer for transporting the produce (including Phormium tenax) of or manure for his own farm, or any cart or vehicle used by any ratepayer for carrying or transporting logs, sawn timber, firewood, coal, lignite, bricks or tiles, for his or her own use or for domestic consumption, and not for use in connection with any industry carried on by him or her, or on his or her land, or in which he or she has any interest: Provided that the exceptions contained in this subsection shall not apply to section 12 hereof.

4. License Fees.—On every vehicle or machine to which this by-law applies there shall be paid to the Council of the county a yearly license fee according to the following table, viz.: —
   (a.) On a portable engine, the yearly fee of two pounds ten shillings.
   (b.) On any two-wheeled vehicle or machine not being a traction engine or portable engine, the yearly fee of five pounds.
   (c.) On any vehicle or machine having more than two wheels and not being a traction engine or portable engine, the sum of ten pounds.

(d.) Licenses for vehicles drawn by bullocks: On any vehicle drawn by bullocks and not being a traction engine or portable engine, and irrespective of the number of wheels, the sum of ten pounds.

5. Licenses for Portion of a Year.—Any person may, in lieu of paying the license fee payable for a year in respect of any such vehicle or machine, pay one-fourth, one-half, or three-fourths of the amount of such fee, and on payment of any such proportion thereof the vehicle or machine in respect of which such payment is made shall thereupon be licensed under this by-law, either for one-quarter, one-half, or three-quarters of a year, according to the amount paid.

6. Issue of Licenses.—Every such payment as aforesaid shall be made to the County Clerk, at the County Offices, Invercargill, and a license shall thereupon be issued by the Clerk under his signature, specifying the amount paid, the period for which it is paid, and the kind of and other means of identifying the vehicle or machine in respect of which the payment is made, and the mode of traction thereof, and in case of vehicles the number of wheels thereof. And every such license shall be numbered, and shall be prima facie evidence of the contents thereof.

7. Numbering Licensed Vehicles.—Every vehicle or machine in respect of which any such payment is made shall, while of the kind and while employing the mode of traction, and in case of vehicles while having the maximum number of wheels in respect of which such payment is made, have the number of the license and the letters S.C.C. painted on some conspicuous part of the body of the vehicle or machine on the off side, in white letters or figures not less than two inches in length, one inch in width, on a black ground, and shall be deemed to be licensed to engage in heavy traffic on the roads within the county for the period for which the payment is made and no longer computing from the date of such payment.

8. Unlicensed Vehicles.—No vehicle or machine to which this by-law applies shall be engaged by any person in heavy traffic on any road within the county unless at the time it is so engaged a license fee under this by-law is in force in respect thereof, applicable to its kind, mode of traction, and number of wheels.

9. Examining Vehicles and Loads.—If the County Clerk, or any person authorised in this behalf in writing under the seal of the County Council, is of opinion that any vehicle or machine infringes this by-law, he may request the driver thereof to stop the same, and the driver shall stop the same forthwith until the weight of such vehicle or machine, or the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained, and in default of the driver so doing he shall be guilty of an offence under this by-law, and, further, such Clerk or other person may thereupon stop and detain such vehicle or machine until the weight thereof, or the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained.

10. The driver of any vehicle or machine so stopped shall truly answer all such questions as such Clerk or other authorised person shall reasonably put to him as to the load or contents of such vehicle or machine, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, and permit the Clerk or other person to mount such vehicle or machine for the purpose of verifying any answers given to him, or for ascertaining the quantity, weight, size, or measurement aforesaid, and the driver thereof shall do all things necessary to cause the vehicle or machine to be stopped while such Clerk or other person is engaged in his functions under this clause of this by-law.

11. Licenses to be produced for Inspection.—The owner of every licensed vehicle or machine shall produce his or her license for inspection upon demand being made by any police constable or by any officer or employee of the County Council.

12. Certain Heavy Traffic to cease in June, July, and August in every Year.—That heavy traffic consisting in a traction-engine which shall itself or together with any material to be used for the construction of dredges or for dredging purposes, or any coal or lignite, or sawn timber, drawn by it or transported thereon, weigh more than one and a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels, shall cease upon all roads within the county during the months of June, July, and August in every year, unless special permission in writing of the Chairman of the Council shall have been obtained for each occasion.

13. Penalty.—Every person offending against this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds sterling for every such offence.

14. Previous Licenses.—If at the time this by-law comes into force the period for which a license fee has been paid under any of the said repealed by-laws in respect of any vehicle or machine to which this by-law applies shall still be current, no license fee shall be payable under this by-law in respect of any such vehicle or machine during the remainder of the currency of such period.