1786
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

other power enabling it in that behalf, the Awatere Road Board doth hereby, in respect of all roads, bridges, ferries, and fords under the care, control, or management of the said Awatere Road Board, make the following by-laws, which shall come into force upon their being gazetted:—

1. In the construction of these by-laws the words “heavy traffic” shall mean “heavy traffic” as defined by section 130 of “The Public Works Act, 1894”; the words “the said Board” shall mean the Awatere Road Board; the words “the said roads” shall mean and include all the roads, bridges, ferries, and fords under the care, control, or management of the Awatere Road Board; the words “the said district” shall mean and include the whole of the district within the jurisdiction of the Awatere Road Board; the word “engine” shall mean any locomotive engine propelled by steam, electricity, petrol, or other power and designed for use on roads; the word “owner” shall include every person having the use of or any interest (whether permanent or temporary) in any engine or vehicle.

2. No person shall engage (whether as owner, driver, or otherwise whatsoever) in heavy traffic upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the said district other than and except in strict conformity with the provisions of these by-laws.

3. The owner of every engine or vehicle intended to be used or engaged in heavy traffic in the said district shall, before being so used or engaged, be registered by the owner thereof in manner hereinafter provided; and no engine or vehicle shall be so used or engaged except and until the same shall have been duly registered and authorised and licensed in manner following:—

Such registration shall be effected by the owner of such engine or vehicle making an application in writing to the Secretary of the said Board in the form marked “A” in the Schedule to these by-laws, and such application shall be signed by the applicant. Upon such application being duly made the said Secretary shall issue a certificate of registration in the form marked “B” in the said Schedule for such engine or vehicle, and for such certificate a fee of 21s. shall be paid by the applicant: Provided that the certificate of registration for an engine may include not more than three vehicles having tires not less than 6 in. in width, with a carrying-capacity limited to 6 tons for each such vehicle to be used with such engine; but each vehicle not used with an engine shall require a separate certificate.

4. No engine or vehicle so registered shall travel on any of the roads in the said district without the owner thereof first obtaining from the said Secretary a license for each and every journey required to be made. Such license shall contain the particulars and be in the form marked “C” in the said Schedule, and for every such license a fee of 20s. shall be paid to the said Board: Provided that the owner of any engine shall, on payment to the said Board of the sum of £30, be entitled to receive a license for the free use by such engine of all the roads in the said district for the period of twelve months from the date thereof; and a like license shall issue to the owner of every vehicle on payment of the sum of £15: Provided that if an engine is used solely for the transportation or working of threshing-machines, chaff-cutters, or mechanical appliances no such license fees shall be payable: Provided also that every license issued in respect of an engine shall include the right to use with such engine not more than three vehicles having tires not less than 6 in. in width, with a carrying-capacity limited to 6 tons for each such vehicle.

5. It shall not be necessary to register the following vehicles, nor shall any license be required before such vehicles can be used on any of the roads in the said district, viz.: —Vehicles having tires of the following widths: If drawn by an engine or by more than three horses to each pair of wheels, 6 in.; if drawn by three horses to each pair of wheels, 5 in.; if drawn by two horses or under to each pair of wheels, 3 in. Vehicles of one pair of wheels, if drawn by three horses, 4 in.

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 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 certificate of registration and 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 A.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. No vehicle or machine drawn by any engine shall carry more than 6 tons weight (over and above the weight of the vehicle and the 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 other 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. The driver or person in charge of any engine shall, upon being signalled to by the rider or driver 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 each rider or driver.