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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

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. 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 five pounds.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The following schedule of quantities shall represent 20 cwt. in each of their several kinds:—

Sawn timber or logs .. .. 500 superficial feet.
Firewood .. .. Three-fifths of one cord.
Boulders, gravel, or broken stone.. Four-fifths of 1 cubic yard.
Bricks .. .. 350.
Barley (4-bushel sacks) .. .. 11 sacks.
Oats .. .. 14 "
Wheat .. .. 10 "
Maize .. .. 10 "
Potatoes .. .. 12 "
Wool .. .. 5 bales.
Boncdust or other artificial manure 10 sacks.

Passed by the Paparata Road Board at a special meeting held on the 31st August, 1907.

H. SAWYER,
Chairman.

W. CAIE,
Clerk.

Confirmed by the Paparata Road Board at a meeting held on the 5th day of October, 1907, and the seal of the said Board affixed in the presence of—

H. SAWYER,
Chairman.

F. W. MANNING,
Jos. A. LOWRY,
Members.

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.

W. CAIE,
Clerk, Paparata Road Board.

5th October, 1907.

Special Order made by the Oero Road Board, County of Patangata, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1907.

THE following special order, made by the Oero Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

THE attached by-laws were made by special order passed at a special meeting of the Oero Road Board held on the 10th September, 1907, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting held on the 8th October, 1907.

I hereby certify that the special order making the attached by-laws was duly passed in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

MICHAEL RYAN,
Clerk, Oero Road Board.

Elsthope, 14th October, 1907.

OERO ROAD BOARD.

THE Board ordain and make the following by-laws:—

OERO ROAD DISTRICT.

Heavy Traffic By-laws.

In pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Road Boards Act Amendment Act, 1905,” and “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and the respective amendments of the said Acts, and of all other powers, if any, the Oero Road Board (by way of special order) hereby ordains and makes the following by-laws for the Oero Road District, that is to say:—

1. In these by-laws—
   “Heavy traffic” shall mean the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall itself or together with any thing or things being transported thereon weigh more than 25 cwt. avoirdupois to each pair of wheels:
   “Road” shall mean any public highway under the control or management of the Oero Road Board:
   “Vehicle, engine, or machine” shall mean vehicle, engine, or machine engaged in heavy traffic on any road in the Oero Road District.

2. The width of the tires of all vehicles, engines, or machines engaged in or used in connection with heavy traffic and passing over or along any road, and whether plying for hire or not, shall, according to the class of vehicle used, be regulated with regard to the number of wheels and to the weight of the load being carried on such vehicle in the proportions specified and as provided in the First Schedule to these by-laws.

3. The owner and also the driver or the person in charge of any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged in or used in connection with heavy traffic which shall be driven, or taken, or used upon, along, or over any road shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws if the width of the tires of the wheels, or any of them, of such vehicle, engine, or machine be less than is specified or required by these by-laws.

4. For the purpose of ascertaining the weight of any load upon or of the contents of any vehicle under these by-laws, the quantities of timber, agricultural produce, mineral, or other material of any description specified in the Second Schedule to these by-laws shall be taken and computed to represent 1 ton avoirdupois in each of their several kinds.

5. Any person authorised by the Oero Road Board in respect of the roads under its control may at any time stop and detain any vehicle, engine, or machine which in his opinion infringes these by-laws, or any of them, until the width of the tires and the weight of the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained.

6. Any person authorised as aforesaid may at any time examine and measure the tires of the wheels of any vehicle, engine, or machine which in his opinion is affected by these by-laws, or any of them, when on any road, and may examine and measure the load on or the contents of any such vehicle, engine, or machine.

7. The driver of any such vehicle, engine, or machine used or engaged in heavy traffic on any road shall, upon the request of any person authorised as aforesaid, give to such person such information as to the load or contents of such vehicle, engine, or machine, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of such load or contents, and do all such acts for the purpose of enabling the same to be ascertained as such authorised person shall reasonably request, and any such driver who shall refuse to give such information as aforesaid or to do any such act as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws.