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gate, pump, fence, water-trough, or any other property of the Board erected or being on or bounding any road or public reserve under the control of the Board.

PART III.—HEAVY TRAFFIC ON ROADS.

Licenses.

21. Any contractor engaged in heavy traffic, carting stone, earth, or scoria ash, upon any of the roads within the boundaries of the Mangere Road District shall before using such vehicle upon any such road apply to the Mangere Road Board for a license, and shall pay to the Mangere Road Board the yearly license fee following, that is to say:—
    For each vehicle having tires of the width of 4½ in. or over £ 5
    For each vehicle having tires under 4½ in. in width 10

Permits.

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

s. d.
For every load carried on any one day upon or over any such road .. .. .. .. 1 0
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 .. .. .. 3 0

Breaches.

23. Any contractor who shall use any vehicle for heavy traffic on any road within the boundaries of the Mangere Road District without having first paid the license fee provided for by By-law No. 1 of Part III to be paid for such vehicle, or without having first obtained the permission of the Board under By-law No. 2 of Part III and paid the charges prescribed thereunder, shall be deemed to have committed a breach of these by-laws.

Weighing and Measuring Vehicles.

24. Any constable or any officer of the Board may stop and detain any vehicle which in his opinion infringes any of these by-laws, and inspect, examine, and measure the tires thereof and the weight of such vehicle and the contents thereof; and the driver or person for the time being in charge of such vehicle shall permit such inspection, examination, measurement, and weighing to be made accordingly, and shall, if so requested by any such constable or officer of the Board, take such vehicle, together with the contents thereof, to the nearest public weighbridge and then and there weigh the same; and no person shall obstruct any such constable or officer in or about the making of such inspection, examination, measurement, or weighing.

Applications for Licenses and Permits.

25. Any applications for a license under By-law No. 1 of Part III, or a permit under By-law No. 2 of Part III, shall be made in writing to the Clerk of the Board. Each such license or permit shall be under the hand of the Clerk of the Board. Each license shall expire twelve calendar months from the date of the issue thereof.

Register of Licenses and Permits.

26. The Clerk shall keep at the office of the Board a register of all licenses issued under By-law No. 1 of Part III and permits under By-law No 2 of Part III of these by-laws. Such register shall be open to public inspection without fee.

License Numbers.

27. Every license shall be numbered, and the owner of the licensed vehicle shall cause the like number to be legibly painted and maintained during the currency of the license on the off side of such vehicle in white figures on a black ground, together with the letters “M.R.B.,” each of such figures and letters to be not less than 1 in. in length.

Form of License.

28. Licenses under clause 1 of these by-laws may be in or to the effect of the following form:—

MANGERE ROAD BOARD VEHICLE LICENSE.
Annual license fee, £ No.

This is to certify that, pursuant to the provisions of clause 1 of the by-laws regulating heavy traffic on roads, passed by the Mangere Road Board on the 11th day of November, 1907, the vehicle numbered [or to be numbered ], of which , of , is the owner, is hereby licensed to engage in heavy traffic on the roads under the control of the said Board until the day of , 190 .
Dated this day of , 190 .
, Clerk.

PART IV.—VEHICLES PLYING FOR HIRE.

Vehicular and Drivers’ Licenses.

29. No owner or driver of any vehicle plying for hire for the carriage of passengers (whether at separate fares or otherwise) or goods within the district, or between places within and beyond the district, shall permit the same to stand or ply, or be used or kept for hire, unless such vehicle shall be licensed by the Board; and no person shall drive a vehicle carrying passengers unless such person be licensed by the Board so to do.

Practice re Drivers’ Licenses.

30. The Board shall have absolute discretion in the granting or withholding of a license to a driver, and no license shall be granted to any driver unless the applicant shall produce a certificate (signed by two members of the Board, or by the Clerk and one member of the Board) of his sobriety and general good conduct, and that he is of the age of sixteen years or upwards and of sufficient experience or capacity: Provided that such certificate may be dispensed with when the applicant has been previously licensed by the Board.

Numbering Vehicles licensed.

31. Every vehicle plying for hire as aforesaid shall be numbered, registered, and licensed at the office of the Board, and the owner of any such vehicle shall not permit the same to stand or ply for hire, or be used or kept for hire, until he shall have done the following things: He shall paint the number of such vehicle, followed by the letters “M.R.B.,” on the right or off side of the vehicle in a conspicuous place and in conspicuous black figures and letters not less than 1½ in. in length on a light ground, and shall also (in the case of vehicles used for the carriage of passengers) paint thereon the number of passengers which the vehicle is licensed to carry.

Limiting Number of Passengers.

32. No driver of any vehicle plying for hire for the carriage of passengers shall carry any greater number of persons at one and the same time than such vehicle is licensed to carry. The seating space to be allotted to each passenger shall be not less than 14 clear inches along the seat. The owner of all vehicles to be licensed shall bring the same to the office of the Board to be there inspected by the Inspector of Vehicles (if any), and, if none, by the Clerk, at the time of issuing the license; and no vehicle shall be licensed until these by-laws shall have been complied with with respect to such vehicle to the satisfaction of the Inspector or the Clerk, as the case may be.

Time-tables.

33. No person shall ply for hire with or act as driver or conductor of a vehicle used for carrying passengers until a time-table showing the termini of the route, the route, the licensed number of such vehicle, and the times when such vehicle shall leave the point of departure and arrive at the point of destination shall have been submitted to and approved of by the Board, and, if the Board so require, indorsed upon the license for such vehicle.

Fares.

34. No driver of any vehicle used for carrying passengers shall when the same is plying for hire demand from any passenger or intending passenger any fares in excess of those which shall be set out in any schedule or list of fares for the time being passed and approved by the Board and affecting the route or distance intended to be travelled by such passenger or intending passenger.

35. The owner of every vehicle plying for hire as aforesaid shall keep the same in good and clean order, and sound and serviceable repair, with safe and convenient steps, and with battens or dry covering on the floor, with sound and suitable brakes, wheels, springs, and pole or shafts, and, if used for carrying passengers, furnished between sunset and sunrise (in addition to carrying two outside lights thereon in accordance with By-law No. 14) with a lamp so constructed, placed, and illuminated as to give a clear light throughout the interior of such vehicle.

License Fees.

36. There shall be paid at the time of applying for any license the following fees, namely:—
    For a license for a vehicle licensed to carry passengers, the sum of £1 per annum.
    For a license for a vehicle to carry goods, a fee of 10s.
    For every driver’s license, the fee of 1s. per annum.