JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1811

(1.) In respect of vehicles or machines having not more than one pair of wheels:—
(a.) Where the net weight exceeds 10 cwt. but does not exceed 15 cwt., not less than 2½ in.
(b.) Where the net weight exceeds 15 cwt. but does not exceed 25 cwt., not less than 3 in.
(c.) Where the net weight exceeds 25 cwt. but does not exceed 30 cwt., not less that 4 in.
(d.) Where the net weight exceeds 30 cwt., not less than 6 in.

(2.) In respect of vehicles or machines having more than one pair of wheels:—
(a.) Where the net weight exceeds 12 cwt. but does not exceed 15 cwt., not less than 2 in.
(b.) Where the net weight exceeds 15 cwt. but does not exceed 25 cwt., not less than 2½ in.
(c.) Where the net weight exceeds 25 cwt. but does not exceed 30 cwt., not less than 3 in.
(d.) Where the net weight exceeds 30 cwt. but does not exceed 40 cwt., not less than 4 in.
(e.) Where the net weight exceeds 40 cwt. but does not exceed 60 cwt., not less than 6 in.
(f.) Where the net weight exceeds 60 cwt., not less than 8 in.

3. No person shall drive or conduct over any bridge or culvert under the care, control, or management of the Council any machine or vehicle of a greater weight (inclusive of the load thereon) than 40 cwt., unless with the express consent in writing of the Council first had and obtained.

4. No person shall drive or conduct, or permit to be driven or conducted, upon any road within the county any vehicle containing gravel, broken stone, sand, timber, wool, or bricks, or flax, or flax-fibre dressed, without having the correct weight of such vehicle (exclusive of its load) marked on the near or left-hand side of such vehicle in legible letters and figures of at least 1 in. in length and proportionate breadth under a penalty not exceeding £20.

5. In regard to the following articles, the weight of any load shall be ascertained by measurement or computation according to the following scale:—
   Gravel, broken stone, or sand, 1 cubic yard shall equal 1½ tons.
   400 superficial feet rimu shall equal 1 ton.
   400 " totara " 1 ton.
   500 " white-pine or kauri " 1 ton.
   6 bales of wool " 1 ton.
   350 bricks " 1 ton.
   28 sacks of oaten sheaf chaff " 1 ton.
   12 " potatoes " 1 ton.
   10 " wheat " 1 ton.
   14 " oats " 1 ton.
   1 cord of firewood " 1½ tons.
   1 cubic yard of coal " ¾ ton.

6. The driver of any vehicle or machine shall, upon the request of any person authorised in that behalf by the Council, give such information as may be required as to the load or contents thereof, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, and shall do such acts for the purpose of enabling the same to be ascertained as such authorised person requires. Any person committing a breach of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

7. No person shall drive or conduct over any road, bridge, or culvert under the care, control, or management of the said Council within the county any trolley unless such trolley shall conform to the following conditions, that is to say:—
   The tires of the wheels of such trolley shall be not less than 2½ in. in width, and there shall be fastened on to the front part of such trolley by a swivel allowing of free action a sledge 2 ft. wide with runners not less than 4 in. in width.

8. No person shall conduct or cause to be conducted any heavy traffic over or upon any roads or road within the county during the months of May, June, July, August, and September in any year.

9. No person shall drive over, across, or along any public road within the county after sunset or before sunrise any vehicle, unless such vehicle shall have at least one light fixed and properly burning on the off or right-hand side of such vehicle and on the right-hand side of the driver thereof, and any person who shall so drive any such vehicle without such light burning in breach of this by-law shall be liable, on conviction, to forfeit and pay such sum not exceeding £2 as the convicting Justices shall think fit.

10. No person shall leave or allow to remain upon any road within the county any logs or timber, stone, or other obstruction so that such logs, timber, or stone shall be a source of danger to the public, or shall delay, impede, or obstruct the passage of any person, horse, or vehicle over such road.

11. Any person committing a breach of any of the foregoing provisions where no other penalty is hereinbefore provided shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

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WHARVES AND BRIDGES.

12. No person shall attach any log or logs, timber, or raft to any wharf or bridge under the control or management of the said Council, or allow the same to remain unattached against such a wharf or bridge, unless with the express consent in writing of the said Council for that purpose first had and obtained.

13. Any person who shall by any act or omission commit a breach of this by-law shall be liable, upon conviction, to forfeit and pay such sum not exceeding £5 as the convicting Justices shall think fit.

The common seal of the body corporate of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Otamatea was affixed to the foregoing by-laws, this 13th day of April, 1908, in the presence of—

W. HEATHCOTE JACKMAN,
Chairman.

J. COATES,
W. O. THOMPSON,
Councillors.

H. C. HEMPHILL,
County Clerk.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.

BY-LAWS.

In pursuance of the powers vested in it by “The Counties Act, 1886,” “The Counties Vehicle Licensing Act, 1893,” and “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and the amendments thereof, and every other power enabling it, however conferred, the County Council of the Otamatea County doth hereby by a special order made by a resolution of the Council passed at a special meeting thereof convened for that purpose on the 9th day of March, 1908, publicly notified in the Auckland Weekly News on the 19th and 26th March, and the 2nd and 9th April, 1908, and confirmed on the 13th day of April, 1908, and sealed with the seal of the body corporate called “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Otamatea County,” make the following by-laws for the said county, to come into force on the first day of November, 1908:—

BY-LAWS TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF VEHICLES PLYING FOR HIRE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

By-laws No. 2.

1. No vehicle shall ply for hire for the carriage of passengers or goods, nor be let out for hire, within the county unless the same shall be duly licensed by the said Council so to ply or be let out.

2. Any person being the owner or one of the owners of any vehicle, and being desirous of obtaining a license so to ply for hire or to let out such vehicle, shall make application therefor to the Council in writing. Every such application shall state the name of such person and of every owner of such vehicle, the nature of such vehicle, its carrying-capacity for passengers or goods, as the case may be, and whether such license is required for the carriage of passengers or of goods.

3. The said Council may thereupon grant to such person a license in the form in the Schedule hereto, such license to continue in force until the 31st day of December next after the date upon which it might have been granted. Every such license shall specify the name of every owner of the vehicle in respect of which it is issued, the number of the license, the number of passengers, or the quantity or weight of goods which may be carried in such vehicle, and shall sufficiently describe the vehicle in respect of which it is issued, and shall state clearly whether such vehicle is licensed to ply for the carriage of passengers or goods.

4. There shall be paid to the said Council for the licensing of vehicles the following sums, that is to say:—

Per Annum.
For every 'bus, coach, or stage carriage plying £ s. d.
for hire between any points in the Otamatea
County with two or more horses .. .. .. 3 0 0
For every motor-car plying for hire or otherwise
within the said county .. .. .. 5 0 0
For every dray, wagon, or trolley drawn by more
than two horses .. .. .. 3 0 0
For every dray, wagon, or trolley drawn by two
horses .. .. .. 2 10 0
For every wagon or trolley drawn by a single
horse .. .. .. 1 0 0
For any other vehicle not provided for in the
above scale .. .. .. 1 0 0

Provided that the fee for any license granted as aforesaid between the 1st day of April and the 30th day of June in any year shall be three-quarters the annual license fee, for every license granted between the 1st day of July and the 30th day of September in any year shall be one-half the annual