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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

Persons wearing dirty or offensive apparel, or who are offensive to other passengers, &c., not entitled to enter any car or waiting-room, and may be prevented from so doing, and shall upon request leave car or waiting-room.

51. No person whose dress, clothing, or luggage may in the opinion of the conductor soil or injure the seats, cushions, or lining of any car or waiting-room, or the dress or clothing of any passenger or occupant of a waiting-room, and no person who in the opinion of the conductor may for any other reason be offensive to other passengers or to occupants of a waiting-room, shall be entitled to enter or remain in or upon any car or waiting-room, and any such person may be prevented from entering in or upon any car or waiting-room, and shall not enter any car or waiting-room after having been requested by the conductor not to do so, and if found in or upon any car or waiting-room shall, on request of the conductor and on having his fare (if previously paid) returned, leave the car or waiting-room.

Persons suffering from contagious disease not to travel on any car. Persons in charge of persons suffering from such disorder not to permit patient to travel on any car.

52. No person who has or may be reasonably supposed to have any contagious or infectious disease shall be in or upon any premises of the Board, or shall travel or attempt to travel on any car without the special permission of the Board. No person who has charge of any person suffering from such disorder shall assist or permit such sick person to enter upon any premises of the Board or to travel or attempt to travel on any car.

No one to obstruct officers or servants of Board.

53. No passenger or other person shall obstruct or impede any conductor or inspector or other officer or servant of the Board in the execution of his duty upon or in connection with any car or property or appliances of the Board.

No one to insult or threaten Board’s servants.

54. No person shall use any insulting, offensive, or threatening words to any conductor, motorman, or inspector of any car, or any other officer or servant of the Board during the time such conductor, motorman, inspector, officer, or servant is performing his duties.

Passengers not to be prevented from entering or leaving car except in special cases.

55. No person other than an officer or servant of the Board shall prevent a passenger from getting into or out of any car, or obstruct a passenger in such ingress or egress, unless such car shall be in motion: Provided always that nothing herein contained shall prevent a parent or guardian in charge of any child under the age of fourteen years from preventing such child from getting in or out of any car.

No gratuity to be offered to Board’s employees.

56. No person shall give or offer any gratuity whatsoever to any conductor or other employee of the Board.

Restrictions as to passing over estuary embankment and other premises with notification of “No Thoroughfare” thereon.

57. No person otherwise than as a passenger travelling by a car shall enter, pass, or repass upon, through, over, or across the estuary embankment, or any bridge, viaduct, or other premises vested in, belonging to, occupied by, or under the control of the Board, and upon which a notification of “No Thoroughfare” or other similar notice shall have been posted by or by the direction of the Board.

As to overhanging trees, &c.

58. The Board may require the owner or occupier of any land abutting on any feeder line or any line of tramway within the district to remove, lower, or trim to the satisfaction of the Board any tree or shrub overhanging any such line or any tramway, or any of the cables, poles, bracket, or any appliances or appurtenances of any tramway where in the opinion of the Board such removal, lowering, or trimming is necessary in order to prevent injury to or interference with the traffic or any part of the equipment of the tramway. Every owner or occupier of any such land shall, without delay, effectually comply with any requirement of the Board made in pursuance hereof.

Traction-engines and heavily loaded vehicles not to be driven or drawn over tramway-track.

59. No driver or other person in charge of a traction-engine or heavily loaded vehicle shall drive, propel, or draw the same or any truck or thing coupled thereto along the rails or either of the rails of any tramway, or along the roadway between the tramway-rails and 18 in. on either side thereof, unless and only whilst compelled thereto by the exigencies of the general traffic of the street or road over and along which such tramway may run.

Only intending passengers to make use of waiting-rooms.

60. No person other than an intending passenger about to travel by any car shall make use of any waiting-room.

Passengers and persons in or about Board’s premises to give name and address on demand.

61. Every person being in, upon, or about any car, waiting-room, or premises whatsoever of or under the control of the Board shall, on being requested by any conductor, officer, or servant of the Board so to do, inform such conductor, officer, or servant of his name, occupation, and address.

No one to be on Board’s premises except on business with the Board.

62. No person shall, except on business connected with the Board, enter and be in or about the Board’s power-house, car-sheds, depots, offices, or other premises.

No one to aid or assist in breach of by-laws.

63. No person shall aid, assist, or abet any person to commit a breach of any of the provisions of the foregoing by-law.

Certain offenders may be removed from car or premises where breach of by-law took place.

64. In addition to the penalty hereinafter provided, all persons committing a breach of any of the following clauses of the following by-law—that is to say, clauses 24, 25, 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 60, and 62—and all persons aiding, assisting, or abetting in such breaches, may by or under the direction of the conductor or other officer of the Board be removed from the car, waiting-room, or other premises or place where such breach shall have been committed.

Penalty for breach of by-law.

65. Every person guilty of a breach of any provision of the foregoing by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5: for every such breach or where the breach is a continuing one then to a penalty not exceeding 10s. for every day during which such offence continues.

Left luggage and goods are left at owner’s absolute risk, and are subject to a charge of not exceeding 2d. per day.

66. All parcels, goods, and luggage of whatsoever description left by any person in or about any car, waiting-room, parcels or luggage office, store, or other premises of or under the control of the Board shall be left at the owners’ absolute risk in all respects, and shall be subject to a payment to the Board of a charge of not more than 2d. per day for each such package or parcel; but the Board shall not be responsible for the safe custody or protection of any parcels, goods, or luggage so left as aforesaid, nor be under any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage to or destruction of any such parcel, package, goods, or luggage, whatever may be the cause of such loss, damage, or destruction.

Left luggage and goods not claimed within twelve months become the absolute property of the Board.

67. All parcels, packages, goods, and luggage of whatsoever description left by any person in or about any car, waiting-room, parcels or luggage office, store, or other premises of or under the control of the Board, and not claimed and taken away within twelve months from the date of the same being left as aforesaid, and in respect of which all storage and other charges (if any) shall not have been paid, may be dealt with by the Board in what manner it may think fit, and without liability to account therefor just as fully as though the said parcels, packages, goods, and luggage were the absolute property of the Board.

The resolution making this by-law was passed by special order by the Christchurch Tramway Board at a special meeting of the Board held on the 1st day of March, 1909, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting held on the 5th day of April, 1909.

Pursuant to a resolution of the Christchurch Tramway Board held on the 5th day of April, 1909, the seal of the said Board was hereto affixed in the presence of—

HERBERT PEARCE,
Chairman.

A. W. BEAVEN,
Member.

GEO. T. BOOTH,
Member.

FRANK THOMPSON,
Secretary.

(L.S.)

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