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eastern boundary of Allotment No. 12 on the aforesaid plan to Casey’s Avenue; thence along a right line across Casey’s Avenue to the south-western corner of Allotment No. 20 on plan No. 4721 aforesaid; thence along the south-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned allotment and Allotment No. 12 on plan No. 3014, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, to Heaphy Road; thence across Heaphy Road and along the south-eastern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 24 and 33 on plan No. 3014 aforesaid, and the south-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned allotment produced to the middle of Peach Grove Road; thence along the middle of Peach Grove Road to the northern boundary of the Borough of Hamilton as described in the Schedule to the Borough of Hamilton Boundaries Act, 1882; thence along the northern boundary of the said borough to the right bank of the Waikato River; and thence along the right bank of that river to the northern side of Boundary Road, the place of commencement.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Avondale Road Board, County of Eden, making By-laws.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th December, 1911.

THE following special order, made by the Avondale Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

AVONDALE ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT this meeting confirms as a special order the resolution passed at a special meeting of the Board held on the 6th day of September, 1911, adopting certain by-laws, the object and purport of which is to regulate vehicular traffic upon all roads within the Avondale Road District; to prevent obstructions and nuisances upon the said roads; to provide for the lighting of vehicles between sunset and sunrise; to provide for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire, and for the licensing of billiard-rooms; to regulate the erection of buildings within the said road district; to prohibit the erection of buildings not having a frontage to a public or private road or street; to prevent the overcrowding of land with buildings; to prescribe a minimum area and frontage for dwellinghouses; to make provision for drainage; to conserve the public health, safety, and convenience; to prevent and abate nuisances and regulating sanitation.

BY-LAWS REFERRED TO IN ABOVE SPECIAL ORDER.

AVONDALE ROAD BOARD.—BY-LAWS No. 3.

BY-LAWS of the inhabitants of the Avondale Road District, made by special order of the Avondale Road Board passed at a special meeting of the said Road Board held on the 6th day of September, 1911, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the said Road Board held on the 18th day of October, 1911.

Whereas the Avondale Road District is situate within the County of Eden, wherein the Counties Act, 1908, is suspended: Now, the Avondale Road Board hereby ordains as follows:—

INTRODUCTORY.

1. In these by-laws, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Board” shall mean the Avondale Road Board:
   “Clerk” shall mean the person for the time being acting as Clerk of the Avondale Road Board:
   “District” shall mean the Avondale Road District.

II. Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine, and vice versa; and words importing the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa. Words referring to a person shall also apply to a company or corporation.

PART I.

Offences on Roads.

1. Every person who does any of the acts mentioned in this clause upon any road within the Avondale Road District shall be guilty of an offence.

(a.) Drives or rides any vehicle along any street or road after sunset and before sunrise without proper and sufficient lights.

Proper and sufficient lights on a vehicle shall mean a clear white light so placed on the right or off side as to be plainly visible to any person meeting, and a bright red light so placed as to be plainly visible to any person overtaking, such vehicle.

(b.) Rides or drives any velocipede, bicycle, or similar carriage between sunset and sunrise without a light in a conspicuous place in the front thereof.

(c.) Drives any vehicle so that one or more wheels thereof shall be in any water-table or so as to damage any water-table.

(d.) Allows to remain upon any road any roller, reaping, threshing, or other machine, or leaves any vehicle with any horse or other animal harnessed thereto, unless one of the wheels is fastened to the vehicle by a chain in such manner as to prevent the revolution thereof.

(e.) Rides or drives any animal or vehicle of any kind round any angle or corner of any road at other than a walking-pace.

(f.) Being in charge of a vehicle drawn by a horse or other animal loiters with such vehicle, horse, or animal on any road thereby causing obstruction of or inconvenience to traffic.

2. Any person desiring to have a crossing made or drain laid leading from his property into any road shall make written application in that behalf to the Clerk of the Board, and shall, upon receipt of a notice from the Clerk stating the estimated cost of the construction of such crossing or drain, as the case may be, pay the amount of such estimated cost to the Clerk before the Board shall proceed with the work.

3. No person shall take, conduct, or drive any vehicle across any footpath except at some properly constructed crossing. Provided that this clause shall not apply to any vehicle taken, conducted, or driven across a footpath at other than some properly constructed crossing if such vehicle be led, conducted, or driven across or along timber laid down upon such footpath, and in or across the watercourse adjoining the same, in such manner that the said footpath and watercourse will not suffer any injury.

4. The penalty for a breach of this part of these by-laws shall be a fine of an amount in the discretion of the Court inflicting the same, but in no case exceeding £10.

PART II.

Licensed Omnibusses or other Vehicles plying for Hire.

1. No person shall ply for hire with any vehicle for the carriage of passengers unless such vehicle is licensed in the manner provided in these by-laws.

2. No person shall ply for hire with any vehicle for the carriage of goods unless such vehicle is licensed in the manner provided in these by-laws.

3. Every person applying for a license shall, prior to the issue thereof, pay to the Avondale Road Board therefor the fee hereinafter specified, viz.:

For each vehicle plying for hire for the carriage of passengers, having a carrying-capacity of over eight passengers, per year .. .. 1 0 0

For each vehicle plying for hire for the carriage of passengers, having a carrying-capacity of eight passengers or under, per year .. 0 10 0

For each vehicle plying for hire for the carriage of goods, per year .. .. .. 0 10 0

4. No application for a license authorizing any vehicle to ply for hire either for the carriage of passengers or of goods shall be granted until such vehicle shall have been inspected by some person appointed for that prupose by the Avondale Road Board, nor unless such vehicle is in a fit and proper condition for public use.

5. No driver of any vehicle plying for hire for the carriage of passengers shall permit, suffer, or allow a greater number of passengers to be carried in such vehicle than that in respect of which such vehicle shall have been licensed.

6. Every application for a license for a vehicle intended to ply for hire for the carriage of passengers or of goods shall be in the form A in the Schedule hereto, and every such license shall be in the form B in the Schedule hereto.

7. The amount payable for fees for the licensing of vehicles shall be apportionable in respect of the period during which the license shall remain in force.

Billiard-rooms.

8. No person shall use any building, part of a building, or enclosure for the purposes of a billiard or bagatelle room wherein, billiards or any similar games are played for payment, and to which the public have admission, until he shall have obtained from the Board a license so to do and shall have paid to the Clerk of the Board a fee of £2 sterling for such license; and every such license shall be in force for one year from the date thereof. The owner or occupier of any such building shall apply in writing to the Board for a