APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

8. In regard to the following articles, the weight of any load may be ascertained by measurement or computation according to the following scale:—

Gravel, broken stone, or sand, 1 cubic yard shall equal 1¼ tons.

400 superficial feet of 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 sacks of potatoes .. ,, 1 ton.

12 sacks of wheat .. ,, 1 ton.

14 sacks of oats .. ,, 1 ton.

1 cord of firewood .. ,, 1¼ tons.

1 cubic yard of coal .. ,, ¾ ton.

9. No person shall take, lead, or drive any horse, engine, machine, or vehicle over any bridge under the control of the Council of a greater span than 10 ft. at other than a walking-pace.

10. No person shall at any time engage, use, or employ for hire, either as owner or driver thereof, in any kind of traffic, on any of the roads under the care, control, or management of the Council any vehicle having a load weighing more than 5 cwt. for each wheel of such vehicle, unless the width of each tire of such vehicle shall be not less than 2½ in. where the load so being carried does not exceed 30 cwt. and not less than 3 in. where such load exceeds 30 cwt.; provided always that in no case during the months of May, June, July, August, or September in any year shall any person engage, use, or employ, as owner or driver thereof, any two-wheeled vehicles upon any of the roads hereinbefore mentioned in carrying a greater load than 1 ton, or any four-wheeled vehicle in carrying a greater load than 30 cwt.

11. It shall be lawful for every member of the Council or any one acting under the authority of the Council, or for any police officer or constable, to stop any vehicle when on any road, and to examine and measure the width of the tires of the wheels, and to measure and compute the weight of the load on such vehicle; and if the person in charge of such vehicle shall refuse to permit, or shall hinder or prevent, such measuring or examination he shall be guilty of an offence under this by-law.

12. No person shall cause or allow any timber or any other heavy material, not being wholly raised above the ground on wheels, to be dragged on a road.

13. No person shall damage any water-table or any road, or drive with a wheel in any such water-table, throw or leave any dead animal or any part thereof on any road or public place, nor throw or leave the same unburied on any private property within 66 ft. of any public place.

14. The Council may call upon any person engaged in hauling heavy traffic over any of the roads under the control of the Council to enter into a bond to the Council, to ensure to the benefit of the Council, with or without surety or sureties, conditioned for duly repairing and making good, to the satisfaction of the Council, any damage resulting from the hauling of such heavy traffic, and such bond shall be in a penalty to be fixed by the Council, not exceeding £200.

15. Any person committing a breach of or failing to comply with this by-law shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

Licensing Vehicles.

16. No person shall use for hire or shall ply for hire with any vehicle for the carriage of passengers or goods, nor let out the same for hire within the county, unless such vehicle shall be duly licensed to ply for hire or to be let out for hire in manner hereinafter provided.

17. Every person who, being the owner or one of the owners of any vehicle, shall desire to obtain a license for the same shall sign and deliver to the Clerk an application in writing stating the name and place of abode of such person, and of every owner of such vehicle, and describing the vehicle for which such license is required, stating the number and width of the tires of its wheels, its carrying-capacity for passengers or goods or both, as the case may be, and whether such license is required for the carriage of passengers or of goods or for both passengers and goods. Every such application shall be accompanied by an amount in money or post-office order equal to the sum payable to the County Fund for the license for which application is made.

18. Every such application shall be considered by the Clerk, and the Clerk may call and hear such evidence as he may think fit, and may cause an inspection of such vehicle to be made, and may in his discretion grant or refuse such application.

19. If any such application shall be refused, the amount accompanying the same shall on demand be returned to the applicant, but if such application be granted such amount shall be applied in payment of the sum payable to the County Fund for the license.

20. Every license granted under the provisions of this part of these by-laws shall be signed by the Clerk, and shall continue in force (unless suspended or revoked) until the 31st day of March then next following the issue of same. 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 (but so that no two licenses issued shall bear the same number), the number of passengers or the quantity or weight of goods, or both the number of passengers and the weight of goods, as the case may be, 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 of goods, or of both.

21. If upon the consideration of any application for a license under the provisions of this part of these by-laws the Clerk shall be of opinion that the carrying-capacity of the vehicle in respect of which such application is made is less than that stated therein, the applicant may then amend his application, and a license may be granted on such amended application, but failing such amendment the application shall be refused; provided, however, that the applicant may, if he feels aggrieved by the decision of the Clerk upon such matter, appeal to the Council at their next meeting against such decision.

(a.) The sums to be paid to the County Fund for licenses of vehicles under the provisions of this part of these by-laws shall be as follows:—

For every wagon or timber-jinker drawn by horses .. .. .. .. £ s. d.

5 0 0

For every dray .. .. .. .. 2 10 0

For every buggy, gig, or sulky let out for hire, and not used to ply for hire for carriage of passengers .. .. .. .. 1 0 0

For every vehicle plying for hire licensed to carry passengers not exceeding ten .. 2 10 0

For every vehicle licensed to carry more than ten passengers .. .. .. .. 5 0 0

For every bullock-wagon .. .. .. 2 10 0

For every traction-engine not used for chaff-cutting or for threshing .. .. .. 15 0 0

For every motor car or bus .. .. 5 0 0

For every traction-engine used for chaff-cutting or threshing .. .. .. .. 1 0 0

22. But every person being the owner of more than one vehicle of any one of the classes hereinbefore mentioned shall be required to pay for a second vehicle of the same class one-half the amount fixed as license fee for any vehicle in such class; for a third vehicle of the same class, one-fourth the amount fixed as license fee for any vehicle in such class; and for any further number of vehicles beyond three, for each vehicle over three, one-fourth of the license fee provided for such class.

23. The fee for any license granted as aforesaid between the 1st day of July and the 30th day of September in any year shall be three-fourths of the annual license fee. The fee for every license granted between the 1st day of October and the 30th day of December in any year shall be half the annual license fee, and the fee for every license granted between the 1st day of January and the 31st day of March in any year shall be one-quarter the annual license fee.

Drivers.

24. No person, whether owner or not of any vehicle plying for hire for carriage of passengers and licensed by the Council, shall act as driver of such vehicle until he has paid the prescribed fee, and obtained a license authorizing him to act as such driver. Such license shall be an annual license expiring on the 31st day of March in each year, and the fee chargeable therefor shall be 2s. 6d.

25. If upon consideration of any application for a license under the last preceding by-law the Clerk shall be of opinion that the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold such license, he (the Clerk) may refuse to grant same. And, further, if the Clerk is at any time during the currency of a license issued under the last preceding by-law of opinion that the holder of such a license is conducting himself in such a way as to render him an unfit and improper person to hold such a license, he may forthwith, by notice in writing served either personally or by letter post on the holder of such license, cancel same; provided, however, that the applicant may, if he feel aggrieved by the decision or action of the Clerk upon such matter, appeal against such decision or action to the Council at its next meeting, but pending the decision of the Council on any such appeal such appellant shall be deemed an unlicensed person for purposes of the said last preceding by-law.