3740
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

Awning.

34. No person shall erect any awning over any street or footway, or hang the same from any veranda or balcony thereon, unless the permission of the Board shall have been first obtained. All awnings for which permission shall be granted shall be used only between sunrise and sunset.

Stormwater.

35. Every owner or occupier of land fronting, adjoining, or near any road or street, if such land shall be so situated that surface or storm water from or upon the same overflows, or tends naturally, if not otherwise discharged, to overflow any footway of such road or street, shall, within seven days next after the service of notice by the Inspector of Nuisances requiring him so to do, construct and lay from such point upon such land being near to the footway, as shall be specified in such notice by plan appended, or otherwise, and higher in level than the bottom of the channel at the outer edge of the footway to the said channel, and through, under, and transversely to the footway, and keep in good condition, such pipe, covered drain, or appliance, subject to the inspection and approval of the Board.

36. All drains under footways, discharging into channels, shall be constructed in the following manner and subject to the following conditions:—
    (1.) All such drains shall be constructed with cast- or wrought-iron pipes not exceeding 3 in. in diameter, and shall be laid with a fall of not less than 3 in. in the whole width of the footway, the level at the discharge mouth being the level of the water-channel.
    (2.) No such drain shall be laid or used for any other purpose than for carrying off surface water, whether from roofs or yards.
    (3.) The work of opening up the footway and cutting the kerbstone for the reception of such drain-pipes, and the making good the said footway, and relaying the said kerbstone, shall be done by the Board at the expense of the person requiring such drain.
    (4.) The person desiring to have such drain constructed shall make written application in that behalf to the Clerk, and together with such application shall prepay the fee of 1s. for permit and the estimated cost of the work.

Dogs.

37. If any dog shall, on any road or street within the district, rush at, attack, or startle any person, or any horse, cattle, or other animal, whereby the life or limbs of any person shall be endangered, or any property be injured or endangered, the owner of such dog, or the person in charge of such dog, shall be guilty of an offence.

Heavy traffic.

38. The owner of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic upon any roads within the boundaries of the district, shall, before using such vehicle upon any such road, apply to and obtain from the Clerk a license, and shall pay to the Clerk the yearly license fee following—that is to say: For vehicles having tires of the width of 4½ in. or over, £5; for vehicles having tires under 4½ in. wide, £10:
    Provided, nevertheless, that the Board may, in its discretion, and on application of the owner or driver of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic, permit the owner or driver of such vehicle to use such vehicle upon or over all or any of the roads within the boundaries of such 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: For every load carried on any one day upon or over any such road, 1s. 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 3s.

39. Notwithstanding the requirements of the preceding by-laws, the owner of any vehicle, if required by the Board or any officer thereof, shall, before engaging in heavy traffic upon any road or roads within the district, give to the Board security approved by the Board that no special damage will accrue to any such road by reason of such heavy traffic thereon.

40. “Heavy traffic” shall mean the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which itself or together with any thing or things being transported thereon weighs more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels. “Owner” of any vehicle shall include a bailee or hirer entitled to the possession and use or profit thereof.

41. 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 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.

42. Applications for licenses or a permit under By-law 38 shall be made in writing to the Clerk of the Board. Such licenses or permits shall be under the hand of the Clerk. All licenses shall expire twelve calendar months from the date of the issue thereof.

43. The Clerk shall keep at the office of the Board a register of all licenses and permits. Such register shall be open to public inspection without fee.

44. 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 “T.W.R.B”; each of such figures and letters to be not less than 1 in. in length.

45. License under By-law 38 may be in or to the effect of the following form:—

TAMAKI WEST ROAD BOARD VEHICLE LICENSE.
Annual license fee, £ No. .
THIS is to certify that, pursuant to the provisions of By-law 38, regulating heavy traffic on roads, passed by the Tamaki West Road Board on the day of , 19 , the vehicle numbered (or to be numbered) , of which , is the owner, is hereby licensed to engage in heavy traffic on the roads under control of the said Board, until the day of , 19 .
………………
Clerk.

Bicycles.

46. No person shall ride or use any bicycle in any road, street, or private street unless such bicycle shall have attached to it a proper and sufficient bell for the purpose of giving warning to any other person if and when necessary.

47. Every person riding any bicycle upon or along any road, street, or private street, or if there be more than one rider upon one and the same bicycle, then the first or foremost of such riders shall, upon overtaking any foot passenger being on or proceeding along or across any part of any road, street, or private street (other than the footpath, if any, thereof), and within a reasonable distance from and before passing such foot passenger, by sounding a bell, give audible and sufficient warning of the approach of such bicycle.

48. Every person riding any bicycle along, or being upon a bicycle on any road, street, or private street during the period between sunset and sunrise, shall carry attached to the bicycle a lamp, which shall be so constructed and placed as to exhibit a light in the direction in which he is proceeding, and shall cause such lamp to be so lighted as to afford adequate means of signalling the approach and position of the bicycle. The person, and each of the persons, for the time being in charge of any bicycle that shall be standing or be left upon any part of any road, street, or private street within the period aforesaid, shall cause such bicycle to exhibit a light adequately showing its position.

49. No person shall ride a bicycle on or upon any footpath.

50. No person shall ride a bicycle on any road, street, or private street at a greater speed than at the rate of ten miles per hour, nor round or across any corner, angle, or intersection of any road, street, or streets at more than four miles per hour.

51. No person shall break in, train, clean, shoe, bleed, dress, or expose for show, hire, or sale, any horse or other animal in any road, street, or private street, or, by locking the wheels of any cart or other vehicle, or otherwise, test or try any animal in any such road, street, or private street.

52. Every person driving any vehicle through any road, street, or private street shall, except in crossing for the purpose of setting down or taking up goods or passengers, keep such vehicle as near as practicable to the left-hand or near side of the road or street.

Vehicle lights.

53. No person shall use, drive, or conduct any vehicle beyond a walking-pace in or along any road, street, or private street between sunset and sunrise, unless such vehicle shall have two proper and sufficient lights, one on each side thereof, kept well lighted for the whole time during which such vehicle shall be so driven; and no person shall between sunset and sunrise drive any vehicle at a walking-pace, or suffer any vehicle to stand in any road, street, or private street, unless such vehicle shall have one proper and sufficient light on one side thereof, kept well lighted for the whole time during which such vehicle shall be so driven or suffered to stand,