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and may at any time revoke any such exemption without notice to such person, and without assigning any reason for such revocation.

The foregoing regulations of the Greymouth Trotting Club were made and passed by such club on the 21st day of November, 1922, and signed by the Chairman and Secretary.

H. W. KITCHINGHAM, Chairman.
P. C. HEAPHY, Secretary.

The foregoing regulations of the Greymouth Trotting Club are hereby approved this 30th day of November, 1922.

1150 JELLICOE, Governor-General.

THE SELWYN COUNTY.

HEAVY AND MOTOR-LORRY TRAFFIC BY-LAW, 1922.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in it by the Counties Act, 1920, and amendments, and all and every other power in that behalf, the Selwyn County Council hereby makes, by special order, this by-law.

Short Title.

The short title of this by-law shall be “The Selwyn County Heavy and Motor-lorry Traffic By-law, 1922,” and shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1923.

Interpretation.

1. In this by-law, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Traction-engine” shall mean and include any vehicle shod with metal tires mechanically propelled, and constructed for carrying or haulage purposes, but shall not include a motor-lorry as hereunder defined, or any vehicle governed by the Council Motor Traffic By-law, or any engine used on a tramway or railway:
   “Motor-lorry” shall mean and include any vehicle mechanically propelled, and constructed for the carriage of goods or merchandise upon the same chassis as the propelling machinery:
   “Engine” shall include both “motor-lorry” and “traction-engine” except where otherwise stated:
   “Wagon” or “truck” includes any vehicle drawn by an engine, and constructed for the carriage of goods or merchandise; “goods and merchandise” shall include but shall not be limited to the articles set out in clause 14 hereof:
   “Width,” in relation to the tire of a wheel, means the distance measured horizontally and in a straight line across the circumference of the wheel and between the two points in the outer surface of the tire which are farthest apart:
   “Road” shall include any road in the County of Selwyn under the control of the Selwyn County Council, and shall have the meaning given to it by section 101 of the Public Works Act, 1908:
   “County,” “Council,” and “County Clerk” mean respectively the County of Selwyn, the Selwyn County Council, and the Clerk of the Selwyn County:
   “Owner,” as applied to any engine, shall include any person having the possession or use for the time being of any engine:
   “Person” includes a corporation.

License.

No engine to be used unless licensed.

2. No person shall use, or cause to be used, any engine which itself or together with anything being transported thereon or thereby weighs more than one ton avoirdu pois to each pair of wheels, on a road within the county, unless such engine shall be first duly licensed in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

Method of obtaining or renewing license.

3. Any person owning or using an engine who shall desire to obtain (or renew) a license to use the same on roads within the county shall deliver at the Council office an application in writing signed by him, pursuant to the form No. 1 or 2 (as may be applicable to the case) contained in the Schedule to this by-law, describing such engine and giving such other particulars as are required by the said forms respectively; and for every such license granted by the county there shall be paid a fee of one pound per annum in respect of a traction-engine and two pounds per annum in respect of a motor-lorry; provided always that in respect of any license issued after the thirty-first day of July in any year there shall be payable the reduced license fee as follows—viz., in respect of a traction-engine the sum of ten shillings, and in respect of a motor-lorry the sum of one pound; provided that the Council may refuse to issue such license until it satisfies itself of the truth of matters contained in any such application.

4. Licenses to persons owning or using engines may be in the form contained in the form No. 3 or 4 (as the case may be) in the said Schedule, and shall continue in force from the first day of January or such later date of issue until the thirty first day of December then next ensuing and no longer; and in every such license shall be specified the number and duration of the license, the name and place of abode of the owner and/or user of the engine in respect of which the license is granted, the description and weight of the engine when unloaded.

Name of owner and number to be painted on off side of engine.

5. No person shall use or drive on a road within the county an engine unless such engine have painted in some conspicuous place on the off side thereof, in white letters and figures on a black ground (such letters and figures to be not less than two inches in length), the name of the owner and the number of the engine and of the license.

Wagons and trucks to be licensed.

6. No person shall use or cause to be used in the transportation of goods or merchandise within the county any wagon or truck, loaded or unloaded, attached to an engine unless such truck shall first be duly licensed as hereunder mentioned.

Method of obtaining license for wagon or truck.

7. Any person desiring to obtain or renew a license to use any wagon or truck to be attached to an engine or intended to be used in the transportation of goods, merchandise, or articles upon any road within the county shall deliver at the Council office an application in writing by him, pursuant to the form No. 5 in the Schedule to this by-law, describing such wagon or truck in respect to which it is desired to obtain a license, and stating whether or not the tires are metal or rubber, and if rubber whether solid or pneumatic, the width of such tires of both front and rear wheels, and also whether the axle of the wheels shall be of equal or unequal length so that the hind or rear wheels shall or shall not follow in the same track as the front wheels.

License fee if wheels “track” 10s., if do not “track” no license fee.

8. For every such license granted in respect of such wagon or truck the axles of whose wheels shall be of equal length so that the hind or rear wheels follow in the same track as the front wheels a license fee of one pound sterling per year or portion of a year, as the case may be, shall be paid; provided always that after the first day of July the license fee payable in respect of such wagon or truck shall be ten shillings only. For every such license granted in respect of each wagon or truck the axles of whose wheels shall be of unequal length so that the hind or rear wheels shall in no case follow in the same track as the front wheels no license fee shall be charged.

Form of license for truck or wagon.

9. Licenses for wagons or trucks as aforesaid may be in the form No. 6 in the Schedule to this by-law, and which license shall continue in force from the first day of January or from such later date of issue of the same until the thirty-first day of December then next ensuing and no longer. In every such license shall be specified the number and duration of the license, the name and place of abode of the owner and/or user of the wagon or truck in respect of which the license is granted, the description and width of tires, and also stating whether or not the axles of the rear and front wheels are of equal or unequal length, and whether the rear wheels thereof follow in the same track as the front wheels —in other words, whether the rear and front wheels “track.”

Name of owner, &c., to be painted on off side of wagon or truck.

10. No person shall use on a road within the county a wagon or truck unless such truck shall have painted in some conspicuous place on the off side thereon, in white letters and figures on a black ground (such letters and figures to be not less than two inches in length), the name of the owner and the number of the wagon or truck and of the license.

Power of Council to cancel licenses issued in respect of engine, wagon, &c.

11. The Council may cancel any license issued in respect of any engine, wagon, or truck, and refuse to grant any new license in respect of the same to any person who fails or refuses to comply with this by-law.

No person shall drive a traction-engine upon any road within the county unless he is licensed for that purpose under this by-law, and no person shall employ any person who is not so licensed to drive such traction-engine.

Any person desiring to obtain a license to drive a traction-engine upon any road within the county shall produce to the County Clerk such evidence as the County Clerk may require that he is the holder of a traction-engine driver’s certificate granted under the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908, and its amendments, and shall make application in the form No. 7 in the Schedule hereto.

The fee payable on the issue of every license to drive a traction-engine upon any of the roads of the county shall be the sum of five shillings.