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Then the Minimum Width of Tires shall be

If the Number For Vehicles For Lorries. For Coaches Pleasure-
of Animals used without and carts for
to draw a Springs. Expresses. Conveyance
Vehicle having of Persons
Four Wheels be only.

1 .. . . 4 inches 24 inches 24 inches 14 inches.
2 .. . . 4 " 3 " 24 " 14 "
3 .. . . 5 " 34 " 3 " 2 " ,
4 .. . . 5 " 4 " 3 " 2 "
5 .. . . 6 " 4 " 3 " 2 "
6 .. . . 6 " 4 " 3 " 2 "

2. The width of tires of every jinker used upon the said
   road shall bear the following proportions to the number of
   animals employed to draw the same, viz.:—

The Minimum Width of Tires on any such Jinker
shall be

If the Number of On the Fore On the Hind
Animals used Pair of Wheels. Pair of Wheels.
in a Jinker be If Two Wheels.

1 or 2 6 inches 4 inches 5 inches.
3 or more .. 6 " 5 " 6 "

3. The owner of any motor-lorry carrying passengers or
   engaged in heavy traffic (whether plying for hire or not)
   on the said road shall pay to the Minister a yearly license
   fee of £150 in respect of each such vehicle which itself or
   together with passengers or any thing or things capable of
   being transported thereon weighs not less than one and
   a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels, and shall
   pay an additional £25 yearly for each complete half ton
   avoirdupois over one and a half tons avoirdupois to each
   pair of wheels by way of compensation for any damage
   likely to occur to such road. Such license fee shall be
   payable in advance to the Public Works Engineer on behalf
   of the Minister, provided that if the said owner so desires
   he may pay the license fee in twelve equal monthly payments
   in advance.

The driver of every such motor-lorry using the said road
shall carry a certificate from the Public Works Engineer
as evidence of such license fee having been duly paid, and
such certificate shall be produced upon demand made by
any overseer, surfaceman, or other person authorized by
the Public Works Engineer.

4. Every vehicle, both public and private, other than
   bicycles, on the said road between one half-hour after sunset
   and one hour before sunrise shall have at least two efficient
   lights affixed conspicuously one on each side of the front
   thereof, and shall also have an efficient light so fixed at
   the rear of such vehicle as to throw a bright red light to
   the rear of such vehicle; and all bicycles shall carry one
   efficient light. Every bicycle with side-car attached shall
   carry two lights, one on the bicycle and one on the side-car.
   Every bicycle, whether with or without a side-car attached,
   shall carry some contrivance for either showing a red light
   in the opposite direction to that in which such bicycle is
   proceeding or reflecting the light from an overtaking vehicle.

5. The word “jinker” in these by-laws shall have the
   following meaning: Any vehicle or vehicles used for the
   purpose of carrying timber, machinery, or other material
   by being suspended from and under the axle or axles of such
   vehicle or vehicles.

6. The term “on springs” in these by-laws shall mean
   any vehicle the body of which is supported on or by springs
   affixed to the axle or axles connecting the wheels of such
   vehicle.

7. No motor-lorry, machine, or other vehicle or load
   thereon shall exceed 7ft. in width over all.

8. The driving-wheels of every traction-engine shall be
   cylindrical and smooth, solid, or shod with diagonal cross-
   bars not less than 3 in. in width nor more than 4 in. in thick-
   ness extending the full width of the tire, and the space in-
   tervening between each pair of such cross-bars shall not
   exceed 3 in. The width of the tire of each driving-wheel
   shall not be less than 12 in. and of the front wheel 7 in. No
   spikes shall be inserted in or attached to the tires of wheels
   of traction-engines used upon the said road in such manner
   as to cut up or otherwise destroy the surface of such road.

9. No traction-engine shall be allowed to travel or remain
   upon the said road between sunset and sunrise, except in
   the case of a breakdown of machinery or other unavoidable
   accident; but such traction-engine shall be repaired and
   removed off the road without unreasonable delay.

[No. 64

10. A traction-engine shall not be permitted to stand
    motionless upon the said road for a greater length of time
    than twenty minutes, except for the purpose of facilitating
    the passage of horses or vehicles drawn by horses, or in the
    case of a breakdown of machinery or other unavoidable
    accident. Any traction-engine which has broken down and
    cannot be removed off the road must be properly screened
    so as not to frighten horses, and must be lighted at night.
    A motor-lorry which has broken down shall be lighted at
    night if left on any part of the said road.

11. A traction-engine shall not be drawn or propelled
    along the said road at a greater speed that eight miles an
    hour, or on a bridge thereon at a greater speed than two
    miles an hour, except where such speeds are varied by notices
    erected under the authority of the Public Works Engineer
    on any portion of the said road or any bridge thereon.

12. A motor-lorry shall not be driven or propelled on the
    said road at a greater speed than twelve miles per hour, or
    on a bridge thereon at a greater speed than four miles per
    hour, except where such speeds are varied by notices erected
    under the authority of the Public Works Engineer on any
    portion of the said road or any bridge thereon.

13. No person shall while crossing any bridge on horseback
    cause such horse to go out of a walk; and no person when
    driving any wagon, cart, coach, carriage, or other vehicle of
    any description, whether loaded or unloaded, across any
    bridge shall cause the horse or horses drawing such wagon,
    cart, coach, carriage, or other vehicle as aforesaid to go out
    of a walk.

14. The driver or person in charge of a traction-engine or
    motor-lorry shall give as much space as possible for the
    passage of ordinary traffic.

15. The driver or person in charge of any traction-engine
    shall not propel or cause the same to be propelled along or
    over the said road or any bridge thereon unless the engine
    shall be accompanied by two men at least, part of whose duty
    it shall be to keep careful lookout both in front of and behind
    the engine for horses and vehicles which may be approaching
    to warn the riders and drivers of such horses and vehicles
    of the proximity of the engine, and to assist them in passing
    the engine in safety.

16. The driver or person in charge of any traction-engine
    or motor-lorry shall upon being signalled by any person
    driving stock or by the rider or driver of any horse or horses
    immediately stop such engine or motor-lorry so as to allow
    such traffic to pass in safety.

17. The whistle of a traction-engine shall not be sounded
    nor shall the cylinder-taps be opened within sight of any
    person riding, driving, leading, or in charge of a horse or
    horses upon the road; nor at such time shall steam be allowed
    to attain a pressure which would cause the safety-valve to
    blow off steam.

18. No ashes or refuse from a traction-engine shall be
    stacked on the said road or on or near any bridge or culvert
    thereon.

19. No traction-engine or vehicle attached thereto, or
    motor-lorry, shall pass or attempt to pass any vehicle, horse,
    cattle, or other stock on any dangerous part of the said
    road; and no traction-engine or vehicle attached thereto,
    or motor-lorry, shall be propelled or drawn along or upon
    any bridge at any time while any stock or any person with
    a horse or vehicle is on the bridge; nor shall any traction-
    engine or vehicle attached thereto, or motor-lorry, be per-
    mitted to stop on any bridge or culvert for any purpose
    whatever, except in the case of a breakdown of machinery
    or other unavoidable accident. Any such traction-engine
    or motor-lorry shall be repaired and removed from such
    bridge or culvert without unreasonable delay.

20. The driver or person in charge of any traction-engine
    or any wagon or other vehicle other than a motor-lorry
    engaged in heavy traffic shall give immediate notice to the
    Public Works Engineer, or overseer or surfaceman in charge
    of the said road, of any damage done to the said road or
    bridges, culverts, or fencing thereon by such vehicles. Any
    damage done or injury caused to the said road, or any bridge
    or culvert thereon, by any engine, wagon, carriage, or vehicle
    attached thereto or connected therewith as aforesaid shall
    forthwith thereafter be repaired and made good by or at the
    expense of the owner of any such engine or other vehicle.

21. Nothing herein contained shall be held to relieve
    owners or employers of traction-engines or motor-lorries
    engaged in heavy traffic from liability in respect of injury
    done or damage sustained by the traction of weight in excess
    of that prescribed by clause 26 hereof over or along the said
    road or any bridge thereon.

22. Any person authorized by the Minister of Public
    Works, or any officer or constable of police, may stop and
    detain any vehicle, traction-engine, motor-lorry, or machine
    which in his opinion infringes this by-law, until the width
    of tires or the weight of such vehicle, traction-engine, motor-
    lorry, or machine, and the load thereon, or the weight or
    measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained.