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Directed by the Council of the City of Dunedin, by virtue of the authority in them vested—That from and after the day on which this Bye-law shall come into force the following rules and regulations shall be in force:

1. Carter’s Name to be Registered.

Every carter or other person who shall be desirous to ply with, keep, or let for hire within the City of Dunedin, a waggon, drag, cart, or other vehicle, for the carrying of goods or merchandise, or for the purpose of hawking or selling water, shall, on being approved by the Mayor or any Councillor of the City of Dunedin, register his name and place of abode in the office of the Town Clerk of the said city, and shall thereupon receive a license, on which shall be written his name and place of abode, and the number of the license; and for such license he shall pay to the Town Clerk the sum of One Pound, and One Pound annually for its renewal in every succeeding twelve calendar months. And if any person shall ply with a waggon, drag, cart, or other vehicle for hire, or for the purpose of hawking or selling water within the said city, without being so licensed, he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

2. Council to appoint Stands where hay, &c., may be sold.

The Council of the said city shall from time to time appoint proper places within the said city to be used as stands on which the said licensed carters or other persons may ply with their waggons, carts, drays, or other vehicles for hire, and also appoint proper places where such licensed carters or other persons may expose hay, straw, coals, and firewood for sale, due notice of which shall be given in the Otago Provincial Government Gazette, and in one or more newspapers published in the said city; and every carter or other person who shall after such notice draw up or station his waggon, dray, cart, or other vehicle, at any other place than the place or places named in such notice, in order to ply for hire, or to sell or expose for sale any hay, straw, coals, or firewood, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds; and until otherwise provided, the following places shall be used as such stands, respectively, viz.:

For licensed carters to ply for hire—
Jetty-street.
Rattray-street, near Wharf.
Duke-street, near Water of Leith.
Stuart-street, near Jetty.

For exposing for sale hay, straw, coals, and firewood—
Market Reserve, Princes-street South.
Duke-street, near Water of Leith.
Stuart-street, south of Octagon.

3. Name of Licensee to be printed on vehicle.

The name of every licensed carter or other person, together with the number of his license, and the words “licensed waggon, dray, or cart,” or other vehicle (as the case may be), shall be legibly painted in letters of not less than one inch in length upon the right or off side of the waggon, dray, cart, or other vehicle which he shall ply for hire, or on which he shall carry water for sale; and if any licensed carter or other person shall fail in this regulation, or having complied therewith, shall neglect to keep his name, the number of his license, and the words “licensed waggon, dray, or cart,” as the case may be, at all times so legible and conspicuous, he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding ten pounds. And if any person, not being duly licensed as aforesaid, shall ply with or carry any water for sale on any waggon, dray, or cart, or other vehicle upon which there shall be painted the words “licensed waggon, dray, or cart,” or other vehicle (as the case may be), he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

4. Council to fix table of rates and distances.

It shall be lawful for the said Council in the months of January and July in every year, to regulate and fix by a table or tables, to be by them for such purposes made, the several or respective rates to be charged by any licensed carter or other person for the conveyance of goods, merchandise, or other articles, and to fix and regulate the distance to which such licensed carters or other persons respectively should be liable to go, and the said rates to vary and alter from time to time, and other rates to fix and establish in lieu thereof; and such rates, when so regulated and fixed or altered, shall be notified at least once in one or more newspapers published in the said city, and shall be deemed to be the rates which, from and after such notification, it shall be lawful to be taken and demanded by such licensed carter or other person as aforesaid: And any such licensed carter or other person as aforesaid who shall take or demand any higher rate than shall be so regulated and fixed, or who shall refuse or neglect, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, to carry a good and sufficient load, or to employ his horse, waggon, dray, or cart, when thereunto required (unless he be then actually hired by some other person), shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds; and until otherwise provided, the rates and fares specified in the Schedule hereto shall be the rates and fares which may be lawfully demanded by licensed carters and other persons, and such Schedule shall be deemed part of this Bye-law.

5. Council may deprive party of license.

It shall be lawful for the said Council to deprive of his license any carter or other person guilty of dishonest or improper conduct.

6. Licensee to be furnished with copy table of rates, &c.

Every licensed carter as aforesaid shall, on receiving and also on renewing his license, be furnished by the Town Clerk with a copy of the table of rates for the time being authorised to be charged, and shall carry the same about with him, and shall produce and show the same when required so to do by his employer; and if any such licensed carter shall fail to provide himself with a copy of such table, or shall neglect to carry it about with him, or refuse to produce and show the same when required so to do by his employer, he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds.

7. Water Carts to be Loaded with Water during the Night.

In order the better to guard against accidents by fire, the owners of licensed waggons, carts, drays, or other vehicles regularly engaged in the hawking or selling of water within the city, shall keep their said waggons, drays, carts, or other vehicles constantly loaded with water during the night, and any owner or driver of any licensed waggon, drag, cart, or other vehicle engaged in the hawking or selling of water, who shall fail, without reasonable cause, to observe this provision, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum of two pounds.

8. Drag or Buckling Chains must be provided and used by Carts, &c.

Every cart or other vehicle licensed under this by-law shall have a drag or buckling chain or drags or buckling chains thereto attached in such manner and of such description as shall be most suitable and convenient for passing such chain or chains through the near or left wheel of such cart or vehicle, and effectually preventing the rotation thereof, and every driver before going for any purpose whatsoever to a greater distance than two yards from the side of his cart or vehicle whilst using the same, shall pass such chain or chains through the near wheel of his said cart or vehicle, so as securely and effectually to prevent the rotation of such wheel.

9. Lamp or Lantern must be used at night.

The driver of every drag or vehicle who shall drive the same in, upon or along any street, road, thoroughfare, or place used as such within the limits of the city at any time, one half hour after sunset of any evening, and one half hour before sunrise of any morning, shall carry a lamp or lantern lighted and attached, or suspended from the off side of such vehicle in such manner as to be plainly visible to the driver of any vehicle pro-