BYE-LAWS OF THE INCORPORATED TOWN OF CROMWELL.

WHEREAS an Ordinance was passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in the 28th year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Session 20, No. 191, intituled "An Ordinance to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, and to enable towns and places within the said Province to be incorporated under the provisions of the same:" And whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of the Colony of New Zealand, No. 55, 1865, intituled "The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865," it is, among other things, enacted that all Corporations incorporated under the said Ordinance should be empowered to make Bye-laws and Regulations for the purposes in the said Act specified: And whereas the inhabitants of the Town of Cromwell have been duly incorporated with the provisions of the said first-mentioned Ordinance: And whereas it is expedient to make provision by Bye-law for Regulating and Licensing Vehicles plying for hire within the limits of the Incorporated Town of Cromwell: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the Incorporated Town of Cromwell, by virtue of the authority in them vested in that behalf, that from and after the day on which this Bye-law shall come into operation, the following regulations shall be in force within the Incorporated Town of Cromwell:—

Bye-Law No. I.

Vehicles to be Licensed.

1. That no vehicle of any description whatever, excepting stage-coaches running long distances, shall carry passengers for hire within the municipal boundary, unless the same be duly licensed, and the vehicle, harness, and horses used in drawing the same be, in the opinion of the Council or their Inspector, in a fit condition for public use, with the number of the license and the number of passengers that the same is allowed to carry, conspicuously and legibly painted thereon, and the driver a sober and competent man.

Number of Passengers.

2. That the number of passengers to be conveyed in each vehicle at any one time shall be determined by the said Council upon the report of their Inspector, and no greater number of passengers than the number so determined on shall at any one time be carried in such carriage on any pretence whatever, but children in arms shall not be counted as passengers.

Names to be Registered.

3. That the owner or owners of all public vehicles carrying passengers for hire, shall register their names and addresses at the Municipal office, and shall submit the vehicle required to be licensed to the inspection of the Council or their Inspector, and shall pay to the Town Clerk, in aid of the Municipal fund, for the license of each several vehicle, a sum to be calculated after the rate of five shillings per annum for each passenger that the vehicle is allowed to carry at any one time, and shall thereupon receive a license in the annexed form; the said license, however, may be taken out or renewed quarterly, on the first day of June, September, December, and March; a proportionate sum to the amount aforesaid being paid.

Public Carters to be Licensed.

4. Be it further ordered and directed, that every owner of every cart or dray used for hire within the said Municipal district, shall register his name and place of abode in the Municipal office, and pay to the Town Clerk, in aid of the Municipal funds, a sum after the rate of one pound per annum, and shall thereupon receive a license, on which shall be written or printed his name and place of abode, the number of his license and the public places which, from time to time, the Council may appoint as stands for public carters; such license to be issued or renewed quarterly on the first day of June, September, December, and March, for all or any part of the ensuing three months, and such owner shall have the number of his license, with his name legibly painted and conspicuously affixed to the right or off side of the cart or dray: Provided always that in case the owners shall have more than one cart or dray plying for hire, he shall take out a license for each and every such cart or dray in the same manner as though they belonged to different owners.

Furious Driving and Violent Conduct.

5. No owner or driver shall, while having the care of, or being attendant upon, any licensed or private vehicle, drive the same furiously, wantonly, or carelessly, or be drunk, or use any obscene or any blasphemous language, or any threatening, abusive, or insulting words or gestures.

Penalties.

6. Any person committing any act against the provisions of this Bye-law, or refusing or neglecting to comply with any directions or regulations contained herein, for each such act, neglect or refusal, shall, on conviction before two or more Justices of the Peace, pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.

FORM OF LICENSE FOR VEHICLES.

Public Vehicle License.

No. ___

Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of Bye-law No. 1 of the Council of the said Municipality, for a License to carry passengers for hire in a vehicle thus described:—Build color and has paid the sum of for said License, as directed by said Bye-law: Now, therefore, I, the Town Clerk of the said Municipality, in the name and on

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LAND SALE

N application having been received to purchase Section 2, Block I, Clyde: Notice is hereby given that it will be sold under the 27th clause of the "Otago Waste Lands Act 1866" to the present applicant, at the price of £12 10s., unless applications shall be received for the same before the 1st day of October, 1870, from other persons desirous of purchasing the said section.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board.
5s6d.