BYE-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF PORT CHALMERS

By the Council of the town of Port Chalmers, 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. On the first day of the month of January now next, or within ten days thereafter; and on the first day in the month of January in every succeeding year, or within ten days thereafter, every carter or other person who shall be desirous to ply with, keep, or let for hire within the town of Port Chalmers, a waggon, dray, cart, or other vehicle, for the carrying of goods or merchandise, or for the purpose of selling or hawking water, shall on being approved by the Mayor or any Councillor of the town of Port Chalmers, register his name and place of abode in the office of the Town Clerk of the said town, 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 annually for its renewal in every succeeding twelve calendar months. And if any person shall ply with a waggon, dray, cart, or other vehicle for hire, or for the purpose of hawking or selling water within the said town without so licensed, he shall forfeit and pay for every such offense, a sum not less than Five pounds.

2. The Council of the said town shall, from time to time, appoint proper places within the said town 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 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 town. 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 offense a sum not less than One Pound.

3. 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 legible and conspicuous, he shall forfeit and pay for every such offense, a sum not less than One Pound. 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, on conviction, as aforesaid, forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not less than Five Pounds.

4. It shall be lawful for the said Council in the months of January and July now next, and in the respective months of January and July in every succeeding year, to regulate and fix by a table or tables to be by them for such purpose 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 shall be liable to go; and the said rates may 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 town, 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 on conviction forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not less than five shillings.

5. If any complaint shall be brought before any Justice of the Peace touching the distance within the said town for which any licensed carter or any other person may be entitled to charge, such distance shall be determined by such Justice, and any necessary expenses which the said Justice may think fit to incur for ascertaining the same shall be paid as costs by the party against whom a decision may be given.

6. It shall be lawful for the said Council to deprive of his license any carter or other person who, upon complaint made before any Justice of the Peace upon oath, shall be found guilty of dishonest or improper conduct, and notice of such deprivation shall be furnished to the Town Clerk.

7. Every licensed carter as aforesaid shall on receiving his license be furnished by the Town Clerk with a copy of the table of rates, when regulated and fixed by the said Council as hereinbefore provided, and shall carry the same about with him, and shall produce and show the same when required to do so 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 offense a sum not less than ten shillings.

8. 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 town 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, dray, cart, or other vehicle engaged in the hawking or selling of water failing without reasonable cause to observe this provision shall forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not less than two pounds.

Carters’ Fares

Table of rates and fares to be charged on and after the first day of January, 1871, by licensed carters, for the conveyance of goods and other articles within the town and the distance to which such licensed carters shall be liable to go, as fixed under bye-law No. 8 of the Council of the town of Port Chalmers

Fares by Distance

For any quantity of goods not exceeding 5 cwt., distance half a mile or under: 0 1 6
For any further distance by time
For any quantity over 5 cwt., and not ex-