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hereof, shall be forth with repaired and lade good to the satisfaction of the* ouncil or its engineer, by and at. the xpense of the owner of such traction ngme. Any person failing to observe nd perform the requirements of this •rovision shall be guilty of an offence gainst the By-law, and shall in addition 0 the penalty hereinafter imposed for t breach thereof, pay to the Council uch sum by way of compensation tor he damage caused as the Magistrate'or Instjoes adjudicating upon the information shall, on the hearing thereof, order So traction engine shall be taken over my road, bridge or culvert which the .<).uncil shall by notice duly posted on 1 conspicuous part of such road, bridge ?r culvert, declare to be unsafe for ordinary or heavy traffic, or use by traction sngines. J 50. No traction engine having a, waggon or waggons, carnage, or carna^. attached thereto, shall be taken on to~or ?hfi d a^? S, any brid SQ exceeding thirty-hve (3o) feet in length which a traction engine may now or hereafter be permitted to cross unless and except a distance of not less than forty (40) teet shall separate such engine from the foremost waggon or carriage and not less than a like distance separate every carnage or waggon drawn by such engine from the other when the weight of the load on any one such waggon or carriage together with the weight of such waggon or carnage shall exceed five (5) tons. 5L ~No ,tractiol * engine shall be taken the name of the owner of such engine SLH Pa"} ted ** Plain and legible wJ? ?°S less than tnree inch°* in height and of proportionable breadth upon some conspicuous part of the off u-ftt ?h SU + tracf on cn SiQe together engine trUe Weight of &nch 52. No waggon or carriage shall be drawn by or attached to any traction engine being upon or travelling on any road unless-the-«xact and true weight of any such waggon or carriage, shtll be painted thereon m plain legible letters upon a conspicuous part thereof. «vS" n N° tf^ 00 engine shall be taken over any bridge, culvert or over any metalled road having studs or rings or other elevations upon the face of the tyres of the wheelsv o f such engine of such a character that they shall have the ?I fV ft n f Ulg lf°> gri PPinS> or break! ing the surface of any such bridge, culvert, or metalled road. l,irh Not ring ht l>ein con^ined shall be held to relieve the owner, employer or driver of any engine or vehiclefJm 'any liability-in respect of injury done to or damage sustained by any r Oad , bridal or culvert which arises from a breach of any provision of this By-law or from the transportation of excessive weighS or extraordinary traffic over any fuch bridge, road, or culvert. PART V. MOTORS. 55. No person shall drive or pronel or cause or permit to be driven or proS led ! any motor along any road o/pgg, S ay particular part or parts of such road oi piace where a sign post or si<m nosts indicating the speed°of motorss*ne?3£ : after mentioned, may be set up by the ; authority of the Council at a greater speed than that denoted upon suchsfgn post or sign posts as aforesaid as £ dSiti speed i at vvhi ch motors shall b ° dnven on such road or place or any sfh Par* or parts thereof the Councfl being satisfied that if motors be driv4 ax a high rate of speed upon certain roads and places within the said Co\mjtes, the same would be attended with' nsk of danger to the public. 56. No person shall drive or attemnt [r^eS: 1"01 and direct ite", I 57. No person driving or in charge of ' a motor when on a road (a) shall qu°tt j such motor without having taken due I precautions against its being Sed in .his absence (b) shall allow the engiie i moSr \Tu° r tO + T^ rk or ™ &th| motor itself is stationary. nff'J) 6 perSOn drivfn S or in charge nL«f f °n any.ro ad shall on the request of any person driving, riding or having charge of a restive horse and coming towards such motor or on such FoT?!; ? OWmg UP hk hand as a4S Son W PUr^ Se CailSe SUch moto? to S»?i f remain, statlon^y as long as , shall be reasonable to enable such person j co pass such motor with the vehicle or of. " ddviDg w Hding ' or hrS\ ET y PerSOn who shall comi«it a 11% f°f f ly °ne, of these By-laws or ahall fail to comply with the requirement or directions thereof shall be lironrJ° - S fI P-ei^ lty S the discretion of the Court inflicting the same but not exceeding in any case five pounds (£5) for every sHch ofPence and in every case where the breach or failure is a contusing one shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds (£5) for every day or part of a day during which sucf breach continues. PART VI. PEDLARS AND HAWKERS., 60 From and after the commencement and coming into operation of these By-laws it shall not be lawful for any person to carry on the business of a pedlar or hawker in any place whatsoever within the Hawera or Waimate West Counties without nav.ihgi previou sly obtained a license as nereina"er directed, and if any person shall without having;- iirst^obtaihed suchlicense, carry on such .business within any,.part of the/said Counties/he shall! be guilty of an offence. 61. Every person carrying on such business as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be unlicensed unless he shall prove the contrary by the production of his license or otherwise. "Hawker" means any person who travels with a horse or other animal bearing or drawing' burden on any vehicle or conveyance howsoever drawn or propelled and goes from place to place or to other persons' houses carrying to sell or exposing for sale any goods, wares or merchandise. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall apply to any tradesman carrying on business in any fixed place or places, who by invitation sends for, calls for, or receives and at the same time supplies, daily orders for articles of food. 62. Every person desirous of obtaining a pedlar's or a hawker's license shall deliver to the County Clerk an application in Form I. in the Second Schedule hereto, together with a certiI fecate of good character of the applicant signed by at least three ratepayers resident in the County, and on receipt »f such application and certificate, together with the fee for such license, the Clerk shall, if he is satisfied with such certificate, issue to the applicant a pedlar's or hawker's license, as the case may be, in Form 11. or 111. in the said schedule hereto which shall continue in force for one year vfrom the date of issue thereof. If tile" Cle-k is not satisfied with the said certificate he shall refuse to issue a license and •«fer the application to the Council.

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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 8 October 1913, Page 2

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