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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4513, 10 January 1923, Page 3

COUNTY OF HAURAKI PLAINS NOTICE OF RESOLUTION MAKING A BY-LAW BY WAY OF SPECIAL ORDER. IyrOTICE is hereby given that ±1 at a Special Meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council held on Monday, the fourth day of December, 1922, at the County Office at Ngatea, the following resolution was passed, and will be submitted for confirmation at a special meeting of the Council to be held on Wednesday, the 24th day of January, 1923, at the hour of 11 a.m. at the County Office at Ngatea: RESOLUTION. In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Part IV of “The Counties Act, 1920,” “The Public Works Act, 1908,” “The Health Act,’1920,” “The Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908,” “The Motor Regulation Act, 1908,” “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” and the several Acts amending the same respectively and of every other power it in that behalf enabling the Hauraki Plains County Council doth hereby make and ordain (by way of Special Order) a By-law the object and purport whereof are set out hereunder and a copy whereof is now deposited in the County Office at Ngatea to be in force throughout the County of Hauraki Plains.

The object and purport ,of the proposed By-law are:— 1. Providing for, the inspection of Public Vehicles, and preventing the use of such as are unsafe or = insufficient. 2. Providing for the licensing and numbering of all. vehicles plying for hire for the carriage Ojf passengers or of goods within the County, and. preventing unlicensed vehicles from so plying. 3. Regulating the number of passenger,s and the quantity and weight of goods that may be carried oh eaclhi such vehicle, witn regard either;, to th 4 construction and dimensions thereof or to the number of horses required to draw the same, and preventing such number, quantity dr weight from, being exceeded. 4. Regulating the manner in wlhich the number of each vehicle, or the number of passengers, or the quantity or weight of goods it is Licensed tp carry, or the scale of fares for the use tlhier.eof, shall be shown upon or in the same. 5. Prescribing whether and how the name of the owner of any such vehicle shall.be shown therepn. 6. Appointing the several sums to be paid to the County fund for the licensing of vehicles, as herein mentioned. 7. Regulating the pace, mode, pi manner in. which, and the times at I which any horses, cattle, engines, agricultural or other machines or vehicles shall cross or be diriyen, led, or taken over any bridge. 8. Prohibiting the running at large of pigs and goats in any part cf the County. 9. Regulating the use and management of public reserves and places and public recreation, and fixing the times at which; and the restriction under which,, the same may be used by the public. 10. Preventing •’ and punishing improper, indecent, or disorderly conduct or, the use of foul or abusive language, or any practices calculated to offend or annoy the public in the use and enjoyment of .any such public place. II Providing for the defining, licensing, and control of public billiard rooms (meaning thereby billiard rooms where billiards or any similar games are played) for payment other than such, rooms in premises licensed under “ The Licensing Act, 1908,” or in a Club) and for the payment of reasonable license fees and prohibiting unlicensed public billiard rooms; also fixing the hour (beinb not later than eleven at night) when all public billi.ard rooms Shall b.e closed. 12. Providing far the licensing of pedlars and hawkers, and fojr the registration of such licenses and defining to what persons the bylaws, under this paragraph shall apply; and fixing the sums payable to the County Fund for such ‘licenses. 13. Prohibiting any persons from trading as pedlars Or hawkers not being so licensed. 14. Regulating the conduct and providing against the misconduct of such licensed persons. 15. Regulating the use and control of motors so as to insure the safety of the public. 16- Providing for a yearly license fee on any vehicle or machine engaged in heavy traffic. 17- Classifying vehicles, and prescribing a maximum and minimum width of tyres of all vehicles used wholly or chiefly for the carriage of passengers, whether plying tor hire or not. 18. Regulating .in proportion to the number of wheels and to the weight ot load, the width of Lyres of vehicles.. 19. Regulating the number of passengers and the quantity and weight of goods which may be carried in any vehicle with, a specified width of tyre, and pre-

venting such number, quantity, or weight being exceeded. 20. Regulating heavy traffic in regard to the cartage of timber, stone, minerals, metallic ores, metals, machinery, or any other special kind of load and dealing in a different way with different kinds of heavy traffic. 21. Providing for the giving or taking of security by or from any person that iio special, damage will accrue to any road, bridge, ferry ar ford by reason of any heavy traffic thereon. 22. Providing that heavy traffic ishall cease under certain conditions during the months of May, June, July, August, and September. 23. Regulating the use of traction engines. 24. Regulating the use of bullocks as