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Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 320, 12 July 1907, Page 3

County Nofws* KAWHIA COUNTY COUNCIL. CONSOLIDATED IjY LAW, 1907 IN pursuanca of the powers, provi eions and authorities contained in “The Counties Act, 1886,” and its amendments, “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of all other enabling powers, provisions and authorities con tained in any other Acts or otherwise vested in it, the Council of the Kawbia County doth by this special order make and ordain the following Consolidated By-law, and that the Fame shall come into operation upon the First day of August, 1907. INTRODUCTORY. Tbis By-law may be recited or referred to as "The Consolidated Byhw, 1907,” and shall come into force OQ the First day of August, one thoutand nine hundred and seven, and shall apply to the whole of the Kawhia County. In this By-law, except where inconsistent with tbn context: *'Cattle” includes ar»y horse, mare, ‘ gelding, colt, filly or foal; any bull, cow, ox, steer heifer or calf; any ram, ewe wether or lamb ; and any ass, mule, goat, boar, sow or other “ County ” means the Kawhia County. “ Council” means the Kawha County

Council. “ County Clerk ” means the Clerk of the Kawhia County Council. “ County Engineer ” means the Engineer of the Kawhia County Council. “ Heavy Traffic " meansfa) The transportation of any vehicle, engine or machine which itself, or together with any thing or things being transported thereon, weighs more than one and a-half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels ; (b) The traction of any vehicle or thing by means of bullocks, notwithstanding that such vehicle or thing may separately or together with any load thereon weigh less than one and a-balf tons avoirdupois; (c) Any traffic which may from time 'to time be declared heavy traffic by Order-in Council. PEDDLERS AND HAWKERS. No person shall trade within the C< uniy as a peddler or hawker, unless licensed by th* Council Every such license shall continue in force for the space of six months in in the dale o e the g. anting thereof. A copy of every such license shall be entered by the Clerk of the Council in a book to bo kept for that purpose, such book to be called "The Register of Peddlesrs and Hawkers Loenses” and to be open to inspection by the public on payment of a fee of one B filing. Every person licensed to trade as a peddler or hawker shall be bound to !•reduce bis license whenever called upon to do so. There shall be paid tn the County Fund the following fees :

Peddlers on foot £2 2s Peddlers with hor.-e or van £4 4s (There is do necessity to define “peddler” or “h&wker” us they are defined by law.) TRAFFIC OVER BRIDGES. No person shall drive, lead or take any horse, cattle, engine, machine or vehicle over any bridge of span than ten feet at a walking pace. HEAVY TRAFFIC. No person shall conduct or engage in “heavjHraffbX as defined in this By law on any road within the County at any time during the months of May June, July, August and Sept mber in any year. Provided always that, it shall be lawful for the Council by advertisement under the hand of the Clerk and published in some newspaper circulating in the County from time to lime to exempt any road or part of a road from the operation of this section as to every or any specific heavy traffic. No person shall conduct or sngage in “heavy traffic” as defined in this Bylaw unless and until he shall have first entered into a covenant with the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Kawhia (expressed to be made under these By-laws and in such form as the clerk shall approve of) with a surety to be approved of by the Council for payment to the said Corporation from time (jQ time of sums representing any special damage that may accrue’from time to time to any road, bridge, ferry or ford by reason of such “heapy traffic.” Provided that in the event of such person and the Council not being able to agree in any case up on the fact that special damage bad been done, or upon the amount of any special damage so done then the same respectively shall be ascertained by any Court of competent Jurisdiction in which the covenant shall be sought to be enforced Provided further that every such covenant shall remain in force until the principal covenantor shall discontinue conducting or engaging in pucb “heavy traffic” and of such discontinuance shall have given written notice to the Clerk, but such cosaor of the covenant shall not prevent the recovery thereunder of damages theretofore incurred. >' For the purpose of computing the weight of any load, for the purposes of tbh By-law, the following quantities of the materials hereinafter mentioned rball be deemed to be of the weight set opposite to them respectively /-•ve], broken ptono or enn-l, 1 cubic yard . isJI equal H tons %0O pnrerflHal feet of rimti or totara timber shall equal 1 ton 6f o nf kahikatea or kauri Himber shall equal

fi bnkaof wool . . shall equal 1 ton RIH) Frick* ... ■ ■ >» 1 »• 2- nocks of Fheaf chaff >• 1 » 12 racks potatoes ... »• |»» 10 sacks wheat ... » * »> 14 snrkft ontfl » 1 »’ 1 cord of firewood ... >» liw 1 cubic yard coal ... » 1 I