locomotives alit! steani-rollers are not re quired to be licensed, but they must be registered. The registration should be in the county in which they are ordinarily u-,ed or intended to be used, and the registering authority is the county council. A fee not exceeding 2s. 6d. can be charged for this registration, and on regiqration the council must provide the registered person with a plate with the registeretl number upon it. This plate should be conspicuously affixed to the locomotive, and the owner is under similar obligations to the two—(u) and above with regard to licences. 'che 1ine, however, cannot exceed J25. The provisions of section 6 of the Act of 1865 are of some interest in vonnection with the use of agricultural locomotives. The effect of this section is that, notwithstanding any Act to the contrary, nothing shall prohibit the use of a locomotive steam-engine for the purpose of ploughing within twenty-five yards from a roadway, pro‘ided some one is stationed in the road, and employed to signal the driver w lien it is necessary to stop, and to assist horses, and carriages drawn by horses, passing the engine, " and provided the driver of the engine do stop in proper time." Weight to be carried.---No waggon drawn or propelled by a locomotive and having c‘lindrical wheel', can early o%er and abo‘e its own %%eight any greater weight than tons for each pair of wheels, unless the fellies, tyres, or shoes are -t inches or more in breadth ; nor a greater weight than 2 tons for each pair of wheels, unless the fellies, tvre,, or shoes are 6 inches or more breadfli; nor a greater -A-eight than 3 ions for each pair of I% heels, unless the fellies, tyres, or shoes are 8 inches or more in breadth. For tnery single wheel there can be carried only one-half of that permitted to be carried on a, pair of vdieels. In no case can there be carried a greater weight than 4 tons on each pair of wheels, or 2 tons on each 'wheel. If, however, the waggon is built with springs upon each axle, then it may carry one-sixth more weight in addition to the above-mentioned weights upon each pair of wheels. But a borough council as regards roads in its borough, and a county council as regards roads in its count) have power to permit such a waggon to carry weights in excess of those above-mentioned. The Act of 1898 imposes a. line of 4210 upon any one who uses a waggon in contra vention to the above regulations, and upon its oisner who permits it to be so used. And it is important to notice that the same Act exempts from the operation of those regulations a waggon carrying only one block, plate, cable, roll, vessel of stone or metal, or other single article, being of greater !eight than 16 tons ; but the fellies, tyres, or shoes must not be less than 8 inches hi breadth. The unloaded weight of every waggon drawn or pro pelled by a locomotive must be conspicuously and legibly affixed thereon, under a penalty of £5. For affixing an incorrect weight the penalty is £10. No locomotive can be used on a highway to draw more than three loaded waggons (exclusive of a waggon solely used for carrying water for the loco motive) unless by the consent of the local authority ; any one using it in defiance of this prohibition, or its owner permitting it to be so used, is liable to a fine of 1'10. A road authority can require a travelling locomotive and waggons to be brought to a weighing-machine to be weighted. And it is provided that the road authority making such requirement must pay for any loss caused by the delay (to be ascertained by arbitration, under the Arbitration Act, in case of dispute) if the weight is found to be within the limits prescribed by the law ; and that any person in charge of a locomotive who refuses or neglects to comply with any such requirement will be liable, for each offence, to a fine of £10. Upon such a weighing a certificate of weight must be given, and this will exempt the locomotive and waggons from being weighed during the continuance of that journey.
Regulations for locomotion. —A locomotive propelled by steam or any other than aniinal power on a road or public highway, is bound to be worked according to the following rules and regulations, viz.:—(1) The driver must give as much space as possible for the passing of other traffic ; (2) The whistle of the loco motive is not to be sounded for any cause whatever ; nor are cylinder taps to be opened within sight of any person riding, driving-, leading, or in charge of a horse upon the road ; nor is the steam to be allowed to attain a pressure such as to exceed the limit fixed by the safety-valve, so that 110 Stearn blows off when the locomotive is upon the road ; (3) The locomotive must lie instantly stopped on the person preceding it, or any other person with a horse, or carriage drawn by a horse, putting up his hand as a signal to require its stoppage ; (4) Any person in charge of the locomotive must provide two efficient lights, to be fixed conspicu ously, one at each side on its front ; (5) When the locomotive is travelling over a highway—(a) two persons must be employed in driving or attending to it ; and (b) in the case of a locomotive not a another person be employed to accompany it, in such a manner as to be able to give assistance to any one with horses or carriages drawn by horses meeting or overtaking the loco motive, and must give such assistance when required ; and (c) when the loco motive is drawing more than three waggons, another person must be employed for the purpose of attending to the waggons. It is not necessary, however, in the case of two locomotive plough engines (including their necessary gear) closely following one another, to employ more than five persons in all, but one of these persons must accompany the engines and give assistance in the above-mentioned manner ; (6) So long as the fires of the locomotive are alight, or it contains in itself sufficient motive power to move, one person must remain in attendance whilst it is on a highway although it is stationary ; (7) The lights required to be carried on the locomotive, whether stationary or passing on any highway, are to be carried between the hours of one hour after sunset and one hour before sun rise during the six months beginning the first day of April in any year, and between sunset and sunrise during the six months beginning the first day of October in any year, and there must be carried in addition during those hours an efficient red light on the rear of the locomotive, or if drawing waggons, on the rear of the last waggon, fixed in such a manner as to be conspicuous ; (8) Every light carried on the locomotive, or on a waggon drawn by it, must be fitted with such shutters or other contrivances as will enable the light to be tempo rarily obscured in an effective manner. If any of the foregoing regulations ara not complied with in the case of any locomotive, its owner is liable for each offence, on sununary conviction, to a fine not exceeding Xio.
Gcnerally.—'1'he Council of a. county anci of a borough containing a population of 10,000 may by bye-law prohibit, restrict, or regulate the use of locomotives on their roads. But in a case of absolute prohibition they are bound to give a special authority for the use of a locomotive on a highway where it appears necessary for the delivery of goods or for any other particular purpose. The owner of a locomotive can exempt himself from a fine if the offence has been committed by his employee and the latter is convicted. Nothing in these Acts is to be taken as authorising any one to use upon a highway a locomotive which shall be so constructed or used as to cause a public or private nuisance. The owner of a locomotive is liable to the road authorities for any damage done to the roads by reason of the extraordinary nature of its traffic.