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1881. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY BY-LAWS. (MADE 6th JANUARY, 1881, IN SUBSTITUTION OF PREVIOUS BY-LAWS.)

Laid on the Table of the Mouse of Bepresentatives in accordance with Section 148 of " The Public Works Act, 1876," by the Hon. Mr. Hall.

By-laws on the New Zealand Bailways, in Substitution of previous By-laws.

Aethtje Gordon, Governor. OEDEE IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of January, 1881. Present: His Excellency the Goveenob in Council. IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by the one hundred, and forty-fifth section of "The Public Works Act, ]876," and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby make the following bylaws, and doth declare that the same shall come into force on the several lines of railway in New Zealand from the day of the date hereof, and shall be in lieu of the by-laws and regulations relating to the same subject at present in force on such railways respectively.

Bt-laws. 1. In the interpretation of these by-laws, the word "Minister" shall mean Minister for Public Works appointed in accordance with " The Public Works Act, 1876," and the several amendments thereof. The term " General Manager" shall mean the General Manager of the New Zealand Railways. The word "railway" shall mean and include any lines of railway within the meaning of " The Public Works Act, 1876," and the several amendments thereof. The term " goods " shall mean goods and chattels of every description, including live animals. 2. No person will be admitted to the booking office at any station whilst the door is closed for making; lit) arid despatching any train ; and no person will be allowed to take a seat in or upon any carriage used on the railway, or to travel therein upon the railway, without first having paid the fare and obtained a ticket, except in the case of a passenger joining the train at a flag station. 3. Any person wilfully altering or defacing a ticket, so as to render the date, number, or any material portion thereof illegible, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and shall, in addition, be liable to pay the fare from the station whence the train originally started. 4. Tickets will be issued conditionally—that is to say, in case there shall be room in the train for all the passengers to whom tickets shall have been

issued. If there shall not be room for all such passengers, the holders of periodical tickets shall have priority over holders of return and single tickets, and the fare will be returned, on application to the Station Clerk, to the holders of such return and single tickets as shall be unable to obtain seats. 5. If any person travel or attempt to travel in any carriage on the railway without having previously paid his fare, and with intent to evade payment thereof; or if any person, having paid the fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceed in any such carriage beyond such distance without previously paying the additional fare for the additional distance, and with intent to evade payment thereof; or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuse or neglect, on arriving at the point to which the fare has peen paid, to quit such carriage, every such person shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 6. If any person is found trespassing upon a railway, and refuses to leave after being warned by any officer or servant employed thereon, or is drunk or behaving in a violent or offensive manner to the annoyance of others on the railway or at any station or platform thereof, or in any carriage thereon, or is doing or attempting to do, or is counselling, aiding, or assisting another person to do, anything which may endanger the lives of persons employed on or travelling on the railway, it shall be lawful for any constable or any person employed on or about such railway or carriages, without warrant or other authority, to arrest and detain the person so offending, and to take such person as speedily as conveniently may be before a Justice of the Peace to be dealt with as the Jaw directs; and all persons present shall, when called upon, assist in making such arrest. 7. Every passenger, on arriving at the station for which a ticket has been taken by such passenger, or to or from which such passenger may hold a periodical ticket, shall quit the station and premises of the railway ; and no person shall be allowed to loiter about the stations, wharf, or premises or any part thereof; and if any passenger or other person shall refuse to quit the station, wharf, or premises aforesaid, on being requested so to do by any Station Clerk or any servant attached to the railway or wharf, such passenger or person may be expelled by such Station Clerk or other servant as aforesaid from the railway premises. 8. No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous materials shall be carried by any passenger train. Any person infringing this by-law shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 9. Each passenger, on paying the fare, will be