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waggons exceeding three, exclusive of a water- 

 barrel. 



V. — (a.) That local authorities should have no general 

 powers of prohibiting the use of engines for 

 specified hours within their county or county 

 borough as a whole. 

 (b.) That local authorities should retain their present 

 powers of making byelaws to regulate the use 

 of engines upon any highway, and should also 

 have power by byelaw (subject to confirmation 

 by the Local Government Board) to prohibit 

 their use in crowded streets, or narrow roads, or 

 in special localities for special reasons : And 

 that in confirming such byelaws the Local 

 Government Board should have all proper regard 

 to the necessities of through traffic. 



VI. — That in all cases where a bridge is closed against 

 traction-engine traffic by order of a local authority, 

 an appeal should lie to an arbitrator appointed by 

 the Local Government Board. 



VII. — (a) That a uniform annual licence duty of 101. be paid 

 by the owner (or user) of each engine of not 

 more than 10 tons in weight, exclusive of water 

 and coals, with an addition of 21. per ton for 

 every extra ton. 



(b.) That a licence may be transferred from one engine 

 to another belonging to the same owner with 

 the consent of the licensing authority. 



(c.) That the county or county borough council receiv- 

 ing the duty be required to provide a licence 

 plate with the name of the county or borough, 

 the number and date to be fixed to the engine, 

 and not to be removed during the year without 

 the consent of the licensing authority. 



(d.) That every engine so licensed be authorised to 

 pass through any other county or county borough 

 on payment of an annual registration duty of 

 2s. 6d. for each county or county borough. 



(e.) That steam-rollers (as well as agricultural engines) 

 be exempt from licence duty, but that all engines 

 be required to be registered at a nominal fee 

 with the county authority, and to carry a regis- 

 tered number. 



(/.) That the expression "agricultural engine," should 

 include any engine used solely for threshing, 

 ploughing, or other agricultural purpose, and 

 any engine the property of one or more occupiers 

 or owners of agricultural land, employed solely 

 for the purposes of their farms or estates, and 

 not let out for hire. 



