tually prevented from revolving, or shall have the same effect in stopping the vehicle as if such wheels were so held.

(3.) The vehicle drawn by the light locomotive shall, when under Clause (2) of this Article a brake is required to be attached thereto, carry upon the vehicle a person competent to apply efficiently the brake: Provided that it shall not be necessary to comply with the requirements of the said Clause if the brakes upon the light locomotive by which the vehicle is drawn are so constructed and arranged that neither of such brakes can be used without bringing into action simultaneously the brake attached to the vehicle drawn, or if the brake of the vehicle drawn can be applied from the light locomotive independently of the brakes of the latter.

(4.) Between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise there shall be carried attached to the vehicle drawn by the light locomotive or motor bicycle a lamp or lamps so constructed and in such a position as to exhibit a red light or lights visible within a reasonable distance in the reverse direction to that in which the vehicle is proceeding and also right and left of such direction at right angles thereto.

Article 4.-The following rules shall be observed by every person driving or in charge of a light locomotive (and where specially mentioned a motor bicycle) when used on any highway, that is to say :

(1.) Subject to the provisions of the Act as to speed he shall not drive the light locomotive or motor bicycle at any speed greater than is reasonable and proper having regard to the traffic on the highway, or so as to endanger the life or limb of any person, or to the common danger of passengers.

(2.) If the weight unladen of the light locomotive is one ton and a half and does not exceed two tons, he shall not drive the same at a greater speed than eight miles an hour, or if such weight exceeds two tons at a greater speed than five miles an hour.

Provided that whatever may be the weight of the light locomotive, if it is used on any highway to draw any vehicle, he shall not under any circumstances drive it at a greater speed than six miles an hour.

Provided also that no light locomotive or motor bicycle shall travel along any public highway within the limits of any city, town, or village, at a greater speed than six miles an hour, or, if its weight, unladen, exceeds two tons, at a greater speed than five miles an hour.

(3.) He shall not cause the light locomotive to travel backwards for a greater distance or time than may be requisite for purposes of safety.

(4.) He shall not negligently or wilfully cause any hurt or damage to any person, carriage, horse, or cattle, or to any goods conveyed in any carriage on any highway, nor shall he when on the light locomotive or motor bicycle be in such a position that he cannot have control over the same, nor shall he quit such locomotive or bicycle without having taken due precautions against its being started in his absence, nor shall he allow any such locomotive or bicycle or a vehicle drawn thereby to stand on such highway so as to cause any unnecessary obstruction thereof.

(5.) He shall when meeting any carriage, horse, or cattle keep the light locomotive or motor bicycle on the left or near side of the road, and when passing any carriage, horse, or cattle proceeding in the same direction keep such locomotive or bicycle on the right or off side of the same.

(6.) He shall not negligently or wilfully prevent, hinder, or interrupt the free passage of any person, carriage, horse, or cattle on any highway, and shall keep the light locomotive or motor bicycle and any vehicle drawn thereby on the left or near side of the road for the purpose of allowing such passage.

(7.) He shall, whenever necessary, by sounding the bell or other instrument required by Section 3 of the Act. give audible and sufficient warning of the approach or position of the light locomotive or motor bicycle. (8.) He shall on the request of any police constable, or of any person having charge of a restive horse, or on any such constable or person putting up his hand as a signal for that purpose, cause the light locomotive or motor bicycle to stop and to remain stationary so long as may be reasonably necessary. Article 5.-If the light locomotive is one to which Clause (7) of Article 2 of these Regulations applies, and the particulars required by that Clause are not duly painted thereon, or in the case of a motor bicycle or of a light locomotive to which that Clause does not apply, the person driving or in charge thereof shall, on the request of any constable, or on the reasonable request of any other person, truly state his name and place of abode, and the name of the owner, and the place of his abode or business.

Article 6.-This Order may be cited as "The Light Locomotives on Highways (Ireland) Order, 1903.”

Given under our Seal of Office, this ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and three.

(L.S.)

George Wyndham, H. A. Robinson.

(c.) Registration of Motor Cars.

(1.) England.

THE MOTOR CAR (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) ORDER, 1903. DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1903.

1903. No. 998.

To the County Councils of the several Administrative Counties in England and Wales;

To the Councils of the several County Boroughs in England and Wales;

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And to all others whom it may concern.

Whereas by Section 6 of the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896.*

Herein-after referred to as "the Act of 1896," it is enacted that—

"(1.) The Local Government Board may make regulations with respect to the use of light locomotives on highways, and their construction, and the conditions under which they may be used.

"(2.)

"All regulations under this section shall have full effect notwithstanding anything in any other Act, whether general or local, or any byelaws or regulations made thereunder."

And whereas by Section 7 of the Act of 1896 it is enacted that

regulation made may, on sum

mary conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding ten pounds."

And whereas by Section 2 of the Motor Car Act, 1903 † (herein-after referred as the "Act of 1903 "), it is enacted that

"(1.) Every motor car shall be registered with the Council of a county or county borough, and every such Council shall assign a separate number to every car registered with them.

"(2.) A mark indicating the registered number of the car and the Council with which the car is registered shall be fixed on the car or on a vehicle drawn by the car, or on both, in such manner as the Council require in conformity with regulations of the Local Government Board made under this Act.

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"(3.) A fee of twenty shillings shall be charged by the Council of a county or county borough on the registration of a car, except in the case of motor cycles, for which the fee shall be five shillings.

"(4.) If a car is used on a public highway without being registered, or if the mark to be fixed in accordance with this Act is not so fixed,

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the person driving the car shall be guilty of an offence under this Act,

"Provided that

"(a.) A person shall not be liable to a penalty under this section if he proves that he has had no reasonable opportunity of registering the car in accordance with this section, and that the car is being driven on a highway for the purpose of being registered; and

"(b.) The Council of any county or county borough in which the business premises of any manufacturer of, or dealer in, motor cars are situated, may, on payment of such annual fee, not exceeding three pounds, as the Council require, assign to that manufacturer or dealer a general identification mark which may be used for any car on trial after completion, or on trial by an intending purchaser, and a person shall not be liable to a penalty under this section while so using the car if the mark so assigned is fixed upon the car in the manner required by the Council in accordance with regulations of the Local Government Board made under this Act."

And whereas by Section 3 of the Act of 1903 it is enacted that

"(2.) The Council of a county or county borough shall grant a licence to drive a motor car to any person applying for it who resides in the county or county borough on payment of a fee of five shillings, unless the applicant is disqualified under the provisions of this Act.

"(3.) A licence shall remain in force for a period of twelve months from the date on which it is granted, but shall be renewable, and the same provisions shall apply with respect to the renewal of the licence as apply with respect to the grant of the licence.

"(5.) Any person under the age of seventeen years shall be disqualified for obtaining a licence (except that a licence limited to driving motor cycles may be

granted to a person over the age of fourteen years), and any person who already holds a licence shall be disqualified for obtaining another licence while the licence so held by him is in force."

And whereas by Section 7 of the Act of 1903 it is enacted that

"(1.) The Local Government Board may, under Section 6 of the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896, make regulations

"(a.) providing generally for facilitating the identification of motor cars, and in particular for determining, and regulating generally the size, shape and character of the identifying marks to be fixed under this Act, and the mode in which they are to be fixed and to be rendered easily distinguishable whether by night or by day, and with respect to the registration of cars, and the entry of particulars, including particulars of the ownership of the car, in the register, and the giving of those particulars, and for making any particulars contained in the register available for use by the police, and for making the registration of a car void if the regulations as to registration are not complied with; and "(b.) with respect to the licences to be granted by the Councils of counties or county boroughs under this Act, and in particular with respect to the register to be kept of those licences and the renewal of licences, and for providing special facilities for granting licences to persons not resident in the United Kingdom, and for communicating particulars thereof to adjoining and other county or county borough councils, and for making any particulars with respect to any persons whose licences are suspended or endorsed available for use by the police, and for preventing a person holding more than one licence.

"(2.) The Councils of counties and county boroughs shall comply with any regulations so made by the Local Government Board, and may if authorised by those regulations and in accordance therewith charge in respect of the entry of particulars of the ownership of a car on change of ownership such fee, not exceeding ten shillings, as may be prescribed by the regulations, and in respect of the issue of a new licence in the place of a licence lost or defaced, such fee not exceeding one shilling as may be prescribed by the regulations." Now therefore, in pursuance of the powers given to Us by the Act of 1896 and the Act of 1903, and by any other Statutes in