Transcribed by Emily Smith. Geo. <this is a bit lengthy but interesting> Carlisle Patriot Friday, April 16th, 1880 CUMBERLAND TO WIT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, holden at Carlisle, in and for the County of Cumberland, on Tuesday, the sixth day of April, in the forty-third year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, and in the year of Our Lord 1880, before certain Justices of Our said Lady the Queen, assigned to keep the Peace of Our said Lady the Queen, in the same County, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the same County committed,— It was amongst other things ordered as follows:—That the following BYE LAWS, made under "The Highways and Locomotives Amendment Act, 1878," be APPROVED by the Justices in General Quarter Sessions assembled, at the time and place aforesaid, and that the same shall extend and apply to all main roads or other highways within the several highway areas within the County of Cumberland. BYE LAWS. 1. As to Waggons, &c., Width of Fellies, Nails to be countersunk, and use of Skid Pan. (Section 6, Subsection 3.) The owner, driver, or person, for the time being employed or having the care or control of any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage drawn by animal power should not cause or suffer such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage to be used on any main road or other highway in contravention of any such of the following regulations as may be applicable to such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage, except as hereinafter provided:— A Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage having four wheels of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a less width than four and a half inches shall not, during the period from the First day of MAY to the Thirty-first day of OCTOBER, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway at any time when the weight carried by suck waggon, wain, cart, or carriage shall, together with the weight of such waggon, wain, cart or carriage exceed 4 tons. A Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage having four wheels, of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a less width than four and a half inches, shall not, during the period from the First day of NOVEMBER to the Thirtieth day of APRIL, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway when the weight carried by such waggon, wain, cart or carriage exceed three tons. A Cart or Carriage having two wheels, of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a less width than four and a half inches, shall not, during the period from the First day of MAY and the Thirty-first day of OCTOBER, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway at any time when the weight carried by such cart, or carriage shall, together with the weight of such cart or carriage exceed two tons. A Cart or Carriage having two wheels, of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a less width than four and a half inches, shall not, during the period from the First day of NOVEMBER to the Thirtieth day of APRIL, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway at any time when the weight carried by such cart or carriage shall, together with the weight of such cart or carriage, exceed one tone ten hundredweight. A Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage having four wheels of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a width of not less than 4½inches, and less than 6 inches, shall not, during the period from the First day of MAY to the Thirty-first day of OCTOBER, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway at any time when the weight carried by such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage shall, together with the weight of such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage, exceed seven tons. A Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage having four wheels of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a width of not less than four and a half inches, and less than six inches, shall not, during the period from the First day of NOVEMBER to the Thirtieth day of APRIL, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway at any time when the weight carried by such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage shall, together with the weight of such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage, exceed 5 tons 10 hundredweight. A Cart or Carriage having two wheels of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a width of not less than 4½ inches, and less than 6inches, shall not, during the period from the First day of MAY to the Thirty-first day of OCTOBER, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway at any time when the weight carried by such cart, or carriage shall, together with the weight of such cart, or carriage, exceed 4 tons. A Cart or Carriage having two wheels of which the fellies or tires at the bottom or soles thereof shall be of a width of not less than 4½ inches, and less than 6inches, shall not, during the period from the First day of NOVEMBER to the Thirtieth day of APRIL, both days inclusive, in any year, use any main road or other highway at any time when the weight carried by such cart, or carriage shall, together with the weight of such cart, or carriage, exceed 3 tons 15 hundredweight. Provided that the foregoing Regulations shall not apply to any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage, carrying only manure or lime for the improvement of land, or any hay, straw, fodder, or corn unthreshed, or any plough, harrow, threshing machine, or other implement of husbandry; or to any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage, carrying only one block, plate, roll, or vessel of iron, or other metal, or compound of any two or more metals cast, wrought, or united in one piece; or to any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage carrying only one tree or one log of timber, or one block of stone, or one cable of rope. 2. The owner, driver, or person for the time being, employing or having the care or control of any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage drawn by animal power, shall not cause or suffer such waggon, wain, cart or carriage to be used on any main road or other highway if any nail on any wheel of such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage, be not so countersunk as not to project beyond one quarter of an inch above any part of the surface of the tire of such wheel, or if there be on any wheel of such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage a bar or other projection so constructed or placed as to cause a deviation of any part of the bearing surface of any tire of such wheel to the extent of more than one quarter of an inch. 3. The driver or person having for the time being the care of control of any Wagon, Wain, Cart or Carriage, drawn by animal power upon any main road or other highway, shall not cause or suffer the wheel of such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage wen descending a hill to be locked unless at the bottom of such wheel, during the whole time of its being locked a skid pan, slipper, or shoe be placed so as to extend on either side to the full width of the tire of the wheel, and so as to prevent injury to the road by the forepart of such skid pan, slipper, or shoe, and otherwise in such manner as to prevent the road from being destroyed or injured by the locking of such wheel. 4. In every case where a suitable Weighing Machine or Engine may have been constructed or provided in or in a conveniently accessible position adjoining any main road or other highway, and where such machine or engine may be vested in or may be subject to the control of the Highway Authority of the highway area in which such main road or other highway may be situate, or where the said Highway Authority, in pursuance of an agreement with the owner of such machine or engine, or otherwise in the exercise of any right or privilege, may be empowered to use such machine or engine, or cause the same to be used, from time to time for the purpose of weighing any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage drawn by animal power upon such main road or other highway. The driver or person having for the time being the care of control of such Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage, subject to the condition hereinafter prescribed, and upon demand made to him by the Surveyor, District Surveyor, or Assistant Surveyor of Highways, or by the District Surveyor or Assistant Surveyor of the Highway Board, or by an Officer of the Highway Authority, who, being duly appointed or empowered by the said Authority in that behalf, may have reasonable ground for believing that the weight carried by such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage, is, together with the weight thereof, in excess of the weight specified in any Bye Law for the time being in force as the maximum weight allowable in respect of such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage, shall cause such waggon, wain, cart or carriage, together with the loading thereof, to be driven to such weighing machine or engine for the purpose of being weighed thereby. Provided that such driver or other person shall not in pursuance of the foregoing provisions be required to drive such Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage, together with the loading thereof, to such weighing machine or engine, if at the time when demand shall be made to him as aforesaid, such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage, shall be at a greater distance than three hundred yards from such weighing machine or engine. 5. The driver or other person having for the time being the care or control of any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage drawn by animal power upon any main road or other highway shall not, without reasonable excuse, upon demand made to him by the Surveyor, District Surveyor, or Assistant Surveyor of Highways, or by the District Surveyor or Assistant Surveyor of the Highway Board, or by an officer duly appointed or empowered in that behalf by the Highway Authority of the highway area in which such main road or other highway may be situate, neglect or refuse to stop such waggon, wain, cart, or carriage and to permit such Surveyor, District Surveyor, or Assistant Surveyor of Highways, or such District Surveyor or Assistant Surveyor of the Highway Board, or such officer as aforesaid, to examine the wheels thereof in order to ascertain the width of the fellies or tires of such wheels, or whether the nails thereon are countersunk in such manner as may be specified in any Bye Law for the time being in force, or whether such wheels have thereon bars or other projections forbidden by any such Bye Law. to be continued -- Emily Smith