(6.) He shall on the request of any police constable in uniform, or of any person having charge of a horse, or if any such constable or person shall put up his hand as a signal for that purpose, cause the motor car to stop and to remain stationary so long as may be reasonably necessary. Art. V.-Every motor car shall be so constructed as to enable the driver, when the motor car is stationary otherwise than through an enforced stoppage owing to necessities of traffic, to stop the action of any machinery attached to or forming part of the motor car, so far as may be necessary for the prevention of noise. The driver shall on every such occasion make prompt and effective use of all such means as, in pursuance of this condition, are provided for the prevention of noise as above-mentioned. Provided that this regulation shall not apply so as to prevent the examination or working of the machinery attached to or forming part of a motor car where any such operation is rendered necessary by any failure or derangement of the said machinery. This Order may be cited as "The Motor Cars (Use and Construction) Order, 1904." Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government Board, (L.S.) S. B. PROVIS, Secretary. WALTER H. LONG, President. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES PROTECTION ACT, 1893. (56 & 57 VICT. c. 61.) An Act to generalize and amend certain statutory Provisions for BE it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with 1. Where after the commencement of this Act any action, prose- Protection cution, or other proceeding is commenced in the United Kingdom of persons against any person for any act done in pursuance, or execution, or acting in intended execution of any Act of Parliament, or of any public duty execution of or authority, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the statutory or other public execution of any such Act, duty, or authority, the following pro visions shall have effect: (b) Wherever in any such action a judgment is obtained by the duty. Repeal. Saving as to Commencement. Short title. (c) Where the proceeding is an action for damages, tender of amends before the action was commenced may, in lieu of or in addition to any other plea, be pleaded. If the action was commenced after the tender, or is proceeded with after payment into Court of any money in satisfaction of the plaintiff's claim, and the plaintiff does not recover more than the sum tendered or paid, he shall not recover any costs incurred after the tender or payment, and the defendant shall be entitled to costs, to be taxed as between solicitor and client, as from the time of the tender or payment; but this provision shall not affect costs on any injunction in the action : (d) If, in the opinion of the Court, the plaintiff has not given the defendant a sufficient opportunity of tendering amends before the commencement of the proceeding, the Court may award to the defendant costs to be taxed as between solicitor and client. This section shall not affect any proceedings by any department of the Government against any local authority or officer of a local authority. 2. There shall be repealed as to the United Kingdom so much of any public general Act as enacts that in any proceeding to which this Act applies (a) the proceeding is to be commenced in any particular place; or (b) the proceeding is to be commenced within any particular time; or (c) notice of action is to be given; or the defendant is to be entitled to any particular kind or amount of costs, or the plaintiff is to be deprived of costs in any specified event; or (e) the defendant may plead the general issue; and in particular there shall be so repealed the enactments specified in the schedule to this Act to the extent in that schedule mentioned. This repeal shall not affect any proceeding pending at the commencement of this Act. 3. This Act shall not apply to any action, prosecution, or other proceeding for any act done in pursuance or execution, or intended execution, of any Act of Parliament, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any Act of Parliament, or on account of any act done in any case instituted under an Act of Parliament, when that Act of Parliament applies to Scotland only, and contains a limitation of the time and other conditions for the action, prosecution, or proceeding. 4. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four. 5. This Act may be cited as the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. BY-LAW FOR THE GOOD RULE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE By-law made by the London County Council in pursuance of the provisions of section 23 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and section 16 of the Local Government Act, 1888, at a meeting of the Council held on the 15th day of December, 1903, at which not less than two-thirds of the whole number of the Council were present; such By-law to come into force on the 1st day of May, 1904. VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. No owner of a vehicle shall drive such vehicle or permit the same to be driven or to be upon any highway unless it be so constructed that the driver thereof shall have a full and uninterrupted view of the traffic on such highway in front and abreast of him on each side, and no person who shall be driving any vehicle upon any highway shall occupy such a position as will prevent or interfere with his having such full and uninterrupted view as aforesaid. Any person who shall offend against this by-law shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings. I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing by-law, sealed with the Corporate Seal, was on the 18th day of December, 1903, sent to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and that His Majesty in Council did not within the period of forty days from that date disallow the by-law, nor did His Majesty enlarge the time within which the by-law was not to come into force. I also certify that a copy of the foregoing by-law was fixed on the County Hall on the 18th day of December, 1903. G. L. GOMME, L.S. Clerk of the London County Council. ORDER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD, DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 1904, ASSIGNING INDEX MARKS TO NEW COUNTY BOROUGHS:-BLACKPOOL; TYNEMOUTH. To the Council of the Borough of Blackpool;— Whereas by section 2 of the Motor Car Act, 1903 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), 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. * And whereas by the Motor Car (Registration and Licensing) Order, 1903, issued by us, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon us by the Act, we prescribed certain regulations (hereinafter referred to as "the regulations") with regard to the registration of motor cars, and by the said order we assigned an index mark to the council of every county and of every county borough existing at the date of issue of that order; And whereas by virtue of the Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 13) Act, 1904, the borough of Blackpool and the borough of Tynemouth will each be constituted a county borough on the 1st day of October, 1904; And whereas it is expedient that index marks should be assigned by us to each of the said county boroughs in pursuance of the Act and regulations: Now therefore, we, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers given to us in that behalf, do hereby order as follows: Art. I.-The index marks distinguishing the councils of the said county boroughs for the purposes of the regulations shall be As regards the council of the county borough of Blackpool-the letters and F.R F.T. As regards the council of the county borough of Tynemouth-the letters Art. II.-The regulations shall apply and have effect as if a reference to the councils of the said county boroughs and to their distinguishing index marks were included in the First Schedule thereto. Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government Board, this 26th day of September, 1904. INDEX. ABODE, CHANGE OF, by owner of motor car, 51. amendment of register as to, 51. by driver or conductor, 94, n (ƒ), 97. of public carriage, indorsement of, on licence, 97, 110. ABSTRACT, of laws relating to hackney carriages, 91. to be delivered to driver or conductor of hackney carriages, 93. ACCIDENT, in case of, person driving motor car must stop and give ACCUMULATORS, 2, 9, 10, 23. ADDRESS, and name of driver of motor car must be furnished by owner to be given by applicant for registration of motor car, 49. licence to drive motor car, 60. refusal of or giving false, after failure to pay fare, 106. penalty, 106. ADVERTISEMENT, none to be carried on any carriage so as to cause AGE, for obtaining licence to drive motor car, 65. AGREEMENT, cycle, 65. as to earnings of hackney or stage carriage must be in is not liable to stamp duty, 98. to pay more than legal fare not binding, 88, 96. AGRICULTURAL LOCOMOTIVE, does not require licence, 189. but must be registered in county where used, 189. AMENDMENT of registration of motor car, 51. |