The Short Title of this Act is “The Counties Vehicle Licensing Act, 1893.”

The Governor may by Order in Council declare that, in addition to the powers under section three hundred and eleven of “The Counties Act, 1886” (herein referred to as “the said Act”), the several County Councils of the counties enumerated in the Schedule to this Act are respectively authorised from time to time to make, alter, or repeal by-laws under the said Act to provide for the licensing of all vehicles drawn upon or along any road within the county, and to prevent unlicensed vehicles using any of the said county roads, and for appointing the several sums to be paid to the county fund for the licensing of vehicles as herein mentioned; which sums may be appointed to vary in respect of different classes of vehicles, the number and species of animals used in drawing the same, the weight of the load laden on such vehicles, the width of the tires of the wheels, or the number of passengers to be carried respectively.

No vehicle shall be entitled to any exemption from being licensed as aforesaid by reason of carrying Her Majesty’s mails if any goods, merchandise, or passengers are conveyed in the same vehicle; but this provision shall not apply in respect of any vehicle used for the carriage of mails under any contract entered into before the passing of this Act until the expiry of the said contract.