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70 RATES OP PORTERAGE, ETC.
REGULATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC CARTERS OP
EDINBURGH.
SECTION OF THE EDINBUEGH POLICE ACT RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CARTEES.
Sec, 243. " And be it enacted, That no person shall be entitled to act as a Chairman,
PuhUc Carter, Porter, Chiuiney-Sweeper, or Carrier of Coals, for hire, within the limits of
this Act, imtil he is licensed to act in either of these capacities })y the Magistrates, who
shall cause a Register of such persons to be kept, and, if they see cause, exact security for
their honesty and good conduct ; and such persons, when so licensed, shall be subject to
such Regulations as the Magistrates may make as conditions of such hcence, or otherwise
for their government, and for the regulation of the stands or places such persons shall
occupy with their carts, barrows, utensils, or implements, under such penalties, not ex-
ceeding Forty ShiUuigs, as the ^lagistrates may fix ; and any person acting in any of the
said capacities without having such hcence, or after such hcence is recalled or suspended,
which the Magistrates are hereby authorised to do at pleasure, shall be subject to a penalty,
not exceeding Forty ShiUiugs, for each oflence."
" At Edinburgh, the First Day of January,
" One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-nine Years,
" Which day the Magistrates of the City of Edinburgh being assembled, did, and do hereby, in virtue
of the 243d section of the Edinburgh Police Act, 1S48, enact and ordain the following Regulations for the
Public Carters of Edinburgh^ acting as such within the limits of the said Act,
" W. Johnston, Lord Provoet.
" John Melville, B.
" J. H. Stott, B.
" And. Tait, B.
" Wm. Tullis, B."
REGULATIONS AND FARES.
1. No person shall be permitted to act as a Pubhc Carter within the hmits of the said
Act, unless such person shall have been Ucensed by the Magistrates ; and each person
receiving hcence as a Pubhc Carter shall accept it on the condition that he shall observe
these Regulations, and any others the Magistrates may from time to time enact. Every
person so hcensed shall wear a Badge, with his name thereon, on the breast of his outer
garment ; and no person receiving such Badge shall transfer or lend it to another.
2. Before receiving such hcence, he shall produce a certificate of his good character, and
shall also find caution acted in the Burgh Court Books for his good behaviour, honesty,
and intromissions, and to observe and obey these Regulations, or any others the Magistrates
may think proper to make for regulating Carters, under the penalty of Forty Shillings,
attour performance ; and when his cautioner dies, or leaves the city, the Carter shall give
intimation thereof to the Depute City Clerk, and find another cautioner.
3. Each Carter shall have a sufficient horse, cart, and furniture, with his name and
number distinctly painted or fixed on the side of the cart, and shall be provided with a
tarpa\ilin or covering, to be used as occasion may require, to cover goods upon his cart, and
such tarpaulin or covering shall be at lea^t twelve feet square, and shall have the name of
the owner distinctly painted thereon.
4. Every Carter shall serve the heges with fidehty and discretion, and shall not, under any
pretence whatever, refuse employment when otherwise not actually engaged or employed ;
and if any Carter shall plead a prior engagement at other work, he shah state the nature
thereof and give his employer's name, if required