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Porters. 68
2d, He shall wear his badge or ticket conspicuously on the left breast
of his coat; which badge shall be of brass, and have inscribed the words,
" City Porter," and the number, in the order of his admission; and he
shall also have a transcript of said inscription painted legibly on the right
side of his barrow or hurley.
3d, He shall not, when unengaged, refuse employment when offered,
whether on his station or not ; and, if he allege previous employment, he
shall, when required, specify the nature and time of his engagement.
4th, He shall not demand higher fares than those specified in the sub-
joined Table; a copy of which Table, with these regulations, and also a
small plan of the City, divided into sections of a quarter of a mile, he
shall alwaj's have in his possession, and produce to persons employing
him, when required.
5th, When stations or districts are allotted to Porters, which shall be
done by the Superintendent of Police, the Porters, except on extraordi-
nary occasions, such as the Term time, when they are generally employed
at ^ito'n^s, shall not offer themselves for hire beyond the district assigned
to them.
6th, Not more than four Porters shall stand at any corner of a street
or other station ; and, as one station may be more advantageous for em-
ployment than another, they shall be so arranged as that each may have
an equal opportunity of obtaining it. Thus, if the south corners of
Glassford Street shall be deemed the most favourable, the four Porters
who have been longest in the service shall take the west corner — the next
four in order shall take the east corner — the next four shall take the west
corner of Stockwell Street — and the next four the east corner of Stock-
well Street ; and, when a vacancy takes place, by the employment or
absence for a quarter of an hour, of any on the more advantageous sta-
tions, in this order — the Porter first on the nest station, for the day, shall
have the I'ight of moving to it — that is to say, the first of the four at the
west corner of Stockwell Street to the west corner of Glassford Street —
and the first of the four at the east corner of Stockwell Street to the east
corner of Glassford Street ; or the first at the east corner of Stockwell
Street may move to a vacancy at the west corner of Stockwell Street.
The same rule shall be observed at the Cross, the south end of Candle-
riggs, and the north end of King Street ; the south end of Buchanan
Street ; and the north end of St. Enoch Street ; and at the other parts
of the City where there are intersecting streets, or where there are two
or more stations near each other.
7tb, Not more than six Porters shall resort to or take up a station at
any Coach Office, Inn, or other place at which Stage Coaches arrive.
On the arrival of Coaches, the Porters shall stand in a line on the kirb-
stones of the pavement ; and they shall not leave the kirb-stone or inter-
fere with passengers' luggage, till singled out and engaged. They shall
not importune, call out, or make any signal to passengers for employ-
ment ; and, unless specially selected by passengers, they shall take hire in
rotation, each in regular succession.
8th, The object of these arrangements being to insure good order on
the one hand, and a fair opportunity of regular employment on the other,
the Porters must strictly attend to their operation. For this purpose,
they may establish rules among themselves, provided these ai-e sanctioned