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PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
BYE-LAWS FOR THE EEGTJLATION
DRIVEBS
At Glasgow, the twenty-sisth day of December,
Eighteen hundred and seventy-two years, the Magis-
trates' Committee of " The Board of Police, Glasgow,"
in virtue of the powers conferred on them by " The
Glasgow Police Act, 1866," hereby make and enact
the following Bye-laws for the Regulation of Hack-
ney Carriages, and the conduct of the Proprietors and
Drivers thereof, and ordain said Bye-laws to be
strictly observed and enforced from and after the
date of their being approved and confirmed by the
Sheriflf of Lanarkshire, in terms of said Statute, and
until expressly altered.
1. Carriages not to be Licensed till Inspected.
No License shall be granted, or afterwards re-
newed, unless the Carriage, Horse, and Harness shall
have been examined by the Chief Constable, Inspec-
tor of Hackney Carriages, or other person appointed
by the Magistrates' Committee, and reported in
writing, to the Magistrates' Committee, to have all
the requisites and to be in a fit state to be licensed.
No caiTiage will be licensed unless it be provided with
Lamps, and have Roof, Springs, Wheels, Cushions,
Linings, Panels, Doors, and Windows clean and in
good Repair, and the Steps of entry safe and conven-
ient, and that Skin, Rope, or Coir Mats, or other
matting equally comfortable, are provided for Passen-
gers' feet.
2. Owner's Name to be Painted on Carriage.
The name of the Owner of each Carriage shall be
painted in a straight line on the outside of each door,
immediately under the window, in Roman Letters not
less than one inch in height, and of proportionate
breadth, in a colour conspicuously different from that of
the Carriage, and be continued legible during all the
time the Carriage shall ply or be used for hire.
3. Number of License to he painted or affixed
on Outside of Carrriage.
The number of the License for each Carriage shall
bo painted on the Carriage, in a line with or under
the name, on each door, immediately below the
window, but so as not to conceal any part of the
Owner's name, and to be distinctly visible from the
outside, and in figures not less than one inch in
height, and of proportionate breadth, and be kept
legible during all the time the Carriage shall ply or
be used for hire.
4. Number of License ^ cfc. Inside the Carriage.
The number of the License, with the name of the
Owner, on an Enamelled Iron Plate, of the pattern to
be seen in the office of the Registrar, shall be placed
conspicuously inside the Carriage; and there shall
also be painted on such plate, under the number, as
follows: — "Driver to tender the Hirer a Reference
Ticket when entering the Carriage, and to produce
when demanded Bye-laws and Table of Fares. No
charge for luggage, unless it exceeds 112 lbs. where
one or two persons are conveyed ; 84 lbs. where three
persons, and 56 lbs. where four persons. And in no
case the charge to exceed Sixpence. Not compulsory
to carry over 112 lbs. of luggage."
5. Licenses to he numbered Consecutively and
Duplicate signed hy the Registrar.
The Licenses shall be numbered consecutively, in
the order in which the same shall have been regis-
OF HACENEYg CARRIAGES AND THE
THEREOF.
tered ; and each Owner, at the time of receiving his
License, shall be furnished with a Duplicate of such
License, signed by the Registrar.
6. When Carriages cease to ply.
Whenever a Licensed Carriage ceases to ply, the-
Proprietor thereof shall give intimation immediately
to the Registrar, Central Police Buildings, and shall
return the License to him, provided the repaks are-
not finished within one week. Whenever a Licensed
Carriage is sold by the Proprietor in whose nanie the-
License has been granted, or otherwise ceases to be-
his property, the License will lapse and become null,
and void.
7. Carriages to he in readiness.
The Owner of each Licensed Carriage shall have-i
the same ready for hire at one of the Public Stands
from Nine o'clock in the morning until Eleven o'clock
at night, unless when engaged. And when within
their respective yards, coach-houses, or stables, shall
turn out for hire as soon as practicable, or can be-
done without injury to his servants or horses, after
being called upon, between Eleven o'clock at night
and Nine in the morning.
8. Carriages to be furnished ivith a Chech-
String, ij-c.
Every carriage shall be provided with a proper
Check-string (which, when driving, shall be held by
the Driver), as well as a Board, or other Signal,,
bearing the word "' Engaged " or " Disengaged," and
which shall at all times be exhibited outside the Car-
riage when either engaged or disengaged, as the case
may be. The Board, or other Signal, to be of such
pattern and placed in such position as the Magistrates'
Committee shall direct.
9. No Proprietor of a Licensed Hackney Carriage ;
shall knowingly suffer or permit any person not duly \
licensed by the Magistrates' Committee to drive or
take charge of any such Carriage while plying for hire-
or upon any of the Stands.
PUBLIC STANDS.
The following places are appointed Public Stands
by the Magistrates and Council of Glasgow, in terms
of "The Glasgow Police Act, 1866," under reserva-
tion of all rights of private or leasehold property,,
viz. : —
1. North British Railway Terminus ; St. Vincent
Place ; Front of Royal Exchange ; South Side of
George Square, East Side, and North Side of the
Square, North Side of Cochran Street. No Cabs
permitted to stand on the West Side of George Square
and those on the North Side of the Square and in
Cochran street are only allowed to stand from 6 a.m.
to 11 p.m.
2. Caledonian Railway, Buchanan Street, and cen-
tre of Port-Dundas Road.
3. Railway Station, Clyde Place; East of Com-
merce Street, and centre of Commerce Street. ,
4. The Gorbals Railway Station ; East side of Upper i
Main Street at Cumberland Street ; North Side of |
Cumberland Street from Main Street to Surrey Street; i
and East Side of Pollokshaws Road, South of En- \
trance to the Old Station.
PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
BYE-LAWS FOR THE EEGTJLATION
DRIVEBS
At Glasgow, the twenty-sisth day of December,
Eighteen hundred and seventy-two years, the Magis-
trates' Committee of " The Board of Police, Glasgow,"
in virtue of the powers conferred on them by " The
Glasgow Police Act, 1866," hereby make and enact
the following Bye-laws for the Regulation of Hack-
ney Carriages, and the conduct of the Proprietors and
Drivers thereof, and ordain said Bye-laws to be
strictly observed and enforced from and after the
date of their being approved and confirmed by the
Sheriflf of Lanarkshire, in terms of said Statute, and
until expressly altered.
1. Carriages not to be Licensed till Inspected.
No License shall be granted, or afterwards re-
newed, unless the Carriage, Horse, and Harness shall
have been examined by the Chief Constable, Inspec-
tor of Hackney Carriages, or other person appointed
by the Magistrates' Committee, and reported in
writing, to the Magistrates' Committee, to have all
the requisites and to be in a fit state to be licensed.
No caiTiage will be licensed unless it be provided with
Lamps, and have Roof, Springs, Wheels, Cushions,
Linings, Panels, Doors, and Windows clean and in
good Repair, and the Steps of entry safe and conven-
ient, and that Skin, Rope, or Coir Mats, or other
matting equally comfortable, are provided for Passen-
gers' feet.
2. Owner's Name to be Painted on Carriage.
The name of the Owner of each Carriage shall be
painted in a straight line on the outside of each door,
immediately under the window, in Roman Letters not
less than one inch in height, and of proportionate
breadth, in a colour conspicuously different from that of
the Carriage, and be continued legible during all the
time the Carriage shall ply or be used for hire.
3. Number of License to he painted or affixed
on Outside of Carrriage.
The number of the License for each Carriage shall
bo painted on the Carriage, in a line with or under
the name, on each door, immediately below the
window, but so as not to conceal any part of the
Owner's name, and to be distinctly visible from the
outside, and in figures not less than one inch in
height, and of proportionate breadth, and be kept
legible during all the time the Carriage shall ply or
be used for hire.
4. Number of License ^ cfc. Inside the Carriage.
The number of the License, with the name of the
Owner, on an Enamelled Iron Plate, of the pattern to
be seen in the office of the Registrar, shall be placed
conspicuously inside the Carriage; and there shall
also be painted on such plate, under the number, as
follows: — "Driver to tender the Hirer a Reference
Ticket when entering the Carriage, and to produce
when demanded Bye-laws and Table of Fares. No
charge for luggage, unless it exceeds 112 lbs. where
one or two persons are conveyed ; 84 lbs. where three
persons, and 56 lbs. where four persons. And in no
case the charge to exceed Sixpence. Not compulsory
to carry over 112 lbs. of luggage."
5. Licenses to he numbered Consecutively and
Duplicate signed hy the Registrar.
The Licenses shall be numbered consecutively, in
the order in which the same shall have been regis-
OF HACENEYg CARRIAGES AND THE
THEREOF.
tered ; and each Owner, at the time of receiving his
License, shall be furnished with a Duplicate of such
License, signed by the Registrar.
6. When Carriages cease to ply.
Whenever a Licensed Carriage ceases to ply, the-
Proprietor thereof shall give intimation immediately
to the Registrar, Central Police Buildings, and shall
return the License to him, provided the repaks are-
not finished within one week. Whenever a Licensed
Carriage is sold by the Proprietor in whose nanie the-
License has been granted, or otherwise ceases to be-
his property, the License will lapse and become null,
and void.
7. Carriages to he in readiness.
The Owner of each Licensed Carriage shall have-i
the same ready for hire at one of the Public Stands
from Nine o'clock in the morning until Eleven o'clock
at night, unless when engaged. And when within
their respective yards, coach-houses, or stables, shall
turn out for hire as soon as practicable, or can be-
done without injury to his servants or horses, after
being called upon, between Eleven o'clock at night
and Nine in the morning.
8. Carriages to be furnished ivith a Chech-
String, ij-c.
Every carriage shall be provided with a proper
Check-string (which, when driving, shall be held by
the Driver), as well as a Board, or other Signal,,
bearing the word "' Engaged " or " Disengaged," and
which shall at all times be exhibited outside the Car-
riage when either engaged or disengaged, as the case
may be. The Board, or other Signal, to be of such
pattern and placed in such position as the Magistrates'
Committee shall direct.
9. No Proprietor of a Licensed Hackney Carriage ;
shall knowingly suffer or permit any person not duly \
licensed by the Magistrates' Committee to drive or
take charge of any such Carriage while plying for hire-
or upon any of the Stands.
PUBLIC STANDS.
The following places are appointed Public Stands
by the Magistrates and Council of Glasgow, in terms
of "The Glasgow Police Act, 1866," under reserva-
tion of all rights of private or leasehold property,,
viz. : —
1. North British Railway Terminus ; St. Vincent
Place ; Front of Royal Exchange ; South Side of
George Square, East Side, and North Side of the
Square, North Side of Cochran Street. No Cabs
permitted to stand on the West Side of George Square
and those on the North Side of the Square and in
Cochran street are only allowed to stand from 6 a.m.
to 11 p.m.
2. Caledonian Railway, Buchanan Street, and cen-
tre of Port-Dundas Road.
3. Railway Station, Clyde Place; East of Com-
merce Street, and centre of Commerce Street. ,
4. The Gorbals Railway Station ; East side of Upper i
Main Street at Cumberland Street ; North Side of |
Cumberland Street from Main Street to Surrey Street; i
and East Side of Pollokshaws Road, South of En- \
trance to the Old Station.
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