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PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
Duplicates of Carriage License, lie will keep in a tin
case, that they may at all times be clean and legible.
19. He shall keep his Carriage Lamps lighted,
while driving, after sunset and before sunrise, during
the months of October, November, December, January,
and February.
20. Every Driver shall be cleanly in his person,
and shall, when on the Stand or driving, wear a good
hat, and other good, clean, and respectable clothes,
and shall conduct himself, at all times, in a proper,
civil, and decorous manner.
21. Driver to deliver Reference Ticket to Hirer of
Carriage.
Every Driver shall tender to the person hiring his
Carriage, when entering the Carriage, a Ticket,
according to the pattern shown in the office of the
Registrar, having printed thereon the number of the
Carriage and of the Driver, the name and address of
the Proprietor, and the following words — " Reference
in case of incivility, loss, or overcharge."'
22. Driver not to stand or Loiter in streets appro-
priated as Public Stands when full numhtr
of Carriages on Stand.
No Driver of any Carriage shall stand or loiter
with the same in any of the squares, streets, or places
appropriated as Public Stands, at the time when the
full number of Carriages authorised to ply on the
respective Stand shall be thereon, or in any street or
place not appropriated as a Public Stand, except at
places of pubho amusement or entertainment, and on
the occasion thereof.
23. Property accidentally left in any Carriage.
In every case of property being inadvertently left
in any Carriage by any person or persons who may
have hired or used the same, such property shall be
taken and delivered up to the person or persons who
have left the same, and, if not so delivered up, shall,
within twelve hours after the property is found, be
taken in the state in which it was found to the
Central Pohce Office, and there delivered to the
Registrar, with the name of the Owner and Driver,
and number of the Carriage ; the Driver in such case
being to be rewarded as the Magistrate may direct,
nt the expense of the hirer, which reward shall be left
with the Magistrate or Registrar, to be handed to the
Driver if the property is given up without his presence.
24. Owner or Driver not to Canvass for
Employment.
■ No Owner or Driver shall canvass or importune
for employment ; nor shall Carriages be taken from
their station in search of employment, but shall wait
their chance in the order prescribed by Bye-laws 12
and 13, except when taken to places of public
amusement or entertainment.
25. Drivers not to Smoke.
Drivers shall not smoke when waiting for parties
or when di'iving, after an objection made by any
person riding in, or upon, any such Carriage.
26. As to Feeding Horses on Stands.
Horses when on the Stand or anywhere in the
street shall not be fed except with food from a bag
or with hay from the hand, and no hay or oats shall
be kept inside of the Carriage.
27. Drivers to observe the Prop)er Rules for Driving
Drivers shall, on all occasions, be careful to observe
the proper rules for driving and to prevent danger,
obstruction, annoyance, or inconvenience, and shall!
be particularly cautious in crowded thoroughfares,-
and when turning from one street or passage into
another.
28. Drivers not to Carry Diseased Persons or Corpses.-
No Owner or Driver of a Carriage shall knowingly
carry, or convey thereon or therein, any person affected
with any infectious or contagious disease, or any
dead body.
29. Driver not to Drive an Unlicensed Carriage.
No Driver shall knowingly di'ive, or take charge of
an Unlicensed Carriage while plying for hire or upon
any of the Public Stands of the City.
30. Driver to Obey Instructions of Police.
In cases for which no specific rule is prescribed, and
particularly on occasions of setting down or taking up
parties at any public meeting or entertainment, and
in relation to distance from the corners of streets,
Drivers shall obey the instructions of the Chief Con-
stable, or Officers acting under him, for the safety of
Passengers and the maintenance of order.
FAKES.
31. It shall be in the option of the hirer to engage
any Hackney Carriage, either by time or distance,
providing this is done at the time of hiring ; but no
Hackney Carriage shall carry a greater number than,
four grown-up persons at one time.
Fares by Distance.
32. The following fares to be allowed for dis-
tances : —
/. Not exceeding one Mile : —
For a party of three or four grown- s. d.
up persons, . . . .10
For each additional half-mile, or
part thereof, ....
//. Not exceeding a Mile and a half: —
For a party of one or two grown-
up persons, ....
For each additional half-mile, or
part thereof, ....
(a) These Rates to include going from the nearest
Stand to the hirer's residence, and waiting tei
minutes, but if detained more than ten minutes. Six-
pence to be allowed for each additional ten minutei
or part thereof.
(6) If a Hackney CaiTiage is hired by distance
and in the course of the hiring is, at the request o
the hirer, made to wait, the Driver shall be entitle!
to charge (in addition to what is due to him fo
distance) an extra payment of Sixpence for eacl
period of ten minutes completed, whether in on-
stoppage or in several stoppages, but the Driver shal
not be entitled to an extra payment for waitini
any less period than ten minutes (whether sucli les
period be completed in one stoppage or in several stop
pages) which is over and above any number of com
pleted periods of ten minutes. The Driver shall no
be entitled to receive any extra payment for wait
ing, if such waiting has not amounted in whole t'
ten minutes.
(c) For Rules in regard to Children, see Bye
law 39.
(d) The Fare for any distance beyond five miles t
be the subject of special agreement. And if hire
by time, the Driver shall not be compelled to driv
for more than one hom\
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PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
Duplicates of Carriage License, lie will keep in a tin
case, that they may at all times be clean and legible.
19. He shall keep his Carriage Lamps lighted,
while driving, after sunset and before sunrise, during
the months of October, November, December, January,
and February.
20. Every Driver shall be cleanly in his person,
and shall, when on the Stand or driving, wear a good
hat, and other good, clean, and respectable clothes,
and shall conduct himself, at all times, in a proper,
civil, and decorous manner.
21. Driver to deliver Reference Ticket to Hirer of
Carriage.
Every Driver shall tender to the person hiring his
Carriage, when entering the Carriage, a Ticket,
according to the pattern shown in the office of the
Registrar, having printed thereon the number of the
Carriage and of the Driver, the name and address of
the Proprietor, and the following words — " Reference
in case of incivility, loss, or overcharge."'
22. Driver not to stand or Loiter in streets appro-
priated as Public Stands when full numhtr
of Carriages on Stand.
No Driver of any Carriage shall stand or loiter
with the same in any of the squares, streets, or places
appropriated as Public Stands, at the time when the
full number of Carriages authorised to ply on the
respective Stand shall be thereon, or in any street or
place not appropriated as a Public Stand, except at
places of pubho amusement or entertainment, and on
the occasion thereof.
23. Property accidentally left in any Carriage.
In every case of property being inadvertently left
in any Carriage by any person or persons who may
have hired or used the same, such property shall be
taken and delivered up to the person or persons who
have left the same, and, if not so delivered up, shall,
within twelve hours after the property is found, be
taken in the state in which it was found to the
Central Pohce Office, and there delivered to the
Registrar, with the name of the Owner and Driver,
and number of the Carriage ; the Driver in such case
being to be rewarded as the Magistrate may direct,
nt the expense of the hirer, which reward shall be left
with the Magistrate or Registrar, to be handed to the
Driver if the property is given up without his presence.
24. Owner or Driver not to Canvass for
Employment.
■ No Owner or Driver shall canvass or importune
for employment ; nor shall Carriages be taken from
their station in search of employment, but shall wait
their chance in the order prescribed by Bye-laws 12
and 13, except when taken to places of public
amusement or entertainment.
25. Drivers not to Smoke.
Drivers shall not smoke when waiting for parties
or when di'iving, after an objection made by any
person riding in, or upon, any such Carriage.
26. As to Feeding Horses on Stands.
Horses when on the Stand or anywhere in the
street shall not be fed except with food from a bag
or with hay from the hand, and no hay or oats shall
be kept inside of the Carriage.
27. Drivers to observe the Prop)er Rules for Driving
Drivers shall, on all occasions, be careful to observe
the proper rules for driving and to prevent danger,
obstruction, annoyance, or inconvenience, and shall!
be particularly cautious in crowded thoroughfares,-
and when turning from one street or passage into
another.
28. Drivers not to Carry Diseased Persons or Corpses.-
No Owner or Driver of a Carriage shall knowingly
carry, or convey thereon or therein, any person affected
with any infectious or contagious disease, or any
dead body.
29. Driver not to Drive an Unlicensed Carriage.
No Driver shall knowingly di'ive, or take charge of
an Unlicensed Carriage while plying for hire or upon
any of the Public Stands of the City.
30. Driver to Obey Instructions of Police.
In cases for which no specific rule is prescribed, and
particularly on occasions of setting down or taking up
parties at any public meeting or entertainment, and
in relation to distance from the corners of streets,
Drivers shall obey the instructions of the Chief Con-
stable, or Officers acting under him, for the safety of
Passengers and the maintenance of order.
FAKES.
31. It shall be in the option of the hirer to engage
any Hackney Carriage, either by time or distance,
providing this is done at the time of hiring ; but no
Hackney Carriage shall carry a greater number than,
four grown-up persons at one time.
Fares by Distance.
32. The following fares to be allowed for dis-
tances : —
/. Not exceeding one Mile : —
For a party of three or four grown- s. d.
up persons, . . . .10
For each additional half-mile, or
part thereof, ....
//. Not exceeding a Mile and a half: —
For a party of one or two grown-
up persons, ....
For each additional half-mile, or
part thereof, ....
(a) These Rates to include going from the nearest
Stand to the hirer's residence, and waiting tei
minutes, but if detained more than ten minutes. Six-
pence to be allowed for each additional ten minutei
or part thereof.
(6) If a Hackney CaiTiage is hired by distance
and in the course of the hiring is, at the request o
the hirer, made to wait, the Driver shall be entitle!
to charge (in addition to what is due to him fo
distance) an extra payment of Sixpence for eacl
period of ten minutes completed, whether in on-
stoppage or in several stoppages, but the Driver shal
not be entitled to an extra payment for waitini
any less period than ten minutes (whether sucli les
period be completed in one stoppage or in several stop
pages) which is over and above any number of com
pleted periods of ten minutes. The Driver shall no
be entitled to receive any extra payment for wait
ing, if such waiting has not amounted in whole t'
ten minutes.
(c) For Rules in regard to Children, see Bye
law 39.
(d) The Fare for any distance beyond five miles t
be the subject of special agreement. And if hire
by time, the Driver shall not be compelled to driv
for more than one hom\
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