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PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
(i) If a Hackney Carriage is hired by distance,
and in the course of the hiring is, at the request of
the hirer, made to wait, the Driver shall be entitled
to charge (in addition to what is due to him for
distance) an extra payment of Sixpence for each
period of ten minutes completed, whether in one
stoppage or in several stoppages, but the Driver shall
not be entitled to an extra payment for waiting
any less period than ten minutes (whether such less
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 not
be entitled to receive any extra payment for wait-
ing, if such waiting has not amounted in whole to
ten minutes.
(c) For Kules in regard to Children, see Bye-
law 39.
Qd) The Fare for any distance beyond five miles to
be the subject of special agreement. And if hired
by time, the Driver shall not be compelled to diive
for more than one hour.
33. Should the Driver require to go more than
three hundred yards from the yard or Stand where
the Carriage is taken to the hirer's residence, there
will be a charge of Sixpence extra.
34. Half-fare returning, which the hirer shall
have the option of doing.
35. When parties return, and the fare going does
not exceed One Shilling and Sixpence, the Carriage
shall wait ten minutes without any charge for
waiting; when Two Shillings and upwards, fifteen
minutes. If the Carriage be detained longer, a
charge shall be allowed for waiting, at the rate of
Sixpence for every ten minutes, or part thereof,
commencing at the period when the. free waiting
expires.
36. When a Carriage is called, but not used, a
charge of Sixpence shall be allowed, if the place to
which it is called be under half a mile from the
nearest Stand, and One Shilling if beyond that.
Waiting, as in Section 33, Article (a).
Fares hy Time,
. 37. For shopping, making calls, and the like,
where the driving is not continuous, and the dis-
tance travelled, going and returning, does not exceed
two miles in the half hour, the charge shall be One
Shilling and Sixpence for the first half-hour, and
Sixpence for every additional quarter of an hour, or
part thereof.
For an airing in the country, not exceeding five
miles from the General Post Office, and returning
either by the same or a diffisrent road, the rate shall
be One Shilling for every fifteen minutes, and the
rate of driving shall be at least six miles an hour,
unless the hirer wishes a slower pace. V
Whether the Fares are hy Distance or ly Time. \
38. The hirer pays Tolls. 1
39. Two children above six and under twelve
years of age shall count for one person. No charge 1
for one child above six, or children under six. 1
40. The following weights of luggage will be \
allowed free of charge : — (a) When one or two per-
sons are conveyed, 112 lbs. ; (V) when three persons,
84 lbs. ; (c) when four persons, 56 lbs. When the f
weight of luggage exceeds the respective weights to
the number of persons specified above, the Driver
will be entitled to make a charge not exceeding
Sixpence. No Driver shall be compelled to carry in
or upon a Hackney Carriage a greater weight of
luggage than 112 lbs. The Driver to assist in load-
ing and unloading in all cases when required, with-
out any extra charge.
41. From 12 at night till 6 in the morning, double
fare will be exigible.
42. On Sunday fare-and-a-half will be exigible
from 6 A.M. till 12 midnight.
43. No charge for Drivers.
Fare may he withheld,
44. Any party shall be entitled to withhold pay-
ment of the fare : —
1st. When the name and number are not paintedf"
outside the Carriage, or when there is no plate inside,j
in terms of Article 4 of these Bye-laws.
2nd. When the Bye-laws and Table of Fares ar(
not shown on demand. And,
3rd. When an overcharge is made.
PENALTIES.
45. Any person contravening any one of these Bye-
laws shall be liable in a penalty not exceeding 40s.
Signed by us, two of the Members of the Magis-
trates' Committee of " The Board of Pohce of
Glasgow," in terms of " The Glasgow Police
Act, 1866."
HUGH LAMBERTON.
JAMES THOMSON.
Glasgow, 2nd December, 1878. — Allows and
confirms the foregoing bye-laws.
F. W. CLARK,
Sheri^ of Lanarkshire,
TABLE OF FARES FOR COAL PORTERS.
FOB CARRYING COAL, DROSS, OR TRIPPING.
Waggon of Waggon o(
24 Cwts. 12 Cwts.
Where the distance from the Stair to where the Coals lay is not more than 60 feet, s. d. s. d.
for the first stair, . _ 10 ... 7
For every other stair, ........... 4 ... 2
From any Street, Lane, or Court to a Cellar within 60 feet from where the Coals
lay, if not down a stair, . . . . . , . . . .08 ... 05
For each additional 60 feet, or portion thereof, . . . . . • .04 ... 02
If down a stair, 1 ... 7
For Shovelling through a Hatch into a Cellar under the pavement, . . .05 ... 03