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PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
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jured while in possession of the Driver, the expenses
of any necessary repairs will be deducted from the
sum deposited.
He shall wear the Badge displayed conspicu-
ously on his left breast above his outer garment,
while on the stand or di'iving, or otherwise employed
as a Driver, except when engaged at a marriage, or
funeral, or country excursion, or airing, when he may
wear his Badge concealed.
No Driver to lend or permit any other person
to use his License or Badge, or to wear any other
Badge than the one issued to him by the Registrar.
No Driver shall wilfully damage his Badge, and he
shall not wear a Badge on which the lettering is not
distinctly legible.
Every Driver who ceases to act, or whose License
shall have been suspended by the Magistrate, or
shall have expired, shall, within three days there-
after, deliver his License and Badge at the office of
the Registrar.
He shall always have with him while on the Stand,
or driving, a copy of the Clauses of the Glasgow
Police Act, 1866, relative to Hackney Carriages and
Drivers; also Bye-laws, and Tables of Fares and
Distances, and Duplicate of Carriage License, and
Reference Ticket, which he will exhibit, on demand,
to any Constable, or to any person who has hired or
used his Carriage, or who is about to do so ; which
I Clauses, Bye-laws, or Tables of Distances, with the
, Duplicates of Carriage License, he shall keep at all
times clean and legible.
He shall keep his Carriage Lamps clean and well
trirrfmed and lighted at all times, except from 1st
■ May to 15th August inclusive, while driving, and on
the Stand, between sunset and sunrise.
Evei-y 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.
Driver to deliver Reference Ticket to Hirer oj
Carriage.
Every Driver shall, if demanded, deliver to the
person hiring his Carriage, when entering the Carriage,
or at any time during or on completion of the jour-
ney, a Ticket, having printed thereon the number of
the Carriage and of the Driver, the name and address
of the Proprietor, and the foUowmg words — '' Refer-
^ence in case of complaints or of property being
iieft in the Carriage," &c. Fares on reverse side.
Driver not to stand or Loiter in streets appro-
priated as Public Stands when full number
of Carriages on Stand.
No Driver of any Can-iage shall stand or loiter
' iwith 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 public amusement or entertainment, and on
;he occasion thereof.
Property accidentally left in any Ca-rriage.
After completion of any journey, the Driver shall
!arefully search the Carriage for any property which
nay have been left therein ; and in every case of
property being left in any Carriage by any person or
lersons 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 Police 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 to be rewarded at the expense
of the hirer, which reward shall be a sum equal to at
least 2«. Qd. in the £ left with the Magistrate or
Registrar, to be handed to the Driver if the property
is given up outwith his presence.
Driver not to Canvass for Employment.
No Driver shall canvass or importune for employ-
ment ; nor shall Carriages be taken from their station
in search of employment, but shall wait their chance
in the order prescribed by Bye-laws 21 and 22,
except when taken to places of public amusement or
entertainment.
Drivers not to Smoke.
Drivers shall not smoke when driving, after an
objection made by any person riding in, or upon, anv
such Carriage.
As to Feeding E arses 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 Can-iage.
Drivers to observe the Proper 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 sautious in crowded thoroughfares,
and when turning from one street or passage into
another, and patsing over busy crossings, shall bring
the horse to a walking pace.
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.
Driver not to Drive an Unlicensed Carriage.
No Driver shall knowingly drive, or take charge of
an Unlicensed Carriage whOe plying for hire or upon
any of the Public Stands of the City.
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 pubHc 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.
FARES.
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 then
four grown-up persons at one time if a four-wheeled
carriage, and two grown-up persons if a two-wheeled
carriage.