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Rule of road for vehicles and chairs meeting and passing de-fined.
Property in ve-hicle or chair to be taken to the Police office,
and disposal thereof.
Penalty for non-compliance.
Penalties on drivers of ve-hicles and chairs.
ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1863.
Regulation of Public Vehicles.
10. Every vehicle and chair on meeting any other vehicle or chair shall if prac-ticable pass the other by keeping on the left side of the road, and when going in the same direction with and overtaking such vehicle or chair shall pass on the right leaving the vehicle or chair overtaken on the left.
11. All property left in any vehicle or chair shall be taken forthwith to the Central Police Station and handed over to the Police authorities who shall cause the goods to be publicly advertised in the usual manner, and, if claimed, the same shall be handed over to the owner claiming it subject to a deduction of five per centum on the value to be given to the driver or bearer bringing the same to the Police to be ascertained in case of difference by the Captain Superintendent of Police, and if the same shall be unclaimed at the expiration of three months from the date of the loss the Captain Superintendent shall as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, cause the said goods respectively to be sold in such manner as he shall think best, and the Captain Superintendent shall deduct out of the proceeds of each sale a sum equivalent to ten per centum on the proceeds of the sale of such goods, and shall pay the amount to the driver or bearer who shall have brought the said goods, and subject thereto the said proceeds shall be paid into the Public Treasury; and in case any driver or bearer shall omit from any cause whatever to comply with the regulation contained in this section he shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars and the value of the article retained, and to a revocation of his licence for a period not exceeding two years
and besides any punishment for larceny or other crime of which he
may be
convicted.
12. Every driver of a public vehicle or bearer of a public chair who shall be guilty of either of the offences following, that is to say:-
(1.) Concealing from or preventing any person taking the number of himself
or of his vehicle or chair;
(2.) Or using any public vehicle or chair without having the registered number thereof properly affixed thereto, or without having a copy of the list of fares properly affixed in his vehicle or chair, or not carrying a lamp respectively according to regulation;
(3.) Or without having his badge on his person according to regulation; (4.) Or transferring the use of any licence to any other person;
(5.) Or failing within twenty-four hours after the expiration of such licence
to deliver up the same to the Registrar General;
(6.) Or carelessly driving any vehicle or carrying any chair to the danger of
any person or property whatsoever;
(7) Or using any insulting language or being guilty of any rude behaviour
whilst employed;
(8.) Or keeping the wrong side of the road without reasonable excuse for
so doing;