PUBLIC VEHICLES AND CHAIR ORDINANCE.
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No Vehicle to ply for hire until License obtain-
ed. Penalty for breach.
I. No Vehicle or Chair shall ply for or be let on hire unless and until the Owner or one of the Owners thereof shall have obtained a License for the same, which License the Registrar General of this Colony is hereby required to grant subject to such Rules and Regulations as are hereby or- dained and authorized. Every Person being Owner or part-Owner of a Vehicle or Chair which shall ply for or be let on hire without such License, and every Driver or Bearer of such Vehicle or Chair plying for, or let on hire without having such License as is hereby required, shall be subject respectively for each Offence to a penalty not exceeding One hundred Dollars.
II. Every such License shall be taken out Half-yearly or for the residue of the current Half-year, and shall expire on the Thirty-first Day of March and on the Thirtieth Day of September respectively in each Year. Upon the taking out of every such License there shall be paid to the Registrar General for the use of the Public Treasury the following Fee:-
For an Ordinary License for every wheeled Vehicle One Dollar. For a Special License for every wheeled Vehicle Two Dollars. For an Ordinary License for every Chair Fifty Cents. For a Special License for every Chair One Dollar.
Licenses to be taken
out and to be renewed half-yearly, and sums payable for licenses or- dinary and special.
Hours within which Vehicles may ply for hire, and number of spe-
cial licenses.
For every Driver of a Vehicle or Bearer of a Chair Ten Cents. III. Every Driver of a Vehicle and every Bearer of a Chair, which shall be licensed by an Ordinary License, shall be privileged to ply for hire from Five O'clock in the Morning until Eight O'clock at Night. Every Driver of a Vehicle and every Bearer of a Chair, which shall be specially licensed, shall be privileged to ply for hire from Five O'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at Night. The number of Special Licenses shall be in the discretion of the Registrar General, in the absence of and subject to any direction he may receive from His Excellency the Governor.
IV. No holder of a License shall ply for hire at any other Hour than the Hours above authorized, but every Holder of a License may drive or carry a fare within unauthorized Hours, provided he has been bona fide engaged within the Hours within which he is hereby au- thorized to ply for hire; and every Driver or Bearer plying for hire or carrying a fare at an unauthorized Hour shall be subject to a penalty Dollars, unless the Magistrate shall be of opinion that such Driver or engaged during the Hours within which he is hereby authorized to ply
V. Every Licensed Vehicle or Chair shall have affixed thereto in such conspicuous place as the Registrar General shall direct the Number of its License in figures not less than Two Inches in length,
No holder of License
to ply out of Hours un-
authorized by his license, but he may carry a fare if engaged within au- thorized hours.
not exceeding Fifty Bearer was bond fide for hire.
Numbers and Badges to be fixed on Vehicles by Drivers or Bearers. and Chairs, and worn
and each Driver of a Vehicle or Bearer of a Chair shall wear in such manner as the Registrar General shall direct his distinguishing Badge, bearing his own. Number of License.
VI. All Vehicles or Chairs shall upon grant or renewal of License be shewn and submitted to the inspection of the Registrar General, or of such Person as he shall appoint for the purpose; and the said Registrar General is hereby authorized to refuse a License in respect of
any Vehicle or Chair which shall not in his estimation he either as to in a state fit for public use.
Vehicles and Chairs to be inspected by Re- gistrar General, and his power to refuse License. repairs or cleanliness
On License Security
VII. Every Person obtaining a License for a Vehicle or Chair under this Ordinance shall find and give upon receiving his License to be given. Security in the Sum of Fifty Dollars for a Special License, and Twenty-five Dollars for an Ordinary License, by the Bond of himself and of some Person or Persons, to the satisfaction of the Registrar General, for the appearance at any time of the Person obtaining such License
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