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PUBLIC VEHICLES AND CHAIR ORDINANCE.
and also of the Driver or Bearer of the Vehicle or Chair when they shall respectively be thereunto required, and for his duly paying all Fines which shall be imposed in respect of the Vehicle or Chair or the Driver or Bearer thereof, and all damages which may be recovered for injuries committed in respect of the Vehicle or Chair or the Driver or Bearer thereof; the Bond to be in such form as the said Registrar General shall require.
Vehicle and Chair
VIII. Public Vehicles and Chairs shall when unengaged stand ready for hire at such Streets and Places as the Registrar General shall stands. from time to time direct.
Fares to be according. to a scale to be fixed by Registrar General.
IX. The Fares to be charged for Public Vehicles and Chairs shall be such Sums by the Day, Half-day, Hour, Half-hour, or Job as the Registrar General shall by a Table of Fares to be set up in some conspicuous place in his Office from time to time direct, and a Copy thereof shall be inserted in every License to be granted under this Ordinance, and it shall be also affixed in a con- spicuous place on the inside of every such Vehicle or Chair: Provided always that such Table of Fares, or any alteration of the same, shall, before the same shall come into operation, be submitted to and approved by the Governor in Executive Council. Every Public Vehicle or Chair when plying for hire or engaged after Eight O'clock at Night shall carry a Lamp of such description as the Registrar General shall direct.
X. Every Vehicle and Chair on meeting any other Vehicle or Chair shall if practicable 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.
XI. All Property left in any Vehicle or Chair shall be taken forthwith to the Central Police Station and handed over to the Police
Chairs
Rule of Road for Vehicles and meeting and passing de- fined.
Property in Vehicle
or Chair to be taken to
the Police Office, and disposal thereof.
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 said 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 said 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 said 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 Penalty for non-comp- to comply with the regulation contained in this Section he shall be liance. subject to a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars and the value of the article retained, and to a revocation of his License for a period not exceeding Two Years over and besides any Punishment for Larceny or other crime of which he may be convicted.
Penalties on drivers
XII. Every Driver of a Public Vehicle or Bearer of a Public Chair who shall be guilty of either of the Offences following, that is of Vehicles and Chairs.
to say:
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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 License to any other Person;