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ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1863. 557


Regulation of Public Vehicles.


hereby authorized to ply for hire ; and every driver or bearer plying for hire or carrying but he may carry
a fare if engaged
a fare at an unauthorized hour shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, within authoriz
ed hours.
unless the Magistrate shall be of opinion that such driver or bearer was bona fide
engaged during the hours within which he is hereby authorized to ply for hire.


5. Every licensed vehicle or chair shall have affixed thereto in such conspicuous Numbers and
badges to be
place as the Registrar General shall direct the number of its licence in figures not less fixed on vehicles
and chairs, and
than two inches in length, and each driver of a vehicle or bearer of a chair shall wear worn by drivers
or bearers.
in such manner as the Registrar General shall direct his distinguishing badge, bearing
his own number licence.


6. All vehicles or chairs shall upon grant or renewal of licence [ words added by Vehicles and
chairs to be
Ordinance No. 6 of 1882] be shewn and submitted to the inspection of the Registrar inspected by
Registrar Gener
al, and his power
General , or of such person as he shall appoint for the purpose ; and the Registrar to refuse licence.
General is hereby authorized to refuse a licence in respect of any vehicle or chair which
shall not in his estimation be either as to repairs or cleanliness in a state fit for public
use.


7. Every person obtaining a licence for a vehicle or chair under this Ordinance On licence secur
ity to be given.
shall find and give upon receiving his licence security in the sum of fifty dollars for a
special licence, and twenty-five dollars for an ordinary licence, by the bond of himself
and of some person or persons, to the satisfaction of the Registrar General, for
the appearance at any time [ words added by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882] of the person
obtaining such licence 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
Registrar General shall require.

8. Public vehicles and chairs shall when unengaged stand ready for hire at such Vehicle and
chair stands.
streets and places as the Registrar General shall from time to time direct . [ Added to
by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882. ]

9. The fares to be charged for public vehicles and chairs shall be such sums by Fares to be ac
cording to a
the day, half-day, hour, half-hour, or job as the Registrar General shall by a table scale to be fixed
by Registrar
General.
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 licence to be granted under this Ordi
nance, and it shall be also affixed in a conspicuous place on the inside of every such
vehicle or chair : Provided always that such table of fares, or any alteration of the
d
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.