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LICENSING CONSOLIDATION . [ 21 or 1887. ] 965

11. Each licensed driver, drawer or bearer of a vehicle shall be photo
graphed, free of cost to himself ; one copy of such photograph shall be
attached to his licence, and one shall be retained by the Captain Superin
tendent of Police .
12. The licensee of every vehicle shall cause his vehicle to be taken at
such times and to such place as may be directed by the Captain Superintend
ent of Police for the inspection of such vehicle, and shall not leave such place
of inspection until authorised to do so by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
13. The Captain Superintendent of Police may require the licensee of any
vehicle to provide, and attach to such vehicle in such manner and in such
place as the Captain Superintendent of Policemay direct, a list of theauthor
ised fares for such vehicle, of such material and pattern as the Captain
Superintendent of Police may direct, and may also require the driver, drawer
or bearer of any vehicle to carry a list of fares to be charged in such form as
he may prescribe.
14. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse aa licence in respect
of any vehicle which in his opinion is not as to repairs or cleanliness in a
state fit for public use , or for any misconduct or the part of the licensee,
owner , driver, drawer or bearer. If a licence has been granted he may , for
either of the above-mentioned reasons, withdraw the same and cause it to be
forfeited .
15. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse a licence in respect
of any driver, drawer or bearer who in his opinion is improperly clothed . If
a licence has been granted he may , in such case, withdraw the same and
cause it to be forfeited .
16. Every person obtaining a licence for aa vehicle shall give, upon receiving
his licence, security in the sum of fifty dollars by the bond of himself and of
some person or persons to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of
Police, for the appearance of the licensee and also of the driver, drawer or
bearer of the vehicle at such time as they shall respectively be thereunto
required, and for his duly paying all fines which shall be imposed in respect
of the vehicle or the driver, drawer or bearer thereof, and all damages which
may be recovered for injuries committel in respect of the vehicle or by the
driver, drawer or bearer thereof; the bond to be in such form as the Captain
Superintendent of Police shall require.
17. The fares to be charged for public vehicles shall be the sims men
tionel in the table of fares hereto , such table of fares shall be set up in some
conspicuous place at the different Police Stations in the Colony and at such
other places as the Captain Superintendent of Police may from time to time
direct, and a copy thereof shall be inserted in every licence to be granteil
under these rules and it shall be also affixed in a conspicuous place on every
such rehicle. Such table of fares may be altered varieil or revoked by the
Captain Superintendent of Police but any alteration variation or revocation
thereof, shall, before the same shall come into operation , be approved by the
Governor in Council.
18. The driver, «Irawer or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not without
reasonable cause refuse, when unemployed, to accept hire .
19. The driver, drawer or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not demand
more than the authorised fare for the hire of his vehicle .
20. The driver, drawer or bearer of a licensel vehicle shall travel with
reasonable speed .
21. The driver, drawer or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not leave,
abandon or deposit the person biring his vehicle or refuse to complete his
journey before the completion of his engagement.

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