licensed vehicle of whatever form or con-
struction having four wheels and being drawn
by two or more horses shall be deemed a car-
iage and having two wheels and drawn by
one or two horses or having more than two
wheels if drawn by one horse a cab or car.

Driver to keep engagement.

24. No owner or driver of any licensed
    carriage having agreed to take any fare at
    any time or from any place shall delay neg-
    ect or refuse to fulfil such engagement.

Hirer must pay fare.

25. Any person having hired or used a
    licensed carriage and at the termination of
    the journey not paying the fare when de-
    manded shall on conviction before any Jus-
    tice or Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay
    to the owner or driver of such licensed
    carriage the amount of the said fare together
    with such damages costs and expenses for
    loss of time or otherwise as the said Justice
    or Justices shall in his or their discretion
    think proper.

Stand for carriages.

26. Such places as the said Council shall
    from time to time appoint shall be the
    public stands for hackney carriages plying
    for hire provided that the said Council
    may from time to time as they shall see fit
    alter the situations and number of the said
    stands so appointed and of the carriages in
    each stand and notice of such appointment
    and of such alteration shall be given by
    advertisement in one or more of the news-
    papers published within the said City of
    Christchurch but on every stand there shall
    be left such spaces for the convenience of
    foot passengers as the Council may from
    time to time direct.

Order on stand.

27. Carriages shall take their stations on
    the stand in the order of their arrival and
    when any carriage shall be called or driven
    off any stand, the carriage immediately
    behind shall draw up to the place vacated
    and any other carriage behind in the like
    order.

Driver must hire.

28. Every owner or driver of a hackney
    carriage standing or plying for hire at any
    public stand appointed by the said Council
    shall unless previously engaged (the proof
    of which engagement shall be on such owner
    or driver) be bound to take immediately any
    fare not exceeding the number of persons
    which his carriage is licensed to carry and
    no owner or driver of any hackney carriage
    shall refuse to carry thereby a reasonable
    quantity of luggage for any person hiring or
    desiring to hire such carriage nor shall
    refuse to drive the same to any place within
    the limits set forth in this by-law or for
    any time not exceeding twelve hours if so
    required by any person hiring or intending
    to hire such carriage nor shall fail to drive
    the same at a reasonable speed not less than
    six miles an hour unless unavoidably delayed
    or required by the hirer to drive at any
    slower pace.

Carriages must not stand across street and no damage to be done to other vehicles or to persons.

29. No driver of any hackney carriage
    shall suffer the same to stand for hire across
    any street or alongside of any other
    hackney carriage nor obstruct the driver of
    any other carriage in taking up or setting
    down any person nor wilfully wrongfully
    or forcibly prevent or endeavour to prevent
    the driver of any other carriage from a fare
    and no driver or conductor shall at any time
    whilst loading unloading or attending any
    licensed carriage wilfully or negligently do
    or cause or suffer to be done any damage to
    the person or property of any one or be
    guilty of any breach of the peace misconduct or misbehaviour whereby a breach of
    the peace may be occasioned in any respect
    in such employment.

Carriages to be drawn on near side of the road.

30. Every person having the care or con-
    duct of any carriage shall keep the same on
    the left or near side of the road except in
    case of actual necessity or other sufficient
    reason for deviation and shall not interrupt
    or interfere with any person or carriage
    passing or attempting to pass his carriage.

Carriages must not stand longer than necessary in street.

31. No owner or driver shall permit his
    carriage with or without horses to stand in
    any street lane thoroughfare or public
    place longer than may be necessary for load-
    ing or unloading or taking up or putting
    down passengers excepting while standing
    for hire in some lawful place for that pur-
    pose or waiting for the hirer or excepting
    when waiting for hire at any place of amuse-
    ment or public assemblage in which case he
    must take up his position on the side of the
    street but not within a distance of fifty feet
    above or below a point opposite the centre
    of the chief entrance of such place of amuse-
    ment or public assemblage unless previously
    engaged in which case he may take his turn
    in front of the building.

Carriage how placed in setting down or taking up passengers.

32. Every driver whilst engaged in taking
    up or setting down any passenger shall
    during such taking up or setting down place
    his carriage as near as conveniently may be
    to that side of the street at which the taking
    up or setting down is required.

Furious driving carelessness &c.

33. No owner driver or conductor shall
    while having the care of or being attendant
    upon any licensed carriage drive the same
    furiously wantonly or carelessly or be
    drunk or use any obscene or blasphemous
    language or any threatening abusive or
    insulting words or gestures.