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renewal of any licence the full fee shall be
paid; provided that there shall be granted
without fee to any owner, driver, or con-
ductor, now holding any licence granted by
the Council under the authority of "The
Hackney Carriages Ordinance, 1864," and
surrendering such licence on or before the
1st day of October next, an owner’s, driver’s,
or conductor’s licence (as the case may be),
under this bye-law, and such licence shall
remain in force until the 31st day of
December next.

8. No carriage licence shall include more
   than one carriage; provided that the same
   carriage may be licensed both as a hackney
   carriage and as a borough stage carriage.

9. Before using or letting to ply for hire
   any licensed carriage, the owner thereof
   shall cause the number of such carriage
   licence, and as to any borough stage carriage,
   the number of passengers which the same
   is licensed to carry, to be painted white on
   a ground of black, in figures of not less than
   two inches in height, and of proportionate
   breadth, outside upon the panel, or on the
   plate affixed thereon of each door of such
   carriage, or of any carriage, for the time
   being substituted therefor under Clause
   (1); but upon no other carriage, and shall
   keep such number undefaced, legible, and
   conspicuous, during all such time as he
   shall hold such licence or permission in
   respect of such carriage, and no longer.

10. Before using or letting to hire any
    licensed carriage, the owner thereof shall
    cause to be printed or painted on a card or
    plate six inches by three inches, in clear legible
    figures, the number of the licence of such
    carriage, and the number of passengers
    which such carriage is licensed to carry, and
    shall affix the same inside of such carriage
    at the upper part of the front panel thereof,
    together with the table of fares for the time
    being established by the Council; and shall
    keep such card or plate, and table of fares
    so affixed, undefaced, legible, and con-
    spicuous, during all such time as the
    carriage shall be used or ply for hire.

11. Any owner of any licensed carriage
    changing his place of abode shall, within
    two days thereafter, deliver notice in
    writing, signed by him, of his new place of
    abode at the office of the Town Clerk, and
    shall at the same time produce his licence
    to the Town Clerk, who shall endorse
    thereon, and sign a memorandum specifying
    the particulars of such change.

12. No owner of any licensed carriage
    shall part therewith, or with the licence
    thereof, without the previous knowledge
    and approval of the Council, nor without
    procuring to be entered on such licence, and
    registered in the books of the Town Clerk,
    the name of the purchaser or transferee
    thereof; until which registry such owner
    shall remain subject as such to all the pro-
    visions of this bye-law, and such purchaser
    or transferee allowing such carriage to be
    used or to ply for hire shall be subject to
    the penalty hereby imposed on any person
    plying without a licence.

13. No owner of any licensed carriage
    shall employ, or permit any person to act
    as driver or conductor thereof, without
    having first delivered up to him the licence
    of such driver or conductor; and such owner
    shall retain such licence in his possession
    until such driver or conductor shall cease so
    to act or be employed; and in case of any
    complaint before any Justice or Justices of
    the Peace affecting such driver or conductor,
    such owner, on being summoned and re-
    quired, shall produce such licence, and it
    shall be lawful for the Justice or Justices to
    make an endorsement thereon, stating the
    nature of any offence of which the driver
    or conductor may then be adjudged guilty,
    and the amount of penalty inflicted therefor.

14. Except in cases of misconduct as
    hereinafter mentioned, the owner of any
    licensed carriage shall forthwith return to
    any driver or conductor leaving his service
    the licence of such driver or conductor; but
    in case of such driver or conductor leaving
    his service for misconduct punishable here-
    under, the owner shall deliver the same at
    the office of the Town Clerk.

15. Upon its being made to appear to the
    satisfaction of the Council that any owner,
    driver, or conductor has been convicted of
    any offence under this bye-law, or of any
    criminal offence, the Council may suspend
    for any stated time, or revoke, as they may
    deem fit, any licence which such owner,
    driver, or conductor may hold under this
    bye-law.

16. No owner, driver, or conductor of any
    licensed carriage shall employ or permit any
    unlicensed person to act as driver or con-
    ductor thereof; nor shall any driver or
    conductor permit any person, whether
    licensed or not, to act as such driver or
    conductor without the consent of such
    owner; nor, except as provided by Clause
    13, shall any licensed driver or conductor
    lend or part with his licence.

17. The Council shall, as often as they
    may deem necessary, cause inspection to
    be made of all licensed carriages, and of the
    harness and horses used in drawing the
    same; and no owner, driver, or conductor of
    any such carriage, or any other person, shall
    obstruct such inspection. And if at any
    time any carriage, horse, or harness shall
    appear to the Council to be insufficient or
    unfit for public use, the Council may cause
    notice in writing, in the form or to the
    effect contained in Schedule E of this bye-
    law, to be served on the owner of such
    carriage, harness, or horse, either personally,
    or by delivery at his registered place of
    abode; after which service, such owner shall
    not use or let to hire such carriage until the
    same, or the horses or harness used in
    drawing the same, shall be sufficient and fit
    for public use.

18. The Council may suspend for any
    period, which to them shall seem proper,
    any licence held by any owner offending
    against Clause 17; or by any driver
    knowingly driving any licensed carriage