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which, or the horses or harness used in
drawing which, shall, at the time of his so
driving the same, be insufficient or unfit for
public use.

19. The owner of every borough stage
    carriage shall, from time to time, procure to
    be endorsed upon the licence thereof, by the
    Town Clerk, the places or termini between
    which, and the route along which, such
    carriage is to ply; and shall not use or let
    to ply for hire such carriage between any
    other termini, or along any other route than
    shall for the time being be specified in or
    endorsed upon such licence. The Town
    Clerk shall, on being required, make such
    endorsement without fee or reward.

20. The number of passengers to be
    carried in any licensed carriage shall be ap-
    pointed in each case by the Council, pro-
    vided that not less than sixteen inches in
    width be allowed on the seat to each
    passenger, and not less than eighteen inches
    between seat and seat; and no driver or
    conductor shall, on any pretence whatever,
    allowed to be conveyed in the carriage at
    one and the same time a greater number of
    passengers than the number so appointed.

21. Infants in arms shall not be counted
    as passengers; two children under seven
    years of age, or every two of such children,
    shall be counted as one passenger only.

22. Subject to amendment and alteration
    as the Council may at any time hereafter,
    from time to time see fit, the fares charge-
    able for the conveyance of passengers in any
    hackney carriage shall be as set forth in
    Schedule F to this bye-law, it being at the
    option of the hirer whether to hire by time
    or by distance. Upon any amendment or
    alteration, the amended rates and fares
    shall be advertised in some newspaper pub-
    lished in the City of Christchurch, and shall
    from such date as shall be fixed in such ad-
    vertisement, be the rates and fares chargeable
    for the conveyance of passengers as aforesaid:
    provided that such rates and fares shall be
    inclusive of all charges for luggage, not exceed-
    ing fourteen pounds in weight for each
    passenger.

23. Charges by distance shall be computed
    from the stand or place from which the carriage
    was hired, but back fares shall be charged
    only to the city boundary.

24. The Council shall appoint, and may
    from time to time alter, the number of the
    places of the public stands for hackney car-
    iages; and the number of such carriages to
    be allowed to wait at each stand; and the
    appropriation of any part or parts thereof re-
    spectively, for foot-passengers; and so soon
    as conveniently may be thereafter, shall give
    notice of any such appointment, alteration,
    or appropriation, by advertisement in some
    newspaper published within the City of
    Christchurch.

25. The driver of any hackney carriage
    shall take his station on any public stand,
    on which he shall wait for hire in the order
    of his arrival on such stand; and in the event
    of the station before him being vacated, shall
    immediately thereupon take such station.

26. No driver shall feed any horse whilst
    on any public stand otherwise than by means
    of a nose-bag, or shall remove such horse’s
    blinkers whilst being fed; nor shall any
    driver allow any vicious horse attached to
    any such carriage to remain unmuzzled.

27. Except in the cases in this clause
    specified, no driver of any hackney carriage
    shall permit the same to stand elsewhere
    than on some public stand.

(1.) Any driver may wait for hire at
any place then open for public
amusement or for any public
assemblage: Provided he wait at
the side of the street not less than
fifty feet distant from a point op-
posite the centre of the chief en-
trance of such place then open as
aforesaid.

(2.) Any driver hired to wait at such
place of amusement or public assem-
blage may take his turn in front of
such place.

(3.) Any hired driver may wait for his
hirer at any convenient place which
may be appointed by such hirer at
the side of any street.

28. The driver of any carriage shall remain
    constantly in attendance upon the same
    while hired or plying for, or returning from
    hire, or waiting on any public stand.

29. No driver of any carriage shall, by
    loitering or any other improper conduct,
    cause any obstruction in any street, nor
    shall he permit the same to stand alongside
    of any other carriage in taking up or setting
    down any person, or wilfully or wrongfully
    prevent, or endeavour to prevent, the driver
    of any other carriage from being hired or
    taking a fare, nor shall he, while acting as
    such driver or conductor, do, or cause, or
    suffer to be done, any damage to any person
    or property, or be guilty of any breach of
    the peace, or of any misconduct or misbe-
    haviour tending to occasion a breach of the
    peace.

30. No driver of any hackney carriage
    plying for hire or waiting upon any public
    stand, shall, unless then actually hired by
    some other person, or without other reason-
    able cause, refuse or neglect to take imme-
    diately any fare not exceeding the number
    of persons which such carriage is licensed to
    carry: nor shall any such driver refuse or
    neglect to carry any reasonable quantity
    of luggage for any person hiring, or desiring
    to hire, such carriage; nor shall he, without
    reasonable cause, refuse or neglect to drive
    to any place within the limits prescribed by
    this bye-law, or for any time not exceeding
    twelve hours; nor shall he, unless required
    by such hirer, drive at a slower speed than
    six miles an hour.

31. No owner or driver of any hackney
    carriage shall exact or demand for the hire
    thereof to any place within the limits herein-
    after prescribed any greater sum than may