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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.

13. The Council may suspend for any
    period which to them shall seem proper any
    license held by any owner offending against
    clause 12 or by any driver knowingly driving
    any licensed carriage which or the horse or
    harness used in drawing which shall at the
    time of his so driving the same be insuffi-
    cient or unfit for public use.

14. 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 by resolu-
    tion suspend for any period which to them
    shall seem proper or revoke as they may
    deem fit any license which such owner driver
    or conductor may hold under this Bye-law
    And in case of any complaint before any
    Justice or Justices of the Peace affecting
    such driver conductor or owner it shall be
    lawful for the Justice or Justices to make
    an endorsement on the license stating the
    nature of any offence of which the driver
    conductor or owner may then be adjudged
    guilty and the amount of penalty inflicted
    therefor.

15. The owner of every borough stage
    carriage shall at the time of his obtaining
    his license from the Town Clerk procure to
    be endorsed on such license 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 without previously making ap-
    plication for leave to change the same at
    the office of the Town Clerk A fee of 5s.
    shall be paid on such application and
    the same shall be made at least 24 hours
    before such change is to commence.

16. The number of passengers to be
    carried in any licensed carriage shall be
    appointed in each case by the Council pro-
    vided that not less than 16 inches in width
    be allowed on the seat to each passenger
    and not less than 18 inches between seat
    and seat.

17. Infants in arms shall not be counted
    as passengers two children under seven
    years of age shall be counted as one pas-
    senger.

18. Until and subject to amendment or
    alteration by Bye-law as the Council may at
    any time hereafter from time to time see fit
    the fares chargeable for the conveyance of
    passengers in hackney carriages 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 distance Provided that
    such fares shall be inclusive of all charges
    for luggage not exceeding 14lbs. in weight
    for each passenger.

19. Charges by distance shall be com-
    puted from the stand or place from which
    the carriage was hired but back fares shall
    be charged only to the city boundary.

20. Until and subject to alteration from
    time to time by the Council the places of
    the public stands for hackney carriages and
    the number of such carriages to be allowed
    to wait at each stand shall be as specified in
    Schedule G to this Bye-law The Council
    may from time to time alter the number
    and place of such public stands and the
    number of such carriages and so soon as
    conveniently may be thereafter shall give
    notice of any such appointment or altera-
    tion by Bye-law.

21. The driver of any hackney carriage
    shall take his station on any public stand
    and in the event of the station before him
    being vacated shall immediately thereupon
    take such station.

22. As between any two or more of such
    drivers any person hailing a hackney car-
    riage from such stand shall unless he shall
    declare otherwise be deemed to hail the first
    carriage in order thereon.

23. No driver shall feed any horse whilst
    on any public stand otherwise than by
    means of a nose-bag or remove such horse's
    blinkers whilst being fed nor shall any
    driver allow any vicious horse attached to
    any such carriage to be or remain un-
    muzzled.

24. 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.

25. Any driver may wait for hire at
    any place then open for public
    amusement or for any public as-
    semblage provided he wait at the
    side of the street not less than 50
    feet distant from a point opposite
    the centre of the chief entrance of
    such place then open as aforesaid.

26. Any driver hired to wait at any
    such place of amusement or public
    assemblage may take his turn in
    front of such place.

27. 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 re-
    main 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.