Christchurch Hackney Carriage Bye-laws




a driver or attendant in the keeping em-
ploying or letting to hire of any hackney
carriage or borough stage carriage And the
word "conductor" shall include every
director or other person except the driver
who shall attend upon the passengers in any
borough stage carriage And the word
"passenger" shall include every person
carried by any hackney carriage or borough
stage carriage except one driver and (where
there shall be a conductor to such borough
stage carriage) one conductor.

  1. The Bye-laws or parts of Bye-laws
    hereinafter specified being all the Bye-laws
    or regulations heretofore in force in and for
    the said City of Christchurch which are
    inconsistent with or repugnant to the pro-
    visions hereof or in any respect deal or pur-
    port to deal with the subject matter of this
    Bye-law are hereby repealed namely a Bye-
    law made by the Council on the 9th day of
    August 1869 and intituled "Bye-law No. 2
    Hackney Carriages and Borough Stage
    Carriages."

Passed by the said Council this 29th
day of December, 1873.

M. B. HART,
Mayor.

GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk. (L.S.)

I hereby certify that the above Bye-law is
in compliance as regards the City of Christ-
church with the 184th Section of "The
Municipal Corporations Act 1867."

GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk.

[Schedule A.]

CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Bye-law No. 14, Clause 2.

A REQUISITION for a HACKNEY CARRIAGE
or BOROUGH STAGE CARRIAGE LICENSE.

To the Mayor and Councillors of the City
of Christchurch:—

I
residing in
do hereby
request that a license may be granted to me
to keep use employ and let a
to ply for hire within the said city and
within the distance of ten miles of the
Post Office.

Dated the
day of
18

Description of Carriage.
Build
Colour
Linings and trimmings

Inspector's Report.
I
the
officer appointed to inspect the above-
named
do
hereby certify that the conditions required

by the Bye-law No. 14 for licensing hack-
ney carriages and borough stage carriages
and the owners drivers and conductors
thereof have been complied with and that
the said
is capable of
carrying
passengers.

Dated the
day of
18

License authorised by the Council of the
City of Christchurch this
day of
18

License No.

Mayor.

[Schedule B.]

CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Bye-law No. 14, Clause 4.

A REQUISITION for LICENSE as a HACKNEY
CARRIAGE DRIVER or CONDUCTOR.

To the Mayor and Councillors of the City
of Christchurch:—

I
residing in
do hereby
request that a license may be granted to me
for hire within the said city and within the
distance of ten miles from the Post Office.

Dated the
day of
18

Note.—It is necessary that the applicant
should produce satisfactory certificates of
good conduct and of his ability to drive if a
driver.

We the undersigned certify the applicant
at present
residing in
is a person
of good fame and character and thoroughly
competent to act as a

License authorised by the Council of the
City of Christchurch this
day
of
18

License No.

Mayor.

[Schedule C.]

CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Bye-law No. 14, Clause 5.

HACKNEY CARRIAGE or BOROUGH STAGE
CARRIAGE LICENSE.

No.
To carry
Passengers.
City of Christchurch to wit:

Whereas
has made a requisition
for a license for a
carriage to
ply for hire within the City of Christchurch
and its vicinity pursuant to the provision of
Bye-law No. 14 of the said city intituled
"A Bye-law for Licensing and Regulating



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🏘️ Bye-law No. 14, Hackney Carriages and Borough Stage Carriages (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
29 December 1873
Christchurch City Council, Hackney Carriages, Borough Stage Carriages, Licensing, Bye-law, Repeal
  • M. B. Hart, Mayor
  • George Gordon, Town Clerk

🏘️ Schedule A: Requisition for a Hackney Carriage or Borough Stage Carriage License

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Christchurch City Council, Hackney Carriages, Licensing, Forms, Requisition

🏘️ Schedule B: Requisition for License as a Hackney Carriage Driver or Conductor

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Christchurch City Council, Hackney Carriages, Drivers, Conductors, Licensing, Forms

🏘️ Schedule C: Hackney Carriage or Borough Stage Carriage License

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Christchurch City Council, Hackney Carriages, Licensing, Forms