The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-05-24
AN ORDINANCE

ged in hitherto.
AN ORDINANCE
For licensing, and relating to Livery
Stables, etc., Wagons, Carts and Drays,
POrters or Runners.
BE it Ordaircd by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City Council of st. Paul, in Council:
SECTION |. That it shall be unlawful for
any person or firm within the limits of this
city, to transact, engage in, or pursue, any bu-
siness or avocation, or to do any act, or make
any exhibition hereinafter named or described,
without first paying such sum for license so to
do as is hereinafter provided and required.
Sec. 2. All licenses shall be granted by
the City Council upon the application there
for in writing, declaring for what purpose the
same is desired, designating the street, lane or
alley, and describing the lot, house, room or
place, wherein such applicant shall exercise
his her or their employment, and the time for
which said license is required, and shall pro-
duce the said application, with the Marshals
receipt for the amount of license charge there
for, together with the Clerks fee of one dollar
for issuing each and every such license. APP
plicants for license as wagoners, cartmen or
draymen, to haul for hire within the limits of
the city, shall declare as hereinafter described,
his or their place of abode, and produce the
Marshals receipt for the sum of five dollars,
for the use of the corporation, and the sum of
fifty cents to the Clerk for issuing such license.
SEC. B. No license granted under this Or
dlnance, shall! be assgnable or transferred,
without permission of the City Council, to be
granted by two thirds of the Aldermen in
Council, and being registered by the Clerk in
the name of the purchaser, for which the VEN
dor shall pay to the Clerk fifty cents and until
said transfer shall be duly registered as above
directed, the vendor shall not be exonerated
from any respo, sibilty incurred under this Or
dnancc
SEC. A. When the City Council shall not
be in session, the Mayor or City Clerk, on the
proper application, and upon the payment to
him of five dollars, for the use of the city, may
grant licenses to any person, in all cases where
such license. is authorized and required under
this ordinance, until the next meeting Of the
City Council The Mayor or Clerk, as the
case may be, shall at such next meeting, pres
ent such application to the City Council, who
shall act upon the same, and the amount so
paid 10y the applicant shall be allowed him as
part Of the sum determined upon for H.
cense by the City Council.
Sec. 5. All licenses shall be signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the City Clerk,
under the corporate seal of the city, and no H.
cense be considered as granted, until all the
provisions of this ordinance are complied with.
SEC. G. Every person to receive compen-
sation for the hauling or transportation of any
article whatever, in or upon any wagon, cart,
dray, Or sled, within the limits Of this city,
shall first pay for license therefor the sum of
five dollars, said license to be granted for a
term of not less than one year. Be At further
enacted, THAT each and every vehicle, as de-
scribed and licensed aforesaid, shall bear its
numbers as registered in plain, conspicuous fig
ures in paint, each figure not less than two
inches in length, ON the outside near the shaft.
That the fare or charge for hauling, for all one
horse aforesaid, or other carriages, shall not
exceed twenty-five cents for each and every
load Of 1900 pounds and for two horse wag-
ons not more than the sum OF forty cents per
load of 1000 lbs. for distances not exceeding half
a mile and double these rates for greater dis
lance. All two horse carriages hauling less
weight shall charge as one horse vehicles
Every drayman, cartman, wagner, or other
driver, when unemployed, shall place his horse,
or horses and cart, wagon or other vehicle,
lengthways, close to the curb-stone- in the
street in which he shall stand, or within five
feet of the side of the street where there is no
sidewalk, so as to leave fOotway open for
passengers. Not more than one range Of wag-
ons, carts, drays, or other vehicles shall stand
in any street the driver of each shall at all
times stand by or near the head of his horse or
horses but in no case shall ungear or detach
his team from, and leave his vehicle standing
in any public street, alley, lane or sidewalk of
the city.
SEC. I. No person shall act as a public
porter or runner for the carriage of any goods,
wares, or merchandise, or other thing for hire,
either with or without wagon, hand cart,
wheelbarrow or other vehicle drawn or pro-
PEELED by hand, without first paying for license
therefor the sum of - dollars The Mayor
is hereby authorized to license any good citi.
zen over the age of twenty-one years, as q
public porter or runner, upon the applicants
entering into bond with one or more sureties,
to be approved by the Mayor, in the penal
sum of 5000, conditioned that he will pay all
penalties that he may incur, and all the DANA
ges for which he may become liable to any
person Such license shall be at all times SUBJ
ject to revocation, and shall continue in force
one year from their date, if not sooner re-
voked. No public porter or runner shall car
ry any goods, wares or merchandise, or any
other thing for hire, without wearing on the
front part of his hat, or plate on the front of
his breast, with the word Porter " and the
number of his license plainly painted thereon !;
nor shall suffer any other person than himself
to carry any article entrusted to him, either
by hand or in his wheel or hand barrow, or
hand-cart. Public porters or runners shall be
entitled to demand and receive for each trunk
or package for any distance within the city rs
cents, and no more. No porter or runner
shall, at any time or place, when engaged in
his employment, make any unusual noise or
disturbance, Or make use Of profane obscene,
or boisterous language, or be guilty of any act
calculated to disturb the public peace, or the
good order of the city =; or harass, vex, or dis
| turb strangers or citizens. The Marshal or any
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