The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-12
CITY ORDINANCES--OFFICIAL.
MAyoRAITY or New ORLEANS,
a. City Hall, December IL. 1877.

MAyoRAtTY or New ORLEANS,
City Hall, December II, 1877.
mo. INSTRUMENTATION beries.l
An ordinance providing for the licensing OF oar
riages, hacks, drays and other vehicles for
the year 1878,
SECTION /. Be IL ordained by the Mayor and
Administrators. in Council assembled, That
vehicles may only be used on the streets OF the
corporation, and licenses obtained therefor, pnr-
! suant to and upon compliance with the existing
city laws and ordinances on that subject, excep.
80 far as said laws and ordinances may conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance.
SEQ. 2. Be it further ordained, etc., That the
owner or owners or drivers of any vehicle for
which license may be granted shall cause his or
their names, and the number Of the lioense to
be fixed in a conspicuous place and In plain and
legible manner on the vehicle. rs directed by OK
isting ordinances or Ithe inspector OF licenses.
That all vehicles shall be numbered with the
numbers furnished by the city, except when
otherwise provided.
SEC. 8. Be 1t further ordained, ETC., That for
the issuance of licenses as aforesaid, the prepa-
ration and delivery ofnumbers, the special super
vision and control requisite, and tho expense and
trouble attending thereon, the hereinafter fixed
charges or fees shall be paid as license charge
by the person or persons obtaining the license.
Said license charges shall be as follows
On every express or transfer wagon, dray or
cart, drawn by one horse only. FIVE dollars;
by two or more horses, seven dollars; on
every float drawn by one horse only, seven dol
lars; by two or more horses, ten dollars; on every
set OF timber wheels. and on every Jerry or timber
truck used for hauling heavy articles, twenty dol
lars; on every four-wheel spring wagon, drawn
by one horse only, five dollars; by two or more
horses, seven dollars; on every beer wagon, seven
dollars.
Timber wheels shall not have less than five
inches width Of tire.
Each and every market gardeners cart or
wagon, engaged in bringing vegetables to mar
ket, shall be licensed at the rate OF five dollars
per annum.
Each and every milk wagon or milk cart at the
rate OF ten dollars per annum.
Each hand cart two dollars per annum.
Every owner or proprietor OF q carriage or
pleasure vehicle, kept for hire, not standing upon
the streets or public places, drawn by one horse
carriage or pleasure vehicle, kept for hire, not
standing upon the streets or public places,
drawn by two or more horses, ten dollars; every
owner or proprietor OF carriage or pleasure
vehicle, standing on the streets or pnblic places
for hire, with one horse only ten dollars; every
owner or proprietor Of carriage or pleasure ve-
hice, standing on the streets or public places for
hire, with two or more horses, twenty dollars
Every owner or proprietor OF every omnibus or
transfer COACH thirty dollars each per annum.
Sec. A. Be 1t further ordained. etc, That in adj
dition to the requirements Of the foregoing sec
tions all public or livery carriages and vehicles of
pleasure shallbe duly licensed, and shall have the
license plate attached, in accordance with the di-
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GUS place for ready and convenient inspection at
al time, and such plate must be kept bright and
clean, under the fines and penalties herein pre-
scribed.
Every public carriage or pleasure vehicle stand
ing for hire upon the streets o. public places, and
every omnibus or transfer coach, shall have
lamps upon the vichele; and for every contraven-
ton of this article the owner or owners thereof
shall pay q fine Of ten dollars.
Each and every person taking out o license for
the running OF any public Carriage or pleasure
vehicle standing for hire upon the streets or pub
lie places, and every omnibus or transfer coach,
shall have the number designated in the license
painted on the lamps in figures at least two
inches high, and, If dark, such lamps shall be
lighted, and every person contravening this
ordinance shall pay fine Of ten dollars for each
contravention, besides fine of fifteen dollars for
each week that he or they shall continue to keep
for hire or let any OF said vehicles without hav-
ing complied with the regulation in respect to
numbers.
The owner Of each and every vehicle for which
license il obtained shall cause said license to
be registered in the Office of the Administrator
of Finance and any violation OF this section
shall subject the owner thereof to q fine Of not
less than i've or more than ten dollars.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, etc., That the
license fees and charges aforesaid may be csi-
lected in the same manner and by the same rem-
edies as are provided for licenses generally. and
that the eame penalties, fines and forfeitures
shall be incurred and exactsd 90 provided for
under the general license ordinance for 1878.
SEC s. Be II further crdaineqs Stc. That the