The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-22
AN ORDINANCE

Concerning the prices to be charged By
drivers or owners of any hackney
coach, carriage or other vehicle for
the conveyance OF passengers, fol
hire, within the city of Cheyenne, and
for other purposes.
The City Council of the City of Chey-
mi do ordain;
SECTION l. That the highest prices
to be charged, received or taken by the
owners or drivers of any hackney
coach, carriage or other vehicle Except
o~mnibusses) for the conveyance of pas
sengers, for hire, within this city shall
be as follows, to-wit: For conveying a
passenger not exceeding one mile, fifty
cents, and fifty cents for each additional
mile; for each additional passenger of
the same party or family, fifty cents;
for conveying children between 5 and
IA years of age, half the above prices
may be charged for like distances; but
for children under the age Of 8 years no
charge shall be made; for the use of
any hackney coach, or other vehicle
drawn by two horses, with N or more
passengers, eight dollars per day; for
the use of any such carriage or vehicle
by the hour, with one or more passen-
gers, with the privilege of going from
place TO place and stopping as often as
may be required, as follows: For the
FIRST hour, two dollars; for each addi-
ttonal hour or part of hour, one dollar.
Every passenger shall be allowed to
have conveyed upon such vehicle, with.
out charge, his ordinary travelling bag
gage not exceeding one hundred pounds;
for each additional package in excess
OF one hundred pounds, the owner or
driver may charge fifteen cents for con-
veying the same to any point within
the city limits. The vehicles or car
riages mentioned in this section shall
be numbered plainly on the outside
thereof, and shall have a list of the
prices herein mentioned printed and
placed In a conspicuous place In such
carriage Dr. vehicle.
SEC. 2. Whenever any package or
article of baggage shall by carelessness
or inadvertence be left in any vehicle
hereinbefore mentioned, the owner or
driver of such vehicle, upon the dis
covery of such package or article, shall
deliver the same to the owner
II he knows the address of such owner,
If not, he shall forthwith deliver the
package or article SO found by him to
the city marshal, to be advertised.
SEC. 8. Every owner of any hackney
coach, carriage or other vehicle men
toned In section one of this ordinance
shall take out a license therefor. Ii
cense shall be issued to any person who
applies therefor upon payment to the
city, by the applicant, of the sum of
ten dollars and seventy. five cents
for each quarter of a year, or
at the rate Of forty-three dollars
per annum in advance, provided, no
license shall be issued for a longer per.
iod than three months, and it shall be
stated in the body of the license the
number Of the vehicle for which it is
SEC. 4. Any person owning or driv-
ing any Of the vehicles mentioned In
l Of this ordinance, who shall
charge more than the prices mentioned
in said section /, or who shall violate
or neglect to comply with any of the
requirements Of sections /, 2 and 3 Of
this ordinance, every such person shall
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor and
on conviction thereof, shall be fined in
any sum not less than twenty dollars,
more than one bundled dollars for
each offense.
SEC. 8. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after Its
passage.
Approved this 18th day of December,
A. d. 1888.
L. DYER,
President of the Council,
Attest: Acting Mayor.
JOHN K. JEFFREY,
City Clerk.