Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-19


the City of Los Angeles, providing
regulations for hacks, job wagons,
trucks, drays, etc., and for public
stands for the same.
Be II resolved by the Mayor and
Council Of the city Of Los Angeles -
follows
SECTION l. Every vehicle except rail
road cars which shall be used for the
conveyance Of persons by land from
place to place for hire shall be deemed
a hackney carriage within the meaning
Of this resolution.
SRc. 2. Every vehicle which shall be
used for rtheconveyance of goods. packages
or freight from place to place in this city
for hire, tcxccpthand carts, and except
also the vehicles used by merchants,
dealers and manufacturers exclusively
for the delivery Of their wares to CUSTOM
ers, shall be deemed o job wagon within
the meaning Of this resolution.
SEC. 3. Every vehicle which shall be
used in the conveyance Of wood, vege-
tables, farm products or other merchan-
disc intended for sale, shall be deemed
market wagon within the meaning sf
this resolution.
SEC. 4. Lot eight, block thirty eight,
Ord's survey, In the city Of Los Angeles,
il hereby designated as public stand
for the use Of market wagons. used for
the conveyance Of hay; Los Angeles
street, between First and Requena
streets is hereby designated as public
stand for the use Of market wagons used
for the conveyance OF wood. For the
use Of all other market wagons not in.
cluded in the two foregoing clauses and
| for the use Of all hackney carriages and
job wagons, the streets surrounding the
public plaza, east Of Main street and
north Of the Pico House are hereby des-
ignated as a public stand, provided that
said last aforesaid public stand shall ex-
tend from the outer edge Of the fence
surrounding said plaza only thirty feet
outward.
SEC 5, In addition to the foregoing public
stands, the following places are hereby
designated as lawful stands for hackney
carriages and job wagons in this city, to-
wit: Any part Of any street except as
herein provided in the city Of Los An
geles, where the owner or owners oi
property fronting on the said part o.
said street shall permit the said hackney
carriage, carriages or job wagons te
stand, but in no case shall any hackney
carriage, carriages or job wagons be al
lowed to block up any part Of any
street or interfere with the business OIL
travel or commerce of the public.
SEC. 6. No person having charge O
any hackney carriage, job wagon Of
market wagon shall allow the same t.
stand within ten feet Of any crossing
nor at any greater distance than twt
feet from the outer edge of any sidewalk
| Sec. 7. No person having the charge
or control Of any hackney carriage, jol
wagon or market wagon shall occupy as
stand for the same any portion Of any
street in front of any building or vacan
lot where the width Of such street il
fifty feet or less, or where the owner O.
such building or vacant lot or the occu
pant OF the street floor of such buldin,
shall object; and provided, further tha
nothing in this resolution shall prevent
any owner or driver of any hackney car
riage from stopping at any place Other
than crossing for the purpose Of TAX
ing up Or putting down passenger OF
passengers with their baggage in whose
service such hackney carriage was at ths
time actually employed; and provided
further, that nothing in this resolution
shall prevent the owner or driver OF |
job wagon or market wagon from stop
ping at any place other than pnbli
crossing of any public street from on'
sidewalk to another, for the purpose o
receiving or delivering any goods, ware
or merchandise; and provided, furthe
that hackney carriages and job wagons
may stand in front Of real propert
owned or rented by the owner 9
said hackney carriages or wagons o
, streets more than fifty feet wide.
Sec. 8. Whenever several hackne
I carriages shall attend at any place for {
! with passengers, the Chief of Police {
r any regular or special policeman ma
give directions respecting the standin
of such carriages while waiting, for tai
t ing or putting down passengers, an
every driver of such carriage shall col
form to and comply with such dire
{ tions,
t Sec, 9. All persons are hereby pr
!. hibited from using any part of the stree
of the city of Los Angeles as a stoppr
9 place for any hackney carriages, jc
n wagons, trucks, drays or other vehicl
8 except as hereinbefore provided.
Y Sec. 10. Any person violating, refu
i. ing or neglecting to comply with IL
l provisions of this resolution shall
guilty of misdemeanor, and shall {
o conviction be fined not less than five dc
o lars nor more than thirty dollars, or
o imprisoned in the county Jail not lie
h than two days nor more than ten day
or by both suoh fine and Imprisonment
4 Section IL. All ordinances, resolution
a and parts of ordinances and reselu ito
in conflict with this resolution are her
by repealed.
If SEC H. The Clerk of the Council shi
n certify to the passage of this resolutio
ir and shall cause the same to be publish
> once in the Los Angeles Daily HERAL
and thereupon and thereafter it sh'
il take effect and be in force.
7. l hereby certify that the foregoil
resolution was adopted by the Council
the city OF Los Angeles at its meeting
o February llth, A. D. 1854.
,e w. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk of the Council of the City
1t Los Angeles.
e. Approved this 18th day of Februar
n 1892 C T. TuoN