St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-21

hour, it shall be deemed to be by the mile:
and for any detention exceeding fifteen min
utes, when so working by the mile, the owner
or driver may demand at the rate OF one dol
lar per hour
Sec. 19. The owner or driver Of any We
hicle for the conveyance of passengers, shall
not demand or be entitled to receive any pay
Tor the conveyance of any passenger unless
the number of the carriage and rates OF prices
be conspcuously fixed in and on said
vehicle, as herein provided by section 10 OF
this ordinance.
Sec. ~ The owner or driver Of any such
vehicle who may have demanded and receiv-
ed any fare in excess of what is provided for
in this ordinance, shall return the excess
ceived and be liable to penalty Of SO, and
his license shall be revoked.
Sec. 81. Duly licensed vehicles,
for the conveyance Of passengers, may
stand, while waiting for employment
at any of the following places, to the number
and for the period of time hereinafter pro-
vided:
On each side of Robert street between Sec
ond street and Fifth street, on St. Peter
street between Fifth street and Sixth street,
on the four sides of Smith Park, on the four
sides of Rice Park, except on Wednesday
and Saturday evenings from the first day Of
June to the first day of October in each year,
on Fifth and Washington streets in front OF
the City Hall, at the Union Depotten minutes
previous to the arrival of all passenger trains,
and at all theatres and other public places OF
amusement fifteen minutes before the con-
clusion of any performance, and with the
consent of the chief of police, ON any of the
public streets of said city after seven O'Clock
in the evening of any day.
Sec %. The owner or driver Of any
vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, or
public cart which shall wait upon the streets
for employment at any other place than as
herein provided, or who shall drive up and
down any street or around any block while
waiting employment, shall be subject to a fine
of not less than ten dollars for each and
every otfense.
Sec. %. No owner or driver Of any
vehicle licenced as aforesaid shall refuse to
convey in said city any person with OF with
out baggage as aforesaid, when applied to foI
that purpose; or, having undertaken to con-
vey such person, shall omit or neglect so to
do, under the penalty of ten dollars for each
otfense, but any owner or driver may first de-
mand his pay in advance.
Sec. "a. 1t shall be the duty of the sew
eral officer and members of the police depart
ment to see that all the ordinances regulating
vehicles for the conveyance of persons for
hire, are strictly complied with, and any
policeman shall have power and authority to-
order away from the stands and from all
other places, any vehicle not provided with q
number or with lamps fixed up, lighted and
numbered, as hereinbefore required, or not
furnished with proper and suitable harness
or horses, or whenever the same shall be
improperly obstructing the way or street, or
whenever the horses attached thereto ara
unruly, or whenever the driver or person
having charge of any such vehicle is intoxi-
Gated, or in any manner misbehaves him.
| self.
Sec. %. If any person having charge Of
snch vehicle, shall refuse or neglect to obey
any such order of the said chief or other po-
lice officer he or they shall forfeit and pay
| for every such offense the sum of $40, to be
| recovered from the owner or driver of such
vehicles, severally and respectively.
| Sec. 20. All the provisions and penalties
of this ordinance except those requiring
lamps, shall apply to sleighs which shall
come upon or use the public stands or other
| places in this ordinance designated for them,
| and to the owners and drivers thereof 10 be
used or driven for the conveyance of pas
sengers for hire in this city, and said owners
or drivers of vehicles are hereby per-
| United to use sleighs when feasible, in place
| of such coaches and cabs.
Sec. 81. Every owner or driver, or
person having charge of any licensed
vehicle, shall, upon being request
ed so to do, give to any person or persons
the number of his vehicle, the name of the
owner and driver thereof, and their place of
abode and stable, and any such person re-
fusing so to do shall be subject to fine Of
not less than ten dollars for each and every
offense.
Sec. %. Every cart, wagon, dray or other
vehicle drawn by one or more horses or
other animals, which shall be kept, used,
driven or employed for the transportation or
conveyance of goods, wares, merchandise
or other articles, from place to place, within
the city Of st. Paul for hire, wages or pay for
such transportation shall be deemed pub
lie cart'' within the meaning of this ordi-
nance, and no person shall set up or keep,
use or employ any such public cart, without
first obtaining license therefor as hereinbe-
fore provided
Sec. 80. All persons licensed to keep pub
lie carts shall be deemed to be public cart
men within the meaning of this ordidance;
but it shall not be lawful for any person to
receive or hold license to keep public carts
or to be a public cartman, unless he be
resident of the State of Minnesota,
and is the actual owner Of the cart
or carts so licensed to be kept as public carts;
and the City Clerk may examine under oath,
all persons applying for or holding any such
license, touching their qualifications az
aforesaid; and all licenses other than to per-
sons so qualified, shall be void.
Sec. 80. No public cart shall be used
within said city except it be duly licensed,
and the person to whom license is granted
to keep and use public cart shall, for all
the purposes Of this article, be considered
the owner thereof and responsible for all
articles intrusted to, and for the conduct Of
the driver thereof, and liable equally with
the driver thereof to all forfeitures, penalties,
and punishments herein contained or pro-
vided. No person under the age Of sixteen
years shall be permitted to act as driver of
any licensed vehicle.
Sec 81. Duly licensed public carts may
stand while waiting for employment on the
north and west side of the Court House
square, and on both sides of Fifth street, be-
tween Robert and Siblv streets.
Sec. 80. The Chief of Police and the several
officers and members of the Police Depart
ment shall have power and authority to or
der the driver or the person having charge Of
any vehicle, to remove such vehicle away
from any place in any of the streets, which in
his or their opinion, may be improperly in
numbering such street, or obstructing or i'm
peding the public travel and any and every
person neglecting or refusing to comply with
or obey any such order, shall be deemed
guilty of violation of this ordinance.
| Sec. 33. If any accident or injury shall
happen to any person, vehicle or other thing,
by reason of coming in contact with any
licensed vehicle, OF the horse or horses at
tached thereto or anything loaded thereon
while the same is moving, it shall be the
duty of the person driving or having charge
of the same to Immediately stop, and il nee