The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-19

excess baggage, the owner, driver,
or person in charge of such hack,
carriage, or other vehicle convey
ing same, may demand and collect
fifteen (lSc) cents for each trunk.
or for every one hundred (l00)
pounds or fraction thereof of such
baggage.
Section 4.-When any hack. car
riage, or other vehicle is hired or
used by the hour, the owner. driv-
or, or person in charge of the same.
shall charge the sum of fifty (S0c)
cents per hour for one Cd passen-
ger, and when there are two or
more persons or passengers, the
sum Of seventy-fve G5e) cents per
hour: and in attendance upon flu
nerals, the charge shall be by the
hour. at the rate hereinbefore es-
tablished.
Section 5.-After nine 90
o clock, p. M, and before six (o)
o clock, a. m, the owner, driver,
or person in charge of any hack,
or other such vehicle,
shall charge twenty-five (2S) cents
per hour more than the rate herein
before established for the carriage
Of passengers, when employed by
the hour: and when such carriage
or hack is not hired by the hour,
the person in charge of same shall
charge double the rate hereinbe-
fore established, in Sections Mum
5ers One Cd and Two Cd of this
Ordinance, for the Transportation
Of passengers, provided the owner,
driver, or person in charge Of such
hack or carriage shall not refuse to
hire same by the hour if the pas
5enger or the passengers desire to
10 so.
Section 6.-Whenever any hack,
or other vehicle for hire
may be unemployed, it shall be the
duty of the owner, driver, or per
son III charge Of the same, and they
are hereby required, TO carry, upon
their request thereto, any person,
Or persons, to any point within the
city limits, for the rates and prices
hereinbefore established, and it
shall be unlawful for them to re-
use TO do so.
Section ANY person, or per-
sons, after being carried to his or
heir destination, or place where
hey leave such hack or carriage,
who shall refuse to pay the fare or
ares hereinbefore established, if
demanded without delay by the
owner, driver, or person in charge
Of such hack or carriage, shall be
deemed guilty of an offense.
Section S.-All hacks, carriages,
aud other vehicles for hire and
transportation of passengers, shall
AXE such stands in the city as may
be assigned to them by the Chief
Of Police of the City of Brownsville,
and shall be under such rules and
as may be prescribed
by the City Council of the said City
Of Brownsville. and it shall be un-
lawful for them to refuse to comply
with such instructions or regula-
lions.
Section 9.-All licensed hacks,
or other such vehicles in
this city, shall keep and maintain,
At night. a lamp. or lantern, on
either side thereof, which said lamp
or lantern shall be lighted as long
as such hack or carriage shall re-
main upon the streets after night,
and any person owning, controll-
ing, or driving any such hack or
carriage not so properly lighted
shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
Section 10.-The owner, driver,
or person in charge of any hack,
carriage, or other vehicle for hire
in this city shall place in a con-
spicuous place therein, a printed
copy of the tariff of prices herein
before established, and the failure