Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
City Of Augusta in Common Council.

BE it ordained by the City Council of
the City of Augusta as follows
Sec. 1. Any vehicle used for the car
riaSe of passengers for hire from place
TO place in the city OF Augusta. which
stands on the street when unemployed.
shall be deemed a public carriage.
Sec. =. The city council may at any time
grant Il license to drive and operate u
public carriage i'll this city Ia any per
son. whom they. with due regard tn pub
lie policy. health and safety. ind I" he
competent and otherwise suitable.
Sec. 3. Among other things. such Ii
cense shall state that the person therein
named is licensed by authority of the
city council. without naming them and
without their signatures. and shall be
authenticated 10y the seal of the city and
the signature of the city clerk. who shall
issue such licenses as are authorized by
the city council: and ut the same time
make a record thereof and collect the Ii
cense fee hereinafter provided and pay
the same to the city treasurer.
Sec. 4. Each person So licensed snail
pay to the city clerk. as license fee,
the sum Of one dollar for the us" of the
city. Each such license shall expire at
midnight Of the thirty-tirst day of March
| next following its date of issue. unless
sooner revoked. Licenses are not trans
ferable.
Sec. :. The city council shall annually
on or before the third Monday of March
of each year. or as soon thereafter as
practicable, appoint an inspector of pub
| lie carriages. who shall he duly sworn
| before entering on the duties of his Of
! fice 1t shall be the duty of said inspec-
! tor to inspect each public carriage used
| in this city, including the horses and
! other equipment used herewith. IL he
| finds the same to be safe, clean and
otherwise suitable. he shall issue his GER
| tificate accordingly. His duties shall be
performed under the direction Of and
subject to appeal to the city council.
| Sec. 6. Each public carriage used in
| this city including the horses and other
! equipment used Herewith. shall he in
| Spected in the months of April and De
! ceTber of each year, and at the request
! of the owner or driver thereof may also
| he inspected at any other time. No GER
T! tificate of inspection shall he in force
longer than f1le last day of the April oi
| December, as the case may he, next fol
lowing the date thereof. Before inspec.
ton, the owner or driver shall pay t.
the inspector for his services Il fee oi
f! fftv cents for inspecting each carriage
| and its equipment. including one horse
and for inspecting each additional horse
the further fee of twenty-five cents.
Sec. Z. The city council may revoke ol
| suspend the license of any driver con
victed of any violation of this ordinance
or for excessive use of Intoxicating LIQUOR
| for using abusive or profane languag e.
in public or in the presence of passen
ger. abusing his horse. keeping his horse
carriage or equipment in an unsafe. un
clean or unsanitary condition. or for 9th
or conduct injurious to public policy
health or safety and may likewise re
woke or suspend the certificate of in
spection of any public carriage horse o
equipment. any part of which is found t.
he in an unsafe. uncean or unsanitar r,
condition. The city marshal for lik
cause may suspend any license until re
instated by the city council
Sec. S. Whoever without license from
the city council or during suspension
or after revocation of his license drive
or operates. or aids in driving or oper
being licensed. drives or operates or aid
in driving or operating, a public car
riage in this city. without a certificate O
inspection in force at the time. as hcrei
yproyided, OF said carriage, horse or equip