The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-05-15
No. 1923.

An Ordinance licensing drays and
hacks within the City of Roswell.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CIFEGF @SS-
WE'LL:
Sec. 1. Every person keeping or IS
ing il the City a public dray for hire
shall pay a license for each n every
such dray so kept and used by him,
as follows:
Where such dray shall be drawn BY
one horse or animal the sum of $12.-
90 per annum, payable quarterly; for
such dray drawn by two or more
horses or animals the sum of $14.00
per mum, payable quarterly. Every
cart, truck wagon, dray or other ve-
hicle which shall be kept, used or
driven or employed for the transpor-
tation or conveyance of anything
whatsoever from place to place in
the city for hire shall be deemed a
public dray within the meaning of
this ordinance. Every person licensed
to keep a dray shall cause the num-
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ed and kept conspicuously in plain.
lesible figures, at least two inches
long, one each side of his dray, said
number to be furnished him by the
City Clerk.
Sec. 2. Nothing in the preceding
section shall be held to include hacks
or omnibuses used and run exclus-
lively by hotel keepers in conveying
guests aid baggage to and from no.
tells, free of charge, OF merchants de-
livering their goods free of charge
with their own vehicle. provided said
vehicle be used exclusively for such
purpose
Sec. 3. Every person who shall keep
or use in the City any carriage, cab
hack, omnibus or other vehicle, 10
be kept and used for the purpose of
conveying persons or property from
place to place in the city for hire,
shall pay for eac such carriage, cab,
hack, omnibus or other vehicle a Ii
cense fee as prescribed in Section l
Of this Ordinance. No person, unless
licensed as herein provided. shall
charge or receive any fare or pay for
he use or hire OF any vehicle for the
conveyance of persons OIL things with
IN the limits of the city.
Sec. 4. That 40 person licensed un-
Ter Section 3 of this Ordinance, shall
charge a greater fee to convey any
person between Summit Avenue OIL
the South and 18th Street on the
North and Garden Avenue on the East
and Michigan Avenue on the West.
than so cents for eac person; Out
side of this limit and within the City
Limits, not to exceed the sum OF 81
90 for each person. Any licensee oil
the City violating the provisions OF
| this section shall, upon satisfactory
proof before the City Council, have
his license cancelled and he amount
paid therefor forfeited to the city.
ANY person. firm or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall, upon convic-
ton thereof. be punished for eac Of
tense by a fine of not less than $500
and not to exceed $4,000. or by inI-
prisonment in the County Jail or the
city prison for a period Of not less
than 10 days nor more than ninety
days, or both such fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court
trying h m
Sec 5. Inrs Ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
five days from the date of its pssbli-
cation.
Passed this 5th day of May. 1908
Approved by me this It'll day Of
May. 1908.
G.. A. Richardson.
Mayor OF the City OF Roswell.
Attest: