The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-09-06
street, where it has stood for so many
years.
Council then adjourned
Hack License Ordnance

Hack License Ordnance
Of License TO Parties Desiring to
Engage in the business of Operating
Street Hacks in the City Of Ocala:
Providing for a Board Of Inspectors
Of Street Hacks and Horses to be
Driven Thereto; Providing for the
Issuance of License upon Certificates
of the Board of Inspectors and for
a License Tax Upon Street Hacks.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL.
OF THE CITY OF OCALA:
Section !. That no person Or cor
poration shall engage in the business
Of operating street hacks in the city
Of Ocala until such person or corpora
ton shall have submitted the hack to
be operated and the horses to be driv
en- thereto 10 a board Of inspectors
hereinafter provided and shall have
obtained from such board a certificate
Of inspection.
Sec. =. The marshal of the city of
Ocala. the city clerk of the city of
Ocala, and the president of the city
council Of the city of Ocala are here
by constituted an inspection board
whose duty it shall be TO examine all
street hacks or carriages used for the
purpose Of transporting persons in the
city Of Ocaia for hire aud said board
of inspectors shall examine all hacks
and carriages used for street hacks
and also the horses to be driven
thereto, and if such hacks, carriages,
horses and harness shall be found to
possess the requirements hereinafter
set forth they shall certify the same
TO the collector whose duty it shall be
to issue license upon the payment
of the license tax.
! Sec. 3. No person shall engage in
the business of operating street hacks
! in the city of Ocala who shall not
possess a good moral character or who
shall be guilty of habitual indulgence
in Intoxicating liquors.
| See +. The board of inspectors
shall not certify any street hack, har-
ness or horses to be driven thereto to
the collector except such possess
the following requirements:
Such hacks shall be painted at leas,
once in each calendar year, shall be
safe for the carriage of passengers
shall be kept in good condition ani
shall have a waterproof top with al
necessary side curtains, and equipped
with rubber tires and side lights.
The harness to be used for drawing
such street hacks shall be sound. hav
ing a neat appearance, and suitable TO
the animal upon which it is to b,
used
All horses or other animals used 70
the purpose of operating such hack
shall be sound and free from infric
tious disease and kept in a reasonabl,
good condition.
Sec 5 The said board of inspector
shall have the right at any time. if i
shall appear to them that any one t
whom such certificate has been give
has been guilty of the habitual use o
intoxicating liquors or shall fail t
keep the hack or horses so certified il
the condition of repair therein provid
ed. or shall be guilty of abuse or over
driving such horse or other anima
used to draw such street hack, or tina
such horse or other animal shall hav
} become in an unsound condition or I'm
fit for such service, they shall hav
: the immediate right to cause such per
; son to surrender his license whic
said license shall thereupon be can
celled by the city clerk.
Sec g. The said board of inspector
herein above provided shall inspect a
street hacks, harness and horses here
in above mentioned quarterly on tn
0 last Friday in March, June. Septembe
= and December of each year after tn
6 passage of this act and they shall re
t ceive one dollar for each inspection {
/ any hack, harness and horses CON
}, plete, which said money shall be pal
= by the party asking such inspectio
: and said board of inspectors shall NJ
e be required to make such inspectio
lunti1 said fee has been paid: provide
$ however, that said board of inspector
= or either member thereof shall hay
|. the right to examine any street haze
e harness or horses used for such sire,
|, hack purposes at any time as provide
by section hereof, but no fee shall
$ required for such inspection.
Y Sec. I. All persons desiring to Ell
= gage in the operation of street haci
Y shall pay the following license tax
/ addition to the inspection fee PROVE
l. ed for by section here, viz:
For each hack drawn by one hor
license fee of ten dollars.
= For each hack drawn by two hors
a a license fee of fifteen dollars.
n Sec. 8. All laws and parts of Law
Y in conflict herewith are hereby repea
II ed upon the passage of this act.