The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-05-14
The city OF Owosso ordalns:

and to prescribe the rights and duties of the
| owners and drivers thereof.
The city OF Owosso ordalns:
Section I. Everv public carriage. cab, hack,
hackney coach, omnibus, automobile or taxi.
cab. kept used, driven or employed within the
| city OF Owosso for the transfer OF persons or
passengers from place to place for hire, shall
| be deemed q public vehicle within the meaning
OF this ordinance. and 40 person. persons, firm
or corporation shall keep. operate or use any
such public vehicle without having first OBJ.
| Ca,ned license theref from The Clerk OF
the City OF Owosso, as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Any person, persons, firm or
| corporation OF God moral character may OBJ.
tain license for operating such public We
hicle, by making an application in writing to
| the city clerk, conforming to the hereinafter
named requirements, and by paying the here
| matter named fees, and by hliun a good and
satisfactory bond as hereinafter set forth.
| Such application shall De made upon blanks
| furnished by the city clerk, and shall contain
alton desiring 10 operate such vehicle. the
location OF the place OF business OF such person
or persons, hrm or corporation description OF
| the public vehicle so intended to be operated
| that is. whether II be a one or two horse We.
| hice, or vehicle driven by other power, and
| the size and kind OF vehicle. Such application
| shall contain the date OF the expiration OF the
| license, which shall be upon the 3st day OF
May following, except In cases OF short term
licenses, and such APPLICATION shall be signed
| by the owner or owners OF such public vehicle.
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proceeding section snail be accompanied by a
| license fee as follows: Five dollars (S5 OO) for
| each and every hack omnibus or other vehicle
drawn by two horses, to be used by such per e
| sou, persons hrm ur corporation in the con
veying OF passengers within the city OF OwossO
| for hire. Four dollars GA 0G) for each and
every hack, omnibus or other vehicle drawn by
one horse, to be used by such person, PERSONS
hrm or corporation in conveying passengers
within the limits OF said city. for hire. Ten
dollars elO.0c) for each and every automobile
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having standard rated carving capacity OF
five people IeSS, and TO be used by such
person. persons firm or corporation in tcnvey-
ing passengers within the limits of saiu cliy,
for hire. Fifteen dollars (sl5.0O) for eacn and
every automobile, laxicaD or other vehicle
driven oy motor power, having standard
rated carrying capacity of not more
Than ten or less than i've people to be used by
SUCH person. persons hrm or corporation in
conveying passengers within the limits of said
city, for hire. Twenty dollars (S2G 00) for each
ana every automobile. taXicab or oIner vehicle
driven by motor power, having standard
rated carrying capacity 10 exceed ten people,
USED by such person, personf, hrm or corpora
ton in conveying passengers within the limits
OF said city for hire. Sand license fee shall be
for period OF one year, TO and including the
31st day OF May following the granting or said
license. Provided however, in case said "a ppll.
cant shall desire only To operate said public
vehicle or public vehicles for short Time the
license lee snail be rs follows: The sum OF
one dollar per day for each and every hack,
omnibus or other vehicle drawn by one horse,
two dollars per day Tor each and every hack,
omnibus or other yehicl5 drawn by Two or
more horses. Two dollars per DAY for each and
every automobile, taxicab or vehicle driven by
motor power, having a standard rated carrying
capacity OF five people or less, and three dollars
for each and every automobile. taxicab or
other vehicle driven by motor power, having II
standard rated carrying capacity OF nos TO ex
coed ten, or less than five people. Four dollars
per Gay for each and every automobile, taxicab
or other vehicle driven by motor power, having
a standard rated carrying capacity or not to
exceeu ten people. PROVIDED further, that any
person, persons, firm or corporation desiring To
take OUT a license as Aforesaid snail file with
said application. boId III the penal sum OF
five hundred dollars (SJ00) conditioned upon
the faithful performance of the duties OF a
CT mmon carrier, and OF each and every one of
the provisions OF this ordinance, and that he,
she OF they viii. not run or allow any other
person or persons To run any public vehicle
not owned by them under the license Issued
on account Of this application and that said
licensee shall pay all fines and penalties which
NAV be imposed upon him for violation of any
OF the ordinances OF the city OF Owosso, said
bond TO have one CIR more sureties and to be
approved by the commission OF the city OF
Owosso.
Section<. Each license issued In pursuance
OF section two OF this ordinance shall bear a
certain number, and the city clerk shall deliver
To each applicant plate OF u size TO be deter.
mined by the mayor OF the city OF Owosso, said
plates TO have printed thereon in legible fig
ures a number, which SAID number snail cor
respond to the number OF the license issued
and said plates to be In duplicate, and said
Icensee snail place one Of said plates upon
each side OF said public vehicle in conspicuous
place In case sucn vehicle lie sold or trans
Tered, such license shall remain in force until
the expiration date thereof provided the pur-
chaser or subsequent owner thereof shall
present SAID license and the evidence OF his
ownership to the city clerk within twenty -four
hours after said transfer anu permit the city
CLERK TO note such transfer on the city records,
and TO endorse The same upon said license, and
said purchaser or subse quent owner shall at
the same time hle with the saiu city clerk, a
bond as herenDefore described, saiu bond to
be approved by the commission OF the city of
Owosso. otherwise said license when trans
ferred shall be null and void.
Section s. 1t shall be the duty Of every
owner or owners OF such public venicle to have
none but competent persons not less than
eighteen years OF age drive any such vehicle and
such owner or owners shall De held liable and
responsible for all acts and doingS of such
driver, and for all negligence of such drivers
and for all violations of this ordinance by said
drivers, and no person shall be permitted 10 !
drive or operate any such vehicle when such !
person shall be or Is in state of intoxcation |
or under the influence OF Intoxicating liquors.
section g. Every public vehicle licensed |
under this ordinance. when used at night shall |
be provided with lamp on each side OF the |
front thereof, with plain glass fronts aud Sides
and 80 lDlactd that 1t may be seen by any per.
son who may be In front OF such vehicle, and |
such public vehicle snail either have lamp In |
the rear thereof, with a red glass front SO
placed that IL may be seen by any person who |
public vehicle shall be provided with said front
lamps with red glass in the rear and so |
placed that said lamps may be seen by one In
the rear OF such vehicle. such lamps shall be
lighted at all times when said vehicle is upon the
streets of the city Of Owosso from one hour
after sun down until one hour before sun up |
All vehicles and horses used In such BUSINESS
shall be good ones, and properly suitable and
lifted for such business, and when any pubic
vehicle drawn by one more horses is left
standing on any day when The temperature |
snail be below forty deg ees ABOVE zero, |
the said horses shall be PROPERLY |
olanketed, and no such public vehicle shall be |
permitted TO remain upon the street or any
public place In said city OF Owosso for an uu. |
reasonable length OF time, nor shall any public
vehicle or horse, be permitted to obstruct the
travel OF any street. avenue or sidewalk, nor
shall any public vehicle be permitted to stop
or discharge OF passengers so as To interfc re |
q any way with parties crossing a pubic
street In the city OF Owosso, in the paved dis.
.rict at the usual crossing spaces
Section. No owner or driver OF any such
public vehicle while waiting for employment
shall refuse or neglect when application is
made TO him. To convey any person or persons
20 any place or places within the city of |
)wosso, aud when any such person or per-
sons shall be seated IN any such conveyance
he same shall be driven by the most direct
quite to the placeto which such person or per
IONS wish 10 gos and not elsewhere a1n |
VI a reasonable rape OF speed, ard no owner or |
irlver OF such licensed vehicle shall permit
my number OF persons to ride upon such pubic
'enicle In excess OF two more than the stand.
Ird rated carrying capacity OF such vehicle.
Section =. No owner or driver OF any licensed
'ehicle shall suffer the same to remain in any
street, park, alley or other public place without
omc proper person being prcSentand in actual