Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-28
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the
following ordinance. having been passed by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
September Q, 1915 and presented to the
Mayor for approval September 8. 1918, was
returned without his approval, and at a reg
ular meeting of the Board held September
16 1915, was passed over the Mayor veto
by vote of four in the Affirmative to one
in the negative, and was approved by the
Commissioner OF Motor Vehicles September
+ 27, 1915, as being a proper ordinance within
keeping of Section 25, Chapter 1856, p. l..
1915. and is hereby published according to
law
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
OPERATION OF CARS, oMNIBUSES
STAGES AND OTHER VEHICLES, COM.
MONTY CALLED "JITNEYS."
Be It ordained by the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners Of the City OF Newark:
Section l. The following words shall have
the meanings attached to them by this sec
tion:
The word street shall mean and include
any street, alley. avenue. lane public place
in the City Of Newark
any nc car %D omnibus, @ stage % or other Vehicle
commonly called a "jitney,'' "jitney bus or
''auto bus" used for the transportation of
passengers for hire at rate of fifteen cents
or less for each passenger within the limits
Of the City of Newark, but shall not include
street railway cars.
any person. flrm, association, society, cor
| pora ation or partnership.
| Section 2. No person shall operate any
| jitney within the city until he shall have
| obtained from the City Clerk a license In
the form and manner provided for by ordi-
| nance of the Common Council. He shall fill
| out an application In form to be obtained
! from the General Superintendent of Works.
/ stating the name and residence or the owner
| Of such jtney, its seating capacity. its rated
1 horsepower its factory number and its num-
] her as registered in the State Department Of
| Motor Vehicles. The application for such IL
cense shall fully state the routes and hours
! of service whereon and during which such
| iitpey Is to be operated, the terminal point
], of such routes and the streets to be travelled
in reaching such terminal points. The Board
| Of street and Water Commissioners shall have
power to determine the reasonable seating
capacity Of such jitney the routes, hours OF
service and terminal points, and shall either
| approve the application In the form presented
| or make such changes In regard TO the seating
capacity routes, hours OF service and ter
minal points as the convenience and safety Of
ahall be issued unless the application there
for lie duly approved by the Board of Street
@ We y sss fss snd ssg INT nS
nAFos For tie pr protection Of the public as well a,
that each holder of j,tney license shall take
out liability insurance In the sum of not lesl
than Five Thousand Dollars $4,000 withir
iicense and failure to provide a responsihl,
indemnity bond shall invalidate and canoe
any such license.
Section 8. Rules for operation Of jitueys
1t shall be unlawful
1s) 10 omit to operate any jitney over tn,
designated route during the hours of servic,
prescribed in the license. unless consent b,
flrst obtained from the General Superintendent
| of Works, subject to the approval OF tn,
Board of Street and water commissioners
upon by the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners
driven or operated any such jtney withou
| the city license number. to be supplied b,
the City Clerk. conspcuously displayed there
(c) To drive or operate or cause to b
| driven or operated any Jitney without havin
prominently displayed signs showing tn
with the license. and without prominenti
displaying the amount of fare to be charge
each passenger where that fare exceeds tn
! (d) To drive or operate or cause to b
driven or operated any 5itney while an
passenger is standing upon the running board
any passenger Ia riding on any such Jitne
outside the body thereof, or while a create
} number of passengers are In said jitney tha
said jtney Is licensed to carry
, (e) To increase the carrying capacity o
any jitney without first applying for and re
; ceiving the consent OF the General Superin
tendent OF Works and securing from the Git
Clerk an amended license upon payment c
the pro rata increase in the license fee Pre-
yided for such larger carrying capacity.
(f) To drive rapidly to pass another jitney
trolley car or vehicle in order to obtain an
prospective passenger or to race with an
other vehicle
: (g) To refuse to carry any person VIII
properly applies for transportation. unless sue
jitney be loaded to licensed capacity:
(hJ To permit any jitney to stand In an
, street longer time than ts necessary to TAX
on or discharge passengers, and not NOR
than ten minutes at any one time, at desie
mated terminal points.
= Q) For the driver to collect fares Will
. such jitney Is moving
1 section 4 In the operation and drivin,
of any jitney the same shall be stopped TO
the taking on and discharging of passenger
only at the near side of street Intersections
and at points designated stops for othe
: common carriers of passengers in the cit,
streets, and then only on the right-hand sid
of the street on which such jitney is beini
operated. Such jitney shall not be stopped
In such position as viii interiors with th