buildings, fence, sign, or other property, in the city by cutting breaking, daubing with paint, or in any other way defacing o injuring the same, shall upon conviction thereof, pay a fine nc exceeding twenty dollars. [12] SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, That any perso who shall injure any public Reservoir, or who shall break an enter the same and draw off, or cause to be removed any c the water therefrom, except in case of fire, or unless dul authorized by the Mayor and Aldermen or Chief Engineer o the fire department, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one nor more than twenty dollars. [13] SEC. 7. Be it further ordained, That all ordinance and orders heretofore passed on the subjects of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except so far as may be necessary for the recovery of any penalty incurred for the breach thereof. CHAPTER XII. Carriages and Horses. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. [1] Carriages &c, to be licensed and regulations relating to stands to be made by Selectmen, (Mayor and Aldermen— Sec. (13) City Charter.) [2] Carriages, &c. to be numbered and registered. [3] Unlicensed carriagesPenalties for-What carriages to be considered as unlicensed. [4] Licenses to be annulled -for what causes. [5] Owner, who to be considered-rules &c. what to be considered a sufficient notice of. [6] Rates for hackney carriages to be established by Se lectmen. (Mayor and Aldermen.) Penalties for demanding unlawful rates. [7] Repealing clause. [8] Sidewalks--carriages &c. not to be driven on. [9] Streets-carriages &c. not to be left in. [10] Disposal of penalty. [11] Stands for carriages to be appointed by Selectmen (Mayor and Aldermen.) [12] Rules and orders for regulation of carriages in the streets, to be made by Selectmen, (Mayor and Aldermen) how to be published—Penalties. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY. in [13] Carriages, &c. time of snow to have bells. [14] Drivers to hold reins; horses, &c. not to gallop. [15] Driver to remain near his carriage-not to obstruct the streets. [16] Stands for-to be appointed. [17] Carriages, &c. how placed. [15] Not across streets, to remove on request. [19] Trucks, &c. to be marked. [20] Tire, breadth of [21 Horses, how many in carts-except, &c. [22] Felloes, width of. [23] Trucks, length of [24] Loads, weight of, except, &c. [25] Not to obstruct streets when loading. [26] Carriages, &c. not to stand in streets. [27] To be driven at foot pace. [28] Not to be placed across intersection of streets. [29] Carriages, &c. to turn to the right in passing. [30] Beasts, cruelty to; not to be washed publicly on the Lord's day-nor turned loose. [31] Breach of ordinance; penalty for. [32] Repealing clause. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. An Act for regulating Hackney Carriages in the town of Bos ton, and to repeal an Act heretofore made for that purpose [Passed Nov. 25. 1796.] [1] SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the au thority of the same, That no person or persons shall be permitted to set up, or employ any Coach, Chariot, Coachee, or other Carriage in the town of Boston, for the purpose of conveying persons for hire, until the owner thereof shall obtain a license for that purpose, in writing, from the major part of the Selectmen of said town; which license shall be and remain in full force for one year from the date of it, unless sooner revoked or annulled by said Selectmen, or the major part of them; and the said Selectmen are hereby authorized to grant licenses for such number of hackney coaches and carriages, and to make such rules and regulations for the standing of said carriages in the different streets of said town, as they shall judge proper, and the same to change and vary as occasion may require. [2] SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Selectmen of said town be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, to cause all such hackney carriages to be numbered and registered in a book to be kept by the town Clerk for that purpose: and the number of each carriage shall be fixed upon the same, in such conspicuous place or places as the said Selectmen shall direct. And the fees for each license, to be paid by the person receiving the same, shall be one dollar. [3] SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall set up, or use any hackney carriage for the purpose aforesaid, without having obtained a license from the said Selectmen, or who, having obtained such license, shall continue to keep and use such carriage after the same license shall be revoked, annulled, or become void according to this act, shall forfeit and pay for every time such carriage shall be used, a sum not exceeding four dollars. And every such hackney carriage that shall be found standing or plying in any street or highway contrary to the regulations of the said Selectmen, or without its number painted on it as aforesaid, or after the license therefor shall have been revoked, or annulled by the said Selectmen, or expire by this act, and before the same shall have been renewed, shall be considered as an unlicensed carriage, and the owner of the same shall be subjected to the like forfeiture, as in the case of an unlicensed carriage, for every such offence. [4] SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Selectmen be, and hereby are authorized and empowered to revoke and annul any license by them given as aforesaid, at any time they may think proper, for the breach of any rules and regulations by them prescribed, or for any gross misbehaviour of the driver, in driving, in abusive language, or otherwise; complaint having been previously made to them, and they having heard the parties, or the owner after reasonable notice, making default of appearance to answer thereto. [5] Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the person in whose name a license is taken out for a hackney carriage as aforesaid, shall for all the purposes of this act, be considered as the owner of the same, and liable to all forfeitures and penalties herein contained, unless upon the sale of his carriage, notice be given thereof, and the license delivered up to the Selectmen; and the publications of the rules and regulations of said Selectmen, and of the annulling and revoking any license as aforesaid, in the newspaper printed by the printer for the Commonwealth, for the time being, shall be deemed and taken, to all intents and purposes, as sufficient notice of the same to all such owners of carriages as aforesaid. [6] SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a major part of the Selectmen, be authorized and empowered to make such rules and regulations, establishing the rates and prices to be paid for the carriage and conveyance of persons in said hackney coaches within the limits of the town of Boston, as they may from time to time judge reasonable; regard being had to the time and distance. And if any owner or driver of a hackney carriage, shall demand and extort from any person or persons a sum beyond the rates which may thus be established by the said Selectmen, the license of such carriage, upon complaint made to the Selectmen as aforesaid, after a due hearing, may be forfeited and revoked; and the owner shall be further liable to refund the sum thus received and extorted, to the party grieved. And all the penalties and forfeitures aforesaid, shall be recovered in an action on the case, before any Justice of the Peace of the county of Suffolk, to the use of the person who shall sue for the same. [7] SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That an act for regulating hackney carriages in the town of Boston, made and passed on the twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, be and the same hereby is repealed, excepting so far as the licenses granted under the same act shall continue and be in force, but subject to the conditions and limitations of this act. Extract from an Act, entitled "An Act to regulate the pavi of streets in the town of Boston, and for removing obstru tions in the same." [Passed June 22, 1799.] [8] SEC. 5. "And if any person shall drive any horse cart, or any wheel carriage of burthen or pleasure, or wh any wheel barrow on the foot walk of any street in said to of Boston, such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of o dollar for every such offence, to be recovered by action debt, in the name of the Surveyors of high ways, before a Justice of the Peace, in the county of Suffolk." [9] SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any driv owner, or person having the ordering or care of any ca wagon, stage or hackney coach, stage wagon, or other carriag new or old, finished, or unfinished, shall suffer the same to and remain in any street, lane or alley of the said town, mo than one hour after the same shall have first been placed the unless by the permission of the Surveyors of highways, eve such owner, driver, or person having the care or ordering such carriage as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of o dollar, for each and every such offence, to be recovered above directed: Provided, nevertheless, that no prosecutio shall be commenced against any driver of any cart or wago coming from the country, unless by the particular direction an order of the Selectmen. [10] SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all th forfeitures and fines which may be recovered in pursuance this act, shall go and be distributed, one moiety thereof to th poor of the town of Boston, and the other moiety to the Su veyors of high ways. Extract from "An Act in addition to the several acts now i force, to regulate the paving of streets in the town of Boston Sand for removing obstructions in the same." [11] SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Selectme of the town of Boston, shall be, and they hereby are empower ed to appoint suitable place in the streets or squares of sai town, in which all wagons, carts, sleds or other carriages sha be directed to stand. [12] SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Selectmen shal have power, from time to time, to make and adopt such rule |