discreet and able person; such person or persons shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum of not less than twelve, or more than twenty dollars. Penalty. In case of re 2. That all licences for driving carts, drays, waggons, and other carriages, for hire within the city, Commence shall commence, and be taken out on the first Mon- piration of liday in January, or on the first Monday in every month cences. thereafter, and continue in force for one year, and no longer; and every person who shall have obtained such license, shall be obliged, and they are hereby required, at all times of the day, Sunday excepted, fusal to carry to carry all goods, wares, merchandize, and commo- goods, &c. dities, on application being made, and the money tendered, and for every neglect or refusal so to do, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars. Provid- Penalty. ed always, That the owner of such cart, dray, waggon or other carriage, shall not be subject to the aforesaid penalty, who can prove by the testimony of any Proviso. credible witness, that such cart, dray, waggon or other carriage was pre-engaged to work for some person immediately, or shall offer such other reasonable excuse as shall be approved of by the court. stop or inform rate riding and lawful. Driver of cart ride. 3. That it shall be lawful for any person or persons, and constables City Marshal and the City Marshal and Constables, are hereby required to strictly required to stop or inform against any person against peror persons riding on horseback, or any coachman or sons immodeother person driving a coach or other carriage other-driv ing unwise than a walk, moderate trot or pace. And all drivers of carts or drays, riding on the same, or driving faster than a walk, and not walking alongside of or dray not to their horse or horses, and not holding in their hand, a good and sufficient rein, fastened from the foremost to the thill horse, with a strong headstall and bitt, shall be summoned before the Inferior City Court, and on conviction, if the offender be a free person, he shall be fined in the sum of five dollars for every such offence, and if a slave, his owner or employer shall pay a like sum, and on refusal to pay the same, the If the offender I said slave shall be committed to the Work-House, be a slave how I until his owner or employer shall pay the said fine, together with all expences, to be given to the inform to be treated. er, if required, if not, to the use of the Orphan-House. How fine to be And if any such free person or persons offending appropriated. refusing to pay fined. Free person against this ordinance, shall refuse, or be unable to fine to be con- pay the aforesaid fines, the said Court is hereby authorized and required to commit such person or persons to the common goal in this city, there to remain without bail or mainprise, for any time not exceeding ten days.* No carts or 4. That no carts, or drays shall stand or ply for drays to ply for hire in any of the streets, lanes or alleys, but be dihire. but at vided and placed by the City-Marshal, under the died by the City rection of the Intendant, for the time being, at such places appoint Marshal. Penalty. for driving. place or places as may be pointed out by him. And any driver or conductor of carts, drays or other carriages, who after having their stands appointed shall quit the same, or ply for hire in any other place, unless going to work, or to their respective homes, such driver or conductor, if a white man, or free person of colour, of a cart or dray, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, the sum of three dollars, and if a slave, the said sum shall be paid by the owner or employer, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid. 5. And whereas, from the number of carts, drays, and other carriages, passing through the streets, and from their being no uniform mode established for driving them, it has become very dangerous in passing, for remedy thereof, Be it ordained, That in Regulations future all drivers of carts, drays waggons and other carriages whatsoever, shall pass each other on their right hand, and shall always drive as close the foot way, with their left hand next the same, as they conveniently can, and persons driving in narrow streets, lanes of alleys, and turning corners, shall drive on a walk; and any white or free person or persons violating this clause, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars; and if a slave, his owner or employer shall pay a like sum, and on refusal to the same, said slave shall be proceeded against, as it is provided in the third clause. Penalty. tempting to Persons at- 6. That no person or persons be allowed to break break horses any horse or horses within the city, to any draft either within the city in carriages of two or four wheels, or in any other way, under a penalty of fifty dollars for the first of Penalty. * The latter part of this third clause is repealed by an Ordinance passed 4th of June, 1810. t-fence, and one hundred dollars for every offence com Umitted thereafter. 7. That the better to regulate and fix the rates of Limits of the hire to be allowed cartmen within the city of Charles-city. ton, the spaces comprehended within the following limits be considered as divisions of the city. No. 1. The wharves between the south end of New East-Bay street, to the north side of Broad-street, west side of Church-street, and South-Bay, comprehending the several limits therein, and north side of Broad-street. No. 2. West side of Church-street, north side of | Broad-street, South-Bay, and west side of Meeting street. No. 3. West side of Meeting-street, north side of Broad-street, west side of King-street, and South-Bay. No. 4. West side of King-street, Ashly river, north side of Broad-street, and South-Bay. No. 5. The wharves between the north side of Broad-street, north side of Ellery-street, west side of Church-street, north side of Broad-street, and north side of Ellery-street. No. 6. West side of Church-street, north side of Broad-street, west side of Meeting-street, and north side of Ellery-street. No. 7. North side of Broad-street, west side of King-street, north side of Hazell-street, and west side of Meeting-street. No. 8. North side of Broad-street, Ashly river, Beaufain-street, and west side of King-street. No. 9. The wharves between the north side of Ellery-street, and north side of Boundary-street, west side of Meeting-street, north side of Boundary-street, and north side of Ellery-street. No. 10. West side of Meeting-street, north side of Boundary-street, west side of King-street, and west side of Hazell-street. No. 11. North side of Beaufain-street, west side of King-street, west side of Pitt-street, north side of Boundary-street, and the city lands, north of Boundary-street. No. 12. North side of Beaufain-street, Ashly river, north side of Boundary-street, and west side of Pittstreet. Rates of cart. age 8. That the following rates be allowed cartmen, for loading, carting and unloading, viz. From or to any of the wharves be- From or to do. west side of Meet- From or to do. west side of King- From or to do. north side of Broad- From or to do. north side of Broad- From or to any of the wharves be [grain Fire tween the north side of Broad- From or to do. north side of Hazell- From or to do. north side of Beau- [grain Fire | Lumber, 500 feet. 1000. 1000. State, Tiles, ེ 50O.” 135 43 57 43 60 60 dye wood p.ton 37 From or to do. south side of Broad- Cls. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. at the north end of King-street. Do. to do. any part of division,No 4. Do. to do. any part of Tradd-street, street. Do. to do. any part of Beaufain and Do. to any part of George-street, Do. to do. all other parts of the city, north and north-west of Georgestreet. 32223 2 62 70 75 70 37 50 60 50 60 2 43 70 50 50 64 60 75 60 64 70 70 85 75 90 80 90 80 80 3175 75 85 75 34 75 75 85 75 90 90 9. That the following divisions of the city be established the better to regulate the rates of drayage, lished. that is to say, |