&c., to have drivers. Sec. 42. Every Cart, Truck, or such like Vehicle, shall be Carts, trucks, provided with a driver. It shall, however, be allowable for one driver to have charge of two such, when the led horse and cart are securely attached to the one preceding it. visit stands. Sec. 43. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, and of Policemen to the officers and men under his command, to visit the public stands and places where Vehicles for hire are permitted to stand; and thereat, as well as elsewhere, at all times, and in all places in the said City, to enforce the rules and regulations respecting such Vehicles, and the drivers thereof, and to maintain order amongst the same, and to report to the Clerk of the Recorder's Court all offenders against any of the provisions of this By-law. of numbers Sec. 44. No person shall exchange, lend out, or employ, Exchange his, her or their numbers, for which licenses have been taken prohibited. out; neither shall any person have a number on his, her, or their horse, different from the number attached to the Vehicle. remain near Sec. 45. It shall not be lawful for the drivers of Vehicles Drivers to frequenting the public stands in the said City, or any of them, vehicles. to stray or absent themselves from the Vehicle or Vehicles under their charge. specify vehicles. Sec. 46. In each and every of the licenses for Carriages or Licenses to Vehicles, kept or used for hire within the said City, by others than livery stable keepers, to be hereafter issued, the kind of summer or winter Vehicle for which such licenses shall be taken out, shall be distinctly mentioned; and no person shall hereafter use for hire any kind of Vehicle within the said City, being of a different kind from that for which such person shall have a license as aforesaid, or permit any person in his employ so to do. numbers, &c. Sec. 47. No person shall forge or fraudulently multiply Forgery of any of the numbers issued under the authority of the Chief of Police, for Vehicles for hire, in the said City; neither shall any person make or cause to be made, a copy or copies of the same, or shall have affixed to his horse or Vehicle, any number or numbers which have not been so issued. No person shall obliterate numbers. Numbers may] be painted on vehicles. Testimonials of good conduct if required. Sec. 48. No person shall obliterate, deface, reverse, cover over, or by any contrivance conceal or render illegible, the number or numbers of his Vehicle or Vehicles, or permit the same to be done. Sec. 49. Every person, being the owner or owners of any Vehicle or Carriage, for hire in the said City, who shall prefer to have the number or numbers for which a certificate or certificates of registry has or have been procured, painted on any such Vehicle or Vehicles, shall be required to apply for and obtain the leave of the Chief of Police of the said City, so to paint the said number or numbers on any such Vehicle or Vehicles; and shall, moreover, in every such case, after leave has so as aforesaid been obtained, be further required to cause the same to be painted on such Vehicle or Vehicles so as to correspond as to size and colour with the tickets of numbers issued under the authority of the said Chief of Police. Sec. 50. Each and every person hereafter applying for a to be produced license under this By-law shall, if required, before obtaining the same, produce and file a testimonial or certificate, which shall be satisfactory to the Chief of Police, of his or their honesty, sobriety, and upright character, and of his or their capacity and means to keep a good horse and Vehicle. Master carters liable for misconduct of drivers. Penalty. Sec. 51. Master carters, employers and owners of horses and Vehicles, shall in all cases, be liable for the misconduct or negligence of their servants, drivers, or persons in their employ, or having charge of their horses or Vehicles; and for each offence committed by their said servants, drivers, or other persons in their employ, or having charge of their horses or Vehicles, against any of the provisions of this By-law, the said master carters, employers, and owners of horses and Vehicles shall be liable to the same fine and penalty as are therein and thereby imposed upon the said servants or drivers, or other persons aforesaid, the actual offenders. Sec. 52. Any and all persons, offending against any of the provisions of this By-law, shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay a Fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars and costs of prosecution, and be liable to Imprisonment in the Common Gaol or in the House of Correction, at hard labour, for a period not exceeding one calendar month. and duties to be &c. Sec. 53. The several rates enumerated and specified in the Tariff of rates Tariff contained in the subjoined Schedule shall be the rates paid by carters, which the Chief of Police shall be and is hereby authorized to annually demand and exact for the license for any of the Carriages or Vehicles therein mentioned. (Schedule.) TARIFF OF RATES To be collected annually by the Chief of Police for licenses issued to carters and others using hackney-carriages or vehicles for the conveyance of passengers, or the transport of goods, wares, merchandise, building materials, produce or other articles, in the City of Montreal. HACKNEY CARRIAGES. 1. For every Cab, Caleche, or other two wheeled vehicle-Five dollars.. $5.00 2. For every four wheeled Carriage drawn by one horse-Seven dollars.... 7.00 3. For every coach or four wheeled Carriage drawn by two horses-Nine dollars. 9.00 4. For every Omnibus or Stage coach-Sixteen dollars 16.00 CARTS, TRUCKS, WAGGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES. The licenses for Carts, Trucks, and other vehicles used for the conveyance of goods, wares, merchandise, etc., shall be divided into three classes, as follows: The first class shall include all Carts, Waggons, and other vehicles running within the City for hire or reward not otherwise expressly provided for, and shall pay : 5. For every Cart, Truck, or other two wheeled vehicle-Two dollars 2.00 6. For every Waggon or four wheeled vehicle drawn by one horse-Six dollars.... 7. For every Waggon or four wheeled vehicle drawn by two horses, and made to carry a load under 4,000 lbs. weight-Seven dollars..... 8. For every heavy Waggon, float or other four wheeled vehicle drawn by two or more horses, and made to carry heavy articles or materials weighing 4,000 lbs. or upwards-Nine dollars 9. For every Diable.. 10. The second class shall include all Carts, Waggons or other vehicles used by Merchants, Traders, Manufacturers, Contractors for the conveyance or delivery of the articles or effects dealt in, manufactured or made use of by them, for each of which there shall be paid, in addition to the rates charged for in the first class Two dollars and fifty cents.... 11. The third class shall include all Carts, Waggons, or other vehicles used by Expressmen, Bakers, Brewers, Distillers, Farmers or Gardeners, for each of which there shall be paid, in addition to the rates charged for in the first class--Five dollars.... $6.00 7.00 9.00 4.00 2.50 5.00 Parties obtaining licenses, as aforesaid, shall moreover pay the annual assessment on all working horses employed in drawing the above mentioned vehicles or Carriages, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) each, and also twenty-five cents for each number granted by the Chief of Police. The same rates shall apply to all corresponding winter vehicles. BE CHAPTER XXXIII. By-Law concerning Water Courses. E it ordained and enacted by the Council of the City of keep water order. Sec. 1. Every proprietor of real estate situate within the Proprietors to limits of the said City, and through which a natural Water courses in good Course may pass, shall be held and obliged to keep the section of the said Water Course passing through his property as aforesaid, in good order at all times, so that the water may have its free course, without any obstruction or hindrance whatever; and every such proprietor shall be held and obliged to make all the necessary works to that effect. to be unob Sec. 2. No person shall obstruct any natural Water Course Water-courses in the said City, or in any way or manner whatsoever inter- structed. fere with the same, so as to impede or disturb its course; nor shall any person cover any natural Water Course or erect thereon any building whatever, unless the same be previously viewed and laid out by the City Surveyor or his Deputy, nor in any other manner than the said Surveyor or his Deputy shall direct; and any person who may hereafter cover any Notice to cover. such Water Course, or erect thereon any building as aforesaid, shall, before doing so, give at least eight days' notice of his or her intention so to do, to the said City Surveyor, who shall thereupon examine the premises and determine the manner in which the work shall be done, or the building erected, so as not to interfere with or impede the natural flow of the water. Surveyor in water-courses. Sec. 3. The City Surveyor or his Deputy may, at all times, Powers of City enter upon any lot of ground or property in the said City relation to through which a Water Course shall pass, and whenever any such Water Course is found to be out of order, or contrary to the provisions hereinbefore enacted, the City Surveyor or his Deputy shall give notice thereof in writing to the proprietor A |