Public Vehicles Act 1899 (NSW)
| Act No. 23, 1899. | 213 |
’Public Vehicles.
Act No. 23, 1899.
An Act to consolidate tlic Acts for the TvCi>*nla- rinuoYK,holes.
tion of Public Vehicles in the City and I’olicc
| District of Sydney. | [23rd Xoremher, 1899.] |
(I'j it (Miacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent iMajesly, by and with
1 lie advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Li'gislative
Assembly of New Soutli "Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:—
PART I.
Preliminm'i].
1. 'I'his i\ct may be cited as tlu' “ Public Vehicles .Vet, 1S90,” short utie.
and is divided into Parts as follows :— PA.RT I.—Preliminary.—ss. 1—!•. PART 1 1 Constilution and election o f commissio/ers.—*'.9. 5-lG.
| I’AR'f | I I I .—Poicers of the commissioners.—ss. 17-23. |
PA RT IV.— General imovisions.—ss. 21-30.
PA.RT V.—Penalties.—ss. 31-31.
2. The Acts mentioned in tlic First Schedule are to the ('xteiit Kqieai.
tluM'dii ('\]>ressed hereby repealed.
3. (1) All commissioners, onicers, and persons ap])oiiit('d or p.-rsons piected or
elected under the Acts hereby reiiealed, and holdiim- oilict' at
time of the passing of this Act, shall remain in othcc as if this Act had
!)('('n in force at the time they were appointed or elected and they had
been ap])ointed or elected hcreundt'r, and this Act shall apjily to them
accordingly.
(2) Ali regulations and by-laws made, and all licenses By-laws and licenses
| granted, under the authority of the Acts hereby repealed, and bdng | «'p™'ed Acts, |
| force at the time of the ])assing of this Act, shall be deemed to have beem mad(' or granted under the authority of this A ct; and rd'ercnccs in any such regulations and by-laws to the provisions of any Act hcrehy repealed shall be construed as references to tlie corresponding provisions of this Act. |
4. In this Act, imh'ss the context or subject matter othenvise intci-pi-eiaiion.
| indicates or requires,— | vie. No. u, s. 3. |
“ Commissioners” means the Metropolitan Transit Commissiomu's
hereinafter mentioned:
“ Council clerk” includes a person acting as such :
“ Public
214 Act No. 23, 1891).
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“ Public vehicles” includes any sta^e-camage oi' omnibus as defined by any by-law under this Act, and every liackney-carriage, coach, car, cab or other vehicle plying for hire in any jiublic street, and every wain waggon, cart, van or dray plying for hire and drawn by one* or more horses or other animals :
| 50 Yi(‘. N(>. I I , fl. 1, | “ Prescribed ” mi'ans prescribed by by-laws under this Act: “ License ” moans a license under this Act and includes a renown I |
of a license.
PAPT II.
CousHtuliou and election o f commissioners.
| Four oommissionor:5. | 6. | The provisions of tbî ̂ Act sliall bo carried out by a board of |
| 30 A'io. Ko. 1 I, s. 4. | four commissioners, cousistim;’ of tlic mayor of Sydney and the |
| 50 Wc. No. 14, ,R. 2. | inspector general of police, who shall bo commissioners by virtue of their respective ofllccs, and a municipal commissioner and a licensees’ commissioner, who shall be elected as hereinafter directed. |
| Tneorpovaf ion. | 6. The said board of commissioners shall be a bodv corporate' by the name or stylo of the “ Metropolitan Transit Commissioniu’s,” and shall by that name have porjeetual succession and a common seal, and may enter into contracts and sue and be sued in all Courts whatsoever, and exercise all such corporate functions and do and suffer all such acts and things as arc by law incident to a body corporate. |
| 36 \4c. No. 14, g. 5. | |
| Term of odlr'c, | |
| riifL s. 7. | 7. 'the elected commissioners shall bold office till the next annual elections only, but shall be eligible for re-election. |
| Chairman. | 8. (1) The mayor of Sydney sball be the chairman at meetings |
| Hid. s. G | . |
| 50 Vic. No, 14, g. 4. | of the said board of commissioners, but, in his absence or other |
| 54 Vic. No. IS, s. 10. | disability, the municipal commissioner shall act as chairman. |
| Quorum ami casting | |
| vote. | (2) Three commissioners shall form a quorum, and in case of an equality of votes the chairman at any meetings shall have a casting vote besides bis original vote. |
| Corumigsionors’ |
| roll. | 9. A roll, hereinafter called the commissioners’ roll, shall be (fl) The council clerk of every borough and municipal district Avithiu the police district of Sydney shall deliver to the registrar, on or before the fourteenth day of March in each year, a correct list of the names and addresses of the aldermen of such borough or municipal district, and shall certify such list to be correct. |
| 54 A'ir. No. 18, s. 5, | made in the manner following :— |
(5) The registrar shall, on or before the fourteenth day of March
in each year, make and sign the commissioners’ roll from the
names of the aldermen contained in the lists delivered as
| aforesaid. | 10. |
| Act No. 28, 1899. | 215 |
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10. (1) A roll,iK'reinafter called tlie licensees’ roll, shall he made Licensees’ roll,
up hy the registrar from the names of the persons rvho have taken out sr vie, No, is,
| licenses on or before the first day of March in each year, and | hose |
| licenses arc valid and unexpiri'd. |
(2) The registrar shall complete and sign the licensees’ roll
on or before tlic fourteenth dav of iMarch in each year.
11. (1) 'fhe munici])al commissioner and licensees’ commissioner Election?,
shall he elected at edections held on or before the fourteenth day of
April in each year.
(2) The aldermen named on the commissioners’ roll, and no im. g. 4.
others, shall he entitled to vote at elections of a municipal commissioner.
(3) The licensees named in the licensees’ roll whose licenses
are not at the time of voting suspended for misconduct or other cause,
and no others, shall he ('iititlcd to vote at elections of a licensees’
commissioner.
12. In the event of an extraordinary election of a municipal Exir.-ioniinai-.v oicc-
commissioner the name of any alderman elected after the fourteenth
day of March preceding shall be add('d to the commissioners’ roll npon ĵ-,;_ ̂ r,
the production hy sucli alderman to the registrar of a certificate from
the council clerk that such alderman has been so elected; hut no
alderman named on such roll shall l)c entitled to vmte if he has ceased
to hold o IFlco before such extraordinary election.
13. (1) The inayor of Sydney for the time being shall h(i the ■presidins omoov.
| 2)r(‘siding officer at evi'iy elect ion. | 3*! vl. No. ir, s. 9. |
(2) The said mayor may by writing under his hand nominate Uopuiy.
| any ])crson as his deputy to exercise at any election all powers and | v’ir. No. is, s. 8. |
| authorities which hi' bimself could exercise. |
(3) 'ITio said rnavor .shall by writing under his hand certify Ri'suU (,> ho(’ohiiicci.
| to the Colonial Secretary and to the registrar the result of every election, y | ’ ^ |
14. (1) The sahl mayor shall upon the occurrence of any extra- Kxivaovaimny
ordinary vacancy hy the death, resignation, or lunacy of any elected commissioner, or hy his continued absence for more than three months from the meetings of the commissioners, appoint a day for the holding of an (df'ction to supply such vacancy, and such day shall he within fourteen days of the occurrenci' of such vncancy.
(2) If such vacancy is in the office of municipal eommis- sioner, notice thereof shall vitliin forty-eight hours he sent to the council of every borough and municipal district situate wholly or in part within the ])olico district of Sydney.
(3) The provTsions of this Act relating to ordinary elections
shall a])ply and extend to elections under this section.
| 15. The mode of voting at every election of commissioners Mo | .1o | of voting and |
| shall he hy ballot. | Every such election shall he conducted in accord- | «iection. |
ance with the rules contained in the Second Schcdnle, and such niles shall he of the same force and eifcct as if they had been embodied in
| this Act. | 16. |
216 Act Xo. 23, 189!).
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| Governor may | 16, If froui Giiv causo wliatevei'tliG aldei’iiien 01’ licciisees fail |
election. elect a commissioner lor any vacancy, the (governor may appoint a
3G Vie. No. 11, s. 10. commissioiiei’, ivlio shall, iiiioii such appointment, hold office and
50 Vic. No. 14, s. 2. possess aiid exercise the same powers and be subject to the same obligations, and to whom the provisions of this Act shall apply, as if he had been elected under this Act.
| . | PART III . |
Foicers o f fhe commissioners.
Appointment of office
| anti officers. | 17. Tlie commissioners may appoint and occupy as the ]\[('tro- as they may select, and may appoint a registrar, inspector, timekecjicrs, clerks, and such other officers and servants as they may deem requisite for the effective administration of tliis Act, and may dotinc the duties to lie performed hy, and lix and determine the salary or otlier rcmiiiu'ra- tion to he paid to, any person so appointed. |
| 3G Vic. No. 14, s. 13. | politan Transit Office such convi'iiient and central premises in Sydney |
| 50 Vic. Ko. 14, 8. 8. | |
| Meetings of | |
| eonnnissioners. | 18. (1) The ordinary meetings of the commissioners shall he held at the Metropolitan Transit Office at ivcekly intervals, at such hours as they shall appoint, and of which public notice shall be given by the registrar, and, in cases of urgency, the commissioners may meet for the conduct of Inisincss at any hour and day of which at h'ast twenty-four hours’ notice in writing shall have been given hy the registrar to each commissioner. |
| 30 Vic. No. I I, s. 14. |
| Notice of meeting. | (2) IS’oticc of any extraordinary meeting shall he deemed |
| Ihhl | to have been duly given if it has hccoi delivered personally to a com missioner, or transmitted to his usual place of abode or business at least twenty-four hours before the time appointed for holding sueli meeting. |
| Power to make | |
| by-laws. | 19. (1) The commissioners may make by-laws regulating the mode of licensing and controlling ])uhlic vehicles, and tlu' drivers and conductors thereof, and for appointing and regulating public stands for the same within the Police District of Sydney, hut no license f('es under this Act shall exceed the sums specified in the Third Schedidi’. |
| I hid. P. 15. |
| Confirmation. | (2) Such by-laws shall have the forei' of law wlum |
| Ibid. | confirmed hy the Governor and published in the Gazette, hut not sooner or otherwise. |
| Parliament. |
| To be laid before | (3) All by-laws, and all altc'rations and repeals of by-laws |
| Ibid.. | made hereunder shall, witliin fourteen days of the confirmat ion tlK'reof hy the Governor, he laid before both Houses of Parliament if then in session, and if not, then within the first fourteen days of the next | |
|
| Act No. 23, | 217 |
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| 20. The coinmis.sionei's may in sncli ])y-la\vs— | Subject-matter of |
| (1) fix and appoint— | 36 Vic. No. IV s. 16. |
| (a) | the lionrs within which owneis, driver.'̂, and conductors respectively shall exercise their calling; |
(h) the ages at Avhieh drivers and conductors may lie employed ;
| (e) | the badges, if any, or clothing, or uniform to he worn hy such drivers or conductors ; |
| (d) | the number, description, equipment, furniture, and gear of puhlic vehicles ; |
(e) the munher of persons to be carried in public vehicles ;
( / ’) the size and dimensions of stage-carriages, omnibuses, and
cars ;
(ff) the number and ])osition of puhlic stands ;
| (h) | the amount to be paid for fares for time or distance for tlu' use of such vehich's ; and |
(?■) the safe custody of any ])ropcrly ivliich may be left in such
vcducles; and
(2) prescribe the punishment of any misconduct of the drivers, and conductors, and other persons attending to or managing such vehicles, whether hy demanding or receiving more than the authorised fares or otherwise, or for not performing stated journeys in the appointed time ; and
(3) regulate all other mattc'rs and things connected Avith the good goA'crnnumt and regulation of vc'hicles plying for hire as
hereinbefore mentioned.
21. (1) Th(' commissioiu'rs may in and by such by-laAvs fix tlu'Peimitios in hv-iaws.
| amount of lines and penalties to he imposed— | s. it. |
( f f ) on the OAvners, driv('rs, and conductors of puhlic vehich's
plying for hire for d('manding or receiving more than tlu'
anthorised fare or otlu'rwise ; and
| (h) | on persons liiring such vehicles for fraudulently evading the ])ayment of such fau's ; and |
| (c) | for the breach of any other by-law which the commissioners may make in respect of such A chiclcs, or the owners, driv('rs, conductors, and managers of such vehicles. |
(2) No such penalty for any onv' olfcncc shall exceed the jraximum ponniiy.
sum of ten pounds.
22. (1) The commissioiH'i's may also make by-laws providing Power to sell
| for the sale after the prescrilu'd notice, and subject to the prescribed | 50 A'ic. Xo. l i , 8. |
| conditions, of any unclaimt'd artich's found in public vehicles. | |
| (2) No such sale shall take place until after the expiration of three months from the time of the finding of such unclaimed articles. |
(3) The proceeds of any such sale shall he carried to the
credit of the Metropolitan Transit Tund.
218 Act No. 28, 185){).
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Power to deal with
| license.' .̂ | 23. The eoinmissioners may sus])on(l or cancel any license "rantc'd under this Act or the Acts hereby repealed, if in their opinion |
| 50 Vir. No. 1 1, | 5. |
the conduct of the licensee has been such as to render him unfit to hold such license and ply under it. Every person wliose license is so suspended or cancelled, shall for all purposes of tliis Act and the by laws hereunder, he deemed to he an unlicensed person.
PART IV.
General procisions.
| P.ojj;istrar to receive | 24. (1) All fines and penalties recovered or received under this Act or any liy-law made hereunder, and all sums of money received for licensim^ public vehicles, and all other income from whatever source arising shall he paid to the registrar. |
| fines and income. | |
| Jifi Vic. No. 11, 3. 28. | |
| ncc'onnts. |
| Kepriefrar to keep | (2) Tlic registrar shall, in hooks to he kept for that purpose |
| U h l . ss. IK, 28. | and in such manner as tin' commissioners direct, enter true accounts of all moneys received and paid, and keep separate accounts of the moneys received on account of omnibuses and other vehicles on each line of road, and on account of hackney-carriages and cabs, and on account of drays and vans licensed to ply for hire within the city of Sydney or its suburbs respectively. |
| Tnspi'cf inn and auflit. | (3) Such hooks shall at all times he open to the inspection |
| Ihul s. 18. | of the commissioners, and all accounts, with all vouchers and papers relating thereto shall, in .Tanuary in every year, he submitted to the inspection of the city auditors for the purpose of being ('xamined and audited for the precedin"' year ending on the thirty-first day of December. |
| Cert i Heal 0 . | ( i) If the said accounts are found correct the auditors shall |
| Ibid. | sign the same and ci'rtify to their correctness. | The auditors shall |
| receive for their services the sum of five pounds. |
| Abstract of accounts. | (5) After the said accounts have been so examim'd tlu; |
| Thid, | registrar shall make out in writing, and submit to the commissioners, a full abstract of his accounts for such preceding year, in such form as the commissioners direct, and the commissioners shall forthwith cause the same to he printed. *V copy of such abstract shall he open to the inspection of ali persons, and copies thereof shall he delivered to all persons applying for the same on payment of one shilling for each copy, and a copy of the said abstract shall, in Eebruary in every year, he published in the Gazette. |
| I’iivtnent of salaries | 25. V̂ll salaries shall ho | in I'egiilar monthly instalments |
| and accounts. |
| Ibid. 8. 19. | on the first Monday of each month, and all accounts for work per formed for, and articles supplied to, tln ̂ commissioners in carrying |
into
| Act No. 23, 1899. | 219 |
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into effect tlie provisions of this Act, on being duly certified by the proper officer and passed liy the commissioners at any duly convened meeting, shall be fortlnvitb paid by the registrar on an order signed by two or more of tlie commissioners.
26. All moneys received by the registrar on account of the Koroiirfs nni
| commissioners shall be Iodised, as soon as practicable, to the credit of | C j | *' | X | AT" | 1 | A | . | O/A |
| the commissioners in an account to be called “ The Metropolitan | ' | ' |
| Transit Fund,” in some bank in Sydney to be selected by the com missioners, and all payments made on account of the commissioners sball be by cheques on the said bank signed by the registrar and two or more of the commissioners. |
27. The commissioners shall apply tlie moneys received under Application ot
| this Act in the pavment of all authorised expenses and diaries | I h k h S. 21. |
| incurred in carrying into eifcct the provisions ot this Act, and may | 50 Vic. Xo. U , s. 7. |
| apply any unexpended balance remaining to the credit of the Metro politan 't ransit Fffiid at the end of the month of December in any year, after they have defrayed all current expenditure for the year, in the construction or iinprovt'mcnt of waiting-rooms, sbcltcr-sbeds, or places of convenience, in cleaning stands, and any conveniences connected therewith, or for any purpose which the commissioners may considc'r desirable in connection with the improvement and regulation of public vehicles, or stands, or the public convenience. |
28. Tlic commissiomn's shall each lie entitled to receive out of E em uneraU on of
the metropolitan transit fund for each attendance at a duly convcnc'd
| meeting of the board the sum of two pounds, but no cominissioiu'r | jj,,’14’ ̂ 2 7 |
| shall he remunerated for more than one meeting in any one week. |
29. No per.sou shall place, or allow to remain, on any veliiclc Penally for piaoing
| in use, or plying for hire, auAr distinguishing number as required by ‘'‘Aniguisinng | ^ | ^ | ̂ | ^ | 1 | 1 | m iiiin o ro n uiilicoiLSod |
any ny-laAV under tins Act, unless lie is at the time tiie holder or a voiiido.
license to ply such vehicle.
30. No owner of anv licensed veliicle shall allow the same to uriver of public
| be plied or driven for hire by <any person except a servant of such | J | ^ | 54 Vie. No. 18, s. 0. |
| owner. |
PART V. Penalties.
31. iVny mayor, or the registrar, or any city auditor who is Penalty for wilful
guiltv of any yvilful act of commissiou or omission contrarv to any of the provisions of this Act shall bo li<ablc for every such offence to a penalty not cxccc'ding one hundred pounds.
32. Any council clerk neglecting to deliver to the registrar the Penaiiy under
certified list mentioned in section nine on or before the said fourteenth day of March, or furnishing an incorrect list, sliall be liable to a
| penalty not exceeding ten pounds. | 33. |
220 Act Xo. 28, 1890.
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Ofiierai penalty. 3 3 . Anv pei’son wlio ]‘s g’uiltv of any act contravy to any of the
50 Vic. No. 14,8. 9. provisions of tliis Act shall, unless any other penalty is specified, he
54 Vic. No. 18. s. 11. fiahle to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.
Rccovcryofpenaiiios. 3 4 . All fiiics aiid penalties incurred under this Act or under
36 Vic. No. 14,9. 22. anv liv-laivs hereunder mav he recovered in a suminarv wav before any
two justices according to the provisions of the Acts in force for the
time being regulating summary proceedings before justices.
SCHEDULES.
| Section 2. | FIRST SCHEDULE. |
| Befcrcnce to Act. | TitU or sliort title. | Extent of ]’epoaI. |
| 3G Vic. No. 14 | Public Vehicles Tlegulation Act of 187.3 ...1 The whole. |
| 50 Vic. No. 14 | Public Vehicles Ilegulation Act Amcmlincut Act The whole, |
of 1880.
| 54 Vie. No. 18 | Public A’ehicles Eegulatioii Act Amendineut Act The whole, |
of 1890.
| Section 15. | SECOND SCHEDULE. |
Ih d f S f o r fhe comhicf o f elections.
1. Eveiw eamlidate must, at le.ast tcu days before the day of election, bo nominated in writing bv at least two qualified voters, and such writing must be delivered to the ]n'esiding oflleor or the registrar at the Aletropolitaii Ti'ansit Othce within the like period of ten days.
2. The place or places, and time for holding the election, shall be notilled bv the ])residing ollleer in some newsjiapcr published in Sydney, and also in the Gazette, at least seven davs before the day of election.
3. If only one candidate i.s nominated, the presiding otFioer shall declare him
elected ; but if more than one candidate is nominated, the presiding olficer shall notify
in some news|iaper published in Sydney and in the G-azetto the names of the candidates,
| _ | the day of taking the ])oll, and the ]iolling-place or polling-places, but any candidate may any time before the polling-day withdraw his candidature. |
| 4. The voting shall commence at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and shall finally close at fo\ir o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. |
| ' | 5. The presiding officer may appoint such polling-clerks as may be required for taking the poll, and may make and enforce all necessary regulations, and provide proper and convenient rooms or booths for polling. |
| 0. Every candidate, or in his absence any one of the voters by whom he has been nominated, may appoint one person at each polling-place to be scrutineer. | |
| 7. The presiding officer shall have power and authority to mainta.in and enfoi’cc order and keep the peace at the election or polling hold by him, and for that ])ui'poso and without any other authority to cause to be arrested and taken before a jnsticce any jierson reasonably suspected of knowingly and wilfully making a false answer to any of the questions hereinafter mentioned, or of personating or attempiing to ])cr.sonate any voter, or of attempting unlawfully to vote more than once, or wilfully entering or remaining in a polling-room or compartment, or who shall cause a disturbance. Also to |
cause
| Act Xo. 23, 1899. | 221 |
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cause any person to be removed who shall obstruct the approaches to any polling-room, or shall conduct himself in a disorderly manner. And all conslables and peace oflicers shall aid and assist such ]iresiding officer in the performance of hi.s duties.
8. At every polling-place there shall be jirovided and set apart a separate ballot- room or compartment, into or in which no ])erson may enter or remain e.xeept voters while preparing their ballot-papers as hereinafter ])rovided, but no longer, and the ])olling-clerk shall cause pencils, or pens ink, and blotting-paper to be placed in the said room or compartment.
!). lleforo and in time for each and every election by b.illot, each pre.siding officer shall cause to be printed or written a sullicient number of ballot-papers, to be initialled by him on the back thereof, which shall be available at each polling-j)lace.
10. At the election of a municipal commissioner and licensees’ commissioner the ])residing ollleer or officers shall provide for each ])olling-j)laco separ.ate ballot-bo-ves, the fronts of which shall be of glass, and on the top of which there shall be an o])eiiing sufficient to receive the ballot-papers folded as hoi-cinaftcr mentioned. And such box being previously locked by each presiding officer with a key which shall be kept by him self, and of wdiich it shall be unlawful for any other person to pos.se.ss a counterpart, shall be placed on a lable before each presiding officer. And every voter, on applying in person, shall receive one of the ballot-papers signed as aforesaid, and shall in the ballot-room aforesaid, without leaving the same, strike throimh tlie names of ali persons named in such ballot-paper, excejit the name of the jicrson foi' w hom he intends to vole, and shall then fold up the paper so as to eoneeal the interior, and shall then return to the piolling-table,and there opienly in the presence of the jrresiding office r. jroll-clerk, and serutineei's deprosit such ballot-puiper in the ballot-box : I’rovideil that in the case cd' any elector' who is blind, or cannot read, the piresiding officer shall, in the pircsence of such scrutineers as may then be in attendance, strike thr-ough upon such liallot-praper the names of all persons so nominated cxeeprt such as the voter shall declare his intention of voting for: Jh'ovided also that befor'o any ballot-paper shall be de|iosited in the box the prresidiug olficer or proll-clerk shall, npmn a certified co|)y of t'he roll, write his initials against the name of the p erson then voting, which initial shall be prrima facie evidence of the identity of such voter w ith the pier.son whose name shall be so initirrlled on srrch roll, and of the fact of his having voted at such electiorr.
11. If atry voter shall ort his ballot-paper leave any two names trot struck out, the vote given on and by such praper shall be void and of iro elfect.
12. The prresiditrg officer shall give a vote otrly in the errse of any two or more candidates pollirtg an crpual intmber of votes, arrd in that ease he shall dechtr'c in writirrg which crrrrdirbrte shall be dec'areil elected.
Id. No itujuir'y shall be permitted to be put to any piersoir rr|)p)lving to vote, cxcepit by the prresiding officer at the rerptrest of a scrutineer, and such impuiry shall be limited to the (puestions following: -
(1) Are you the p)crson whose ]iamc appears as A.B., number ----- , in the
“ Licensees' ” or “ Munici[)al ” Koll (as the case may be) 'f
(2) Arc you still an alderman or a licensee (as the ease may be) ?
(d) Have you already voted at the present election‘s
No ]!erson who shall I'efuse to answer the first and second of such ipiestions in the affirmative, and the third in the iieg:uive, shall be ptermitted to vote. And all persons making false answers to such questions, or to either of them, shall be deemed guiltv of pterjury, and shall bo dealt w ith accordingly.
1-1. The ptresiding olficer, or one of his depmties, shall, immediatelv on the close of the poll, in the presence of the scrutineers, open the ballot-boxes and examine the voting-papters, and thereby ascertain the result of the elect ion, and he shall then piubliciv announce the state of the p)oll : I’rovidcd that if it shall be fo\ind impossible to examine the ballot-piapers and ascertain the result of the election on the same day that the poll has been taken,he may adjourn such examination until some hour on the next following day. And such ballot-boxes and sealed up) documents shall remain until the time of such examination in the eusloilv of the piresidiiig ollicei', or in such cuslodv as he may ap)point,
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222 Act Xo. 24, 181)0.
Stage-carriages.
| So-lion 10. | THIKD SCHEDULE. |
Licenses.
| On and after | On and aflt'r | On and after | On and afk'r |
| Proprioloi> o l | 1st January in | 1st April in | 1st J u ly in | 1st Oetober in |
| each year. | , | each year. | each year. | each year. |
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | JB | s. | d. |
| OimiibuMCij | . | . . | c a c l i | G | O | O | 4 | 1 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 0 | 0 |
| O n i u i b u s | C a r s | . . . | .. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| C a r s | .. | . . . | .. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| l l a c k n e v | C a r r ia g i ' s | .. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 5 | 0 |
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