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shall be designated by the common council, and whenever the said council shall designate such stands, it shall be the duty of the chief. of police to see that the orders and resolutions of the common council in the premises are enforced, and any driver or other person in charge of a public conveyance, who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the directions of the chief given in pursuance of such orders or resolutions, shall be punished in the manner prescribed in section twelve of this ordinance.

SEC. 7. This ordinance shall apply to any carriage which may at any time be placed on a public stand for public hire, and to all omnibuses or carriages kept by hotel keepers for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire to and from steamboats and railroad depots or other places in said city, but shall not apply to buggies or carriages kept at any livery stable within this city.

SEC. 8. No porter, runner, city expressman, carrier of baggage, nor owner or driver of any public carriage, cab, hackney coach, omnibus, dray, or other vehicle kept for hire, shall on the arrival of any steamboat or railroad car in Bay City, for a period of fifteen minutes thereafter, go upon or approach within twenty feet of the wharf or depot where such steamboat or railroad cars have made fast or stopped running, or are about to make fast or stop running, unless such porter, runner, city expressman, carrier of baggage, or owner or driver of any public carriage, cab, hackney coach, omnibus, dray, or other vehicle kept for hire be requested to move some

trunk or other baggage from some wharf or depot, in which case it shall be lawful to go near, in or upon such steamboat or depot for such purpose.

SEC. 9. Any such owner, driver or person in charge of any public or private carriage, cab, omnibus, or other vehicle kept for hire, shall be entitled to charge for conveying any person and ordinary baggage any distance within the following described territory, to-wit: Within that part of the city lying south of the north boundary line and the center of Twenty-third street extending east to the city limits, 25 cents during the day time, and 50 cents during the night time; and within that part of the city lying north of the southern boundary line and the center of Twentythird street extending east to the city limits, 25 cents during the day time, and 50 cents during the night time; and for that part of the city lying within the north boundary and south of the center of Twenty-third street extending east to the city limits, 50 cents during the day time and 75 cents during the night time; and for that part of the city lying within the south boundary and north of the center of Twenty-third street extending east to the city limits, 50 cents during the day time, and 75 cents during the night time. Between the hours of 6 a. m. and 11 p. m. shall constitute the day time, and between the hours of 11 p. m. and 6 a. m. shall constitute the night time. Any such owner, driver, or person in charge of any such public or private carriage, cab, omnibus, or other vehicle kept for hire who

shall demand or charge more than the above rates, shall be liable to have his license revoked by order of the common council, and also to be punished as provided in section twelve (12) of this ordinance.

SEC. 10. The city recorder is hereby authorized to grant licenses to any person, a resident of Bay county, of 21 years of age or upwards, of good moral character, who during the week of Bay county agricultural society fair desires to carry passengers to and from the fair grounds, upon his paying into the city treasury the sum of twenty-five cents for each vehicle by him to be used for the purpose of carrying passengers during said week, and the person obtaining such license shall be subject to all the provisions of this ordinance not inconsistent herewith; such license so issued shall be and remain in force for one week from the date thereof.

SEC. 11. Every such owner, driver, or person in charge of any public or private carriage or other vehicle kept for hire, shall keep a copy of the tariff fixed by this ordinance printed in large type posted or attached in a conspicuous place in every such vehicle.

SEC. 12. Any violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, and in the imposition of any fine and costs the court may sentence the offender to imprisonment in the Bay county jail, until the

payment thereof, for a term not exceeding thirty days.

SEC. 13. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistant with this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Adopted March 3, 1884.

An ordinance to amend section two (2) of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance relating to licenses for shows, exhibitions and theatrical entertainments, etc.," adopted June 12, 1871.

SECTION 1. It is hereby ordained by the Common Council of Bay City: That section two (2) of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance relative to licenses for shows, exhibitions, theatrical entertainments, etc.," adopted June 12, 1871, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Licenses may be granted and issued as hereinafter provided, upon payment by any person or persons applying therefor to the city treasurer, of the following sums, to-wit: For any circus, menagerie or caravan of animals, inincluding each sideshow, exhibition or performance attending or traveling with such circus or menagerie, filty dollars for each day they shall exhibit or perform; for every theatrical or operatic exhibition, representation or play, or sleight of hand performance, twenty dollars for each week, or five dollars for each night, in case a license for less than one week is required; for every other public exhibition, mu

sical concert, entertainment or show, payment for which is demanded or received, three dollars for each entertainment, exhibition or concert; Provided, however, that upon special application therefor to the common council, and upon the payment into the city treasury the sum of fifty dollars, a license may be issued to the owner, lessee or manager of any theatre or opera house in said city, permitting the use of such theatre or opera house for any performance, theatrical, musical or otherwise, that may occur therein, and the sum so paid and the license so issued shall be in lieu of any other sum or sums of money, and any other license or licenses, herein required, be paid and issued for any such performance; such license shall be valid and in force for the period of one year from the date thereof, and it shall be the duty of the person or persons receiving such license to see that all the requirements of this ordinance, relative to good order and to the character of the performances and exhibitions in such theatre or opera house, are complied with.

Adopted January 21, 1884.

An ordinance to amend section 9 of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance relative to the use and protection of streets. alleys and other public places," adopted May 11, 1869.

SECTION 1. It is hereby ordained by the Common Council of Bay City, That section 9 of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance relative to the

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