[HISTORY: Adopted by The Commissioners of St. Michaels 9-20-1880
by Ord. No. 11. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 312.
The owner of every carriage, wagon, cart, dray or other vehicle kept
or used for hire, or used for hauling merchandise or any other objects, for
gain or hire, or for transporting passengers, for gain or profit, within the
corporate limits of the Town of St. Michaels, shall, on or before the first
day of October in each and every year, obtain a license from the Clerk of
the Town Commissioners of the Town of St. Michaels, for each carriage, wagon,
cart, dray, or any other vehicle thus used. At the time of obtaining said
license, each of which said licenses shall be numbered by the said Clerk of
the Town Commissioners at the time it is issued, the applicant shall pay to
the Clerk of the Town Commissioners for:
A.
Each cart: $1.
B.
Each two-horse wagon: $1.50.
C.
Each dray: $1.
D.
Each one-horse wagon: $1.
E.
Each carriage with capacity to carry two persons: $1.
F.
Each carriage with capacity to carry four persons: $1.50.
G.
Each carriage with capacity to carry more than four persons:
$2.
H.
Each hand or push cart: $0.50.
The owner of every vehicle thus licensed shall place or caused to be
placed in a conspicuous place upon said vehicle a number corresponding to
the number on the license.
[Amended 6-7-1904 by Ord. No. 21]
If any person shall use a carriage, wagon, cart, dray, or other vehicle for hire, or shall use any such vehicle for hauling merchandise or any other objects for gain or hire, or for transporting passengers for gain or hire, within the corporate limits of the Town of St. Michaels, without first having obtained a license therefor in accordance with § 317-1 of this chapter, and placed a number thereon in accordance with § 317-2 of this chapter, he or she shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $2 nor more than $5.
