From and after the passage of this article,
no person or persons shall sell, or offer for sale, upon the public
streets of the City of Albany any ticket or tickets of any transportation
company or solicit transportation upon the public streets.
[Amended 5-19-2008 by Ord. No. 25.42.08]
Any person violating the provisions of this
article shall be punished by a fine of $25 for the first offense and
a fine of $50 for each subsequent offense, and, in case of nonpayment
of such fine, the offender may be imprisoned one day for each dollar
of such fine remaining unpaid.
No person shall hereafter, within the corporate
bounds of the City, or upon the waters under its jurisdiction, act
as a runner, or solicit or engage any person or persons to take passage
in or upon any railroad, steamboat, stage or public conveyance whatever
by which persons are carried from said City to any point. Every word
spoken by any person which may tend to induce another person to take
passage in or upon any railroad, steamboat, stage or public conveyance
shall be deemed a violation of this section. Every person violating
any of the provisions of this section shall, for the first offense,
incur a penalty of $5 and for every subsequent violation thereof a
penalty of $10.