Licensing of horses, mules, and carriages

(1) The owner of any horse, mule or carriage (except such as are kept by the Governor General, the Government or any officer Town Councils 235 who is required to keep a horse, mule or carriage in the performance of his public duties) kept or used in the town of Corozal and the owner of any carriage used on the roads in the town of Corozal shall, on or before the first day of January in each year or before any day on which such horse, mule or carriage shall be used on the roads, provide himself with a licence in respect of each and every such horse, mule or carriage as aforesaid which such owner shall keep or use or be about to keep or use, provided that the owner of any horse, mule or carriage who obtains a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer that such horse, mule or carriage is used partially for the public service may obtain a licence therefor on payment of one half the prescribed fee, and provided that notwithstanding the provisions of this By- Law the owner of any horse, mule or carriage who holds a licence in respect thereof duly granted by a competent authority of another District shall be entitled to keep or use the same in the town of Corozal without the necessity of providing himself with a licence in respect thereof. (2) Applications for such licences shall be made to the Council. (3) Such licences shall be issued by the Town Administrator in the form prescribed by the Council, on payment of the prescribed fees, and shall bear the date of the day of issue. The Town Administrator shall keep a register of all licences so issued and such register shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours and every licence issued under this By-Law shall license the holder to keep the number of animals or carriages specified in the return mentioned in By-Law 6. 236 Town Councils (4) A licence may be issued in respect of horses, mules and carriages either for one calendar year or for any period less than a year expiring on the 31st day of December in any year upon payment of the respective fees prescribed in the First Schedule to these By-Laws. First Schedule. (5) Every licence issued under this By-Law shall apply only to the particular horse, mule or carriage in respect of which it has been issued, provided that upon receipt of a transfer fee of twenty-five cents the Town Administrator may transfer any such licence to another horse, mule, or carriage the property of the same owner. Such transfer shall be endorsed upon the licence and the original horse, mule or carriage shall thereupon become unlicensed. (6) Notwithstanding the sale or disposal of a licensed horse, mule or carriage, the person to whom the licence therefor was issued shall during the currency of such licence remain liable as owner for any breach of these By-Laws, unless and until he surrenders the licence to the Town Administrator with a written notice of such sale or disposal, whereupon the horse, mule or carriage (as the case may be) shall become unlicensed unless the purchaser applies for the licence to be transferred to him. Upon receipt of a fee of twenty-five cents the Town Administrator shall, subject to the provisions of these By-Laws, endorse and transfer such licence accordingly. (7) If any person shall contrary to the provisions of this By- Law keep or use any horse, mule, or carriage he shall be guilty of an offence against this By-Law and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.