Interpretation

In these By-Laws if not inconsistent with the context the following words and expressions have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them, that is to say“carriage” means any carriage, van, cart, dray and handcart; “driver’s licence” means a licence entitling the holder thereof to drive the particular description of carriages mentioned therein; “owner” means any person who uses or keeps any mule, horse, ass or carriage or in whose custody, charge or possession or in whose house or premises any mule, horse, ass, or carriage shall be found or seen unless he proves to the contrary; “public carriage” means any carriage plying for or accepting hire for the carriage of passengers, goods, or materials for profit; “public street” means any street, road, bridge, place or wharf under the care and control of the Council