Any person owning or operating any railroad, street car, motorbus or omnibus having an established right- of-way within the limits of the city, and engaged in the business of carrying passengers thereon for hire, shall, on any train, car, motorbus, omnibus or other vehicle used or operated by any such described company, carry free of charge, within the limits of the city, any officer or member of the department of police, when such officer or member is clothed in the uniform of his rank and engaged in the performance of his official duties.
No officer or director of any railroad, street car, motorbus or omnibus company, nor any other person engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, as aforesaid, shall issue any order or command prohibiting or interfering with the enforcement of the provisions of this section.
(Prior code § 188-7)