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General bye-laws.-A municipality may,1[xxxxxxx] by bye-laws- (a) render licences necessary for the proprietors or drivers of vehicles, other than motor vehicles or animals kept or plying for hire within the limits of the municipal area, and fix the fees payable for such licences and conditions on which they are to be granted and may be revoked and may by such conditions provide among other things for a minimum breadth for wheel tyres, and for a minimum diameter of the wheel; (b) limit the rates which may be demanded for the hire of any carriage, cart, or other conveyance, or of animals hired to carry loads or persons, or for the services of persons hired to carry loads or to impel or carry such conveyances, and limit the loads which may be carried by any animal, or carriage, cart, or other conveyance, plying for hire, within the limits of the municipal area; (c) provide, save as provided under the Registration of Birth and Deaths Act, 1969 for the proper registration of births and deaths and for recording vital statistics ; (d) fix, and from time to time vary, the number of persons who may occupy a building or part of a building, which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family or which is situated within such congested bazaar areas as may be specified in the bye-laws ; and provide - (i) for the registration and inspection of such buildings ; (ii) for the licensing of hotels and lodging-houses and for the fees payable for such licenses and the condition on which they may be granted or revoked ; (iii) for promoting cleanliness and ventilation in such buildings; ________________