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Hackney coaches, &c. licensed for 21 years at sessions,
for licence on four wheeled carriage, 5s.
2 wheeled, 2s. 6d.
sedan, 2s 6d.
car, &c. 2s. 6d.
plying with out such licence, penalty on 4 wheeled, 5l.
2 wheeled, 3l.
sedan. 3l. car, & 1l.
and have mark of distinction with numbers as by justices appointed,
not having such mark,
or defacing or changing &c.
forfeit sum at discretion of justices at sessions.
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XVIII. And whereas several persons have for some years past kept hackney coaches, post chaises, chairs drawn by horse or horses, sedans, ears, drays, and carts, to ply for hire within the said city of Waterford, or the suburbs thereof: and whereas the regulating the rates and fares of the said hackney coaches, post chaises, chairs, sedans, cars, drays, and carts, and of the drivers and carriers of the same within the said city and suburbs thereof, will prevent many impositions being made on the inhabitants of said city and suburbs: be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the twenty ninth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, the justices of the peace for the said city, at their general quarter sessions of the peace, or at any adjournment thereof, shall and may be authorized and required to licence for the term of twenty one years, all such person or persons as shall keep, drive, or carry any of said hackney coaches, post chaises, chairs, sedans, cars, drays, or carts, plying for hire within the said city of Waterford, or the suburbs thereof, and from time to time to limit the number of such hackney coaches, post chaises, chairs, and sedans, as the said justices shall think proper; and that for every licence for such carriages drawn by horses, or sedans, shall be paid the following sums, to the said justices by way of fine; that is to say, the sum of five shillings English, for each and every four wheel carriage drawn by horse or horses, the sum of two shillings and six pence English for each and every two wheeled carriage drawn by horse or horses, the sum of two shillings and six pence English for each and every sedan; and the sum of one shilling and six pence English for each and every car, dray, or cart; and that such respective sums shall be paid to such justices before such licence Shall be delivered to the person or persons applying for the same; and that no person shall keep, drive, carry, or let to hire, any hackney coach, post chaise, chair, drawn by horse or horses, sedans, cars, drays or carts, to ply within the said city or suburbs thereof, without such licence first obtained, under the several penalty and penalties following, that is to say, the sum of five pounds for each and every such four wheel carriage drawn by horse or horses; the sum of three pounds for each and every two wheel chaise or chair drawn by horse or horses; the sum of three pounds for each and every sedan; and the sum of twenty shillings for each and every car, dray, or cart, which shall ply without such licence; and that every such hackney coach, post chaise, chair, sedan, cars, drays, and carts, so to be licensed, shall have a mark of distinction, by a figure on a large brass plate, with the number in large figures, and that the said mark shall be placed on one side of every such hackney coach, post chaise, chair, sedan, cars, drays, and carts, in such manner as the said justices shall think proper; and that every driver, chairman, or carrier of any such hackney coach, post chaise, chair, or sedan, plying for hire as aforesaid, who shall drive or carry without such mark of distinction or figure, any hackney coach, post chaise, chair, sedan, cars, drays, and carts aforesaid; or if any person shall blot out, deface, or change the mark or figure appointed for such hackney coach, post chaise, chair, sedan, cars, drays, or carts, every person so offending, for every such offence, shall forfeit such sum or sums as the said justices at their said sessions shall in their discretion think proper.
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