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be construed together.

Security to be given by Officers, &c. employed under this Act.

Reputation to
be sufficient
Evidence of
Officer's
Authority.

Short Title.

Misnomers not to affect the Execution of the Act.

Commence

ment of Act.

17 & 18 VICT. ments and Provisions contained shall apply and extend to this Act, and to all Licences, Convictions, Warrants, Distresses, Proceedings, and Things granted, made, taken, and done in execution of this Act, as fully, to all Intents and Purposes, as if herein repeated and re-enacted, save in so far as such Enactments and Provisions are inconsistent with or contrary to this Act, or as such Enactments may be altered by this Act, or other Enactments made in lieu thereof.

XII. Every Officer employed under the said Commissioners who in the Execution of his Duty shall be engaged in the Receipt of Money payable in pursuance of this Act shall, in respect of any Money to be received by him under this Act, and any other Act in the Execution of which he shall be employed, give Security in such Amount as the said Commissioners, with the Approval of the said Chief or Under Secretary, shall direct, and for that Purpose it shall be lawful to and for the said Commissioners to accept of, receive, and take the usual Form of Security in such Cases entered into by any incorporated Guarantee Association for the Purpose of giving Security for the Fidelity of Persons holding Situations or Offices of Trust and Confidence.

XIII. If it should become necessary to prove the Power, Office, Authority, or Appointment of any Officer or Person appointed or acting under or by virtue of this Act or the said Act, it shall in all Cases be sufficient, to all Intents and Purposes, to prove that such Person at the Time in question was commonly known or reputed to hold such Office or Situation respectively, and it shall not in any such Case be necessary to produce or prove any Appointment or Qualification whatsoever of such Person or Persons.

XIV. In citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, or in legal Instrument or any Proceedings, it shall be sufficient to use the Expression "The Dublin Amended Carriage Act,

1854."

XV. No Misnomer or inaccurate Description in the Schedules to this Act annexed shall prevent or in anywise affect the Operation thereof, but this Act shall apply and be enforced, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the Subject of such Misnomer or Misdescription had been correctly named and described in such Schedule, provided the same be designated to common Intent and Understanding.

XVI. This Act shall commence and take effect from and after the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fiftyfour.

SCHE

SCHEDULES to which this Act refers.

SCHEDULE (A.)

ACT AND PARTS THEREOF REPEALED.

Date of Act.

Title.

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Extent of Repeal.

Section 5.-Relating to the Licence Duties to be paid for and in respect of Licences to be granted for Hackney Carriages, Job Carriages, Stage Carriages, Carts, and Job Horses within the Limits of the said Act, as mentioned and described in the Schedule B. to the said Act annexed. Section 7.-Whereby the Commissioners of Police

of the said District are empowered, with the Consent of the Lord Lieutenant, to alter or abolish all or any of the Duties payable for and upon the respective Carriages, Carts, and Job Horses described in the said Schedule B. Section 10.-Whereby Power is given to the said Commissioners to grant Licences upon the Terms and Conditions in the said Act set forth, to keep, ply, use, or let to Hire within the Limits aforesaid any Hackney Carriage, Stage Carriage, Job Carriage, Cart, or Job Horse, or to refuse or revoke the same. Section 14. That portion thereof which declares to be null and void any Licence of which any of the Particulars entered or endorsed thereon shall be erased or otherwise defaced. Section 59.-Ditto ditto - ditto. Section 71. Which relates to taking Recognizances from Witnesses conditioned that they shall personally appear at the proper General or Quarter Sessions, pursuant to the Terms of such Recognizances, and to the Authority of the said Courts to award such Witnesses Compensation for attending pursuant to such Recognizances.

Section 80.-That Portion thereof relating to and explaining the Words "Hackney Carriage." Schedule B.-That Portion thereof mentioning and describing the Duties imposed by the said Act for and in respect of every Licence granted by the said Commissioners for a Hackney Carriage, Stage Carriage, Job Carriage, Cart, or Job Horse.

Schedule C.-Containing Forms of Licences to be used under the said Act.

SCHEDULE (B.)

CONTAINING THE DUTIES AND FEES ON LICENCES IMPOSED BY THIS ACT.

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For and in respect of every Licence for a
Job Carriage used or let to Hire within.
the Limits of the said Act, and to be
drawn by Two or more Horses, for every
such Licence
For and in respect of every Licence for
Job Carriage used or let to Hire within
the Limits of the said Act and to be drawn
by One Horse only, for every such Licence
For and in respect of every Licence for a
Stage Carriage used or which shall ply
within the Limits of the said Act, for every
such Licence

For and in respect of every Licence for a
Hackney Carriage used or let to Hire
within the Limits of the said Act, for
every such Licence

For and in respect of every Licence granted
on the Sale or Assignment, or Change of
Property in any such Hackney Carriage
or Cabriolet, or on the Admission of any
Person to a Share in the Ownership thereof,
save where such Licence shall be granted
to the Widow or Children of a Proprietor
dying while licensed, for every such
Licence a Fee of

For and in respect of every Licence for a
Cabriolet used or let to Hire within the
Limits of the said Act, for every such
Licence

For and in respect of every Licence for a

Hackney Carriage used or let to Hire within the Limits of the said Act which shall be granted to any Person already licensed for and in respect of a Cabriolet, in addition to the Premium to be paid under the Sixth Clause of this Act

£8

£5

£8

£2 to be pay

able by £1 on the First Day of January and £1 on the First Day of July in each Year.

10s.

-£1 4s.

For and in respect of every Licence for a Job Horse used or let to Hire within the Limits of the said Act without a Carriage, whether such Horse shall be used or let otherwise or not, for every such Licence For and in respect of every Licence for a Cart or Dray used or let to Hire within the Limits of the said Act, for every such Licence

£1

£2

12s.

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SCHEDULE (C.)

CONTAINING FORMS OF LICENCES UNDER THE SAID ACT AND

the

THIS ACT.

No. 1.

By the Commissioners of Police of the Police District of Dublin Metropolis.

Licence for a

of

No.

of

IN pursuance of the Powers vested in the Commissioners of Police of the Police District of Dublin Metropolis by an Act of Parliament passed in the Session of Parliament holden in Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled [here insert the Short Title of the Act], I, the undersigned, being One of the said Commissioners [or being the Person duly authorized by the said Commissioners for that Purpose, as the Case may be], do hereby grant this Licence, together with a Plate as a Mark of Distinction corresponding in Number therewith, to in the the said Licence to remain in force (unless revoked or otherwise determined under the Provisions of the said Act) for such Period as the said shall continue to pay the yearly Sum of being the annual Duty to be paid in respect thereof, the said Sum to be paid [here insert Period for Payment of Duty] in every successive Year, or in default of such Payment this Licence to be null and void and of no Effect; and this Licence shall be produced to the said Commissioners, or One of them, at all Time and Times, and from Time to Time, as the same shall be required or ordered by the said Commissioners or any One of them to be produced, and shall be subject to such Laws as are now or hereafter shall be in force for the better Regulation of and the Drivers thereof, and also all such other Rules, Orders, and Byelaws as are now in force or hereafter may be made by the Commissioners of Police for the Time being.

Given under my Hand [or, Signed by Authority of the Commissioners of Police, and dated, as the Case may be], this Day of

Form of Endorsement of the Delivery of any New Dublin Plate.

Number changed.

Date of Delivery.

Entered at the Office.

From

To

Memorandum of Change of Residence of Proprietor.

Date.

From

Το

Entered at the Office.

Memorandum of Change required in the Route of any Stage

Date.

Carriage.

Particulars of Change.

Entered at the Office.

No. 2.

This Licence, together with the Badge relating thereto, must be delivered up, if not renewed between the

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Day of

Driver or Conductor of [as the Case may be].

[Here insert the Date of the Act.]

DESCRIPTION.

Years. Height Feet Inches.

Eyes

Hair

Complexion

Dated

to

Day

to act as

LICENCE of Driver of licensed Carriages [or Conductor of Stage Carriages, as the Case may be,] within the Limits of the Dublin Metropolitan Police District, wearing the Badge No.

[here insert the Manner of wearing Badge.]

Day of

Commissioner.

[or, Signed by Authority of the Commissioners of Police,

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