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to be punished by fine or imprisonment, or by both, such imprisonment to be in the common gaol or house of correction, and either with or without hard labour, as the Court shall think fit; and it shall be lawful for any person to detain any such licence or ticket, or for any constable or peace officer, or any person employed for that purpose by the said registrar, to seize and take away any such licence or ticket, in order that the same may be produced in evidence against such offender, or be disposed of as the said registrar shall think proper.

XXI. That every proprietor of a hackney carriage and of every metropolitan stage carriage, who shall permit or employ any licensed person to act as the driver or conductor thereof, shall require to be delivered to him, and shall retain in his possession, the licence of such driver or conductor while such driver or conductor shall remain in his service; and in all cases of complaint where the proprietor of a hackney carriage or of a metropolitan stage carriage shall be summoned to produce the driver or conductor of such carriage before a Justice of the Peace, he shall also produce the licence of such driver or conductor, if at the time of receiving the summons such driver or conductor shall be in his service; and if any driver or conductor complained of shall be adjudged guilty of the offence alleged against him, the Justice of the Peace before whom he shall be convicted shall in every case indorse upon the licence of such driver or conductor the nature of the offence, and the amount of the penalty inflicted; and every proprietor who shall neglect to require to be delivered to him, and to retain in his possession, the licence of any driver or conductor during such period as such driver or conductor shall remain in his service, or who shall refuse or neglect to produce such licence as aforesaid, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of 31.

XXII. That it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to hear and determine all matters of complaint between any proprietor of a hackney carriage or metropolitan stage carriage and the driver or conductor of the same respectively, and to order payment of any sum of money that shall appear to be due to either party for wages or for the earnings in respect of any such carriage, or on account of any deposit of money, and to order compensation to the proprietor in respect of damage or loss which shall have arisen through the neglect or default of any driver or conductor to the property of his employer intrusted to his care, or in respect of any sum of money which such proprietor may have been lawfully ordered by a Justice of the Peace to pay, and which has been actually paid pursuant to such order, on account of the negligence or wilful misconduct of his driver or conductor, and to order such compensation to either party in respect of any other matter of complaint between them as to such Justice shall seem proper.

XXIII. Provided and enacted, That it shall not be lawful, either in any court of law or before any Justice of the Peace, to enforce the payment of any sum of money claimed from any driver or conductor by any proprietor on account of the earnings of any hackney carriage or metropolitan stage carriage, unless under an agreement in writing, which shall have been signed by such driver or conductor in the presence of a competent witness; and no such agreement shall be liable to any stamp duty.

XXIV. That when any licensed driver or conductor shall leave the service of any proprietor, such proprietor shall, upon demand thereof, return to him his licence: Provided always, that if the said proprietor shall have any complaint against the said driver or conductor, it shall be lawful for such proprietor to retain the licence for any time not exceeding twenty-four hours after the demand thereof, and within that time to apply to the police court of the district in which the said proprietor shall dwell, or if he shall dwell in the city of London or the liberties thereof, then to some Justice of the said city, for a summons against him; and the said proprietor at the time of applying for the summons shall deposit the licence with the clerk of such police court or Justice; and in case any proprietor, who, upon demand thereof, shall have refused or neglected to deliver to any driver or conductor his licence, shall not within twenty-four hours, exclusive of Sunday or any day on which the police court shall not sit, apply for such summons, and deposit the licence as aforesaid, or shall not appear to prosecute his complaint at the time mentioned in the summons, it shall be lawful for such driver or conductor to apply at the same police court, or to some Justice as aforesaid for a summons against such proprietor; and upon hearing and deciding the case the Justice, if he shall think there was no just cause for detaining the licence, or that there has been needless delay on the part of the proprietor in bringing the matter to a hearing, shall have power to order the said proprietor to pay such compensation to the said driver or conductor as the said Justice shall think reasonable; and payment of such compensation shall be enforced in the same manner as any penalty may be enforced under this Act by such Justice; and the Justice shall cause the licence to be delivered to the said driver or conductor, unless any misconduct shall be proved against him, by reason whereof the Justice shall think that such licence should be revoked or suspended: and so long as any proprietor shall neglect to apply for such summons and deposit the licence, after demand thereof, any Justice of the Peace may in like manner from time to time order compensation to be paid by him to the same driver or conductor; and no proprietor shall, under any pretence or by virtue any claim whatever, retain beyond the time aforesaid the licence of his driver or conductor.

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XXV. That it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace before whom any driver, conductor, or waterman shall be convicted any offence, whether under this Act or any other Act, if such Justice in his discretion shall think fit, to revoke the licence of such driver, conductor, or waterman, and also any other licence which he shall hold under the provisions of this Act, or to suspend the same for such time as the Justice shall think proper, and for that purpose to require the proprietor, driver, conductor, or waterman in whose possession such licence and the ticket thereunto belonging shall then be to deliver up the same; and every proprietor, driver, conductor, or waterman, who, being so required, shall refuse or neglect to deliver up such licence and any such ticket, or either of them, shall forfeit, so often as he shall be so required and refuse or neglect as aforesaid, the sum of 51.; and the Justice shall forthwith send such licence and ticket to the registrar, who shall cancel such licence if it has been revoked by the Justice, or, if it has been suspended, shall, at the end of the time for which it shall have been suspended, re-deliver such licence, with the ticket, to the person to whom it was granted.

XXVI. That in any case where any hackney carriage licence shall have been discontinued or revoked, and the Stamp Office numbered plate in respect of the same shall not have been delivered up to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes or their proper officer, or where any hackney carriage plate shall have been recalled, under the said Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22. by such Commissioners or officer, and the same shall not have been delivered up as by law required, and in any case where any hackney carriage plate shall be in the possession of or be used by any person who shall not have a licence in force relating to the same, it shall be lawful for any officer of stamp duties, or any constable or other peace officer, to seize and take away any VOL. XXI.-STAT.

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such plate wheresoever the same may be found, in order to deliver the same to the said Commissioners; and for the purpose of seizing and taking away any such plate, or any forged or counterfeit plate, it shall be lawful for any such officer of stamp duties, constable, or peace officer to stop any carriage in or upon which the same may be; and any person who shall molest, obstruct, or hinder any such officer of stamp duties, constable, or peace officer in seizing or endeavouring to seize or take away any such plate shall forfeit the sum of 51.; and if in any such case where any such plate shall be found in the possession of any person who shall not have a licence in force relating to the same, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners that the said plate is or was so possessed by such person for the purpose of being used with the consent of the person to whom the licence relating to the same shall have been granted, or that such licensed person had parted with the same for the purpose of being used by any other person, and also in any case where any plate shall have been recalled as aforesaid and not delivered up, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall think proper, to revoke the licence to which such plate shall relate.

XXVII. That every driver or conductor authorized by any proprietor to act as driver of any hackney carriage, or as driver or conductor of any metropolitan stage carriage, who shall suffer any other person to act as driver of such hackney carriage, or as driver or conductor of such metropolitan stage carriage, without the consent of the proprietor thereof, and also every person, whether duly licensed or not, who shall act as driver or as conductor of any such carriage without the consent of the proprietor thereof, shall forfeit the sum of 40s.; and every driver or conductor charged with such offence, who, when required by a Justice of the Peace so to do, shall not truly make known the name and place of abode of the person so suffered by him to act as driver or conductor without consent of the proprietor, and also the number of the ticket of such person (if licensed), shall be liable to a further penalty of 40s.; and it shall be lawful for any police constable, without any warrant for that purpose, to take into custody any person unlawfully acting as a driver or as a conductor or as waterman, and to convey him before any Justice of the Peace, to be dealt with according to law, and also, if necessary, to take charge of the carriage and every horse in charge of such person, and to deposit the same in some place of safe custody until the same can be applied for by the proprietor.

XXVIII. That every driver of a hackney carriage, or driver or conductor of a metropolitan stage carriage, who shall be guilty of wanton or furious driving, or who by carelessness or wilful misbehaviour shall cause any hurt or damage to any person or property being in any street or highway, and also every driver, conductor, or waterman who during his employment shall be drunk, or shall make use of any insulting or abusive language, or shall be guilty of any insulting gesture or any misbehaviour, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of 31.; or it shall be lawful for the Justice before whom such complaint shall be brought, if in his discretion he shall think proper, instead of inflicting such penalty, forthwith to commit the offender to prison for any period not exceeding two calendar months, with or without hard labour, as the Justice shall direct; and in every case where any such hurt or damage shall have been caused the Justice, upon the hearing of the complaint, may adjudge, as and for compensation to any party aggrieved as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding 101., and may order the proprietor of the hackney carriage or metropolitan stage carriage, the driver or conductor of which shall have caused such hurt or damage, forthwith to pay such sum, and also such costs as shall have been incurred, and payment thereof may be enforced against such proprietor as any penalty or sum of money may be recovered under and by virtue of this Act; and any sum which shall be so paid by the proprietor shall in like manner be recovered in a summary way before a Justice of the Peace from the driver or conductor through whose default such sum shall have been paid, upon proof of the payment thereof, pursuant to the order of the Justice, or it shall be lawful for the Justice in the first instance to adjudge the amount of such compensation to be paid by such driver or conductor to the party aggrieved.

XXIX. That it shall be lawful for the commissioners of police of the metropolis from time to time to appoint standings for hackney carriages at such places as they shall think convenient within the metropolitan police district, except the borough of Southwark, and at their discretion to alter the same, and from time to time to make regulation concerning the boundaries of the same, and the number of carriages to be allowed at any such standing, and also to make regulations for enforcing order at the places at which metropolitan stage carriages shall call or ply for passengers, and for fixing the time during which each such carriage shall be allowed to remain at any such place; and every driver of a hackney carriage, and also every driver or conductor of a metropolitan stage carriage, who shall wilfully disregard or not conform himself to such regulations, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of 40s.

xxx. That no standing shall be appointed for hackney carriages, either within the metropolitan police district or within the city of London, by virtue of this Act or of any other Act, except in the centre part of the street, unless in the case of a street with houses only on one side of such street.

XXXI. That nothing herein or in any other Act contained shall be deemed or construed to authorize any hackney carriage to stand or ply for hire opposite to the General Post Office in St. Martins le Grand, London, or any part thereof.

XXXII. That it shall be lawful for the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, within the city of London and the liberties thereof, and the borough of Southwark, to make regulations for enforcing order at the places at which metropolitan stage carriages shall call or ply for passengers, and for fixing the time during which each such carriage shall be allowed to remain at any such place; and every driver or conductor of a metropolitan stage carriage who shall wilfully disregard or not conform himself to such regulations shall forfeit the sum of 40s.

XXXIII. That every driver of a hackney carriage who shall ply for hire elsewhere than at some standing or place appointed for that purpose, or who by loitering or by any wilful misbehaviour shall cause any obstruction in or upon any public street, road, or place, and also every driver or conductor of any metropolitan stage carriage who by loitering or any wilful misbehaviour shall cause any obstruction in or upon any public street, road, or place, or shall improperly delay such carriage on any journey, or wilfully deceive any person in respect to the route or destination thereof, or who shall refuse to admit and carry at the lawful fare any passenger for whom there is room, and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made, or who shall demand more than the legal fare for any passenger, or who, for the purpose of taking up or setting down a passenger, or,

except in case of accident or other unavoidable necessity, shall stop such carriage opposite to the end of any street, or upon any place where foot passengers usually cross the carriageway, or who shall ply for hire or passengers by blowing a horn, or by using any other noisy instrument within the limits of the metropolis, as defined by the said Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, and every conductor of a metropolitan stage carriage who shall allow any person beside himself to ride upon the steps or in the place provided for him, and every driver of a hackney carriage, whether hired or unhired, allowing any person besides himself, not being the hirer or a person employed by such hirer, to ride on the driving box, and every driver or conductor of any metropolitan stage carriage who shall smoke whilst acting in such capacity, after an objection taken by any person riding in or upon such carriage, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of 20s.

XXXIV. That all property left by any passenger in any metropolitan stage carriage shall be given up to the conductor of such carriage, or, if there be no conductor, to the driver, upon pain of a penalty of 201., to be paid by any person refusing or neglecting to give up any such property belonging to another person; and the conductor or driver of every such carriage to whom any such property shall be given up, or who shall himself find it in the carriage, shall, within four days next after the same shall have been left, carry the property, in the state in which he shall find the same, to the head office for stamps in the city of Westminster, and shall there deposit and leave the same with the proper officer to be appointed by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes for that purpose, upon pain that every such conductor making default herein shall forfeit 20.; and the property so deposited by any conductor or driver shall be dealt with in the same manner as property left in hackney carriages and deposited by the drivers of such carriages.

XXXV. That when any complaint shall be made before any Justice of the Peace against the driver of any hackney carriage, or the driver or the conductor of any metropolitan stage carriage, for any offence committed by him against the provisions of this Act, or of the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, or of any order or regulations made in pursuance of this Act, it shall be lawful for such Justice, if he shall think proper, forthwith to summon the proprietor of such carriage to produce before him, or such other Justice of the Peace as shall be then present, the driver or conductor by whom such offence was committed, to answer such complaint; and in case such proprietor, after being duly summoned, shall fail to produce the driver or conductor, it shall be lawful for the Justice of the Peace before whom such driver or conductor should be produced (if he shall think fit) to proceed, in the absence of such driver or conductor, to hear and determine the case in the same manner as if he had been produced, and to adjudge payment by the proprietor of any penalty or sum of money and costs in which the driver shall be convicted; and any sum of money which shall be so paid by the proprietor shall be recovered in a summary way from the driver or conductor by whose default such sum shall have been paid upon proof of payment thereof, pursuant to the order of the Justice, and upon proof of service of the notice hereinafter mentioned: Provided always, that if the Justice of the Peace shall deem it proper, it shall be lawful for him when such proprietor shall fail to produce his driver or conductor, without any satisfactory excuse to be allowed by such Justice, to impose a fine of 40s. upon such proprietor, and so from time to time as often as he shall be summoned in respect of such complaint until he shall produce his driver and conductor; and every proprietor so summoned to produce his driver or conductor shall cause to be given to such driver or conductor, or to be left at the abode specified in his licence, or (if such licence shall expire after the offence committed and before the hearing of the complaint) at his usual place of abode, a written notice of the time and place when and where such driver or conductor shall be required to attend; and if such driver or conductor shall not attend according to such notice, it shall be lawful for a Justice of the Peace to issue a warrant for his apprehension, and if after such notice any driver or conductor shall, without a reasonable excuse to be allowed by the Justice, neglect or refuse to attend at the time and place therein mentioned, or (having previously left the service of the proprietor so summoned as aforesaid) shall not at the time and place of his attendance produce his licence, he shall forfeit the sum of 40s., and so from time to time as often as he shall so neglect or refuse.

XXXVI. That it shall be lawful for any magistrate specially appointed under the authority of the said Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, for the purpose of hearing and determining offences against the provisions of that Act, or for such other magistrate as shall be in attendance at the office appointed in that behalf, to hear and determine any complaint for any offence against the provisions of this Act, or of any Act now in force or hereafter to be in force, wheresoever the cause of complaint may arise, within the city of London or the liberties thereof, or elsewhere within the limits of this Act, so far as the same shall relate to hackney carriages or to metropolitan stage carriages, or to watermen, in like manner as if such provisions had been included in the aforesaid Act.

XXXVII. That upon the hearing of any complaint made under the provisions of this Act or of the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, or of the orders and regulations aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Justice of the Peace by whom the same shall be heard to examine and take the evidence of the informant or complainant in any dispute concerning the amount of fare paid or demanded by either party, or in any dispute between the proprietor and driver or conductor of any hackney carriage or metropolitan stage carriage concerning the wages of such driver or conductor, or in any complaint of personal injury done to the complainant by the driver of any hackney carriage or metropolitan stage carriage, or in any case in which the informant or complainant shall be entitled to no pecuniary advantage besides his costs and expenses, or, being entitled to some compensation or pecuniary advantage, shall either give up all claim to the same, or shall not be the only witness in the case. XXXVIII. That all complaints under the provisions of the said recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22. or of this Act, or of the orders and regulations made in pursuance of either of them, except such as shall be made by the direction of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, and except in cases where some other term of limitation is specially provided by this Act, shall be made within seven days next after the day on which the cause of complaint shall have arisen.

XXXIX. That it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to hear and determine all complaints under the provisions of this Act or of the said recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, and to adjudge the payment of any penalty or of any sum of money under either of the said Acts, or of the orders and regulations made pursuant to either of them, and to order payment of the same, with or without costs, either immediately, or at such time and place, and by such instalments, as he shall think fit; and in case of nonpayment of the sum so ordered to be paid, or of any one instalment thereof, to adjudge the party making default to be imprisoned in the common gaol or house of correction for any term not exceeding two calendar months, with or without

hard labour, such imprisonment to cease on payment of the sum so adjudged or ordered to be paid, or to issue his warrant for the levying of any such sum of money, together with the costs and expenses of such warrant or of levying the same, on the goods of the party making default, and to cause sale to be made of such goods in case they shall not be redeemed within five days, rendering to the party the overplus (if any), and where goods of such party making default cannot be found sufficient to answer the penalty or sum ordered to be paid, and all such costs and expenses, to commit such party to prison, there to remain for any time not exceeding two calendar months, unless such penalty or sum of money, and all such costs and expenses, shall be sooner paid; and every such imprisonment shall be with or without hard labour as such Justice shall direct: Provided always, that no imprisonment for non-payment of any sum ordered to be paid on account of wages, or the earnings of any carriage, or of any deposit of money, shall be for a longer period than one calendar month, or with hard labour; and all proceedings whatsoever before any Justice of the Peace under any of the provisions of this Act or of the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, and the judgment of the said Justice thereon, shall be final and conclusive between the parties, and shall not be quashed or vacated for want of form, and shall not be removed by certiorari, or any other writ or process, into any superior court.

XL. That in all cases where any goods or chattels distrained or otherwise seized or taken under any of the provisions of this Act or the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, are directed to be sold, the same shall be sold by public auction, and notice of the time and place of such sale shall be given to the owner of such goods or chattels, or left at his usual place of abode, three days at least prior to such sale: Provided always, that if the owner of any such goods or chattels shall give his consent in writing to the sale thereof at an earlier period than is by this Act or shall be by any such notice appointed for such sale, or in any other manner than is by this Act directed, it shall be lawful to sell such goods or chattels according to such consent: Provided also, that if the owner of such goods or chattels shall, at any time before the sale thereof, pay or tender to the person who by any warrant or other process shall be directed or authorized to cause such goods or chattels to be sold the sum which he shall by such warrant or process be directed to levy or raise by the sale of such goods or chattels, together with all reasonable costs and expenses incurred, no sale of such goods or chattels shall be made.

XLI. That for the purpose of serving summonses and other notices required by this or the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, the usual place of abode of any driver, conductor, or waterman, or of any person who, having been licensed as a driver, conductor, or waterman, has neglected to return his metal ticket at the expiration of his licence, shall be deemed to be the place specified in the licence; and that it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace in all cases, upon complaint being made in respect of any matter within the meaning of this or of the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, or of the orders and regulations made in pursuance thereof, to issue his summons to require the attendance of the person complained of before the said Justice, or any other Justice, at a time and place to be appointed for that purpose, or to issue a warrant for the appre hension of such person, either in the first instance, or after the issuing and service of such summons and the non-appearance of the party summoned; and every summons or other notice required by this Act shall be deemed to be duly served, provided the same, or a copy thereof, shall be either personally served or left at the usual place of abode of the party to whom it shall be directed, or if he shall be a party licensed under this or the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, then at the place of abede specified in his licence.

XLII. That every person summoned as a witness to give evidence touching any matter to be heard under this Act, or the 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, who shall neglect or refuse to appear at the time and place for that purpose appointed by any Justice of the Peace, without a reasonable excuse to be allowed by such Justice, or who shall appear but refuse to be examined or give evidence, shall forfeit the sum of 51.

XLIII. That every summons or warrant of distress which shall be had or taken against the proprietor of a hackney carriage or metropolitan stage carriage, for the default of the driver or conductor thereof, for the recovery of any penalty, compensation, or costs under the provisions of this Act, or such rules, orders, and regulations as aforesaid, may be drawn or made out according to the several forms contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, or to the effect thereof, with such changes as the case may require; and that every order, conviction, warrant, or other proceeding which shall be drawn, had, or issued under the provisions of this Act, or of the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, or of such rules, orders, and regulations as aforesaid, shall be good and effectual without stating the facts in evidence, or more than the matter or offence in respect whereof such order, conviction, or other proceeding as aforesaid shall have been had, made, or issued.

XLIV. That in every case where there shall be more than one proprietor of any hackney carriage or metropolitan stage carriage, it shall be sufficient, in any information, summons, order, conviction, warrant, or any other proceeding under the provisions of this Act, or of the said recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, to name one of such proprietors without reference to any other or others of them, and to describe and proceed against him as if he were sole proprietor.

XLV. That it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace by whom any person shall be convicted of any offence under this Act, or under the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, to lessen the penalty or term of imprisonment in such manner as be may think fit.

XLVI. That all penalties or sums of money ordered and adjudged within the metropolitan police district to be paid under this Act or the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, and not otherwise appropriated, shall be payable to Her Majesty, and that all penalties or sums of money ordered and adjudged within the city of London or the liberties thereof to be paid under this Act, or the recited Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 22, and not otherwise appropriated, shall be payable to the chamberlain et the city of London, in aid of the expenses of the police of the said city.

XLVII. That all actions and prosecutions which shall be brought or commenced against any person for anything done under the authority of this Act, or of such orders and regulations as aforesaid, shall be commenced and prosecuted within three calendar months next after the fact committed, and not afterwards, and shall be brought and tried in the city of London or the county of Middlesex, and not elsewhere; and notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant one calendar month at least before the commencement of the action; and if the cause of action shali

appear to arise from any matter or thing done by the authority of this Act, or of any such orders and regulations as aforesaid, or if any such action shall be brought after the expiration of such three calendar months, or shall be brought in any other county or place than as aforesaid, or if notice of such action shall not have been given in manner aforesaid, or if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action commenced, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into court after such action commenced, by or on behalf of the defendant, the jury shall find a verdict for the defendant; and if a verdict shall pass for the defendant, or if the plaintiff shall become nonsuit, or shall discontinue any such action, or if, on demurrer or otherwise, judgment shall be given against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his full costs of suit as between attorney and client, and shall have the like remedy for the same as any defendant may have for costs of suit in other cases of law, and although a verdict shall be given for the plaintiff in any such action, such plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant, unless the Judge before whom the trial shall be had shall at the time of such trial certify in writing his approbation of the action, and of the verdict obtained thereupon.

XLVIII. That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this session of Parliament.

SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing Act.
No. 1.

Form of a Summons to the Proprietor of a Hackney Carriage or a Metropolitan Stage Carriage to produce the Driver or Conductor thereof to answer a Complaint.

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Form of a Warrant of Distress for levying upon the Proprietor of a Hackney Carriage or Metropolitan Stage Carriage the Penalty in which the Driver or Conductor thereof has been convicted.

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Whereas C.D., the Driver of the Hackney Carriage, Number [or the Driver or Conductor of the Metropolitan Stage Carriage, Number ], on the Day of was duly convicted of a certain Offence, for that [here state the Offence], whereby he hath been adjudged to forfeit the over and above the Sum of for the Costs and Charges of the Informer, making together which hath not been paid by the said Driver [or Conductor] nor by any Person on his Behalf: And whereas, according to the Statute in that Behalf made, the said E.F., the Proprietor of the said Carriage, hath been required which he hath neglected and refused to do: Therefore I command you to levy the said Sum by distraining the Goods and Chattels of the said E.F., the said Proprietor; and if within the Space of Five Days next after such Distress taken the said Sum of together with the reasonable Costs and Charges of taking and keeping such Distress, shall not be paid, then I order and direct that you shall sell and dispose of the said Goods and Chattels which shall be so distrained, taken, and seized as aforesaid, and shall levy and raise thereout the said Sum and all reasonable Costs and Charges of taking and keeping and selling such Distress, rendering the Overplus (if any) to the Owner of the said Goods and Chattels; and you are to certify to me what you shall have done by virtue of this my Warrant. Given under my Hand and Seal the Day of

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