feit Twenty Pounds for every such Offence, and also Five Pounds for every Day afterwards during which such Copy shall be not so kept or deposited. CLII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall not extend to Scotland. Act not to extend CLIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. to Scotland. Act may be amended this Session. SCHEDULES refered to in the foregoing Act. I of paid to me [or, as the Case may be, into the Bank of England [or Bank of Ireland], in the Name and with the Privity of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, ex parte "The Promoters of the Undertaking",[naming them], or to A. B. of and C. D. of Two Trustees appointed to receive the same], pursuant to the [here name the special Act], by the [here name the Company or other Promoters of the Undertaking] in corporated [or constituted] by the said Act, do hereby convey to the said Company [or other Description], their Successors and Assigns, all [describing the Premises to be conveyed], together with all Ways, Rights, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, and all such Estate, Right, Title, and Interest in and to the same as I am or shall become seised or possessed of, or am by the said Act empowered to convey, to hold the Premises to the said Company [or other Description], their Successors and Assigns, for ever, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Act. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, the Day of in the Year of our Lord I SCHEDULE (B.) Form of Conveyance on Chief Rent. of in consideration of the Rent. charge to be paid to me, my Heirs and Assigns, as herein-after mentioned, by "The Promoters of the Undertaking" [naming them], incorporated [or constituted] by virtue of the [here name the special Appendix Act], do hereby convey to the said Company [or other Description], 8 Vic. c. 18. their Successors and Assigns, all [describing the Premises to be conveyed], together with all Ways, Rights, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, and all my Estate, Right, Title, and Interest in and to the same and every Part thereof, to hold the said Premises to the said Company [or other Description,] their Successors and Assigns, for ever, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Act, they the said Company [or other Description], their Successors and Assigns, yielding and paying unto me, my Heirs and Assigns, One clear yearly Rent of by equal quarterly [or half-yearly, as agreed upon,] Portions henceforth on the [stating the Days], clear of all Taxes and Deductions. In witness whereof I hereunto set my Hand C.D., Two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of [here describe the Offence generally, and the Time and Place when and where committed], contrary to the [here name the special Act]. Given under our Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above written. APPENDIX. C. D. No. 7. BYE-LAWS FOR REGULATING HIRED CHAIRS AND In pursuance of the powers conferred on the Commissioners by the 79th BYE-LAWS FOR REGULATING HIRED CHAIRS AND HACKNEY CAR- Appendix CHELTENHAM IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1852. INDEX TO BYE-LAWS. For Regulating" Chairs" and "Carriages," and References to the Provisions of the Police Clauses Act," and the" Cheltenham Improvement Act." 1. Definitions BYE-LAWS AS TO "CHAIRS" AND "CHAIRMEN." 2. Extreme Distance for Chairs. 3. Fares for Chairs 4. Remuneration to Chairmen called but not employed 5. Stands for Chairs 6. Number of Chair and names of Chairmen to be displayed 7. Hand Flys not to go on foot paths 8. Chairmen to keep on outer edge of Footpath, and not to require Foot Passengers to give way 9. Chairmen when waiting to keep on carriage-way 10. At crossings, Chairmen to give way to foot passengers 11. Sedan chairs and hand flys to be lighted 12. Poles of sedan Chairs to be taken out BYE-LAWS FOR 66 CARRIAGES." 13. Extreme distance for carriages 14. Fares for distance and time 15. Remuneration to drivers hired for time and discharged at certain distances 16. Luggage 17. Remuneration to drivers called but not employed 18. Stands for carriages and the number allowed at one time 19. Proprietor's names and number of carriage to be displayed 20. Number of persons to be carried Appendix By the Act.-Penalty for not having the number of persons to be carried painted on the carriage, (sec. 51, page 114) and refusal to carry that number or a less number, Forty Shillings (sec. 52, page 114). 21. Equipments and appointments of carriages; drag-chains, lamps, check-string, horse harness 22. Driver to keep lamps lighted and check-string in his hand 23. Drivers not to loiter 24. Not to drive faster than a trot 25. Not to feed horse except by a nose bag 26. Restriction on use of carriages in which coffins have been carried BYE-LAWS COMMON TO BOTH "CHAIRS" AND "CARRIAGES." As to Licences. 27. Applicants to produce certificate of the condition of the chair or carriage By the Act.-Applicants for Licences must sign a requisition, truly stating the name, &c., of the proprietor of the "carriage" or "chair," &c., according to the prescribed form, under £10 penalty (sec. 40, page 111). The Register of Licences kept by the Commissioners may be inspected gratis (sec. 42, page 112). Proprietors, on change of the abode of themselves or the drivers or chairmen, are to give notice thereof to the Commissioners within seven days, under a penalty of Forty Shillings (sec. 44, page 112). Proprietor of a carriage or chair permitting the same to be used without licence, or to be driven or drawn by person not named in the licence as driver or chairman, except in the case of his illness or unavoidable absence,-penalty, Forty Shillings (sec. 45, page 113). Upon a second conviction of the proprietor, chairman or driver, for any offence, the licence may be suspended or revoked (sec. 50, page 113). 28. Detention money As to Fares. By the Act.-Drivers and chairmen taken to a place and required to wait, may demand their fare to that place, and a deposit of the fare for the time of waiting; Forty Shillings penalty for refusing to wait after such deposit (sec. 57, page 115). 29. Children how charged for By the Act.-Fares due may be recovered before magistrates (sec. 66, page 118). Overcharges for fares are recoverable by the hirer, with costs and Forty shillings penalty for such Penalty of Forty Shillings on proprietor or driver exacting for Forty Shillings penalty on a driver or chairman having agreed 30. As to measurement of distances 31. Computation of Fares for distance 32. Disputed distances measured by the Surveyor As to Stands. 33. The chairmen and drivers are not to ply at other places 34. The chair or carriage standing first in the rank to be entitled to first fare 35. At places of public resort, chairs and carriages to be under By the Act.-Penalty on driver or chairman leaving his chair Penalty on the driver or chairman on a stand refusing to go to 36. Chairman or driver to attend punctually 37. Chair or carriage not to stand on crossing By the Act.-Penalty on driver and chairman standing his carriage or chair across a street, or not giving way, or hindering others in taking up or setting down, or forcibly obstructing others from being hired, Twenty Shillings (sec. 64, page 117). 38. Chairman or driver misconducting themselves By the Act.-No person, whether licensed or not, is to drive or Penalty on proprietor, driver, or chairman permitting strangers Penalty (and in default of payment, two months' imprisonment,) Appendix No. 7. |