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Hackney Carriages found in any Street to be deemed plying for Hire.
Driver refusing Fare, Penalty 40s.
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XL. Every Carriage having thereon the Dublin Plate required by this Act to be fixed on Hackney Carriages which shall be found standing in any Street or Place within the Limits of this Act, or within Ten Statute Miles of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin, having a Horse harnessed thereto, and being equipped for Use, shall, unless actually hired, or unless such Driver have a reasonable Excuse to be allowed by the Justice before whom the Matter shall be brought in question, be deemed to be plying for Hire, although such Hackney Carriage shall not be on any Standing or Place usually appropriated for the Purpose of Hackney Carriages standing or plying for Hire; and the Driver of every such Hackney Carriage which shall not be actually hired shall be obliged and compelled to go with any Person desirous of hiring such Hackney Carriage to any Place within the Limits of this Act, or to any Place within Ten Statute Miles of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin; and upon the hearing of any Complaint against the Driver of any such Hackney Carriage who shall refuse Hire on Tender of the legal Fare he shall be obliged to adduce Evidence of having been and of being actually hired at the Time of such Refusal, and in case he shall fail therein he shall forfeit a Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings.
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