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Hackney Carriage Licences granted under 16 & 17 Vict c. 112. null and void.
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V. From and after the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, all Licences theretofore granted by the said Commissioners to ply or let to Hire any Hackney Carriage under the Provisions of the said Act, shall cease and determine, and be utterly null and void, and shall be delivered up to the said Commissioners, together with the Dublin Plate appertaining thereto: Provided always, that every Person who shall on the said First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty- four be possessed of any such Licence as last aforesaid, and who shall, at any Time within One Calendar Month thereafter, apply for a Licence in lieu of such former Licence, and shall have paid all Fines and Forfeitures which may have been incurred by him in respect thereof, shall be primâ facie entitled to a Licence to ply or let for Hire a Cabriolet under the Provisions of this Act; and in consideration of the Duty theretofore paid on procuring such former Licence it shall be lawful to make a Deduction from the Amount of Duty payable under this Act for and in respect of the Cabriolet Licence so to be granted, equal to the Amount of Duty previously paid in respect of the former Licence so surrendered and delivered up.
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