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Licence to Proprietors to be applied for by Requisition in Writing.
Not to apply to certain Carts.
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VIII. Before any such Licence as aforesaid shall be granted, under the Provisions of this Act, a Requisition in Writing for the required Licence, in such Form as the said Commissioners shall direct, shall be made and signed by the Proprietor or One of the Proprietors of the Carriage, Cart, or Horse in respect of which such Licence shall be applied for, or, in the Case of a Body Corporate or public Company, by a public Officer thereof; and in every such Requisition there shall be truly specified and set forth whether the Licence shall be required for a Hackney Carriage, Stage Carriage, Job Carriage, Cart, or Job Horse, and if required for a Job Carriage, whether it is intended the same shall be drawn by One or more than One Horse; and there shall be also truly specified and set forth the Christian Name and Surname of every Person who shall be a Proprietor or Part Proprietor of such Carriage or Cart, Horse or Horses, in respect of which such Licence shall be applied for, or, in the Case of a Body Corporate or public Company, the proper Title thereof, and in the Case of a Partnership the proper Firm thereof, and in every Case the Name of the Place of Residence or Office of Business of such Proprietor, Body Corporate, public Company, or Firm; and should such Licence be required for a Stage Carriage, there shall be set forth the fixed Route or Line of Way by which it is intended such Carriage shall proceed to its Destination; and such Requisition shall be left at such Office or Place as the said Commissioners shall direct, and shall be received as Evidence, and be deemed Proof of all Matters contained therein, as against the Party serving such Requisition; and in case any Person so applying shall wilfully neglect to specify truly in such Requisition any of the Particulars hereby required to be set forth therein, he shall forfeit a Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to revoke any Licence issued on a false Requisition: Provided always, that nothing herein shall extend to subject any Cart to a Licence on account of its being employed in bringing Hay, Straw, Corn, Vegetables, or Potatoes to Market, or Manure from Town.
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