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What to be Hackney Carriages.
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LXXVIII. Every wheeled Carriage, whatever may be its Form or Construction, used in standing or plying for Hire in any Street within Four Miles from the Post Office of the Town, and every Carriage standing upon any Street within such Distance, having thereon any numbered Plate required by this Act to be fixed upon a Hackney Carriage, or having thereon any Plate resembling or intended to resemble any such Plate as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be a Hackney Carriage within the Meaning of this Act; and in all Proceedings at Law or otherwise the Term “Hackney Carriage” shall be sufficient to describe any such Carriage: Provided, that no Stage Coach used for the Purpose of standing or plying for Passengers to be carried for Hire at separate Fares, and duly licensed for that Purpose, and having thereon the proper numbered Plates required by Law to be placed on such Stage Coaches, shall be deemed to be a Hackney Carriage within the Meaning of this Act.
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