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Hackney Carriages to be licensed.
Fee to be paid for Licences.
Persons applying for Licence to sign a Requisition for same.
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LXXIX. The Commissioners shall from Time to Time license to ply for Hire, within such prescribed Distance, such Hackney Coaches or Carriages, of any Kind or Description adapted to the Carriage of Persons, as shall be necessary; and for every such Licence there shall be paid to the Clerk, or other Person appointed by them to receive the same, such Sum as the Commissioners direct, not exceeding Five Shillings: Provided that before any such Licence is granted, a Requisition for the same, in such Form as the Commissioners may provide for that Purpose, shall be made and signed by the Proprietor or One of the Proprietors of the Hackney Carriage in respect of which such Licence is applied for, and in every such Requisition shall be truly stated the Name and Surname and Place of Abode of the Person applying for such Licence and of every Proprietor or part Proprietor of such Carriage; and any Person who, on applying for such Licence, states in such Requisition the Name of any Person who is not a Proprietor or part Proprietor of such Carriage, and also any Person who wilfully omits to specify truly in such Requisition as aforesaid the Name of any Person who is a Proprietor or part Proprietor of such Carriage, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.
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