Persons authorized to examine Plates,

may enter Toll Houses.

Toll Collectors or others im

peding Persons executing this Act,

Penalty, 201.

Carriages,
Horses, &c.

made liable for
Payment of
Duty.

Persons to whom such Carriage or Vehicle doth belong, and shall be liable to the Duty or Duties, Penalty or Penalties, imposed by this Act, or any former Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the Duties on such Carriages or Vehicles as aforesaid.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Person or Persons duly authorized to examine the Plates by this Act directed to be fixed and placed upon Carriages or Vehicles used or employed for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire, from time to time to enter into and remain in any Toll House or other Place, at the Gate or Bar of which any Toll is by Law payable, for the Purpose of examining such Plates.

IX. And be it further enacted, That if any Toll Collector or Toll Gate Keeper, or any other Person or Persons, shall refuse to permit any Person or Persons authorized to examine the Plates directed to be fixed and placed upon Carriages or Vehicles, used, employed or let out for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire, from time to time to enter into and remain in any Toll House or other Place, at the Bar or Gate of which any Toll is by Law payable; or shall obstruct or hinder or molest such Person or Persons in entering into and remaining in such Toll House or Place as aforesaid, for the Purpose of examining such Plates; or if any Toll Collector or Toll Gate Keeper, or any other Person or Persons, shall in any way hinder, molest, interrupt or disturb any such Person or Persons authorized to examine such Plates, in the reasonable Use of such Toll House or other Place as aforesaid, for the Purpose aforesaid, every such Toll Collector or Toll Gate Keeper, and every Person aiding and assisting such Toll Collector or Toll Gate Keeper, and every Person offending in any of the Cases aforesaid, shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

'X. And Whereas it is expedient that all and every the Carriages or Vehicles aforesaid, for or in respect or on account whereof the Duty which shall become due and payable by virtue of this Act, and the said Act of the Fifty fifth Year of His said late Majesty, and the Schedule thereto; and also all and every 'Horse and Horses, Harness and other Articles and Things used and employed for the Purpose of drawing such Carriages or Vehicles, should be made subject and liable to the Duties in 'Arrear and owing from time to time, by the Person or Persons to whom any such Licence so herein mentioned shall be granted :' Be it therefore further enacted, That from and after the said Thirty first Day of August, every Carriage or Vehicle for or in respect or on account whereof any Duty is imposed, or which shall become due and payable under or by virtue of this Act, or by the said Act of the Fifty fifth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, and the Schedule thereto, and all and every the Horse or Horses, and Harness and all other Articles and Things used or employed for the Purpose of drawing such Carriage or Vehicle as aforesaid, in the Custody and Possession of the Person or Persons, or any of them, to whom any such Licence shall have been granted as aforesaid, or in the Custody or Possession of any other Person or Persons, to the Use and for the Account of or in Trust for such Person or Persons, to whom any such Licence shall have been granted as aforesaid, or any of them, shall be and the same are

hereby

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hereby made subject and liable to, and chargeable with all the Duties in arrear and owing, or which shall become due and payable from time to time from or by such Person or Persons, for or in respect of such Carriage or Vehicle kept, used or employed by him, her or them respectively, for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire as aforesaid.

§ 11.

XI. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Fiftieth Year 50 G. 3. c.48. of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, it was (amongst other Things) enacted, that in case the Driver of any such Coach, Mail Coach or other Carriage, as therein described, or the Person acting as Guard, should, by Intoxication or by Negligence or other Misconduct, (unavoidable Accidents always excepted) endanger the Safety of the Passengers in their Lives, their Limbs or their Property, then and in every such case the Driver or Guard (as the case may be) so offending, and being 'convicted thereof by his own Confession, the View of a Justice (in any case applicable thereto), or the Oath or Oaths of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, before any Justice or other Magistrate as therein mentioned, should forfeit and pay a • Sum not less than Five Pounds nor more than Ten Pounds for every such Offence; and in case of Nonpayment, every such Justice or other Magistrate above mentioned, were thereby authorized to commit such Offender to the Common Gaol or House of Correction for the County, Riding, City, Town, Division or Place 'where such Offence should have been committed, there to re'main without Bail or Mainprize for any Time not exceeding Six Months nor less than Three Months, at the Discretion of the * Justice or other Magistrate above mentioned, by or before whom ⚫ any such Offender should be convicted: And Whereas it is ex⚫pedient to extend the Powers given by the said recited Act:' Be it therefore further enacted, That if the Coachman, Guard or other Person having the Care of any such Coach, Mail Coach or other Carriage or Vehicle as aforesaid, or employed in, upon or about the same, shall, by intoxication, or wanton and furious Driving, or any other wilful Misconduct on the Public Highway, injure or endanger any Person or Persons whatever in his, her or their Life or Lives, Limbs or Property, every such Coachman or Person as aforesaid so offending, shall for every such Offence be liable to the same or the like Fine or Penalty, to be levied, mitigated and Penalty. applied in the same or the like manner as in and by the said recited Act was mentioned and provided with respect to the Offences therein specified; provided that nothing in this Act contained Proviso for shall extend to or be construed to extend to affect Hackney Coaches Hackney or Chariots, or their Owners or Drivers respectively, duly licensed Coaches. by the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches.

XII. And Whereas in cases where such Carriages or other Vehicles are employed for the Conveyance of Passengers and 'Goods between Places lying distant from each other, it usually happens that the Property in such Carriages or other Vehicles is in several Persons, who reside at different Points of the Line of Journey performed by such Carriage or other Vehicle, and the 'Residences of some of whom is at a great Distance from some of the Places through which such Carriage or other Vehicle passes, or at which it arrives, and by reason of such Distance such last mentioned

Nn 4

Coachmen or Guards endangering the

Lives of Persons by furious Driving, &c.

Informations to be laid against the nearest Proprietor.

In what Cases this Act may be pleaded in bar to Conviction.

Drivers of

Stage Coaches taking up Passengers after

mentioned Proprietor or Proprietors have not the means of exercising the same Superintendance and Controul over the Management of such Carriage or other Vehicle, in distant Parts of its Journies, as such of the Proprietor or Proprietors as have their Residence nearer thereto: And Whereas it is expedient, that in all Cases of Informations and Convictions for Offences against this Act or any former Act, such Information and Con'viction should be had and laid against such One or more of the 'Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors of such Carriages or other Vehicles, as are resident nearest to the Place where the Offence shall be committed;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, all Summonses, Informations and Convictions, which shall be issued, laid or prosecuted against any Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors of any Coach, Carriage or other Vehicle, under or by virtue of this Act, or any former Act, for the Recovery of any Fine or Penalty hereby or thereby imposed, shall in all Cases in which there shall be more than One such Owner or Proprietor, and when such Owners or Proprietors shall reside in different Counties (the Residence of such Owner or Proprietor being ascertained by the Entry at the Stamp Office, or other Place from which the Licence to such Owner or Proprietor was issued,) be so issued, laid or prosecuted against such One or more of the said Owners or Proprietors as shall reside in the County or Place in which, or nearest to which the Offence proceeded against shall have been or shall be alleged to have been committed; and that in all such Cases as aforesaid, this present Act shall and may be allowed and pleaded in bar to the Conviction of any such Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors as aforesaid, other than and except of such Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors, whose Residence shall be in the County or Place in which, or nearest to which, the Offence so proceeded against shall have been or shall be alleged to have been committed; any thing herein or in any former Act contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

. XIII. And Whereas Difficulties have arisen in Proceedings for Penalties under a certain Act made and passed in the First Year of the Reign of King George the First, intituled An Act for better regulating Hackney Coaches, Carts, Drays and Waggons, within the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Weekly Bills of Mortality; and for preventing Mischiefs occasioned by the Drivers riding upon such Carts, Drays, Cars and Waggons; by reason of the Person or Persons giving Information being unable to prove the Payment of the Fare paid or to be paid by any Person or Persons carried in or upon any Coach or other Carriage used for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire;' Be it further enacted and declared, That from and after the passing Persons plying of this Act, in all cases where any Coach or other Carriage used for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire, shall take up any Passenger or Passengers after such Coach or other Carriage shall have entered the paved Streets of London, Westminster, or the Borough of Southwark, and shall carry and convey such Passenger or Passengers along the said paved Streets, or any of them, the Proprietor of such Coach or Carriage, or the Driver thereof, shall be deemed and taken to be a Person standing, driving and

entering the paved Streets, &c. deemed

for Hire under 1 G. 1. st.2.

.57.

plying for Hire within the meaning of that Act, unless the contrary shall be shewn.

XIV. And Whereas all Licences which before the passing of this Act may have been granted, authorizing any Person or Persons to keep or employ any Carriage or Vehicle, to be employed as a Public Stage Coach or Carriage for conveying Passengers for Hire to and from different Places in Great Britain, and which at the Time of passing this Act will be in force, will, under and by virtue of an Act made and passed in the Fifty third 53 G.3. c.108, Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for altering, explaining and amending an Act of the Forty eighth Year of His Majesty's Reign, for granting Stamp Duties in Great Britain, with regard to the Duties on reissuable Promissory Notes, and on Conveyances on the Sale and Mortgage of Property; for better enabling the Commissioners of Stamps to give Relief in cases of Spoiled Stamps, and to remit Penalties for exempting certain Instruments from Stamp Duty; and for better securing the Duties on Stage Coaches, expire on the Thirty first Day of July in the present Year: And Whereas it is expedient to keep all such Licences in force for the Space of One Calendar Month beyond that day;' Be it therefore further enacted, That all such Licences shall be and remain in full Force and Effect for the Space of One Calendar Month next after the said Thirty first Day of July; and that all Licences to be granted at any Time after the passing of this Act, and before the First Day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, shall terminate and expire on the Thirty first Day of July in that Year.

XV. And be it further enacted, that all the Powers, Provisions, Clauses, Regulations and Directions, Fines, Forfeitures, Pains and Penalties contained in and imposed by the several Acts of Parliament, or any of them, relating to the Duties upon Stage Coaches or other Carriages used for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire, shall be of full Force and Effect with respect to the Duties hereby granted, as far as the same are or shall be applicable, in all cases not hereby expressly provided for; and shall be observed, applied, enforced and put in Execution for the raising, levying, collecting and securing the Duties on Carriages or Vehicles kept, used, employed or let out for Hire, for the Purpose of conveying Passengers as aforesaid, granted by the said. Act of the Fifty fifth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty and the Schedules thereto, and the said Duties hereby granted so far as the said Acts of Parliament, or any of them shall not be repealed or be superseded by, and shall be consistent with the express Provisions of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same had been herein repeated and specially enacted with reference to the said Duties granted by the said Act of the Fifty fifth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, and the said Schedule thereto, and also to the Duties hereby granted.

Licences now

in force to continue till 31st August, 1822.

Powers of former Acts relating to Duties on Stage Coaches, &c. extended to this Act.

САР.

59 G.3. c. 114.

1 & 2 G.4. c. 8.

CAP. XCVI.

An Act to continue, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, an Act passed in the Fifty ninth Year of His late Majesty, relating to imposing and levying Duties in New South Wales; to authorize the imposing and levying other Duties on Goods imported into the said Colony; and to suspend, for Ten Years, the Payment of Duty on the Importation of certain Goods the Produce of New South Wales.

[30th July 1822.] HEREAS an Act of Parliament passed in the Fifty ninth as continued by Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to stay Proceedings against any Governor or other Person concerned in imposing and levying Duties ' in New South Wales; to continue, until the First Day of January 'One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, certain Duties; and 'to empower the said Governor to levy a Duty on Spirits made in the said Colony; which Act was further continued by another Act, passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three: And Whereas it is expedient that the said Act should be further continued, and that further and additional Provisions should be made for imposing and levying certain Duties upon Spirits and Tobacco, and an ad valorem Duty upon all other Goods, Wares and Mer'chandizes imported into the said Colony, for defraying the Expences thereof;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the said recited Act of the Fifty ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, and the Provisions therein contained, except so far as the same or any of them are by this Act varied or altered, shall be and the same are continued in force from the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty four.

continued till Jan. 1, 1824.

Governor may II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing impose on Bri- of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Governor, or other Person tish Spirits, and administering the Government of New South Wales for the time other Spirits, or Rum imported being, to impose by any Proclamation made, or Order or Orders directly from issued, in the said Colony for that Purpose, the several and resU. K. pective Rates and Duties following; that is to say, upon the Importation into the said Colony, or any of the Settlements or Dependencies thereof, or belonging thereto, or under the Controul or Administration of the Governor or Person exercising the Government of the said Colony and its Dependencies, of all Spirits the Produce and Manufacture of the United Kingdom, or Rum the Produce of His Majesty's Plantations in the West Indies, imported directly from the United Kingdom, a Duty not exceeding the Amount of Ten Shillings, and of all other Spirits a Duty not exceeding the Amount of Fifteen Shillings, upon each Gallon

of