ed to collect fuch duties fhall require, and deliver up, or caufe
to be delivered up, fuch tickets to the receiver-general or col-
lector to be appointed as aforefaid.

ers who hail

XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Penalty on That all and every toll-gate keeper who shall have received toll gatekeepfuch ftamp-office tickets as aforefaid, who fhall not bring, or not deliver up cause to be brought, fuch tickets, at the times and places afore- tickets on defaid, fhall, upon demand made at the gate of fuch turnpike, de- mand. liver fuch tickets to the collector to be appointed by the faid commiffioners for managing the duties on ftamped vellum, parchment, and paper, as aforefaid; and if any toll gate keeper fhall refufe to deliver up all and every such ftamp-office tickets, fo received by him or her, upon fuch demand as aforefaid, every toll-gate keeper fhall, for each ticket he or fhe thall fo refufe to deliver up, forfeit and pay the fum of five (hillings, to be recovered as herein-after is directed.

the bills of

counts.

XXI, And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Where postThat all and every postmaster, innkeeper, or other perfon, fo mafters, &c. licensed as aforefaid, not refiding in the cities of London and reiding out of Westminster, nor within the bills of mortality, fhall, at the times mortality, are and at the places to be mentioned at the foot of the first licence to attend and granted to him, her, or them, when the fame fhall be delivered, pafs their acand afterwards at the foot of every receipt which fhall be given by the collector for the money paid in by him, her, or them, on account of the said duties, attend, and there deliver in and pass his account, and pay the duty received by him, her, or them, as aforefaid, to the collector fo appointed to collect the fame: provided that no such person as aforefaid fhall be compelled to travel for the payment of the said duties, or other caufes whatfoever touching or concerning the fame, if he, fhe, or they live in a market-town, out of the said town, or if he, she, or they live out of a market-town, then to no other place than to the market-town nearest to his, her, or their habitation.

XXII. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enacted and
declared, That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be
conftrued to extend, to any horfes ufed in hackney-coaches, This act not
licensed pursuant to feveral acts of parliament made for that to extend to
purpose; nor to any horfe or horfes ufed in the drawing of any hackney-
coach, chariot, or chaife, or any other carriage, ufed in travel- coaches, &c.
ling poft, where fuch horfe or horfes fhall be hired to return be-

fore twelve of the clock at night of the fame day with the fame
carriage, and any perfon or perfons therein by or for whom fuch
horfe or horfes were hired, and thall actually return accord-
ingly.

horses used in

shall be deern

XXIII. And it is hereby further enacted and declared by the All horfes authority aforesaid, That every horfe hired by the mile, or ftage, hired by the shall be deemed to be hired to travel poft, within the true intent mile, or ftage, and meaning of this act, although the perfon or perfons hiring ed hired to the fame do not go or travel feveral ftages upon a poft-road, or travel poft. change horses; and although at the ftage or place at or to which

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fuch horse shall be hired there fhall not be any post-house; and although there fhall not be any poft fettled or eftablished on the road, or any part thereof, upon which fuch horse shall be hired to go; any thing herein-before contained, or any law or ufage, to the contrary notwithstanding.

XXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, On the death That if any postmaster, innkeeper, or other perfon, licensed to of any licented let horfes in manner aforefaid, fhall die, it shall and may be poftmafter, &c. his execu- lawful for his or her executors, adminiftrators, or other perfons. tors, &c. fhall fucceeding to fuch inn, houfe, or other place, to let horfes to not be liable hire in manner aforefaid, until fuch time as such person shall to any penalty procure fuch licence, and give fuch fecurity as herein-before for letting horfes to hire, directed without being liable to the penalty herein-before provided they inflicted upon the perfons letting horfes to hire without being take out a li licensed in that behalf, provided fuch licence be taken out within thirty days after the death of fuch post-mafter, innkeeper, or other perfon; and fuch perfon or perfons shall be subject to the fame rules, regulations, and charges, and liable to account, and to the payment of the fame rates and duties hereby impofed, as fuch postmaster, innkeeper, or other perfon, was fubject and liable to.

cence within

30 Days after

his death.

No perfon

fhall let out
for hire any
diligence, or
post-coach,
&c. without a
licence,

on penalty of 51. for each offence.

Commiffioners of stampduties to grant to all perfons who thall apply for them.

fuch licences

XXV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That, from and after the fifth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, no perfon who fhall keep any fourwheeled chaise, or other machine, commonly called a diligence or post-coach, or by what name foever fuch carriage or carriages now are or hereafter fhall be called or known, for the purpose of conveying, in the infide thereof, any number of paffengers, not exceeding four, for hire, from stage to ftage, or from place to place, fhall let out the fame for fuch purpose, without having first obtained a licence under the hands of two of the faid commiffioners for managing the duties on ftamped vellum, parchment, and paper, for that purpofe, upon pain to forfeit, for every time fuch machine fhall be fo ufed, the fum of five pounds, to be recovered and applied as herein-after is directed.

XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That, from and after the paffing of this act, any two or more of his Majefty's commiffioners appointed for managing the duties arifing by ftamps on vellum, parchment, or paper, or fome perfon duly authorifed by them, fhall grant licences, under their hands and feals, to any perfon or perfons who fhall apply for the fame, to let out for hire any fuch diligence, or other carriage, for the purpose aforesaid, for the space of one year, to commence from the fifth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and feventy-nine, upon all licences to be granted on or before that day; and upon licences to be first granted to any perfon or persons after the said fifth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, to commence from the day of the date of such licence; which faid licence (hall be renewed at least ten days previous to the expiration of the year for which it was granted; and if the perfon or perfons fo licensed fhall continue

to

to let out for hire fuch machine, diligence, or carriage, as afore-
faid, he, she, or they fhall, in the fame manner, renew fuch
licence from year to year, paying down the refpective fums due
for fuch licence, and fo yearly and every year, as long as he,
the, or they shall continue to let fuch diligence, or other carri-
age, in manner aforefaid.

XXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Only one diligence, &c. said, That no person or perfons, fo licensed to let out diligences, to be kept by or other carriages, in manner aforefaid, fhall, by virtue of one virtue of one licence, keep more than one diligence, or other carriage, for the licence. purpose aforefaid.

XXVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- All licensed faid, That all and every perfon or perfons, fo licensed to use any one halfpenny perfons to pay diligence or carriage as aforefaid, to and from stage to ftage, or for every mile from place to place, fhall pay to his Majefty, his heirs and fuc- their diliceffors, the fum of one halfpenny for every mile every fuch car- gence, &c. shall travel; riage or carriages fhall be fo ufed or travel, as aforefaid.

they receive

XXIX. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority and fhall deaforefaid, That all and every perfon or perfons, fo licensed to clare, when ufe fuch diligence, or other carriage, as aforefaid, fhall, at the their licence, time of receiving fuch licence, declare from what place, and to to and from what place, such diligence, or other carriage, is intended to be what places ufed, diftinguishing the diftance or number of miles between it is intended the two extreme towns or other places fuch diligence or other to be used, carriage is to go, and the number of journies each fuch dili- and how often. gence or carriage is fo intended to be ufed, either in the day or in the week, as the cafe may happen to be, that the fame may be inferted in fuch licence; and all and every person or perfons, fo licensed for fuch purpose as aforefaid, thall give fecurity, by bond, to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, in the fum of twenty pounds, with a condition for the faithful accounting for and paying such fums as may be due for the journies fuch diligence or other carriages may have so made.

XXX. And, in regard it may be difficult to afcertain the number Difcretionary of times fuch licenfed diligences, or other carriages, making short flages Powers vested in commiffiabout London, may go in a day, it is hereby provided and enact- oners relative ed, That the commiffioners for managing the ftamp-duties, or to diligences, the major part of them, or fuch officers as they fhall appoint in &c. paffing and repaffing that behalf, shall and may, and they are hereby impowered to within 12 make fuch allowances as fhall appear to be just to any perfon or miles of Lonpersons licensed to use any diligence, or other carriage, as afore- don.

said, to go from and to return to London, where the distance

does not exceed twelve measured miles, upon oath made by the
owner of fuch diligence, or other carriage, before the faid com-
missioners, or the major part of them, or fuch officers fo to be
appointed, as to the number of journies actually made in a day
by fuch diligence or other carriage, where the fame fhall differ
from the number expreffed in fuch licences; which oath the faid
commiffioners are hereby required to adminifter, and to exa-
mine into all the circumftances relative to the number of jour-
nies so made by fuch diligence, or other carriage, as aforesaid,

The name of

the owner of

every diligence, &c. to

each door.

Where and

when the du ties arifing from diligences. &c.

any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding;
and the faid commiffioners, or the major part of them, are here-
by impowered to make fuch regulations, with refpect to fuch
diligences, or other carriages, where fuch allowances are applied
for, as they fhall, from time to time, find neceffary, as well for
the effectual fecuring the duties on fuch diligences, or other car-
riages, as doing juftice to the owners or proprietors thereof.

XXXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That all and every perfon or perfons fo licenfed to use every
fuch carriage as aforefaid, thall mark or paint, or caufe to be
be painted on
marked or painted, on the outfide pannel of each door, before
the outfide of he, she, or they fhall ufe the fame for the purpose aforefaid, his,
her, or their chriftian and furname, mentioning the place from
whence they fet out, and to which they are going, in plain and
legible characters; and every proprietor of every fuch diligence
or other carriage as aforefaid licensed to go from London to any
other place, or from any other place to London, fhall, on the first
Monday in every month, between the hours of eight in the morn-
ing and two in the afternoon, unless the fame be an holiday,
inall be paid. and then on the next day not being an holiday, clear the faid
duties charged and become due by virtue of this act, by paying
the fame to the receiver-general of ftamped vellum, parchment,
and paper, or to the proper officer for the time being for
collecting the faid duties, for the ufe of his Majefty, his heirs
and fucceffors, at the head office in Lincoln's Inn, or wherever
elfe the fame be held; and if fuch proprietor or proprietors fhall
be licensed from any town in the country to any other town
than London, then fuch proprietor or proprietorsfhall clear the
faid duties, by paying the fame to the perfon duly authorised, by
commiffion under the hands and feals of three of his Majesty's
commiffioners of the ftamp-duties, to receive the fame, under
the penalty of ten pounds.

to give fe en days notice before he dif continue the

Licenfed pro-
XXXII. Provided always, That every fuch licensed proprie-
prietor of any tor or proprietors of any diligence or other carriage as afore-
diligence, &c. faid, who fhall lay down and difcontinue the ufe of the fame,
hall give notice, in writing, feven days at least before he, she,
or they fhall lay down or difcontinue fuch diligence or other
carriage, and thall have fuch notice indorfed upon the back of
fuch his, her, or their licence or licences, or upon the bond fo
to be given as aforefaid, and from thenceforth, on payment of
all arrears, thall be no longer charged or chargeable for or in
respect of fuch diligence or other carriage,

fame.

Postmasters,
&c. to be al
lowed 3d in
the pound out
of the monies

XXXIII. And it is hereby enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid receiver-general at the head office, and the faid other collectors duly appointed to receive the duties hereby impofed, fhall make an allowance to the feveral poftmasters, to be account innkeepers, or other perfons licensed as aforefaid, and they fhall be intitled respectively to deduct for their own ufe, at and after paid by them. the rate of three-pence in the pound, out of the monies by them regularly accounted for and paid to fuch receiver-general or other collector, according to the directions herein before contained.

ed for and

Penalty on

XXXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority afore

said,

faid, That if any perfon fhall falfely make, forge, or counterfeit, forging any
or caufe or procure to be falfely made, forged, or counterfeited, ticket, or ut-
or wilfully act or aflift in the falfe making, forging, or counter- famne.
tering the
feiting, any ticket, by this act authorifed or directed to be ufed,
with an intent to defraud his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors,
of any of the faid duties, or fhall utter or publish as true any
false, forged, or counterfeited ticket, with an intent to defraud
his Majesty, his heirs and fucceffors, of any of the said duties;
every perfon so offending, and being thereof lawfully convicted,
fhall forfeit and pay the fum of fifty pounds, to be levied and
applied as herein before directed and declared.

the other to

the informer.

XXXV, And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Pecuniary That all pecuniary penalties hereby impofed, amounting to penalties amounting to twenty pounds or more, fhall be divided and diftributed, to 20l. to go one wit, one moiety thereof to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, half to his and the other moiety thereof, with full cofts of fuit, to fuch Majetty, and person or persons who fhall inform and fue for the fame, in any of his Majefty's courts at Westminster, for offences committed in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, and in his Majefty's court of feffion, court of jufticiary, or court of exchequer, in Scotland, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, wherein no effoin, protection, privilege, wager of law, or more than one imparlance, fhall be allowed.

mine

any

XXXVI. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted by the Two juftices authority aforesaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for may deterany two or more juftices of the peace, refiding near the place ofwhere the offence fhall be committed, to hear and determine this act, if the fence against any offence against this act, which fubjects the offender to any penalty does. pecuniary penalty not exceeding twenty pounds; which faid not exceed 20/ juftices of the peace are hereby authorifed and required, upon any information exhibited, or complaint made, in that behalf, to fummon the party accufed, and alfo the witneffes on either fide, and upon the appearance or contempt of the party, fhall proceed to the examination of the matter of fact; and upon due proof made thereof, either by the voluntary confeffion of the party, or by oath of one or more credible witness or witneffes, to give judgement or fentence for the penalty or forfeiture, according as in and by this act is directed, and to award and iffue out their warrants, under their hands and feals, for the levying any pecuniary penalties or forfeitures fo adjudged, on the goods of the offender, and to caufe fale to be made thereof, in cafe they shall not be redeemed within fix days, rendering to the party the overplus, if any; and where the goods of fuch offender cannot be found sufficient to anfwer the penalty, to commit fuch offender to prifon, there to remain until fuch pecuniary penalty fhall be paid and fatisfied; and if either party fhall find himself ag- Perfons aggrieved by the judgement of the faid juftices, then he or they grieved may thall or may, upon giving fecurity to the amount of the value appeal to the of the penalties and forfeitures fo awarded by such two juftices, fons. quarter fef. appeal to the juftices of the peace at the next general quarter feffions for that county, riding, or place, who are hereby im

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