Relief hereby granted in respect of Double Land Tax now chased subject II. Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That if Appeal. Double Tax III. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained The Single shall be construed to make permanent or perpetual the Single Rate in Cases Land Tax remaining on any Lands or Hereditaments to be dis- of Relief from charged from Double Land Tax under the Provisions of this Act; shall be subject but that every such Single Tax shall remain subject to Variation to Variation by by equal Pound Rate, with the rest of the Lands in each Parish, equal Pound Township, or Place in which the same shall be situate, for raising Rate. the Proportions of Land Tax charged thereon by the Rules, Provisions, and Directions of the several Acts in force for assessing and raising the Land Tax. CAP. XXII. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Hackney Carriages, W HEREAS it is expedient to reduce into One Act, and to alter and amend, the Provisions of several Acts now in force, passed in the Parliaments of Great Britain and the United Kingdom respectively, relating to Hackney Carriages 'within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs thereof, and also the several Parishes and Places comprised within the Weekly Bills of Mortality; and it is also expedient to place the Collection of the Duty upon or in respect of such F3 • Hackney Certain Acts declared in force until 5th Jan. 1832, and then repealed; viz. Acts of Great 9 Ann. c. 29. ss. 1 to 22. 10 Ann. c. 19. Ss. 158 & 159. 12 Ann. c.15. 1 G. 1. c. 57. ss. 1 to 5. Hackney Carriages under the Care and Management of the • Commissioners of Stamps: And whereas it is expedient to repeal the Laws relating to the registering and numbering of Waggons, Carts, and Drays used in the Metropolis, and to make other Regulations in lieu 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 several Acts and Parts of Acts herein-after mentioned, or so much and such Part and Parts thereof as are now in force, shall respectively remain and continue in force until and upon the Fifth Day of January in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and shall from thenceforth respectively cease, determine, and be repealed; (that is to say,) the several Acts and Parts of Acts passed in the Parliaments of Great Britain herein-after specified, namely, so much of the several Acts herein-after next mentioned as in any Manner relates to the licensing or regulating of Hackney Coaches or Chairs, (that is to say,) of an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, made for the Purpose (among other Things) of licensing and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and of an Act of the Tenth Year of the said Queen Anne, made for the Purpose (among other Things) of licensing an additional Number of Hackney Chairs; and the whole of an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of the said Queen Anne, intituled An Act for explaining the Acts for licensing Hackney Chairs; and so much as in any Manner relates to the licensing or regulating of Hackney Coaches or Chairs of an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the First, made for the Purpose (among other Things) of better regulating Hackney Coaches within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Weekly Bills 3 G. 1. c. 7. s. 1. of Mortality; and of an Act of the Third Year of the Reign of the said King George the First, passed for the Purpose (among other Things) of redeeming certain Duties, Revenues, and Annuities, and for establishing a general Yearly Fund for the future Payment of Annuities at several Rates, to be payable and transferrable at the Bank of England, and redeemable by Parliament; and of an Act of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of the said King ss. 13, 14, & 15. George the First, passed for the Purpose (among other Things) of adding One hundred additional Hackney Chairs to those already licensed; and of an Act of the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, passed for the Purpose of continuing several Laws relating (among other Things) to the additional Number of One hundred Hackney Chairs, and to the Powers given for regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and also so much of an Act of the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of the said King George the Second, passed for the Purpose of preventing the Misbehaviour of the Drivers of Carts in the Streets of London, Westminster, and the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and for other Purposes; and of an Act of the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of the said King George the Second, passed for the Purpose of explaining and amending the said last-mentioned Act, as in any Manner relates to the registering or numbering of Carts, Cars, Drays, and other Carriages driven or used within the 12 G. 1. c. 12. 16 G. 2. c. 26. Ss. 3 & 4. 18 G. 2. c. 33. 30 G. 2. c. 22. ss. 1 & 2. ss. 9 to 21. Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs thereof, the Borough of Southwark, and the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality; and the whole of an Act passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of the said King George the Second, intituled An Act for continuing certain Laws relating to the additional Number 33 G. 2. c. 25. of One hundred Hackney Chairs, and to the Powers given for regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and so much of an Act of 4 G. 3. c. 36. the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George s. 2. the Third, passed for the Purpose (among other Things) of extending the Laws relating to Hackney Coaches to the Counties of Kent and Essex, as in any Manner relates to such last-mentioned Purpose; and so much of Two several Acts passed respectively 7 G. 3. c. 44. in the Seventh and Tenth Years of the Reign of the said King George the Third, for the Purpose (among other Things) of explaining and amending several Acts of Parliament relating to Hackney Coaches and Chairs, as in any Manner relates to such last-mentioned Purpose; and the whole of the several Acts next following, (that is to say,) an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of the said King George the Third, intituled An Act 11 G. 3. c. 24. for licensing an additional Number of Hackney Coaches, and applying the Monies arising thereby; and another Act passed in the said Eleventh Year of the Reign of the said King George the Third, intituled An Act for punishing Offences committed by Hackney 11 G. 3. c. 28. Coachmen and Chairmen within certain Districts and Places therein mentioned, and for renewing the Registry of Carts and Carriages ; ss. 4 to 9. and an Act of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of the said King 12 G. 3. c. 49. George the Third, passed for the Purpose of explaining and amending the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the same King's Reign, so far as the same relates to Hackney Coaches; and an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for 24 G. 3. c. 27. laying an additional Duty on Hackney Coaches, and for explaining and amending several Acts of Parliament relating to Hackney Coaches; and an Act passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the 26 G. 3. c. 72. Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, for explaining and amending the said last-recited Act of the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty; and an Act of the Thirty- 32 G. 3. c. 47. second Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, passed for the Purpose of explaining and amending so much of the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His said Majesty as relates to Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An 39 & 40 G. 3. Act for repealing the Rates and Fares taken by licensed Hackney c. 47. Coachmen, and for establishing other Rates and Fares in lieu thereof, and for explaining and amending several Laws relating to Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and the whole of the several Acts passed in Acts of the the Parliaments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- United Kingland, herein-after specified, (namely,) an Act passed in the Fortysecond Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to authorize the licensing an additional 42 G. 3. c. 78. Number of Hackney Coaches; and an Act passed in the Fortyfourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for explaining and amending the several 44 G. 3. c. 88. Acts dom : 48 G. 3. c. 87. Acts relating to Hackney Coaches employed as Stage Coaches, and for indemnifying the Owners of Hackney Coaches who have omitted to take out Licences pursuant to an Act made in the Twenty-fifth Year of His present Majesty; and an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for repealing the Rates and Taxes taken by licensed Hackney Coachmen, and for establishing others in lieu thereof, and for amending several Laws relating to Hackney Coaches; and an Act passed in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty 54 G. 3. c. 147. King George the Third, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of the Drivers of licensed Hackney Coaches, for explaining and amending an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of His present Majesty, relating to Hackney Coaches, and for authorizing the licensing of a limited Number of Hackney Chariots; and an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the 55 G. 3. e.159. Third, intituled An Act to amend several Acts relating to Hackney Coaches, for authorizing the licensing of an additional Number of Hackney Chariots, and for licensing Carriages drawn by One Horse; and an Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of His 57 G. 3. c.125. said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to authorize the driving and keeping a Hackney Coach or Chariot under the same Licence; and the said several recited Acts and Parts of Acts, or so much and such Parts thereof as are now in force, shall respectively remain and continue in force until and upon the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and from and immediately after that Day the same shall be and are hereby severally repealed accordingly, save and except so far as the said Acts or any of them repeal the Whole or any Part of any former Act or Acts, and except as to any Duties, Penalties, or Forfeitures incurred and not recovered, and to any Offences or other Matters committed or done before or upon the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Former Licences to 'cease, and the Plates to be delivered up to the Commissioners of Stamps. II. And be it enacted, That all Licences to drive, keep, and let to Hire any Hackney Coach, Chariot, or Two-wheeled Carriage, granted or to be granted by the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty's Commission for regulating and licensing such Hackney Coaches, Chariots, and Two-wheeled Carriages, under or by virtue of the said several recited Acts or any of them, shall also cease and determine from and after the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and every Person to whom any such Licence shall have been granted shall, either before or within One Calendar Month next after the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, deliver up to the Commissioners of Stamps, or to their authorized Officer, at the Head Office for Stamps in the City of Westminster, the numbered Plate or Plates appertaining to every such Licence, or, in default thereof, every such Person shall forfeit Forty Shillings for every such Plate which he shall neglect or omit so to deliver up within the Time herein-before limited for that Purpose. Grant of Stamp III. And be it enacted, That from and after the CommenceDuties specified ment of this Act there shall be raised, levied, and paid unto and in the Schedule for the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for and (A.) hereto annexed. in respect of every Licence and every Hackney Carriage mentioned and described in the Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, the the several Duties or Sums of Money set down in Figures against the same respectively, or otherwise specified and set forth in the same Schedule; and that the said Schedule shall be deemed and taken to be Part of this Act; and that all the said Duties shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of Stamps, and shall be denominated and deemed to be Stamp Duties. IV. And be it enacted, That every Carriage with Two or more Definition of a Wheels which shall be used for the Purpose of standing or plying Hackney Carfor Hire in any public Street or Road at any Place within the riage. Distance of Five Miles from the General Post Office in the City of London, whatever may be the Form or Construction of such Čarriage, or the Number of Persons which the same shall be calculated to convey, or the Number of Horses by which the same shall be drawn, shall be deemed and taken to be a Hackney Carriage within the Meaning of this Act; and in all Proceedings at Law or otherwise, and upon all Occasions whatsoever, it shall be sufficient to describe any such Carriage as aforesaid by the Term "Hackney Carriage," without further or otherwise describing the same: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to any Stage Coach used for the Purpose of standing or plying for Passengers to be carried for Hire at separate Fares, and being duly licensed by the Commissioners of Stamps for that Purpose, and having thereon the proper numbered Plates required by Law to be placed on such Stage Coaches. V. And be it enacted, That the Duties granted by an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal the Duties on Horses let to Hire for the Purpose of travelling in Great Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof, and to provide for letting the same to farm, shall not be deemed to attach upon or be payable in respect of any Horse used in drawing any Hackney Carriage which shall be duly licensed under the Provisions of this Act, where the same shall be used to go no greater Distance than Ten Miles from the General Post Office in the City of London, provided such Hackney Carriage shall be regularly and constantly used for the Purpose of standing and plying for Hire in the public Streets or Roads within the Distance of Five Miles from the said General Post Office. VI. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Person to keep, use, employ, or let to Hire any Hackney Carriage, at any Place within the Distance of Five Miles from the General Post Office in the City of London, unless such Person shall have a Licence in force so to do under the Hands of Two of the Commissioners of Stamps, or under the Hand of some Person duly authorized by the said Commissioners to grant such Licence, nor unless there shall be fixed on such Hackney Carriage, in the Manner herein-after mentioned, the numbered Plate herein-after directed to be delivered with every such Licence. VII. And be it enacted, That any Two of the Commissioners of Stamps, or any Person duly authorized by the said Commissioners, shall grant Licences under their or his Hands or Hand, upon the Terms and Conditions and in the Manner herein-after mentioned, to keep, use, employ, and let to Hire any Hackney Carriage Horses used in imposed by for Hire. Hackney Carriages not to be kept without without Plates. Licences, nor Licences to be granted by the Commissioners of Stamps or their Officers. |