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Commissioners to make Rules for the Regulation of Hackney Carriages and Conduct of Drivers, &c.
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L. It shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners from Time to Time and at all Times to make such General Rules, Orders, and Byelaws for the better ordering and regulating of all and singular the Persons, Carriages, Carts, and Horses required to be licensed under this Act, as in the Judgment of the said Commissioners may be required for public Propriety, Safety, Accommodation, or Convenience, and from Time to Time to alter, vary, amend, or repeal all or any of such Rules, Orders, and Byelaws; provided that such Rules, Orders, and Byelaws, when so made or altered, shall not be repugnant to the Provisions of this Act; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to fix and ordain therein such reasonable Penalties and Forfeitures as to them may seem fit for all Offences against and Breaches of such Rules, Orders, or Byelaws, and to subject Offenders against same to Imprisonment in the Common Gaol or House of Correction for the Breach of any such Rule, Order, or Byelaw, there to be kept (either with or without Hard Labour) for any Time not exceeding Thirty Days; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, in their Discretion, to make void or suspend the Licence or Licences of every Offender who shall be convicted of any Offence against the same, unless the Magistrate before whom such Conviction shall be had against such Offender shall at the Time of such Conviction state in Writing on his Licence that such Punishment as he has adjudged against such Offender shall be “without Prejudice to his Licence:” Provided always, that such new Rules, Orders, and Byelaws, and every Alteration, Amendment, and Repeal of the same, shall be approved of by the Recorder of the City of Dublin, and that after such Rules, Orders, and Byelaws, or any Alterations, Amendment, or Repeal of the same, shall have been so made and approved of, the same shall be published in the Manner herein-before directed with respect to any Alterations which shall be made in the Duties to be paid under this Act; and all such Rules, Orders, and Byelaws, and every Alteration, Amendment, and Repeal of the same, when approved of as aforesaid, shall be good and valid, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as if the same were particularly mentioned, expressed, and enacted in this present Act.
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