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SIXTH SCHEDULE.
Impressment of Carriages.
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Section 178
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Table of Rates of Payment for Carriages and Animals.
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Carriages and Animals.
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Rate per Mile.
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For every hundredweight loaded on any wheeled vehicle.
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One halfpenny.
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The mileage when reckoned for the purpose of payment shall include the distance from home to the place of starting, and the distance home from the place of discharge.
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Regulations as to Carriages and Animals.
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(1). Where the whole distance for which a carriage is furnished is under one mile the payment shall be for a full mile.
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(2). The minimum sum payable for a car shall be threepence, and for a dray, sixpence per mile.
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(3). The payment shall be at the same rate for each hundredweight in excess of the amount which the carriage is liable under this schedule to carry.
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(4). A carriage shall not be required to travel more than twenty-five miles.
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(5). A carriage shall not, except in case of pressing emergency, be required to travel more than one day's march prescribed in the route.
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(6). A carriage shall not be required to carry, if a car more than six hundredweight, and if a dray more than twelve hundredweight.
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(7). The load for each carriage shall, if required, at the expense of the owner of the carriage, and if the same can be done within a reasonable time without hindrance to the service, be weighed before it is placed in the carriage.
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