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After June 1, 1854, Licences granted under 37 G 3. c. 58., &c. to be null and void, save as to those granted for 1854.
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III. From and after the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, all Licences theretofore granted to Persons under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third, Chapter Fifty-eight, and any Act amending the same, for any of the Purposes whatsoever in respect of which Duties are herein-after imposed, shall respectively cease and determine, and be utterly null and void, save as to Licences granted to Drivers and Conductors of Hackney and other public Carriages for the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and shall be delivered up to the said Commissioners, together with the Figure or Mark of Distinction belonging thereto: Provided always, that in every Case in which the Time shall not have expired in respect of which the Rent reserved upon any such Licence shall have been paid it shall be lawful to make a Deduction from the Amount of Duty which shall in any such Case be payable under this Act by the same Person, and such Deduction shall be in the same Proportion to the Rent previously paid for the Term of Time unexpired as such Term of Time shall bear to the whole Term for which the said Rent shall have been charged, and all Proprietors of Hackney Carriages whose Licences shall be so delivered up to the said Commissioners shall be primâ facie entitled to obtain a Proprietor’s Licence under the Provisions of this Act.
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