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What shall be specified in the Licence.
Licence to be in force for One Year only.
Licences to be registered.
Penalty for plying for Hire without a Licence.
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LXXX. In every such Licence shall be specified the Name and Place of Abode of every Person who is a Proprietor or part Proprietor of the Hackney Carriage in respect of which such Licence is granted, and also the Number of such Licence which shall correspond with the Number to be painted or marked on the Plates or Marks to be fixed on such Carriage, together with such other Particulars as the Commissioners think fit; and every Licence so to be granted shall be signed by Two or more of the Commissioners, and shall not include more than One Carriage so licensed, and shall be in force from One Year only from the Day and the Date of such Licence, or until the next General Licensing Meeting, in case any General Licensing Day be appointed by the Commissioners; and every such Licence shall be made out by the Clerk of the Commissioners, and duly entered in a Book to be provided by him for that Purpose, and in such Book shall be contained Columns or Places for Entries to be made of every Offence committed by any Proprietor or Driver or Person attending such Carriage; and any Person may at any reasonable Time inspect such Book without Fee or Reward; and if the Proprietor or part Proprietor of any Carriage permits the same to be used as a Hackney Carriage plying for Hire within such prescribed Distance without having obtained a Licence for such Carriage, or during the Time that such Licence is suspended as herein-after provided, or if any Person be found driving, standing, or plying for Hire with any Carriage within such prescribed Distance for which such Licence ought to be, but has not been, previously obtained, or without having the Number of such Carriage openly displayed on such Carriage, every Person so offending shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings.
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