A. D. 1759. Anno tricefimo tertio Georgii II. C. 25. 469 ' the Rules, Penalties and Forfeitures, Orders and Dirc(Stions, in the Ads herein after mentioned,
- are near expiring : And whereas by an Acl made in the third Year of the Reign of his faid late and 3 Geo. x. c. 7,
- Majefty, the Rates, Duties, Rents or Payments, granted by or mentioned in former Acts for
- licenfmg Hackney Coaches and Chairs, were made perpetual, fubjcct to Redemption by Parlia-
- ment ; and it is therefore proper that fo much of the faid A£l made in the twelfth Year of Jiis
- Majefty's Reign, as relates to the faid additional Number of Hackney Chairs, and the faid feveral
- Claufes, Rules, Penalties, Forfeitures, Orders and Diredtions, ftiould be in Force, during the
' Continuance of fuch Rates, Duties, Rents or Payments aforefaid ,' Be it therefore enadted by the King's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confont of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflcmbled, and by the Authority of the fame. That fo much of the faid A£l made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King So much of the recited George the Firft, intituled. An Aa for granting an Aid to bis Majcfy^ by laying a Duty upon all Vic- ^^ °^ '* ^"dd ^T' tuallers and Retailers of Beer and Ale within the Cities of London and Weltniinfter, and the IVcekly ^^u^^be/cf HacLnev Bills of Mortality ; and for prohibiting their fending Beer or Ale out of their Hotfes to di/iant Places in chairs, which was conta- any Pots or VeJJl'ls lefs than a Gallon ; and aljo for adding one hundred addiiiojial Hackney Chairs to thofe nued by fsveral I'ubfe- already Ucenfed; and for applying certain Arrears of former Land Taxes toivards the Supply granted to his q^^nt Ach, is 10 be in Ma]eli for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred arid twenty- fix ; and for appropriating the ^^'^^ ^°^ fuch further o ■'-',■ ^ J ■ ^1 • c ,-^ r n r ^ 1 -. ^ ^, jj-^- 1 xt iT f'^ 1 '^1 Time, as anv former Aft Supplies granted in this bejjicn oj larliament as relates to the additional JN umber ot one hundred ^.g^gjl' ^^ j.j^g j,jgj.(-,„ Hackney Chairs therein mentioned, which was to continue in Force for eighteen Years, from the Hackney Coaches or twenty-fourth Day of 'June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix 3 and which by another Chairs, "fliall have Con- A61 made in the fixtecnth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, was further continued until the ""^nce. twenty-fourth Day of fune one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, and from thence to the End of *^ ^^* ** '" *^' the then next SefTion of Parliament, fliall be and is hereby continued in full Force and EfFcdt, for and during fuch further Time as any former A£l relating to the licenfmg of Hackney Coaches or Chairs, or any Part of fuch former A£l, fliall be in Force and have Continuance. n. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That the feveral Claufes in an A<5t made The Claufes in the A£l in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, (intituled. An A£l for liccnftng 9 Ann. c 23. and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs) and for chaj-ging certain neiu Duties on Stampt Vellum^ Parch' vient and Paper ^ and on Cards and Dice, and on the Exportation of Rock Salt for Ireland ; and for f ecu- ring thereby, and by a Weekly Payment out of the Pofl Office, and by feveral Duties on Hides and Skins, a yearly Fund of one hundred eighty-fix thoufand fix hundred and feventy Pounds, for thirty-two Tears, to be applied to the SatisfaSiion of fuch Orders as are therein mentioned, to the Contributors of any Sum not ex- ceeding two millions, to be raifed for carrying on the War, and other her Majejlys Occafions) and in an Adl made in the tenth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty (intituled. An A^ for laying feveral 10 Ann. r. 19; Duties upon all Sope and Paper made in Great Britain, or imported into the fame and upon chequered and friped Linens imported-, and upon certain Silks, CalUcoes, Linens, and Stuff's, printed, painted, or fiained ; and upon feveral Kinds of Stampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper ; and upon certain printed Pa- pers, Pamphlets, and Advertifements, for raifing the Sum of eighteen hundred thoifand Pounds by way of a Lottery, towards her Majeflys Supply ; and for licenfmg an additional Number of Hackney Chairs ; and for charging certain Stocks of Cards and Dice ; and for better fecuring her Majcliys Duties to arife in the Office for the Stamp Duties by Licences fir Marriages, and otherwife and for ticUef of Perfons who have not claimed their Lottery Tickets in due Time, or have lofi Exchequer Bills or Lottery Ticket: ; and for bor- rovuing Money upon Stock, Part of the Capital of the South Sea Co-mpany, for the Uje of the Public) and in one other A61 made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty (intituled. An Act 12 Ann. Jl, 2. c. 14, for explaining the A£is for licenfmg Hackney Chairs) and alfo in an Act made in the firft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft (intituled, An A51 for better regulating Hackney ^nd 1 Geo. i. c. 57. Coaches, Carts, Drays, Carrs, and Waggons, within the Cities £/" London and Wellminfter, and the Weekly Bills of Mortality ; and for preventing Mifchiefs occafoned by the Drivers riding upon fuch Carts, relating to the Jurifdic- Drays, Carrs, and Waggons) relating to the Jurifdidtion, Powers and Authorities of the Commif- J'on and Powers of the fioners for licenfing and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs, and of Juftices of the Peace, ^°"""'^'°"^" ^""^ "'>" and the Rules, Penalties and Forfeitures, Orders and Diredtions therein mentioned ; which faid cofchfs'^an^Chairs feveral Claufes were to have Continuance from the feveral Times of the Commencement thereof, to°be in F^orce during"* for tfie refpedlive Terms therein mentioned; and which by an Adl made in the fixteenth Year of his fuch Time as any other prefent Majefty's Reign, were further continued until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand P^ft of the faid Afts re- feven hundred and fixty, and from thence to the End of the then next SelTion of Parliament; (hall luting to the hcenfing, be and are hereby continued in full Force and EfFedt, for and during fuch further Time as any other chai^ £iave Cont*!! Part of the faid Adls relating to the licenfmg of Hackney Coaches or Chairs ftiall be in Force and nuance. have Continuance, 16 Ceo. z, c. 26* CAP.
