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ABSTRACT OF 
160 J 
THE PUBLIC LAWS ENACTED BY THE 
BRITISH LEGISLATURE. 
(Sept. 1; 
Passed in the last Session of Parliament, 48 Geo. III. anno 1808. 
O the new Acts of general import- 
ance, noticed in our last Number, 
(see pp. 64, 65, and 66) we have now to 
add the following :— 
¢ 48 Geo. IIT. cap. 75. An Act for provid- 
ing suitable Interment in Church-yards or 
Parochial Burying-grounds, in England, for 
such dead human Bodies as may be cast on 
Shore from the Sea, in cases of Wreck, or 
otherwise.”—Passed 18th June, 1808. 
This Act, the commendable intention 
of which isso fully expressed in the title, 
has been long wanting, and its general 
provisions are in substance as follows :— 
In all cases where dead human bodies 
shall be cast on shore, the church-war- 
dens and overseers of the parish shall 
cause the same to be removed and inter- 
red in a decent manner in the church- 
yard of such parish,§ 1.; the minister of 
which is to perform the funeral service, 
at the same fees as for paupers, § 2. 
Persons finding such dead bodies, and 
giving notice thereof to the parish off- 
cers, are to receive from them a reward 
of 5s, §8.; and persons finding the same, 
who do not give such notice, are to for- 
feit 51. § 4. 
The above charges are to be reimburs- 
ed to the parish out of the county rates, 
§6.; and if parish officers neglect to re- 
move or inter dead bodies so cast on 
shore, after notice, they are to forfeit 
bl. § 7. 
The penalties are recoverable before a 
single justice, in a summary way, § 8.; 
and the lords of manors are to continue 
to pay, in aid of these charges of the pa= 
rish, such fees as have been usual on the 
interment ef such dead human bodies. 
§ 13. 
6¢ 48 Geo. III. c. 87. An Act for repealing 
the Rates and Fares taken by licensed 
Hackney Coachmen, and tor establishing 
others in lieu thereof, and for amending se- 
vera] Laws relating to Hackney Coaches.” 
-—Passed 23d June, 1808. 
The old rates are repealed by this Act, 
and others allowed in lieu thereof. The 
scale of fares, according to the distance, 
is as follow:—At the rate of 1s. per 
mile, and 6d. for every half mile, and an 
additional 6d. for every two miles com- 
pleted after the first mile. 
And according to time, the fares are 
4s. for the first half hour, 6d. for the 
next fifteen nainutes, and for one hour, 
Qs, after which hour the fare is 6d. for ~~ 
every twenty minutes further time, up to 
four hours, after which 6d. is to be taken 
for every fifteen minutes. 
The sun-set hours, after which hacke 
ney coaches are obliged to go two miles 
and an half on any turnpike or lighted 
roads, are declared to be after eight, 
from Lady-day to Michaelmas, and atter 
five, from Michaelmas-day to Lady-day. 
And coaches taken after those hours are 
to be paid, over and above the rates, the 
full fare back to the extremity of a car- 
riage-way pavement; or, if hired at any 
stand beyond the carriage-way pave- 
ment, then the full fare back either to 
such standing or next pavement, at the 
option of the hirer. 
Coaches hired in the day time to go 
into the country, and there discharged, 
are to be paid for their return for ten 
miles, 5s. eight miles, 4s. six miles, 3s, 
and for four miles, 2s, but no allowance 
is to be made for less than four miles ; 
and if they ply for hire while so returns 
ing, they shall forfeit not exceeding 3/, 
nor less than 10s. 
A hackney coachman is not compel- 
able to take more than four adult per- 
sons inside, and a servant out; and if he 
agree to take more, he is to be paid 1s, 
over and above the fare for each addi- 
tional adult: and if hired to go into the 
country, 1s. for going, and 1s, for re- 
turning. 
Hackney coachmen- who shall refuse 
to take a fare, declaring that they have 
been twelve hours at work, and making 
use of no uncivil language, shall, if sum 
moned, be paid a compensation for loss 
of time, not exceeding 5s. nor less than 3s, 
The numbered stage coaches are not 
to take up passengers on the stand, to be 
set down again in any of the paved streets, 
on pain of being fined not exceeding 3/. 
nor fess than 20s. And if the owner offend ~ 
a second time, the licence is to be re= 
voked; but this penalty is not.to be in 
flicted, if the party shall have taken his 
place for the country at one of the rega~ 
Jar booking-houses, and paid the full 
fare. 
Persons frequenting Vauxhall, and 
other places of public resort, requiring 
coaches to wait, are to pay a reasonable 
deposit to the coachman, to be-accounted 
for when the coach is discharged. 
Ouly two booking-houses are allowed, 
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