‘ 
44] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1756 
AG fo: coritiniie thé a& 26 GJ IIT. 
for appointing Comimiffioners to en- 
quire into-the’ ftate of the crown 
lands. ‘ é 3 
Ac to explain an: at&t 20 Geo. 
III. coficerning county elections. 
A& to amend ‘the att limiting the 
number of outlide pafiengers of ftage 
coaches, &c. 9" iy 
A& to authorize the commilflion- 
ers of the cuftoms to defray charges 
‘of feizures out of his majeity’s fhare 
of feizures in general. = * 
An Abfirad of an A& for limiting. the 
Number of Pérjons to be carried on 
the Oiutfde of, § tage-Coaches, and ° 
ether Carriages. 
57, 1788. 
ROM the 1% day of Novem- 
ber, 1788, if the driver of any 
coach, or other fuch carriage, tra- 
_velling for hire, thall permit more 
than fix perfons atone time to ride 
upon the roof, er more than two 
‘perfons to ride upon the box, ‘ef «any 
fuch coach or carriage, on convic- 
‘tion, either by his own corfefiion, 
“the view of a Juitice, or by oath of 
a credible witnefs before a Juitice 
‘of the place where’ the offence may 
be.committed, to forfeit forty fhil- 
lings for every péerfon riding as out- 
fide paflenger above ‘the number 
“mentioned ; and if thé offender be 
owner of the -coach, then four 
‘pounds : and, in default of payment 
of either penalty, the*offender may 
be committed for a month. 
’ Tf the driver’of any- coach, &c. 
travelling: with a greater number of 
outfide-paflengers than allowed, can- 
not be found, or fhail not appear 
in confequénce of the Juftice’s fum- 
mons on ‘uch complaint, then the 
owner of fuch coach, &¢, is Hable 
28 Geo. IIL. ¢, 
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‘the warrant purfaant to this a& on 
‘ber, 1790, if the driver of any 
-fach carriage fhall be drawn by lefs © 
‘perfon’ on ‘the coach-box and three 
-perfons on the roof (except the dri- 
to the penalty of forty fhillings. 
If a Conftable negleé& to execute  - 
conviction before a Jaftice,on hisown ~ 
confeflion, or by oath of a credible 
witrefs, to forfeit forty fhillings; 
avd, if not forthwith paid, may be 
committed’ to gaol for a month.” 
‘Phe forins of the proceedings ré-~ 
lative hereto are exprefied in the 
Schedule to the aét. 
The former AG altered, explained, 
and amended; and for regulating | 
the Conduct sof the Drivers and — 
Guards of Siage-Coaches, or other 
Carriages. “30 Geo. III. c. 36, © . 
1790. 
FROM the zoth day of Septem- % 
coach, or other fuch carriage, drawn 
by-tHree or more herfes; and ‘going 
for hire, permit, more than one pet- . 
fon on the coach-box befides him- | 
felf, and four on the roof; and, if © 
than three -norfes, more than one 
ver of a carriage drawn by lefsthan | 
three horfes, which fhall nct goa | 
greater diflance than twenty-five 
miles from the Poft-Office in Lon- 
don, nor carry more than one per- — 
fon on the coach-box and four per-“!~ 
fons on the roof), to be conveyed ~ 
thereby, he fhall pay to the collec- 
tor of the tolls, at every turnpike- — 
gate thro’ which the carriage fhall — 
pafs, five fhillings for each perfon — 
above the limited number: and if — 
any paflenger, above the limited pi 
number, be fet down, or taken up, 
whereby the payment of five fhil- 
lings may be evaded, the driver, on 
conviction, by hisown confefion, the 
view of a Juftice, or Gath of a cre- 
4 ; dible _ 
