160 HACKNEY CARRIAGES AND OMNIBUSES. 



prietors allowing such vehicles to ply for hire Avithout a 

 license,(a) and drivers driving them without a license are 

 liable to a fine not exceeding 20s.(6) Provisions are made 

 for a plate specifying the number of persons to be carried in 

 a hackney carriage (c) being conspicuously placed on the 

 carriage, and a penalty not exceeding 40s. may be imposed 

 on any proprietor neglecting to do so, or refusing, when 

 required by the hirer, to carry the prescribed number, (f?) 

 Penalties are also imposed upon drivers refusing to drive, 

 when required by a member of the public, (e) for over- 

 charging,(/) or permitting persons to ride without the con- 

 sent of the driver, ((/) and for being intoxicated or driving 

 furiously, (/i) for leaving a hackney carriage unattended at 

 places of public resort, (^) and for improperly refusing to 

 give way to or obstructing any other driver, or depriving 

 him of the chance of being hired, (y) Damage done by a 

 driver may be recovered before a magistrate to the extent of 

 £5 from the proprietor, (/u) 



Penalties are also imposed on the hirer for driving 

 a hackney carriage without the consent of the pro- 

 prietor,(^) and for wilfully injuring the carriage,(m) and 

 provisions are made for recovery of compensation to drivers 

 for loss of time in attending to answer complaints not sub- 

 stantiated.(%) 



Power is reserved to magistrates for regulating the use 

 of hackney carriages, the fixing of cab stances and rates 

 and fares, and for the prevention of the use of unsafe 

 omnibuses, (o) 



Local Acts have from time to time been passed, under 

 which these provisions are applied to different burghs, and 



(a) 2.5 & 26 Vict. c. 101, § 286. (6) H^id. § 288. 



(c) Ilnd. § 292. (d) Ibid. § 293. (c) Ibid. § 294. 



(/) Ibid. § 298. (g) Ibid. § 299. (/() Ibid. § 301. 



(i) Ibid. § 302, see Shaio v. Croall, 1885, 12 R. 1186. 

 ij) Ibid. § 304. (k) Ibid. § 303. (/) Ibid. § 300. 



{m)Ibid. § 307. (n) Ibid. § 305. (o) Ibid. § 309. 



