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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 29

Particulars to be painted oh public carriage

Particulars to be painted oh public carriage.

10. No common or public carriage shall be used or employed unless or until there shall be truly painted in words at length and in legible and conspicuous letters one inch at the least in height and of a proper and proportionate breadth and in color different from and opposite to the color page 45 of the ground on which such letters shall be painted upon some conspicuous part of the off side of such carriage and clear of the wheel or wheels thereof so that the same shall be at all times plainly and distinctly visible and legible the name and surname of the proprietor or of one of the proprietors of such carriage and there shall also be painted in manner aforesaid upon some conspicuous place on the back of every such carriage licensed to carry passengers so that the same shall be at all times plainly and distinctly visible and legible the greatest number of passengers allowed to be carried in or by such carriage and also when such carriage shall be licensed to carry both inside and outside passengers the greatest number of passengers allowed to be taken in the inside and on the outside respectively and if any person shall keep or use any carriage as a common or public carriage upon which all such particulars required to be painted thereon as aforesaid shall not be truly painted in such legible and conspicuous letters in manlier aforesaid or in case such particulars or any of them shall be partially obliterated or defaced from or upon any such carriage then if, any such person shall neglect to paint or cause to be painted again in manner aforesaid every particular so obliterated or defaced such person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.