Stage Coaches, etc. (Ireland) Act 1810
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1810 c. 32 |
| Year | 1810 |
(50 Geo. 3) C A P. XXXII.
[24th May 1810]
'WHEREAS the Number of Passengers to be conveyed by Stage Coaches and other Carriages plying for Hire inIreland , have been limited upon certain Roads by several Acts passed in the Parliament of Ireland: And whereas it is expedient to repeal so much of the said Acts as relates to the Limitation of Passengers, and the additional Tolls and Penalties which are thereby demandable and forfeited upon a greater Number being conveyed by such Stage Coaches or other Carriages than are specified in the aforesaid Acts; and to enact other Provisions and Regulations for carrying the aforesaid Objects into effect; and to regulate the Conduct of the Owners and Drivers of such Carriages;' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, so much of the several Acts of Parliament of Ireland, as relate to the Limitationof Passengers to be conveyed by Stage Coaches and other Four-wheeled Carriages; also so much of said Acts as relates to the additional Tolls and Penalties which are thereby demandable and forfeited in case of a greater Number being conveyed by Stage Coaches and other Four-wheel Carriages than is specified by the aforesaid Acts, be and the same are hereby repealed.
II Number of Persons conveyed by Stages Coaches, &c.
II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the First Day ofJuly One thousand eight hundred and ten, any Coach, Berlin, Landau, Chariot, Diligence, Calash, Chaise Marine, or other Carriage with Four or more Wheels, by what Name soever the same is or shall hereafter be called or known, to be employed as a Public Stage Coach or Carriage for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire to and from different Places in Ireland , and drawn by Four or more Horses, shall be allowed to carry Six Inside and Ten Outside Passengers, and no more, exclusive of the Coachman, but including the Guard (where there is a Guard with such Coach); and that One of such Passengers, and no more, shall be allowed to sit upon the Box with the Coachman, Three of such Passengers on the Front of the Roof, and the remaining Six behind in the manner the most safe and convenient for the said Passengers; and that all Stage Coaches or other Carriages above described, drawn by Two or Three Horses, shall be allowed Four Outside Passengers, and no more, exclusive of the Coachman; and that all Stage Coaches called Long Coaches or Double Bodied Coaches, shall be permitted to carry in all Sixteen Passengers and no more, exclusive of the Coachman, but including the Guard (where there is a Guard with such Coach) under such Fines or Penalties as are by this Act imposed in Cases where more Passengers are carried than are allowed by this Act:Provided always, that no Child in the Lap or under Seven Years of Age shall be included in or counted as one of such Number.
III To be specified in Licence.
III. And be it further enacted, that every Person who shall keep any Carriage to be employed as a public Stage Coach or other Carriage above described, for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire to and from different Place inIreland, shall, in the Licence which he is hereby required to take out from the Commissioners of Stamps in the City of Dublin, specify the Number of Passengers to be carried in or about such Coach or other Carriage above described, and that no such Licence shall in any Case be granted for more than Sixteen Inside and Outside Passengers in all, exclusive of the Coachman.
IV And to be painted on Doors of Coach, &c.
IV. And be it further enacted, That all and every Person or Persons who shall be duly licensed to keep any Coach or other Carriage above described, for the Purpose of conveying Passengers for Hire to and from different Places inIreland , shall, and he, she or they is and are respectively directed and required to paint or cause to be painted, within Six Months from the passing of this Act, on the Outside of each Door of each such Coach or other Carriage above described, or on some other conspicuous Part thereof, in legible Characters of at least One Inch and a Half in length, and in a different Colour from the Ground on which the same is painted, and in Words at length, the Number of...
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