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London Hackney Carriage Act 1831
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LIIIA clear Space of Ten Feet to be left after every Four Hackney Carriages on any Standing. Penalty 20s.
And be it enacted, That after every Four Carriages which shall be upon any Standing for Hackney Carriages in any public Street or Road, there shall be left a clear Space of Ten Feet; and if the Proprietor or Driver of any Hackney Carriage which shall be the next after the Fourth, Eighth, or Twelfth Hackney Carriage upon such Standing, or next after any other Hackney Carriage after which such clear Space as aforesaid ought to be left in pursuance of the Direction of this Act, shall suffer his Hackney Carriage, or the Horse or Horses attached thereto, to stand or be within the Distance of Ten Feet from the said Fourth, Eighth, Twelfth, or other Hackney Carriage after which such clear Space as aforesaid ought to be left, or within the Distance of Ten Feet from the Horse or Horses attached to the said Fourth, Eighth, Twelfth, or other such Hackney Carriage as aforesaid, such Proprietor or Driver so offending shall forfeit Twenty Shillings.
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