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Governors, 15 present, under common seal from time to time may settle the fares;
and distances,
and make by-laws,
annexing penalty, not above 40s. for breach,
or making licence void,
or corporal punishment. to house of correction not above 10 days.
The governors, or any 5, may by warrant execute said by-laws:
Such fares, by-laws, &c. first approved by next judges of assize under hand and seal;
printed and posted on the Tholsel and work-house:
then valid.
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XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the governors of the said work-house, fifteen at least being present, under their common seal from time to time to settle and adjust the several rates, fares, and prices, to be paid to the respective drivers of the said hackney coaches or post chaises, and the carriers of the said chairs or sedans, for the hire of such coaches, post chaises, chairs, or sedans, by the day or hour, or by the set-down, to or from any part or parts within the said city, or within the liberties to the said city adjoining; and to adjudge the several distances within the said city and liberties, for which the said rates, fares, and prices shall be paid; and also to make orders and by-laws to bind all and every person and persons, who shall have licences to keep hackney coaches, post chaises, chairs, or sedans for hire as aforesaid, and all coachmen, post-chaisemen, chairmen, drivers and carriers thereof, and to annex such reasonable penalties and forfeitures, not exceeding forty shillings for the breach of any such by law or order, on the several persons offending, or by making void the licence the person so offending had, or by subjecting the several persons so offending to corporal punishment, by sending him or them to the house of correction, there to be whipped and kept to hard labour, for any time not exceeding ten days; and that the said governors, or any five or more of them, shall and may by warrant under their hands and seals put the said by-laws and orders, by the said governors or any fifteen or more of them so to be made, into due execution according to the tenor and effect of the said by-law and orders, so as such rates, fares, and prices, and such rules, orders, and by-laws, shall be first approved of by the then next going judges of assize for the county of the said city under their respective hands and seals; and that after such approbation the said rates, fares, and prices, and the said rules, orders, and by-laws, shall be printed, and publickly posted on the Tholsel of the said city of Cork, and on the said work-house, and such other places as the said governors shall appoint, and shall from thenceforth be valid and effectual.
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