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Persons refusing to pay the fare breaking or defacing the coach. &c. on complaint and summons 2 governors may determine on oath of 1 witness, and award satisfaction, by distress and sale on warrant.
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XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall refuse to pay any coachman, post-chaiseman, driver or carriers of any chairs or sedans, the money justly due to him for carrying such person or persons in his coach, post-chaise, chair, or sedan, or shall wilfully break or deface any such coach, post-chaise, chair, or sedan, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said governors, or any two or more of them, upon complaint made, and after one summons directed by them to the party or parties complained against, finally to hear and determine the matter complained of, and upon proof made thereof upon oath by one credible witness, or by confession of the party, to award a reasonable satisfaction to the party aggrieved for his damage and costs; to be levied, upon refusal to make such satisfaction, by warrant under the hands and seals of the said governors, or any two or more of them, by distress and sale of the offenders goods, rendering the overplus (if any be) to the owners.
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