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Drivers of Carriages, Carts, &c., without Plates, may be apprehended, and Carriages or Carts may be detained.
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XIX. It shall be lawful for any Constable or Officer of the Dublin Police, without any Warrant for that Purpose, to apprehend, within the Limits of this Act, the Driver or other Person plying for Hire with or having the Care of any Hackney Carriage, Job or Stage Carriage, Cart, or Job Horse, on which the Plates and Marks required under the Provisions of this Act shall not be affixed, and to convey him before any Justice; and it shall also be lawful for such Constable or Police Officer to drive or take the Carriage, Cart, or Horse not having such Plates and Marks as aforesaid, or any Carriage, Cart, or Horse which shall be subject to a Licence by virtue of this Act which shall be found plying or employed contrary to the Intent and Meaning of this Act, with the Horse or Horses harnessed to such Carriage or Cart, or drawing the same, or to cause the same to be driven or taken to some Livery Stables or other Place of Safety, and there to lodge the same until the Determination of such Justice shall be known, and the Justice before whom such Driver or other Person shall be brought shall hear and determine such Offence; and in case of a Conviction, if the Penalty inflicted, together with the Costs and Expenses, and the Expenses of taking such Carriage or Cart and Horse and Horses to and keeping the same at such Yard, Livery Stables, or other Place shall not be fully paid or discharged within Five Days after such Conviction, such Carriage or Cart and Horse or Horses, and also the Harness used therewith, shall be sold, by Order under the Hand of such Justice, and the Surplus, if any, of the Produce of such Sale shall, after deducting therefrom the said Penalty, Expenses, and Costs, and the Expenses of such Sale, be rendered to the Proprietor of such Carriage or Cart.
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