Section VI Rates of Hackney Coaches.

Coachman refusing to go, or exacting; Penalty 40 s.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That noe Hackney-Coacheman soe lycensed nor the Driver of such Coach shall p[re]sume to take for his hire in and about the Cityes of London and Westminster or within Tenne Miles thereof above the rate of Tenne shillings for a day reckoning Twelve Hours to the day and by the hour not above Eighteene pence for the first hour and Twelve pence for every hour after; And that noe Gentleman or other person shall pay from any of the Inns of Court or thereabouts to any parte of Sainte James's or City of Westminster (excepte beyond Tuttle-Streete) above Twelve pence and the same Prizes from the same Places to the Inns of Courte or Places thereabouts and from any of the said Inns of Court or thereabouts to the Royall Exchange Twelve pence and if to the Tower of London or to Bishopsgate-Streete or Aldgate or thereabouts Eighteene pence and soe from the same places to the said Inns of Court as aforesaid and the like Rates from and to any place att the like distance with the places before menc[i]oned; And if any Coachman shall refuse to goe att or shall exact more for his hire then the severall rates hereby limitted he shall for every such Offence forfeite the su[m]me of Forty shillings:-