# Town Police Clauses Act 1847, Section 37: Hackney carriages to be licensed.


The commissioners may from time to time licence to ply for hire within the prescribed distance, or if no distance is prescribed, within five miles from the General Post Office of the city, town, or place to which the special Act refers, (which in that case shall be deemed the prescribed distance,) such number ofhackney coaches or carriages of any kind or description adapted to the carriage of persons as they think fit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/89/section/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-police-clauses-act-1847/section-37
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