PART X.

Carts and Carters.

Prescribed Space.

50.—The words "prescribed space" shall for the purposes of this sub-division mean for any borough the space within the circumference of a circle whose radius is five miles from the censing or principal post office of such borough and where any group of two or more boroughs, whether wholly or chiefly for the carriage of burthens or heavy goods the word "woodcart" shall mean a cart used in the hawking of firewood for sale and the word "watercart" shall mean a cart used in the hawking of water for sale and the word "nightcart" shall mean a cart used in the carrying or removing of night soil or other offensive refuse.

Interpretation.

51.—The word "cart" shall for the purposes of this sub-division include every waggon dray or other such carriage, whatsoever be its construction drawn by horses or other animals used wholly or chiefly for the carriage of burthens or heavy goods.

Licenses for Carts.

52.—The council may if they shall see fit from time to time license to ply for hire within the prescribed space for the borough such carts as respectively after inspection had by the authority of the council should be found fit for public use and also such carts to be used within the prescribed space in hawking wood or water for sale respectively or both wood and water and also such carts as shall after the like inspection be found fit for such purposes respectively and for every such license there shall be paid to the council granting the same such sum not exceeding twenty shillings as shall with respect to each kind of cart as aforesaid be directed by some regulation in that behalf.

Application for License.

53.—Every such license shall be granted on the written application for the same of the owner or if there be more owners than one of some one owner of the cart to be licensed and in every such application shall be set forth truly the name and surname and place of abode of the applicant and the like shall be set forth in the license when granted and any person who shall wilfully omit from any such application any particular hereby required to be stated therein or who shall wilfully state anything falsely touching any such particular shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

Numbering, etc., of Licenses and Carts.

54.—Every such license shall be numbered so that no two or more licenses granted under this sub-division by the council of any borough shall bear the same number and shall be registered with such number in a registry book to be kept for the purpose and shall be in force for one year only from the date thereof or until the next general licensing day (if any) which shall have been appointed by the council and the owner named in any such license shall cause to be painted or marked and to be kept so painted or marked on some conspicuous place on the right or off side of the cart thereby licensed the name of the borough the council of which shall have granted such license with the number of such license in legible letters and figures one inch in length and of a proportionate breadth and the words "licensed cart" in the like letters and every such owner who shall omit or fail to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings.

Councils to fix Hours for Night-Carts.

55.—In every license granted for any night-cart in addition to the particulars hereinbefore required to be set forth there shall be set forth the hours between which it shall be lawful as here provided that such night-cart be used as such and the places at which it shall be lawful as aforesaid to deposit night soil offal or offensive refuse or matter.

License for Extended Hawking of Wood or Water.

56.—The town clerk of any borough by the council of which any cart (not being a night-cart) shall have been licensed to ply for hire as aforesaid may and shall from time to time upon application by the owner named in such license make and sign with his name without fee or reward an endorsement on such license being still in force authorising during the currency of such license or for such less time as may be stated in such endorsement the use of such cart for the hawking for sale within the prescribed space for the borough of wood or water or of both wood and water and forthwith upon making such endorsement shall make an entry thereof in a proper column of the registry book aforesaid against the entry of such license and every authority so endorsed upon any such license shall while the same shall be in force have the effect of and be deemed for all purposes to be a license of the like tenor granted under this subdivision.