In default of payment of tolls, licensees' carriages may be detained and sold
27 In default of payment of tolls, licensees' carriages may be detained and sold
If on demand any licensee fail to pay the tolls due in respect of any passengers carried in any carriage, it shall be lawful for the promoters, to whom the same are payable, to detain and sell such carriage, or if the same shall have been removed from tramway or premises of such promoters or lessees, to detain and sell any other carriages on such tramway or premises belonging to such licensee, and out of the moneys arising from such sale, to retain the tolls payable as aforesaid, and all charges and expenses of such detention and sale, rendering the overplus (if any) of such moneys, and such of the carriages as shall remain unsold, to the person entitled thereto.
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