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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The Mayor and Council of the City of Washington v. Wheaton.
    The corporation of Washington had authority under the charter of 1802, § 7, to pass a by-law to regulate and license hackney-coaches.
    Appeal from the judgment of William Thornton, a justice of the peace, in an action of debt for penalty of the by-law, for running hacks without license, contrary to the by-law, c. 9.
   The Court

instructed the jury that the corporation had a right and power under their charter of 3d May, 1802, <§> 7, [2 Stat. at Large, 197,] to make such a by-law, and that it was necessary for the defendant to show an actual license.