Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-05
CONCERSaRG HACKS
AND HACK MEN

| How TO Know WHO THE HACK MAN IS.--All hacks
required 10 be licensed, and 10 have the mum.
Der of their licenses TO be painted In black figures
of not less than two inches in dcpih ON the front
and side Of each lamp attached I, such carriage;
or, ifshere be no lamps, the nun,bers shall be Goa
| spcuousy painted each side OF the drivers
box.
In case any stranger or other person feels him.
self aggrieved by any hack -drvcr let him obtain
the number Of the hack. How 10 reach HIM With
the law is hereafter pointed out.
RATES OF FARE ALLOWED BY LAw.-For each
passenger for any distance not over one mile and
! half .................... 10 cents.
| Over one and q half miles, and not over
three miles. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ou
When detained on route over five tnin-
utes, driver 10 be allowed, in add.
ton, for each quarter OF an hour de-
n ed. .................. III
The above are the rates allowed between day.
| break and O'Clock p. M. After p. Nj. the rates
OF fare allowed are as follows:
For each passenger for mol over one
mile and half. ...........-....... 37a cents.
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles. ...................... 70
For detenlions, for each quarter OF an
hour. lSz
RisHrs PERSONS HIRING HAcKs-Whep
more than two persons in hack the driver is
moi permitted TO take up another passenger with
out the consent OF persons already in bis hack.
When any number of persons employ hack
the driver is moi allowed to take up any other pas
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fare OF three persons.
Hackmen are allowed to receive greater com.
pensation than is fixed by law il il bs voluntarily
offered by the passenger but II he receive the
same without informing The passenger that il is
greater than his legal arc, he is guilty Of having
demanded the Illegal fare.
In CASES OF REFUSAL BY HAcKMEN TO TAKE Pas.
sryGERs.-Hackmen are required by law 10 carry
all passengers renderingthem The legal fare, unless
previously engaged for the time necessary
port passengers offering him the fare, under
penalty of Eve dollars
When hackman shall refuse 10 take pessen.
gers, on the plea Of a previous engagement, be Is
required 10 give the name and residence of the
person by whom be is so engaged, under penalty
Of Eve dollars.
Iii should appear that tho plea Of previous
engagement was false one, or that the iniorina.
ton OF the name and residences OF the person given
by the heckman was false, then tas hsckmap
incurs penalty OF five doiars.
PENALTY FOR DEMANDING ILLEGAL FhRE.--The
penalty for demanding higher rate Of fare for the
transportation oil passengers, is five dollars for
each offence and the person paying the illegal
fare may recover back che amount over and above.
the sum allowed by law.
Where Illegal fare is demanded or received Of n
stranger. er any person who shall moi al the tma
have resided twelve months in the city, the ZEN
atty for so doing is doabs, or ten dollars for each
offence.
SLEIGHs.-The rates of fare aud all tho other con.
driions, terms, and penalties prescribed by law for
the regulation oil hackney carriages, apply to- ali
sleighs running for hire within tho city OF Wash
ington
DRiyrns.-No person under sixteen years Of egs
i-allowed by law TO drive any hack, cab, or sleigh
Tor hire in this city, under penalty of tive dollars
How TO ViNpIcATE THE LAw.--Strngers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to hsckmsn for
The use OF his vehicle and be refused or who shall
be asked and required 10 pay over and above the
legal rates OF tare, will observe the Number on tbs
mack, and immediately inform the police officer
whose duty II - 10 be In attendance at the de pot
That ofiicer viii protect the passenger from in,po-
si,iou, secure him hack, and prosecute the OIL
Tending hackman.
Any refusal or neglect by the police officer a, the
depot 10 execute the law in this respect he knows
VIII be followed promptly by his dismissal.
strangers reaching the depot from steamboats,
or other places from whom illegal fare Is demanded
viii apply TO the police officer IN aite enhance WHOSE
duty Il Is TO ascertain whether the fare demanded
be Illegal, aud II so, 10 prosecute the Offending
hackman.