Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-02-22
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACkMEN

| How TO Know WHO THE HAcKMAN Is.-All hack.
1 are required 10 be licensed, and to have tho mum
Der OF ller licenses 10 be painted in black figures
| Of not less than two inches in depth on the from
and side OF each lamp attached 10 such carriage
or, II there be no lamps, The numbers shall be
| spicnousy painted on each side Of the driver,
| box.
! lncaSe any stranger or other person feels him
self agsreved by any hack-driver, 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 miie and
naii .-......... -. 20 cents
| Over one and half miles and not over
ihrcG miles 10 !"
/ When detained on route over live min
! utes, driver TO be allowed. in addi-
| ton, for each quarter Of an hour de-
| ned. .......... 121 =
| The above are the rates allowed between day
break and S O'Clock p. NJ. After S p. M. the rates
| of fare allowed are as follows:
| For each passenger for not over one
mile and hail.. 3Tt cents
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 70 g
ror detentions, tor each quarter OF an
nOuf. ......- ............ lS2 =
RIGHTS OF PERSONS HIRING HAcKs.-When
more than two persons are in hack the driver is
not permitted 10 take up another passenger with.
out the consent ofpersons already in his hack
When any number OF persons employ hack
the driver is allowed TO take up any other pas.
senger provided the occupant will pay him the
fare OF three persons
Hackmen are allowed to receive greater com.
pensaton than is fixed by law if il be voluntarily
offered by the passenger; but if he receive the
same without Informing the passenger that il Is
greater than his legal fare, he is guilty of having
demanded the illegal fare.
IN CASES OF Refusal BY HAcKMEN TO TAKE PAS
sENGERs--Hackmen are required by law to carry
all Ans tltat
previously engaged for the time neces sary 10 trans
port passengers Offering him the fare, under
penalty OF five dollars.
When a hackman shall refuse to take passeu-
gers, on the plea OF previous engagement, he is
required 10 give the name and residence of the
person by whom he is so engaged, under penalty
OF five dollars.
If should appear that the plea Of previous
engagement false one or that the informa-
ton of The name and residence Of the person given
by tho hackman was false, then the hackman
incurs a penalty ofivc dollars.
PENALTY FOR DEMANDING ILLEGAL FARE--The
penalty for demanding higher rate of fare for the
transportation OF passengers, is five dollars for
each offence; and the person paying the illegal
fare may recover back the amount over and above
the sun allowed by law.
Where illegal fare is demanded or received of a
stranger. or any person who shall not at the time
have resided twelve moaths in the city, the pen
atty for so doing is double, dollars for each
offence. fst
SLEtcHs-The rates Of fare and all the other con-
ditions terms, and penalties prescribed BY law for
the regulation Of hackney carriages. apply to all
sleishs running for hire within the city OF Wash
ington.
DRrvERs--No person under sixteen years Of age
Is allowed by law TO drive any hack, cab, or sleigh
Tor hire IN this city under penalty OF 1--WE dollars,
How TO V1NDlcATE THE LAw.--Strangers ana
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore ano
Ohio railroad, who shall apply 10 hackman ior
the use Of his vehicle and be refused, or VINO snai'
be asked and required TO pay over and above the
legal rates oil fare. will observe the number on The
hack, aud Immediately inform the police officer
whose duty |, is TO be in attendance al the depot.
That officer will protect the passenger from ipPo-
si,ion, secure him a hack, and prosecute the Of
Tending hackman.
Any refii al or neglect by the police officer al the
demo, 10 execute The law in this respect he knows
will be followed promptly by his dismissal.
strangers reaching tho depot from steamboats,
or other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
win apply TO The police officer in attendance whose
duty il is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and if 70, TO prosecute the Offending
hickman.