Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-03-14
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACKMEN

| How TO Know WHO THE HICKMAN Is.-All hack.
are required TO be licensed, and 10 have the mum
Der OF their licenses TO be painted in black figure.
of not less than two inches in DEPTH on the from
| and side OF each lamp attached TO such carriage
Or II there be no lamps, the numbers shall be con
| spicuously painted on each side Of the drivers
| box. =
In case any stranger or other person feels him
self aggrieved by any hack-driver, let him obtain
the number of the hack. How TO 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
| nan ................... 25 cents
Over one and a half miles, and not over
Three miles SO /" /,
When detained on route over five min
utes, driver TO be allowed in addi-
ton, for each quarter of an hour de-
ned. ................. 121 g
The above the rates allowed between day.
break and o'clock P. M. After S P. M the rates
Of fare allowed are as follows:
For each passenger for not over one
mile and a half. Observation-Disclosures. 375 cents
For one and 2 half miles, and not over
three miles. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. rs /"
For detentlons, Tor each quarter OF an
hour. 1S3 I"
RIGHTS @F PERSONS HIRING HAcKs-When
more than two persons are in hack the driver is
not permitted to take up another passenger with
out the consent OF persons already in his hack.
When any number of persons employ hack
the driver is not allowed to take up any other pas
senger, provided the occupant will pay him the
fare OF three persons
Hackmen are allowed 10 receive greater com.
pensation than is fixed by law if il be voluntarily
offered by the passenger; but if he receive the
same without informing the passenger tina, 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 passengers rendering them the legal fare unless
10 ptsdf
port passengers offering him the fare, under
penalty Of FIVE dollars.
When hackman shall refuse to take passen.
gers, on the plea Of previous engagement, he is
required to give the name and residence Of the
person by whom he is so engaged, under penalty
OF 1--WE dollars.
lft should appear that the plea of previous
engagement was false one. or that the informa-
ton of the name and residence Of the person given
by the hackman was false, then the hackman
incurs penalty offve dollars.
PENALTY FOR DEMANDING ILLEGAL FARE-Tbe
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 sum allowed by law.
Where illegal fare is demanded or received OF
stranger. any person who shall not at the time
nave resided twelve months in the city, the pen-
atty for SO doing is double, or ten dollars tor each
offence.
SLEicHs.-Ihe rates Of fare and all the other con.
dtions terms, and penalties, prescribed by law for
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply 10 all
sleighs running for hire within the city OF Wash
ingion.
DRivERs.-No person under sixteen years Of age
is allowed by law 10 drive any hack cab, sleigh
Tor hire in this city, under penalty of live dollars
How TO VISDIcATE THE LAw.-Strangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to hackman for
the use Of his vehicle and be refused or who shall
be asked and required 10 pay over and above the
ega rates of fare, will observe the number on the
hack, and Immediately inform the police officer
whose duty il is 10 be in attendance al the depot
That officer will protect the passenger from inpo-
sition secure him hack, and prosecute the Of
Tending hackman.
Any refus al or neglect by the police officer at the
depot to execute the law in this respect he knows
will be followed promptly by his dismissal.
Strangers reaching The depot from steam boats
or other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
will apply TO the police officer in attendance, whose
duty Il is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
be Illegal and if so, to prosecute the offending
haekman.