Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-10
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACKMEN.

How TO Know WHO THE HAcKMAN Is.--All hacks
are required TO be licensed, and 10 have the num-
Der Of their licenses TO be painted in black figures
Of not less than two inches in DEPTH on the front
and side Of each lamp attached to such carriage
or, if 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
a nan .........:.::..:.'.. ;'......' 40 Gents
Over one and half miles, and not over
three miles. ...................... %
When detained on route over five min
utes, driver TO be allowed, in addi-
ton, for each quarter Of an hour de-
ne La
The above are the rates allowed between day
break and o'clock p. M. After p. M the rates
of fare allowed are as follows:
For each passenger for not over one
mile and half. .................. 373 cents.
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10
For detentions, for each quarter OF an
nour... .........'..,...'...,. io$
RIeHTs OF PRISONS HIRING HAcKs.-When
more than two persons are in a 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 q 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 il 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 HAcKMKN TO TAKE Pas
sRNeERs.-Hackmen are required by law to carry
all passengers rendering them the legal fare, unless
previously engaged for the time necessary TO trans
port passengers offering him the fare, under a
penalty Of Eve dollars.
When a hackman shall refuse to take passen.
gers, on the plea Of previous engagement, he il
person by whom he is 30 engaged, under penalty
Of five dollars.
Ifit should appear that the plea Of previous
engagement was q false one, or that the informa-
ton of the name and residence Of the person given
by the hackman was false, then the hackman
PENALTY ron DEMANDING ILLReAL FARR-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 sum 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 months in the city, the PEN
atty for so doing is DOUBLE or ten dollars for each
offence.
nc Ihter VI ihfc anu III inc otnef COH-
dtions, terms, and penalties prescribed by law for
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply to all
sleighs running for hire within the city Of Wash
ington.
DRvrns.-No person under sixteen years Of age
isallowed by law TO drive any hack, cab, sleigh
for hire in this city, under penalty Olive dollars
How TO VIrDicArE THE LAw.-Strsngers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to a hackmsn TO-.
the use Of his vehicle and be refused or who mali
be asked and required to pay over and Above tbe
legal rates of fare will observe the nu.nber on the
hack, and Immediately inform tbs police offcer
whose duty il is 10 be in attendance AT the depot.
That officer viii protect the passenger from inpo.
sition, secure him hack, and prosecute the Of
tending hackman.
Any refusal 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 steamboats,
Dr. other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
will apply to the police officer in attendance whose
iuty II is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
'e illegal, and II so, to prosecute the offending
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