Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-04-21
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACKMEN

| How TO Know WHO THE HAckMAN rs-Aii hacks
are required to be licensed, and TO have the mum
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 10 such carriage
or, II there be no lamps, the numbers shall be con
splcuously 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 10 reach him with
the law is hereafter pointed out.
HATES OF FARE ALLOWED by LAw.-For each
passenger for any distance not over one mile and
nan .......... .................. 20 cents
over one and a half miles, and not over
three miles. 80 !"
When detained on route over five min
utes, driver 10 be allowed in addi-
ton, for ea3h quarter of an hour de-
ned. 49,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 124 /"
The above are the rates allowed between day.
break and S 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 hall. 371 cents
For one and a half miles, and not over
three miles. Observation-Disclosures. 10 u
For deenions, for each quarter of an
hour.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1S4
RreHrs OF PERSONS HIRING HAcKs.-When
more than two persons in hack the driver is
not permitted TO take up another passenger with
out the consent ofpersons already in his hack.
When any number of persons employ hack
senger provided the occupant will pay him the
fare OF three persons.
Hackmen are allowed 10 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 passengersrenderng them the legal fare, unless
previously engaged for the lime necessary 10 trans
port passengers offering him the fare, under a
penalty OF FIVE dollars.
When hackman shall refuse 10 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 five dollars
Ifit should appear that the, plea of previous
engagement was false one, or that the informal
ton OF the name and residence of The person given
by The hackman was false, then the hackman
incnrs penalty offve 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 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 doing is double, or ten dollars for each
offence.
SLEIGHs.-The rates of fare and all the other con-
ditlons, 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.
DRIvERs--No person under sixteen years of age
is allowed by law to drive any hack, cab, or sleigh
for hire in this city, under penalty Olive dollars.
How TO VINDicATE THE LAw.-Sirangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply TO a hackman Tor
the use Of his vehicle and be refused, or who shall
be asked and required 10 pay over and above the
legal rates of fare, will observe the number on The
hack, and Immediately inform the police ofhcer
whose duty il is 10 be in attendance al the depot
That officer will protect the passenger from impo-
sition, secure him hack, and prosecute the OIL
Tending hackman
Any refusal or neglect by the police officer at the
depot 10 execute the law IN this respect he knows
will be followed promptly by his dismissal.
Strangers reaching The 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 So TO prosecute the offending
hackman.