Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-12-08
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
ie ,3s AND HACKMEN

How TO Know WHO THE HAcKmAN Is.--All hacks
are required TO be licensed, andsto 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 to such carriage
or if there be no lamps, the numbers shall be con
spicuously painted on each side of the driver's
box. 5pi fs.@ bFF ssfsa
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 ont. a.S M 3nst3
n RATES or FARx ALLOWED BY LAw.-For each
passenger for any distance not over one mile and
a half =. $3.50. .............. IS cents.
Over one and half miles, and NOT over 1si sss
three mules. ........ .............s 80 8" Fl
When detained on route ovcrfve min
n utes, driver 10 be allowed, in add- lr as
uon, for each quarter of an hour de- i15
ned. 80. ........ f2l
" The above are the rates allowed between day.
break and o'clock P. M. After 8 n M.the rates
Of fare allowed are as follows: a
For each passenger for NOT over one
! mile and q half ........,..... 37l cenfs
For one and a half miles, and not over
three miles ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS
ror detention, for each quarter of an
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Isl
RIeHTs OF PKRsons HRNe HAoxs.--When
more than two persons are in a hack the driver Is
not permitted 10 take up another passenger with
out the consent ofpersons already in his hack.
u When any number of persons employ a hack
the driver is not allowed TO take up any other pas
senger, provided the occupant will pay him the
Hackmen are allowed TO receive a greater com
pensation than is fixed by law If II be voluntarily
offered by the passenger; but il he receive the
same without informing the passenger that IL is
greater than hislega fare, he is guilty of having
demanded the Illegal fare. 4iaeSl,
In CASES oR REFUsAL BY HAcKMKN TO TAKE Pass
sENcKRss-Hackmenn are required by law 20 carry
all passengers rendering them The legal fare, unless
previously engaged for the time necessary
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penalty Of FIVE dollars rf H
When hackman shall refuse 20 take passen-f
gers, on the plea Of previous engagement, he is
required 10 give the name and residence Of the
person BY whom he is 30 engaged, under penalty
Ifit should appear that the plea Of previous
engagement was false one, or that the informs-
ton OF the name and residence Of the person given
by the hickman was false, then the hackman
incurs penalty Of five dollars. rs iea ied i1
FINALLY FOR DEMANDING ILLEeAL FArK.--The-
penalty for demanding higher rate OF fare for the
transportation Of passengers, Ii FIVE dollars for
each offence and the person paying the Illegal
rare may recover back the amount over and above
Where Illegal fare 10 demanded or received Of
stranger, OF any person who shall not AZ the time
have resided twelve months In the city the PEN
atty for 80 doing is double or ten dollars for each
SIueHs-The rates offare and all the other con.
dt'cns terms and penalties, prescribed by law for
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply 70 all
sieighs running for hire within the city OF Wash
ingfon. a. '5lagIlIlGs II ~
pRrvERs.-No person under sixteen year, OF ass 6
isallowed by law 10 drive any hack, cab. or sleieh
for hire in this city, under penalty Of Ave doaYe
How TO VIrD1ckTr THE LAws--Sfraneers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to a hacknan for
the use Of his vehicle and be efsed. or who shall
be asked and required 10 pay over and above the
legal raies OF fare, Will observe the number on the
naek, ana immediately inform the police officer
whose duty Il is 10 be In attendance at the depot.
nat officer will protect the passenger from iInpo-
sition, secure him a hack, and prosecute the OF
Tending hackman. 500 ll18I.i 1es.,
Any refusal or neglect by the police officer Mt the
depot TO execute the law in this respect he knows
Will be followed promptly by his dismissaL
strangers reaching the depot from steamboats,
Of other places from whom illegal fare s demanded
Will apply 70 the police ofcerin attendance whose
duty II is TO ascertain whether the fare demanded 4
q illegal and If 30, 70 prosecute The offending
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