Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-09
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACKMEN

How TO KNOW WHO THE HACKMAN is.-AH 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 10 such cerriagc
or, If there be no lamps, the numbers shall W
spicuousy painted on each side OF the driver .
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In case any stranger other person feels NM
self aggrieved by any hdck-Griver, let him obtain
the number of the hack. How to reach him with
the law is hereafter pointed out.
RATES FARE ALLOWED BY LAw.-For each
| passenger for any distance not one mile and
a half ............ rs cents.
Over one and half miles, and not over
| three miles %
| When detained on route over five min
utes, driver TO be allowed, in add
ton, for each quarter of an hour de-
| ned. I23
The above are the rates allowed between day.
break and S O'Clock p NJ. After 5 +. M the rates
OF fare allowed are as follows:
/ For each passenger for not over one
mile and a half. ........,........ 375 SCENTS.
| For one and half miles, and not
three miles, ..................... 70
! For detentions, for each quarter of an
i hour. ......... .................. 1SS
RIGHTS @F PERSONS HIRING HACKS.-When
more than two persons in hack the driver i
not permitted 10 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 10 take up any other pcs.
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fare OF three persons.
Hacknen are allowed to receive greater CON,
pensaton than is fixed by law II il be voluntarily
offered by the passenger; but il he receive tie
same without informing the passenger that i is
greater than his legal fare, he j. guilty ~ hnviu.
demanded the illegal fare.
IL CASES or REFUSAL BY HACNAE> - rAKg Pas
SING RRs-Hackmen are required by law 10 cary
all passengers rendering them the legal fare unle
previously engaged for the tin4e necessary to trans
he far md
penalty of five dollars.
When hackman shall refuse to take pas ser
gers, on the plea Of previous engagement he j.
required 10 give the name and residence OF the
person by whom he is so engaged, under penalty
of FIVE dollars
IL should appear that the plea OF a previous
engagement was false one, that the informa
ton ofthe name and residence of the person given
by the hackman false then the hackmar
incurs penalty OF FIVE dollars.
PENALTY FOR DEMANDING ILLEGAL FAEE-Tnt.
penalty Tor demanding higher rate of fare foc th.
transportation OF passengers, is five dollar, tor
each offence; and the person paying the ILLEGAL
fare may recover back the amount over and alloy.
the sum allowed by law.
Where illegal fare is demanded or received 81 o
stranger, or any person who shall not M the tme
have resided twelve months in the CITY, the pen.
atty tor so doing j. double ten dollars tor each
offence.
SLEeHs.-The rates oil fare and all the other con.
ditions, terms, and penalties, prescribed by law for
the regulation of hackney carriages, apply to all
sleighs running for hire within the city of Wash.
iugton.
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 Of FIVE dollars
How TO VINDfoArE THE LAw.-Strangers and
others arriving IN the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to n hnckman for
the use OF his vehicle and be refused or who shall
be asked and required to pay over aud above the
legal rates OF fare, will observe the number on the
hack, and Immediately inform the police officer
whose duty Il u 10 be in attendance al the depot.
That officer will protect the passenger from inipu
sItlon, secure him hack, add prosecute the Of
tending hackman.
Any refusal or neglect by the police officer al thr
depot to execute the law in this respect he know ;
will be followed promptly by his dismissal
Strangers reaching the depot from steamboat,
or other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
will apply TO the police officer in attendance whose
duty II is TO ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and Il 50, to prosecute the offending
haokman.