Washington sentinel., 1855-02-11
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACkMEN.

| How TO KNOW WHO THE HAcKMAN Is.--All hacks
are rec ured to be licensed, and 10 have tho mum
Der Of their licenses 10 be painted in black figures
OF not less than two inches in depth, 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, lei him obtain
/ the number Of the hack. How 10 reach him with
! the law is hereafter pointed out.
RATES FARE ALLOWED BY LAw.-For each
passenger for any distance not over one mile and
/ a hall 20 ceuts.
| Over one and half miles, and not over
three miles 30
When detained on route over FIVE min
utes, driver 10 be allowed, in addi-
ton, for each quarter Of an hour de-
n ed. 1T
The above are the rates allowed between day
break and o'clock p. M Afler i. NJ. the rstes
of fare allowed ere as follows:
For each passenger for not over one
mile and half. .................... 37l cents,
For one and a half miles, and not over
three miles,. 70
For detentons, for each quarter Of an
hour. ...........-........-. ls1
RreHrs OF PKRsoas HIRNe HAoKs-When
more than two persons are in a hack the driver Is
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 70 take up any other pas.
senger, provided the occupant will pay him the
fare OF three persons.
Hackmen are allowed 10 receive a greater COM
pensation than is fixed by law if it 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
sEEeKRs-Hackmen are required by law 10 carry
all passengers rendering them the legal fare unless
previously engaged for the time necessary trans
port passengers offering him the fare, under
penalty Of FIVE dollars.
When hsckman 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 be is so engaged, under penalty
OF five dollars
III should appear that the plea OF previous
engagement was false one, that the inforrla-
ion OF the name and residence of the person given
by the hackman was false, then the hackman
incurs penalty OF FIVE dollars
PENALTY FOR DEMANDING ILLEGAL FaRK-The
penalty for demanding higher rate of fare for the
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 NJ the time
have resided twelve months in the city the pen.
atty for doing is double ten dollars for each
offence.
SLKreHs.-The rates OF fare and all the other coz-
ditions, terms, and penalties, prescribed by law for
the regulation OF hackney carriages, apply 10 all
seighs running for hire within the city Of Wash
ington
DRIvERs.-No person under sixteen years of sgs
s.allowcd by law TO drive any hack cab, or sleigh
for hire in this city, under penalty Olive dollars
How TO VISDioArS THK LAw.-Strangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore an1
Ohio railroad, who shall apply 10 a hackman for
the use Of his vehicle and be refused, who shat
be asked and required TO pay over and above the
legal rates Of fare, will observe the number the
hack, and Immediately inform the police ofhcer
whose duty Il is TO be in attendance AT the depot.
That officer will protect the passenger from impo-
sition, secure him hack, and prosecute the OF.
Tending hackman.
Any refusal or neglect by the police officer al the
depot to execute the law in this respect he knows
will be followed promptly by his dismissal.
Strangers reaching the depot from siea boats
or other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
will apply 10 the police officer in attendance whose
duty IL IS TO ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and If so, to prosecute the offending
hackman.