Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-18
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACKMEN.

| How TO Know WHO THE HAcKMAN Is--An hacks
are required to be licensed, and to have the nun
of not less than two inches in depth, the from,
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-drver, let him obtain
the number of the hack How 10 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 half ....... ....................... 40 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. Ia
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. .........s......... J34 cents,
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles. u
For detentons, for each quarter of an
hour. ........................ lS$
RIaHTs OF PERSONS HIRINa HAcKs.-Whsn
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 a hack
senger, provided the occupant will pay him the
| fare Of three persons.
Hackmen are allowed to receive greater com.
pensation 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 IL
greater than his legal fare, he is guilty Of having
demanded the illegal fare.
In CASES OF REFUSAL BY HAcKMEN TO TAKE Pas
sENcERs-Hackmen are required by law to carry
all passengers rendering them the legal fare unlesa
port passengers offering him the fare, under q
penalty Of 1--WE dollars
When hackman shall refuse to take passen-
gers, on the plea Of previous engagement, he is
required 10 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 a previous
engagement was a false one, or that the informs.
ton ofthe name and residence of the person given
by the hackman was false, then the hackmar
incurs penalty Olive dollars.
PENALTY FOR DEMANDING ILLEeAL FARE--The
penalty for demanding higher rate of fare for the
transportation Of passengers, is five dollars for
each offence and the person paying tho illegai
fare may recover back the amount over and above
the sum allowed by law.
Where illegal fare il demanded or received Of q
stranger, or any person who shall not al the time
have resided twelve months in the city, the pen
atty for so doing is donbie or ten dollars tor each
offence.
SLneHs-The rates of fare and all the other cog
diticns terms, and penalties prescribed by law Tor
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply to gil
sleighs running for hire within the city of Waah
ington.
DRIvKRs--No person under sixteen wears OF axs
is.allowed by law 10 drive any hack, cab or sleigh
for hire In this city, under penalty Of Eve dollars
How TO VINDIcATR THE LAw-Strangers ami
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to hackman 70,
the of his vehicle and be refused, or who shah
be asked and required TO pay over and above the
legal rates Of fare, will observe the number on the
hack, and Immediately inform the police officer
whose duty II is 10 be in attendance tthe 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 at the
depot to execute the law in this respect he knows
will be followed promptly by his dismissal.
Strangers reaching the depot from steamhoa,s
or other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
will apply TO the police officer in attendance, whose
duty II is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and il so, to prosecute the offending
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