Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-30
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACkMEN.

| How TO Know WHO THE HICKMAN Is.--All hacks
are required to be licensed, and to have the mum
Der of their licenses 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 driver .
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 to 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
half 20 cents.
Over one and half miles, and not over
three miles %
When detained on route over FIVE min
utes, driver 10 be allowed, in addi-
| 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 rales
| Of fare allowed are follows:
For each passenger Tor not over one
mile and a half. ................... 373 cents.
For one and a half miles, and not over
three niles. 10
For detentions, for each quarter OF an
hour. ...........,..-....s lS4
RIGHrs OF PERSONS HIRING HAcKs.-When
more than two persons are in hack the driver is
not permitted to 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 pas
senger, provided the occupant will pay him tho
fare of three persons.
Hackmen are allowed TO receive greater CON-
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 II ia
greater than his legal fare, he is guilty of having
demanded the illegal fare.
In CASES OF REFUSAL BY HAeKMES TO TAKE Pas
sESeERs-Hackmen are required by law 10 carry
all passengers rendering them the legal fare, unless
previously engaged for the time necessary 10 trans
port passengers offering him the fare, under
penalty of five dollars.
When hackman shall refuse to take passen
gers, on the plea of a 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.
II 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 backman was false, then the hackman
incurs a penalty Of five 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
stranger, or any person who shall not nj the time
have resided twelve months in the city, the PEN
atty for so doing is double, or ten dollars for each
offence.
SLKreHs.-The rates of fare and all the other con.
ditions terms, and penalties prescribed by law for
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply 10 all
sleighs running for hire within the city of Wash
ington.
DRIvERs--No person under sixteen years Of age
Swallowed by law TO drive any hack, cab or sleigh
for hire in this CITY, under penalty OF FIVE dollars
How TO VrNDIcATE THE LAw.-Sirangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore ard
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to a hackman for
the use of his vehicle and be rcfused, or who shall
be asked and required to pay over and above tho
legal rates of fare, will observe the number on the
hack, and Immediately inform the police officer
whose duty it 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 at the
depot to 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
will apply to the police officer in attendance, whose
duty II Is to ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and If so, to prosecute the offending
Ia.