Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-03-03
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACkMEN.

How TO KNOW WHO THE HICKMAN Is.-AD hacks
| are required to be licensed, and to have the nun
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 10 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-driyer, 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
| hall .......... 10 cents
| Over one and half miles, and not over
three miles. 90
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. ................... 37s cents.
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles,. ..........-... 10
For detentions, for each quarter of an
hour.... lS3
RIGHTs 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 a hack
the driver is allowed TO take up any other pas
| senger provided the occupant will pay him the
fare OF three persons.
Hackmen are allowed to receive a greater com.
pensation than is fixed by law il il 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 HAcKMKN TO TAKE Pas
sENGERS-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 a
When hackman shall refuse TO take passen
gers, on the plea Of 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.
lift should appear that the plea of a previous
engagement was a false one, or that the informa-
ton OF the name and residence of the person given
by the hackman was false, then the hackman
ncurs 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 Tor each
offence.
SLKIeHs.-The rates Of fare and all the other cox.
dtions, terms, and penalties, prescribed by law foe
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply to all
sleighs running for hire within the city OF Wash
ington.
DRIvERs.-No person under sixteen years OF ago
swallowed by law TO drive any hack, cab, sleigh
for hire>in this city, under penalty five dollars
How TO VINDIcATK THE LAw--Strangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore ana
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to n hackman for
the Of his vehicle and be refused or who shall
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 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 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 il is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and If so, TO prosecute the offending
hackman.
MARBLE MANTLEs.--Marble works.
1Nl The subscriber bcgs leave to inform his
friends and the public that he has increased his
stock Of Marble Nantes, comprising Sienna,