Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACkMEN.

How TO Know WHO THE HAcKMAN Is.--All hacks
are required 10 be licensed, and 10 have The mum
Der Of their licenses 10 be painted IN black figures
of not less than two inches in depth, on 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, 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
nail 20 cents
Over one and a half miles, and not over
three miles. Observation-Disclosures. %
When detained on route over five min
utes, driver 10 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. .-................. 373 cents
For one and a half miles, and not over
tnree miles. .............-....... 10
For detentions, for each quarter OF an
hour NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lo2
RIeHTs OF PERSONS HIRING HAcKs.-When
more than two persons are in hack the driver IL
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 TO take up any other pas
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 be voluntarily
offered by the passenger; but if he receive the
same without informing the passenger that II IL
aa me e sgs a Are no IS guilty o.
In CASES OF REFUSAL BY HACKMRN TO TAKE Pas
sErGERs.-Hackmen required by law TO carry
all passengers rendering them the legal fare, unless
previously engaged for the time necessary TO trans
port passengers offering him the fare, under .
penalty of five 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.
Fit should appear that the plea of a previous
engagement was false one, that the informa.
ton of the name and residence of the person given
by the hackman was false, then the hackmap
incurs penalty Olive 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 resover back the amount over and above
the sum allowed by law.
Where illegal fare is demanded or received of Q
stranger, or aRy person who shall not al the time
have resided twelve months in the city, the pen
atty for so doing is double, or ten dollars tor each
offence.
SLEIGHs.-The rates of fare and all the other con
0illOnS, terms, ana peHatlcs, prtscrDcu Uy law iof
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply TO all
seighs running for hire within the city of Wash
ington.
DRIvERs-No person under sixteen years of age
Swallowed by law 10 drive any hack, cab, or sleigh
for hire in this city, uader penalty of five dollars
How VNDIcATE THE LAw.-Strangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply to a hacklnan fol-
the use of his vehicle and be refused, who shsl
be asked and required to- pay over and above the
legal Of fare, will observe the number on the
hack, and Immediately inform the police otice'
whose duty il is 10 be in attendance al The depoi
Thai 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 tn.
depot TO execute the law in this respect he knows
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 it is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and if so, TO prosecute the offending
hackman