Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-19
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACkMEN

How TO Know WHO THE HACK MAN Is.-All hacks
are required TO 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 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-driver, 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 Observation-Disclosures. IS cents.
| Over one and a half miles, and not over
three miles 80
| When detained on route over five min
uies, driver TO be allowed, in addi-
ton, for each quarter Of an hour de-
ned. l24
The above are the rates allowed betweeh day.
| break and O'Clock p. NJ After S p. Nj. the ra,es
of fare allowed are as follows:
For each passenger Tor not over one
mile and a half. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 37S cents.
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles,. -...-............-... 10
For detentons, for each quarter of an
hour. lS7
RIeHTs OF PERSONS HIRING HAcKs.-When
more than two persons in hack the driver is
not permitted TO take up another passenger with
out the consent of persons already in his hack.
When any lumber of persons employ hack
the driver is moi allowed TO take up any other pas
-engcr, provided the occupant will pay him tho
fare of three persons.
Hackmen are allowed TO receive n 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 il 10
greater than his legal fare, he is guilty of having
demanded the illegal fare.
In CASES OF REFUSAL BY HAcKMEs TO TAXI Pas
sEreRRs.--Hackmen are required by law TO carry
all passengers rendering them the legal fare, unless
previously engaged for the time necessary trans
port passengers offering him the fare, under a
penalty of five dollars.
When n hackman 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 he is so engaged, under penalty
Of five dollars.
Iii should appear that the plea OF a previous
engagement was false one, or that the informa-
ton ofthe name and residence Of the person given
by the hackman was false then the hackman
ncurs penalty of five dollars
PENALTY ron DEMANDING IIIEeAL 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 doing is double, or ten dollars for each
offence.
SLEIeHs.-Thc rates OF fare and all the other Goa
ditions, terms, and penalties, prescribed by law for
the regulation Of hackney carriages, apply to all
seighs running for hire within the city Of Wash
ington
DRvERs.-No person under sixteen years Of aqn
Swallowed by law to drive any hack cab, or sleigh
for hire in this CITY, under penalty Olive dollars
How TO VINDIcATE THE LAw.--Strangers arS
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore aud
Ohio railroad, who shall apply TO a hackman for
the use 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 olicer
whose duty il il 10 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
viii be followed promptly by his dismissal
Strangers reaching the depot from steamboats,
or other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
viii apply 10 the police officer in attendance whose
duty u is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
be Illegal, and If SO, to prosecute the offending
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