Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-25
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 TO be painted IN black hgures
Of 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. ..sl-..- s4a t,. 1865 s.
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 il hereafter pointed out.
RATES OF FARE ALLOWED BY LAw.-For each
passenger for any distance not over one mile and
Q half .......... ............. 40 cents.
Over one and half miles, and not over as
three miles .................'s.... oV
When detained on route over five min
utes, driver to be allowed, in addi-
ton, for each quarter Of an hour de-
ned....s..-s.,....,...... LA
The above are the rates allowed between day
break and o'clock p. M Alter 8 +. M. the rates
Of fare allowed are AZ follows:
For each passenger for not over one
mile and q half. .................,. SI3 cents.
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles. ..s.................. 70
For detentions, for each quarter OF an
( hour. lS3
RIeHrs o. 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
inc OIlVeI ~ dAlOWSu W UP uiy otHSi PuS~
senger provided the occupant will pay him the
fire of three persons.
! Hackmen are allowed to receive a greater COM
pcnsaton than is fixed by law if i be voluntarily
offered by the passenger but If ne receive the
same without informing the passenger that il N
greater than his legal fare, he is guilty OF having
demanded the illegal fare. g6 sla
I In CASES OF REFUSAL BY HAcKMKN TO TAKE PAs-
sKNaxRs-Hackmen are required by law to carry
Ill passengers renderngthcm the legal fare unless
previously engaged for the tie necessary TO trans-
port passengers offering him the fare, under
penalty of i've dollars.
When a hackman shall refuse to take passen
gers on the plea Of previous engagement, he Is
required to give the name and residence OF the
perron BY whom he il so engaged, under penalty
Of FIVE dollars.
Ifii should appear that the plea Of previous
engagement was q false one or that the iniorma-
ton Of the name and residence of the person given
by the hackman was false, then the hackman
incurs penalty five dollars.
PENALTY ron DEMANDING ILLEGAL FARE.--The
penalty for demanding higher rate Of fare for the
transportation Of passengers, il five dollars for
each offence and the person paying the illegal
fare may recover back the amount over and above
the sam allowed by law. 1.
Where illegal fare is demanded or received OF
Stranger or any person who shall not at the time
have resided twelve months in the city, the pen.
slty for 90 doing 10 double, or ten dollars for each
offence. fse s5 ek5s rftalbsL.e ,#g
SLKIoHs--The rates OF fare and all the other coz
dions, terms, and penalties, prescribed by law for
the regulation of hackney carriages, apply TO all
slcighs running for hire within tho city OF Wash
ington. r84slff M tt1.. -. 1910 tf
DRrvrRs-No person under sixteen years Of ago
s.allowed by law to drive any hack, cab, or sleigh
for hire in this city under penalty Of five dollars
How TO VxpscArx THE LAw.--Sirangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply TO hackman for
the use Of his vehicle and Be refused, or who shall
10 asked and rsqpired 70 pay over and above the
legal rates Of faze will observe the number on tho
hack, and immediately inform the police oaicer
whose duty Il il 10 be in attendance at the depot.
That oficer viii protect the passenger from impo-
sition, secure him . hack, and prosecute the Of
tending hackmaA- ---s
Amy 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.
Strangsrs reaching the depot from steamboats,
Or other places from whom illegal fare is demanded
viii apply to the police officer In attendance, whose
duty Il is to ascertain whether the fare demanded
Be illegal, and If so, TO prosecute the offending
hickman.