Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-07-10
REGULATIONS CONCERNING HACKS
AND HACKMEN.


How TO Know WHO THE HAcEmAEIs.-Al hack
are required 10 be licensed, and 10 have the mum
ber of their licenses 10 be painted IN black figures
/ OF not less than two inches in depth, on the from
| and side Of each lamp attached 10 such carriage
! or, if there be no lamps, the numbers shall he con
| spicuousy painted on each side Of the driver,
! box.
In case any stranger or other person fce!s him
self aggrieved by any hack-drver, lei him obtain
the number Of the hack. How TO reach him with
the law is hereafter pointed OUT
| RATES OF FARE ALLOWED BY LAw.-tor each
passenger for any distance not over one mile and
| haii ..........-..,.....,-. 50 cents
| over one and a half miles, and not over
thrce miles es............. ..'...'. ~
| When detained on route over five min-
utes, driver to be allowed, in add-
tion, for each quarter Of an hour de-
ned. ......... .....--..... ia
The above are the rates allowed between day
break and S o'clock p. M. After p. M. the rates
| of fare allowed as follows:
For each passenger for not over one
mile and half. o73 cents
For one and half miles, and not over
three miles. 10
For detentlons, for each quarter OF an
hour. ......... ............. lot
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 not allowed TO take up any other pas
senger, provided the occupant will him the
fare ofthree persons.
Hackmen are allowed to receive greater com
pensation than is fixed by law if it be voluntarily
offered by the passenger; but if he receive the
same without informing the passenger that II is
greater than his legal fare, he is guilty OF having
demanded the illegal fare.
In CASES OF REFUSAL BY HACKMEN TO TAKE PAS
ssNaERs-Hackmen are required by law 10 carry
dar fh..n he lapa unless
previously engaged for the time necessary 10 trans
port passengers offering him the fare, under
penalty of five dollars.
When hacknan shall refuse TO take passen-
gers, on the plea of previous engagement, he is
required 10 give the name and residence oi the
person by whom he is so engaged, under penalty
OF npe dollars.
Ifit should appear that the plea of previous
engagement was a 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 OF five dollars.
PENALTY FOR DEMANDING ILLEGAL FARE.-Ihe
penalty for demanding higher rate OF fare for the
transportation of passengers, is hive dollars foI
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 a
stranger, or any person who shall not al the tme
have resided twelve months IN the city, the pen
atty for so doing is double, or ten dollars TOR each
offence.
SLErsHs.-The rates of fare and all the other con-
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.
DRIvERs--No person under sixteen years OF age
is allowed by law 10 drive any hack, cab, or sleigh
for hire in this city, under penalty offve dollars
How TO VINDIcATE THE LAw.-Strangers and
others arriving in the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who shall apply 10 hackman Tor
the use of his vehicle and be refused, or who shall
be aSSed and required TO pay over and above the
legal rates of fare, will observe the number on the
hack, and Immediately inform the pohce officer
whose duty il is 10 be in attendance at the depot.
That officer will protect the passenger from impo-
stion, secure him hack, and prosecute the Of
Tending hackman.
Any refusal or neglect by the police officer at the
depot 10 execute the law in this respect he knows
viii 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 il is 10 ascertain whether the fare demanded
be illegal, and if so, TO prosecute the offending
hackman.