The New York herald., 1872-10-18
HACK AND CAB Law.
What the Law Requires OF
Hack and Cab Drivers.
Rates of Fares and Protec-
tion for Passengers.
What Passengers May Demand
from Hack Drivers.

from Hack Drivers.
The following abstract Of the revised ordinances
Is the law at present in force In relation to hack
ney coaches and cabs:-
THE MAYOR AND THE LICENSES
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so as ne shall think
woke all any Of the said licenses wy anu - ~
oUALIFIcArIoNs FOR OBTAINING LICENSE.
SSs good % horses
COST OF LICENSE.
city each hacfnsey s coach &C 'Ss Ss
ONLY LICENSED DRIVERS ALLOWED TO DRIVE.
No owner Of any hackney coach carriage cab shall
carriage 81 gap who not licensed shsi owner
Carriage or than a!Se Se
which he licensed, under the penalty Of $40 every
THE WEARING OF THE BADGE
the t,yE sSs h
ar any @ coach carriage ri shall be
any Of Steamboat or other landings or railroad dc.
wsps ss IT. IN
badge IN Ss hs form % Of shield to be made Of German
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aS$'s Se5S hss nsa
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p And be it further resolved that the Mavor be- and
as he may deem proper for the accommodation q the
PRESENTING A CARD TO PASSENGERS
driver Of any such coach carriage or cab shall
Gnca saa IS. shall Isssy printed license
saSs Or Ssnss as
ha a Of ss s
Of any steamboat ship railroad
sSaS such 3a am
IN os s91as @ ns
visions of this ordinance. -
RATES AND PRICES or FARE.
For conveying passenger any distance not exceeding
danc oa nse g. W the
Gsii additional 'iss s
%s
sa s the and
retafnns % y cen 0' every Au''''0nai passenger
NAMING Sos to M g. ia and
ADDITIONAL passenger. dity cents '0' ''''s
sHa
S. 59 e ns sS rs SrSSss S %S
Gae S n9yess to Kings Kin bridge
t9r the use Of hackney coach carriage by the day.
& For the use q hacknsy carriage by the hour
from place to place and stopping often may be
Sss So where M re the hiring Of
children iSfesn en- YEARS f of age
aasnss sah % % rxsr shall be
oe allowed % After the rate OF cents an hour
sFiss Field sp ~ When @ S1sSa CHARGES
ui , ior the necessary detention and returning
Every driver a hackney coach carriage or
addition % the person. %PSn Or per eis
Se 50 e do sr eas
or
an 5 T eesae Ss ] he sa be entitled to
BE- Sv G as to price the
The owner OF any hackney coach carriage not
or sssvG S any pax for the he
anne1 ass and prcss fnrs shall Be
ter at the time such passenger may be conveyed in
The owner or driver Of any hackney carriage
shall not be sntted 70 receive any pay from person
rates than he be authorized receive as aforesaid
PENALTY FOR ASKING ExoRBlrANT FARE.
sSaea Or Ss ss
So S
ally sefa coach or carriage
OF THE REGULATING AND NUMBERING OF HACKS
stands Sersnser desisnaeS d.
the nos % or sSe ~Ss o @ or ne s place other
marked and numbered in the following that Is to
fhs number Of the license Of the thereof shall be
Il ~ Length and SIDE
SG5s ths psce o nc
pnIed S Inc Sc as shall be dcsgnated and
HACKS AT NIGHT.
in e a H0f Sy or when Sn used
part Of the outside thereof two lighted lamps with pain
glass fronts % and sides and having the the
in plain sgSIc s g,rs a. least inches length and
s9 mach q 2 M lamps Sn
COACH may De standing driving.
PRINTED ADDRESS ON THE INSIDE OF HACKs
sa be nea IN csS sSfy nasrs
any any person IN ;hc same card containing the
third article Of this e%per ,s lprss prned Tpa %
plain. iegiblc characters. f'''A -
EXHIBITING CARDS TO PASSENGERS.
driver or owner ef such hackney coach
ety when soad or % DC S IN
toned and described in the preceding section
REFUSING TO CONVEY PASSENGERS
1 arsF the oa erse or
oRe or M s snS 1 or FOR " a
or s e Sew
bis being sppsd mat purpose and and oaA on the S
sss n sSf $ sl ss
sy @ s ssss Ss g t such place a she they
other person persons such coach carriage or cab
Ies or him. G G
or o. $o Tor M each @ and every refusal neglect offence to
any such hackney coach, carriage cab.
SEEKING FARES
No person. whether driver or owner, of any hackney
coach, carriage, cab or accommodation stage coach,
wnne waiting Tor employment ~ either OF the public
samas or al any stand that may hereafter be made,
any steamboat landing other landing shall snap or
flourish his whip, leave such coach carriage cab or
accommodation stage coach, and 20 board Of any
steamboat or other vessel.
purpose OF looking for employment such coach car.
.rage or cab or accommodation coach, under
penalty Of $40 for each and every offence be sued ior
and recovered from the owner driver thereof
rally and respectively.
GIVING INFORMATION TO FARES.
Every owner driver, person ha-lng charge of any
hackney coach carriage, shall upon being requested
to give to any person or persons the number of his
coach the name OF the thereof aud his place
abode the name Of the driver thereof and his place
abode and In default thereof shall forfeit and the
OF $40 DO sued and recovered the
or driver OF such coach, seyeray and respectively
{, SOLICITING PERSONS IN THE PUBLIC STREETS
No person shall solicit request shall the licensed
owner driver OF any hackney COACH carriage cab