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| wait near by to take place thereat-
Sec. 3. In all cases where hacks congre-
| gate for the purpose of conveying passen-
| gers. or other purposes, such as receptions.
| balls. theatres, concerts. or private parties.
! or any other place whatever, all such.
| both in delivering and taking up their Oc-
| cupants. or those using them, shall keep
| the curb at the right hand and while wait
| ing the hacks shall be so arranged in not
| more than two ranks on each side Of the
| street and parallel Herewith. so as to facil-
itate their coming up in proper direction
! when called for. and for this purpose a
space of at least twenty feet shall be left
clear in the middle Of the street. and along
the curb at the entrance to the building or
place where any such assembly is had. In
the case Of street containing one or more
car tracks. the ranks of waiting hacks
shall be so arranged as to leave at least
four feet in the clear outside the tracks.
Sec. TO- Every driver of a hack located on
a public stand. or engaged at any recep-
ton, ball. theatre. concert, or private
party, or any ether place whatever. as here
inbefore provided. shall conduct himself in
a seemly and orderly manner. and refrain
from loud or boisterous talking. or other
conduct of a disorderly character. and
shall. in the exercise of his business. obey
and conform to the demands and directions
of any member of the Metropolitan Police
Force OF the District.
Sec. II. The marketmaster of the whole
sale market shall assign. under such reg
ulations as shall be established by the
Commissioners. spaces or stands on the
sidewalk next to the curb on the south
side of north B Street between Tenth and
Twelfth Streets west, in the city of Wash
ington. to farmers and gardeners who
bring farm produce of their own raising
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son or persons shall sell. or offer for sale.
or expose for sale from such spaces or
stands any farm or garden produce with
out first having had a space so assigned to
him or them for that purpose. to be cvi-
denced by a written permit signed by
the marketmaster of the wholesale mar
ket. That no person not 4 farmer or
gardener raising the produce sold by him,
shall be permitted to sell on said designat-
ed places; that the space to be assigned
shall not be more than IS necessary and
sufficient for the accommodation of one
wagon: that each farmer or gardener oc-
cupying any one OF said spaces shall each
day before leaving the same sweep and
clean the sidewalk and the street to
distance of twelve feet from the curb line
thereof and remove therefrom all deposits,
dirt and litter and any produce which
shall have accumulated or been placed
thereon during his occupancy Of such space.
Sec. IL. That so much as may be neces-
sary of the west half of Sixth Street from
the south building line of B Street north
west to the line of the south wall of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com
pany's station building. be. and the same
is hereby. designated and set apart as a
stand for omnibuses of licensed hotels; and
so much of the west half of said street
from the line Of said south wall to the line
of the south end of the train shed as may
not be required for the convenient trans
action of public business. pertaining to or
connected with said railroad station, and
including the receiving, handling. and de-
livery of the mails. baggage. express and
freight. is hereby designated as a stand
for hacks and vehicles plying for hire; the
north one-half of the space SO allotted to
hacks and vehicles plying for hire shall be
for the sole use of the cabs. carriages. and
other vehicles of the Baltimore and Po-
tomac Railroad Company engaged in car
rying passengers to and from its station.
Sec. 13. That so much Of the south half
of B street north frcm the line of the
west wall OF the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company's station building. wes-
terly to point distant enc hundred and
sixty feet therefrom as may be necessary
to accommodate a double line of vehicles.
placed parallel with the curb be and the
same is hereby designated and located as a
stand for hacks and vehicles plying for
hire; provided however that the EASTERN
most Cne hundred feet in length OF said
space by its entire width is hereby set
apart for the sole use Of the cabs. car
rilges. and other vehicles CT the said rail-
road company engaged in carrying passen-
gers to and frCm its station.
Sec. II. 1t shall be unlawful for the
driver of any hack or vehicle other than
those belonging to said railroad company
to occupy cr attempt to occupy with such
hack or vehicle. or to loiter or wait near
by any portion OF the stands above desig-
mated and located for the cabs. carriages
and other vehicles of said railroad COM
pany.
Sec *. Any person violating any Of |
the provisions CT this article shall. on
conviction thereof. be punished by fine
of not mere than forty dollars.
JOHN WIGHT.
LANSING H. BEACH.
Commissioners District OF Columbia.