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CHAPTER XL.

OF HACKNEY COACHES AND CABS.

ARTICLE I.-OF LICENSING OWNERS OF HACKNEY COACHES.

II. OF LICENSING DRIVERS OF HACKNEY COACHES.

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III. OF THE RATES AND PRICES OF FARES.

IV. OF THE REGULATING AND NUMBERING OF

HACKS.

V. OF THE PLACES AT WHICH HACKS MAY STAND
FOR HIRE.

VI.--OF SPECIAL HACKNEY COACHES OR CARRIAGES.
VII.--OF THE SUPERINTENDENCE

COACHES AND CARRIAGES.

VIII. OF CABS.

ARTICLE I.

OF HACKNEY

OF LICENSING OWNERS OF HACKNEY COACHES.

81. The Mayor of the city of New York, for the time being, shall, from time to time, issue licenses under his hand and seal, to so many and such persons as he shall think proper, to keep hackney coaches and carriages for hire in the said city, and to revoke all or any of the said licenses.

§ 2. No person who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of this city for the last six months, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, and the owner of two good horses, and a sufficient hackney coach or carriage, shall be licensed as aforesaid.

§ 3. The Mayor of the said city may administer to any person applying for a license, an oath or affirmation, and shall examine such person orally, touching his said application and qualifications to receive said license.

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§ 4. All licenses to the owners of hackney coaches and Term of Licarriages, shall expire on the first Monday of June, next after the date thereof.

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§ 5. If the owner of any hackney coach, who received a license, shall sell or dispose of such coach before the expiration of such license, such licensed owner shall, within ten days after such sale, report the same to the person exercising the duties of Superintendent of Hackney Coaches, who shall be authorized with the consent of the Mayor, to transfer such license to the purchaser of such hackney coach, on the payment of one dollar; and every owner of a hackney coach who shall neglect to report any such sale to the said person, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars.

§ 6. No licensed person shall be entitled to have his license renewed, unless he shall make it satisfactorily appear on oath, as aforesaid, that he still owns two good horses, and a sufficient and proper hackney coach, as aforesaid.

Transfer of
License.

Renewal of

License.

§ 7. Every license shall state the number of the car- Number. riage for which the same is granted.

of owners.

$8. Every person who may be licensed as aforesaid License Fee shall pay the Mayor, for the use of the city, for each hackney coach or carriage, which such person shall keep for hire, the sum of five dollars.

§ 9. Every person who shall keep or drive any hackney Penalty. coach or carriage, for hire, in the city of New York, without being first licensed as aforesaid, shall be liable to the penalty of twenty-five dollars for every such offense.

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ARTICLE II.

OF LICENSING DRIVERS OF HACKNEY COACHES.

§ 10. The Mayor of the city of New York shall have full power and authority from time to time, to issue licenses, under his hand and seal, to so many and such per sons as he may think proper, to drive hackney coaches and carriages, and at pleasure, to revoke all or any of the said licenses.

11. All licenses to drivers of hackney coaches or carriages, shall expire on the first Monday in June next after the date thereof.

§ 12. Every driver of a hackney coach or carriage shall, on receiving his license, pay to the Mayor of the city of New York, for the use of the said city, the sum of one dollar.

No person shall drive any hackney coach or carriage, without being at the time licensed as aforesaid, under the penalty of five dollars for each offense.

§ 13. No owner of any hackney coach, carriage or cab, shall suffer or permit any person to drive such hackney coach, carriage or cab, who is not licensed as aforesaid; nor shall the owner permit any driver who has received any license as aforesaid, to drive any coach, carriage or cab, other than the number for which he is licensed, under the penalty of ten dollars for every such offense.

14. Any driver who shall be thrice convicted of a breach of any of the sections of this chapter, shall be deprived of his license, and forever debarred of a license under this chapter.

§ 15. Every licensed owner or driver of any hackney coach, carriage or cab in the city of New York, whenever

he shall drive any such coach, carriage or cab, or shall be with his coach, carriage or cab on any public stand, or at any of the steamboat or other landings, or railroad depots, or while waiting for employment at any place in said city, shall wear conspicuously on his hat a badge, with the number of his license fixed thereon-the figures composing which number shall be of brass, or some other metal, and at least one inch in length. The form and material of the said badge shall be determined by the Mayor of said city.

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§ 16. No owner of any such coach, carriage or cab in Badge of persaid city shall suffer or permit any licensed driver to drive any such coach, carriage or cab, unless such driver shall have fastened on his hat, conspicuously displayed, a badge, with the number of his license thereon, as aforesaid.

§ 17. No person, except a licensed owner or driver of lbid. any such coach, carriage or cab in the said city, shall wear the badge of any such licensed owner or driver, or any badge purporting to be the badge of any such licensed owner or driver; nor shall any person other than a licensed driver or owner solicit passengers for any such coach, carriage or cab; nor shall any such licensed owner or driver wear any other than his own badge, or suffer or permit any other person to wear the same.

§ 18. Every driver of any such coach, carriage or cab, cards. shall present to every passenger employing him, a card, on which shall be legibly printed, the number of his license, and also the name and stable of the owner, and the number of the coach, carriage or cab driven by him, together with the place of the Mayor's office; and every such owner may, with the consent of the captain, agent, or superinten dent of any steamboat or ship, or railroad company land

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ing at, or terminating in said city, enter on board such steamboat or ship, or into the depot of such company, for the purpose of soliciting passengers, providing he shall comply, in every respect, with the provisions of this chap

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§ 19. Any licensed owner or driver of any hackney coach, carriage or cab, or any other person who shall neglect to comply with, or violate either of the provisions of the 15, 16, 17 or 18th sections of this chapter, shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for every such neglect or violation.

§ 20. The last five sections shall not apply to any licensed owner or driver of any coach, carriage or cab having a special license.

Rates of Fare.

ARTICLE III.

OF THE RATES AND PRICES OF FARES.

§ 21. The prices or rates of fare to be taken by or paid to the owners or drivers of hackney coaches or carriages, shall be as follows, to wit:

1. For conveying a passenger any distance not exceeding one mile, fifty cents; for conveying two passengers the same distance, seventy-five cents, or thirty-seven and a half cents each; and for every additional passenger, thirty-seven and a half cents.

2. For conveying a passenger any distance exceeding a mile, and within two miles, seventy-five cents; and for every additional passenger, thirty-seven and a half cents.

3. For conveying a passenger to the new Alms-house and returning, one dollar; and for every additional passenger, and returning, fifty cents.

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