EXTRACT FROM A LAW TO REGULATE PUBLIC PORTERS AND HANDCARTMEN. CHAPTER LVI.-TITLE II. Of the Rates and Prices of Fare. 1. The prices and rates to be taken by, or paid to, the said public porters or handcartmen, shall be as follows, to wit: For carrying a load upon a wheelbarrow 1. For any distance not exceeding half a mile, twelve and a half cents. 2. For any distance over half a mile, and not exceeding a mile, twenty-five cents; and in proportion for any greater distance. For carrying a load upon a handbarrow- 1. For any distance not exceeding half a mile, twenty-five cents. 2. For any distance over half a mile, and not exceeding a mile, forty-four cents; and in that proportion for any greater distance. For carting a load in a handcart 1. For any distance not exceeding half a mile, eighteen cents. 2. For any distance over half a mile, and not exceeding a mile, thirty-one cents; and in that proportion for any greater distance. § 2. No public porter or handcartman shall ask, demand, or receive any greater rate or price for transporting any article or articles, than is herein allowed, under the penalty of five dollars for each offence. 3. No public porter or handcartman shall be entitled to receive or recover any pay or fare from any person from whom he shall have asked or demanded any greater price or rates than he may be authorized to receive by this title. 4. No public porter or handcartman shall be entitled to recover or receive any pay or fare from any person for the transportation of any article or articles, unless his name and number of his license, and the rates shall be fixed, and the badge worn, agreeably to sections fifth and sixth of the first title of the chapter. 5. Upon the trial of any cause commenced for the recovery of any of the aforesaid prices or rates, it shall be incumbent on the plaintiff in such action, to prove that the badge was worn, the prices fixed agreeably to the section mentioned in the last preceding section, at the time the services were rendered for which the suit was brought RATES OF FARE OF HACKNEY COACHES AND CARRIAGES. 1. For conveying a passenger any distance not exceeding one mile, twentyfive cents; for conveying two passengers the same distance, fifty cents, or twenty-five cents each; and every additional passenger, twenty-five cents. 2. For conveying a passenger any distance exceeding a mile, and within two miles, fifty cents; and for every additional passenger, twenty-five cents. 3. For conveying one passenger to the New Alms-House, fifty cents; and for returning, fifty cents; for conveying two passengers the same distance, seventyfive cents for the two; and twenty-five cents going, and twenty-five cents returning, for every additional passenger. 4. For conveying one passenger to Forty-Second-street, and remaining half an hour and returning, one dollar; and for every additional passenger, twentyfive cents. 5. For conveying one passenger to Sixty-First-street, and remaining threequarters of an hour and returning, one dollar and fifty-cents; and for every additional passenger, thirty-seven and a half cents. 6. For conveying one passenger to Eighty-Sixth-street, and remaining an hour and returning, two dollars; and for every additional passenger, fifty cents. 7. For conveying one or more passengers to Harlem, and returning, with the privilege of remaining three hours, four dollars. 8. For conveying one or more passengers to King's Bridge, and returning, with the privilege of keeping the Carriage all day, five dollars. 9. For the use of a Hackney Coach or Carriage, by the day, with one or more passengers, five dollars. 10. For the use of a Hackney Coach or Carriage, by the hour, with one or more passengers, with the privilege of going from place to place, and of stop ping as often as may be required, as follows, viz. :-for the first hour, one dol lar; for the second hour, seventy-five cents; and for every succeeding hour, fifty cents. 11. For children between two and fourteen years of age, half-price only is to be charged; and for children under two years of age, no charge is to be made. 12. Whenever a Hackney Coach or Carriage shall be detained, excepting as aforesaid, the owner or driver shall be allowed after the rate of seventy-five cents for an hour, thirty-seven and a half cents for each and every subsequent hour, and so on in proportion for any part of the first and subsequent hour which the same may be so detained. 13. For attending a funeral within the Lamp and Watch District, two dollars, and the Potter's Field, three dollars; which charge shall include for the neces sary detention and returning with passengers. 14. Every driver or owner of a Hackney Coach or Carriage shall carry, transport, and convey in and upon his Coach or Carriage, in addition to the person or persons therein, one trunk, valise, saddle-bag, carpet-bag, portmanteau or box, if he be requested so to do, for each passenger, without charge or compensation therefor; but for every trunk or other such articles above nained, more than one for each passenger, he shall be entitled to demand and receive the sum of six cents. 2. In case of disagreement as to distance or price, the same shall be determined by the Mayor or Superintendent of Hackney Coaches and Carriages. 3. The owner of any Hackney Coach or Carriage shall not demand or receive any pay for the conveyance of any passenger, unless the number of the carriage, and the rates and prices of fare, shall be fixed and placed in a manner hereinafter directed by section second of title fourth of this law, at the time such passenger may be conveyed in such Carriage. 4. The owner or driver of any Hackney Coach or Carriage shall not be entitled to recover or receive any pay from any person from whom he shall have demanded any greater price or rates than he may be authorized to receive, as aforesaid. 5. Upon the trial of any cause commenced for the recovery of any of the aforesaid prices or rates, it shall be incumbent upon the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such action, to prove that the number and prices of rates were placed and fixed in pursuance of the provisions of this law, at the time the services were rendered, for which the suit may be brought. 6. No owner or driver of any Hackney Coach or Carriage in the City of New-York, shall ask, demand or receive, any larger sum than he or they may be entitled to receive, as aforesaid, under the penalty of ten dollars for every such offence, to be sued for and recovered from the owner or owners, or drivers, of any such Hackney Coach or Carriage, severally and respectively. Complaints of any violation of the Hackney Coach or Carriage Law, can be made at the Mayor's Office, City Hall, or at the Office of the Chief of Police, Park. FOREIGN CONSULS RESIDING IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. August Belmont, Consul General. J. W. Schmidt. George H. Siemon. Auguste Moxhet, Consul General.. Louis H. F. De Aguiar, Consul General. J. H. Dreyer, Consul General. Augustus Simounet, Consul General. Robert Bunch, Vice-Consul. Theodore Des Arts. Edward Stucken, Vice-Consul. OFFICE. 773 Broadway. 24 Beaver-street. 34 Platt-street. 93 Wall-street. 72 Greenwich-st. 72 Greenwich-st. 5 Hanover-street. 34 New-street |