Corporation Laws of the City of Washington; To the End of the Fiftieth Council, (to June 3D, 1853, Inclusive, ) to Which Are Added the Laws Enacted Between That Day, and October 10, 1853 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ... of fines, &c. residents illegal fare. 4. Register to record number, dates, &c., 16. This act to apply for sleighs running of licenses. for hire. 5. In cases of transfer of licenses, third 17. Provision relating to omnibus or stage section hereof to be complied with. running to Georgetown. License to be void, ifused for benefit 18. Register to furnish owners with abof person not named therein. stract of this act, also to keepers of 6. Numbers to be put on vehicles; penalty taverns, &c., to be hung up by them for numbering unlicensed vehicles. for public information. Penalty. 7. Stands. Regulations of vehicles, &c., 19. Owners responsible for penalties inwhile on stands. Penalties. curred by drivers. 8. Vehicles in motion to keep to the 20. This act to be published; part of it right in passing others. Penalty. to be republished annually. 9. When. in Capitol square to occupy 21. No person under sixteen years of age stands assigned by Commissioner of to drive any vehicle. Public Buildings. II. Unemployed hacks, cabs, &c., not to 10. Police oflicer to regulate arrival, de-stand within ten feet of steamboat parture. and stands of carriages wharves. when more than six are assembled III. Owners of hacks, omnibuses, &c., at one place. Penalty. residing in Georgetown, to pay forty 11. On public occasions private carriages dollars for license. and their owners and drivers subject to same regulations as others. IV. Manner of displaying the numbers. An ACT in relation to Hackney Carriages, Cabs, and other Vehicles, for the transportation of Passengers, and repealing all other acts heretofore passed in relation thereto. Be it enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the city of Washington, That from and...