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Chapter Seven.
(Boykin Revision
omitted from
Adams & Reily)

Regulating Street Carriages and Hacks.

Article 49. Amount of charge. It shall be unlawful for any persons
owning or using a street carriage, hack or other vehicle for the purpose
of conveying passengers from one place to another in said city, to
charge more than fifty cents for each passenger, including one trunk,
and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning or using
a street carriage, hack or other vehicle from one place to another in
said city, to charge more than two dollars for the first hour and one
dollar and fifty cents for each and every subsequent hour.

Article 50. Printed Cards of Rates to be kept in Vehicle. The owner,
driver or person running any street carriage, hack or other vehicle,
used for transportation of persons for hire, shall keep on the in-
side of each street carriage, hack or other vehicle, hung up in a con-
spicuous and prominent manner, so as to be easily seen and read, a
printed card of the tariff of rates fixed herein.

Art. 51. penalty- Any person who shall be found guilty of violating
any preceding article of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall be fined in any sum not less than five nor more
than twenty-five dollars,

Art. 52. Extortion. Every person owning, keeping or using any licensed
vehicle who shall refuse to transport any person when applied to, at
the rates established by ordinances of the city, or who shall extort
or demand any greater sum for carrying any person than herein allowed,
shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five nor more than
twenty-five dollars for each offense.

Art. 53. passenger Refusing pay Liable.- Any person refusing to pay
the fare established by ordinances of the city after being carried to
his or her destination, or place where they may wish to leave such
licensed vehicle, if demanded, without delay, by the owner or driver of