HACKNEY COACHES.

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in other valuable articles for the use of such carriage, or the

conveyance of any person or persons or baggage therein than

is allowed by this act, or who shall refuse or omit when re-

quired to inform any person using such carriage, or applying

for the use of it, of the true number of such carriage, or the cor-

rect amount of the rate of fare authorized to be charged for the

use of it, or who shall wilfully mislead and misconvey or insult

by abusive or indecent and opprobrious language, any passen-

ger whom he shall have, or shall have had in his care for con-

veyance in the carriage of which he is the driver, shall for every

Penalty.

such offence incur such penalty, not exceeding twenty dollars,

Other
offences

as shall be adjudged by the mayor of the said city, or any alder-

enumerated

man or justice of the peace therein, before whom complaint

Penalty.

shall be made by or on behalf of the party injured.

SEC. G. And be it enacted. That all penalties which shall be

Penalties

incurred under this act, or for the breach of any of its provisions,

recoverable

may be recovered by warrant issued in the name of the state, in

the same manner, and before the same persons, as usual debts

within the said city are recoverable, with the right of appeal to

Case of

Baltimore city court, on the trial of which appeal, the party of

appeal.

whom the penalty is claimed, shall be entitled to a jury trial,

but there shall be no stay of execution on any judgment ap-

pealed from, unless the party appealing shall give bond with

Bond re-

security, approved by the officer rendering such judgment, and

quired.

conditioned that the party appealing shall prosecute the appeal

with effect, and obey, perform and pay such judgment as shall

be rendered by Baltimore city court on the trial of the said ap-

peal, and all penalties which shall be recovered for the breach of

Proceeds

any provision of this act, shall be and they are hereby appro-

appro-
priated.

priated one-half to the use of the two dispensaries in the city of

Baltimore, to be equally divided between them, and the other

half to the use of the informer, whose name shall be endorsed on

the warrant issued for the recovery of each respective penalty.

EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER

THE PRECEDING LAW.

The undersigned appointed by the mayor, commissioners

under the third section of the act of the general assembly,

passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-six,

to fix and determine the rates of fare, hire or compensation for

the use of hackney carriages within the city of Baltimore, for

transportation of passengers and baggage, and of either, having

taken the oath prescribed by said act, a certificate whereof is

hereto annexed, proceeded to the discharge of the duty required

It has been thought useful to separate the different kinds of

hackney coaching, and fix a rate of fare for each, instead of

making a general charge and measuring the amount of the fare,