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be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be fined
by the court before which such conviction is had, for every
violation, the sum of one hundred dollars and costs, and stand
committed until such fine and costs be paid. The owner or
owners of any such house or building used as a sweat-shop or
factory where four or more persons are employed as garment
workers, on other than the first floor of such house or building,
shall provide fire-escapes for the same; and if any owner or
owners of any house or building so used, fail to make or pro-
vide a fire-escape, such owner or owners shall pay a fine of two
hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines in this State, or
imprisonment in the City Jail for sixty days, or both fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

CARRIAGES AND HORSES.

281. The Board of Police Commissioners of the City of
Baltimore shall determine and fix the rate of fare to be charged
by the owners of hackney carriages in said City; and every
owner of a hackney carriage who shall have obtained a license
therefor, as required by the ordinances of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, shall be authorized and entitled, during
the time in such license specified, to ask, charge and receive, as
a compensation from every person using the same, the rates of
fare and compensation, and hire prescribed by the said Board
of Police Commissioners, and no more; provided, that the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to the owners of hackney
carriages who conduct their business exclusively at their re-
spective stables.

282. The owner of every licensed hackney carriage, other
than those excepted in the preceding section, before he shall be
entitled to charge, ask or receive any hire or compensation for
the use thereof, shall cause the number of such carriage, as
stated in his license, in plain and easily legible figures, at least
two inches in length, to be painted or otherwise delineated in
conspicuous places on each side of such carriage, both within
and without, and shall also keep in at least two conspicuous
positions in the interior of such carriage a copy of the rates of
fare or charges prescribed by the Board of Police Commission-