CITY OF BOSTON. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, April 17, 1871. Ordered, That on and after the first day of May, A. D. 1871, and until otherwise ordered, the prices or rates of fare to be taken by, or paid to, the owner, driver, or other person having charge of any hackney carriage (except omnibuses) for the conveyance of passengers or baggage, within the limits described, shall be as follows: For one adult passenger from one place to another within the limits of Ward Sixteen (Dorchester), the fare shall be one dollar; and for each additional adult passenger the fare shall be fifty cents; provided, however, that between the hours of eleven of the clock, P. M., and five of the clock, A. M., the fare shall be one dollar and fifty cents for one passenger, seventy-five cents each for two passengers, and for each additional passenger more than two, fifty cents. For one adult passenger from any point in Ward Sixteen north of Centre street, to any point in the city proper south of Summer street and Beacon street, the fare shall be three dollars; for two passengers, one dollar and fifty cents each; for three passengers, one dollar each; for four passengers, seventy-five cents each. For one adult passenger from any point in Ward Sixteen north of Centre street to any point in the city proper north of Summer street and Beacon street, the fare shall be four dollars; for two passengers, two dollars each; for three passengers, one dollar and thirty-three cents each; for four passengers, one dollar each. For one adult passenger from any point in Ward Sixteen, south of Centre street, to any point in the city proper south of Summer street and Beacon street, the fare shall be five dollars ; for two passengers, two dollars and fifty cents each; for three passengers, one dollar and sixty-six cents each; for four passengers, one dollar and twenty-five cents each. For one adult passenger from any point in Ward Sixteen, south of Centre street, to any point in the city proper north of Summer street and Beacon street, the fare shall be six dollars ; for two passengers, thrce dollars each; for three passengers, two dollars each; for four passengers, one dollar and fifty cents each. For children under four years of age, with an adult, no charge shall be made. For children between four and twelve years of age, when accompanied by an adult, the fare shall be half the rates for adults. No charge shall be made for one or two trunks; but for each additional trunk more than two, fifty cents may be charged. No owner, driver, or other person, having charge of a hackney carriage, shall demand or receive any more than the price or rate of fare herein established, under a penalty of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offence; and he shall forfeit his license. And for refusing to carry any passenger from any railroad station or steamboat landing, to any point within the city named in this order, the owner, driver, or other person having charge of such hackney carriage, shall be subject to a like penalty. This section shall be kept posted in some conspicuous place in every licensed vehicle used for the conveyance of passengers, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every day this regulation is not observed. |