PUBLIC PORTERS. Every public porter shall wear, in a conspicuous place about his person, so as to be easily seen, a brass plate or badge, on which shall be engraved his name, the words "public porter," and the number of his license; and it shall be unlawful for any other person to wear or exhibit any badge purporting to be, resembling, or similar to the badge of a public porter; and no public porter shall permit any other person to wear his badge, or use his name in any way whatever, in the transportation or conveyance of any thing. Public porters shall be entitled to charge and receive for the carrying or conveyance of any article, any distance within half a mile, twenty-five cents if carried by hand, and fifty cents if carried on a wheelbarrow or handcart; if the distance exceeds half a mile and is within a mile, one-half of the above rates in addition thereto, and in the same proportion for any greater distance. No public porter or hand-cartman shall be entitled to recover or receive any pay or fare from any person for the transportion of any article or articles, unless his name and number of his license, and the rates shall be fixed, and the badge worn, agreeably to what is herein stated. If any public porter shall ask or demand any greater rate of pay or com pensation for the carrying or conveyance of any articles than is herein provided, he shall not be entitled to any pay for the said service; and to so ask, demand, or receive any such greater pay or compensation, shall be deemed a violation of the law. Corporation Papers. By an ordinance which passed the Board of Assistant Aldermen, April 12, 1852, the Board of Aldermen, April 14, 1852, and which was approved by the Mayor, April 15, 1852 (see Vol. XX. p. 161, Joint Proceedings Common Council for 1852), the "Commercial Advertiser," "Morning Express," "Evening Post," National Democrat," "New York Staats Zeitung," "New Yorker Demokrat," and "New York Herald," were duly designated as "Corporation Newspapers." * 99 66 By resolution, passed by the Board of Councilmen, January 14, 1857, by the Board of Aldermen, January 19, and which was received from his Honor the Mayor, without his approval or objections thereto, and became adopted, on the 29th of January, 1857, the "New York Leader" was also so designated (see Vol. XXV. Joint Proceedings for 1857, p. 16). By resolution, passed by the Board of Councilmen, April 23, 1857, by The "New York Herald" never entered into the contract contemplated by the passage of this ordinance. |