row or hand-cart; if the distance exceeds half a mile and is within one mile, one-half of the above rates in addition thereto, and in the same proportion for any greater distance. 6. If any public porter shall ask or demand any greater rate of pay or compensation 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 this ordinance. 7. It shall not be lawful for any person to represent himself as, or to wear or exhibit any badge, inscription, card or device, purporting or implying that he is employed or authorized by the keeper, proprietors, agent or officer of any hotel, boarding-house, vessel, steamboat or railroad company, to solicit, receive or convey persons, baggage or other things to or from any such hotel, boarding-house, vessel, steamboat or railroad company's station or depot, without being actually and duly authorized by such keeper, proprietor, officer or agent so to do, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for every offence. All persons who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished, pursuant to the provisions of sections 20 and 21 of an act relative to the powers of the Common Council of the city of New York and the criminal courts of said city, passed by the Legislature of the state of New York, January 23d, 1833;-or in lieu thereof shall forfeit and pay, for the use of said city, ten dollars for each and every offence, except where a penalty is prescribed in said ordinance. RATES OF FARE OF HACKNEY COACHES AND CARRIAGES. 1. For conveying a passenger any distance not exceeding one mile, twenty-five cents; for conveying two passengers the same distance, fifty cents, or twenty-five cents each; and every additional passenger, twentyfive cents. 2. For conveying a passenger any distance exceeding a mile, and within two miles, fifty cents; and for every additional passenger, twenty-five cents. 3. For conveying one passenger to the new Alms House, fifty cents; and for returning, fifty-cents; for conveying two passengers the same distance, seventy-five cents for the two; and twenty-five cents going and twenty-five cents returning, for every additional passenger. 4. For conveying one passenger to Forty-second street, and remaining half an hour and returning, one dollar; and for every additional passenger, twenty-five cents. 5. For carrying one passenger to Sixty-first street, and remaining threequarters of an hour and returning, one dollar and fifty cents; and for every additional passenger, thirty-seven and a half cents. 6. For conveying one passenger to Eighty-sixth street, and remaining an hour and returning, two dollars; and for every additional passenger, fifty cents. 7. For conveying one or more passengers to Harlem, and returning, with the privilege of remaining three hours, four dollars. 8. For conveying one or more passengers to King's Bridge, and returning, with the privilege of keeping the carriage all day, five dollars. 9. For the use of a hackney coach or carriage, by the day, with one or more passengers, five dollars. 10. For the use of a hackney coach or carriage, by the hour, with one or more passengers, with the privilege of going from place to place, and of stopping as often as may be required, as follows, viz:-for the first hour, one dollar; for the second hour, seventy-five cents; and for every succeeding hour, fifty-cents. 11. For children between two and fourteen years of age, half-price only is to be charged; and for children under two years of age, no charge is to be made. 12. Whenever a hackney coach or carriage shall be detained, excepting as aforesaid, the owner or driver shall be allowed after the rate of seventyfive cents for an hour, thirty-seven and a half cents for each and every subsequent hour, and so on in proportion for any part of the first and subsequent hour which the same may be so detained. 13. For attending a funeral within the lamp and watch district, two dollars, and the Potter's Field, three dollars; which charge shall include for the necessary detention and returning with passengers. 14. Every driver or owner of a hackney coach, carriage or cab, shall carry, transport, and convey in and upon his coach, carriage or cab, in addition to the person or persons therein, one trunk, valise, saddle-bag, carpet-bag, portmanteau, or box, if he be requested so to do, for each passenger, without charge or compensation therefor; but for every trunk or other such article above named, more than one for each passenger, he shall be entitled to demand and receive the sum of six cents. (Passed May 10, 1815.) 15. In case of disagreement as to distance or price, the same shall be determined by the Mayor or Superintendent of hackney coaches and carriages. 16. The owner of any hackney coach or carriage shall not demand or receive any pay for the conveyance of any passenger, unless the number of the carriage, and the rates and prices of fare, shall be fixed and placed in the manner hereinafter directed by section second, of title fourth, of this ordinance. Complaints of any violation of the hackney coach or carriage law can be made at the Mayor's office, City Hall, or at the office of Chief of Police, Park. OFFICE. FOREIGN CONSULS RESIDING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. COUNTRY. Carlos de Alvear, Minister Plenipotentiary. Schuyler Livingston, Consul. August Belmont, Consul General.. J. W. Schmidt. Florentin Schmidt, Vice Consul. George II. Simeon. Auguste Moxhet, Consul General. Hyppolyte Mali, Vice Consul.. Louis H. F. De Aguiar, Consul General. Edwin A. Oelrichs.. Louis F. Defiganiere, Vice Consul. G. I. Bechtel, Jr., Consul General. Andreas A. Meineke, Vice Consul. Felix Lacoste. Louis Borg, Vice Consul. S Anthony Barclay. Robert Bunch, Vice Consul. Ferdinand Karek. Lewis H. Meyer.. 773 Broadway. 76 Beaver street. E. 25th st., nr. 4th av. 34 Platt street. 80 Broad street. 17 South William st. 42 South street. 93 Wall street. 4 State street. 4 State street. 57 Broad street. Edward Stucken, Vice Consul 76 Beaver street. GENERAL INFORMATION. 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Clinton Hall, 133 Nassau street .7 Broad street .105 Bowery .Broadway, corner of Ann street New York Institution for the Blind...Ninth avenue, near Thirty-third street New York Public School Society. New York University.. .140 Grand street, corner of Elm Wooster street, corner of Waverley place New York Historical Society....Library in N. Y. University, Wash square |