*The first three named railroads have the trains running to different parts of the State; and the New York and Harlem Railroad Company has city or small cars. + Subsequently extended through Church street to Vesey, and thence to Broadway.

LAWS TO REGULATE PUBLIC PORTERS.

1. The Mayor shall license and appoint as many and such persons as he may think expedient, to be public porters of the city of New York, and revoke or suspend any or all such licenses, at his pleasure; and it shall not be lawful for any person to use any wheelbarrow or hand-cart, to carry within said city, for hire, wages, or pay for such conveyance, or to be at any hotel, boarding-house, ferry, steamboat-landing, railroad-station or depot, and solicit of strangers, travelers, citizens, or other persons, or accept the conveyance of baggage, or other articles, without being licensed, as aforesaid, by the Mayor.

This section shall not be construed to prevent any person keeping, or employed in, any hotel or boarding-house, from conveying any baggage or other articles to or from such hotel or boarding-house, and using a hand-cart or wheel-barrow therefor; provided the name of the hotel or boarding-house, and the keeper thereof, be painted distinctly on both sides of such wheelbarrow or hand-cart, and on a badge worn on the front of his hat or cap, so as to be easily and distinctly seen.

2. All licenses to public porters, granted as aforesaid, shall run one year from the date thereof, and may be renewed by the Mayor at any time within the said year, for a succeeding year.

3. Every person receiving a license to be a public porter, as aforesaid, shall pay to the Mayor, for the use of the city, one dollar; and a further sum of seventy-five cents upon the renewal of every such license.

4. 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 engraven 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 anything.

5. Public porters shall be entitled to charge and receive for the carrying or conveyance of any article, any distance within half a mile, twelve cents, if carried by hand, and twenty-five cents if carried on a wheelbarrow or hand-cart; if the distance exceeds half a mile, and is within one mile, one-half 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 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 im

plying that he is employed or authorized by the keeper, proprietor, 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 offense.

All persons who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemanor, 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 offense, except where a penalty is prescribed in said ordi

nance.

EXTRACT FROM ORDINANCES,

OF THE RATES AND PRICES OF

FARES TO BE CHARGED BY HACKNEY COACHES.

The prices or rates of fares to be taken by, or paid to the owners or drivers of hackney coaches or carriages, shall be as follows:

For conveying a passenger any distance not exceeding one mile, fifty cents; for conveying two passengers the same distance, seventy-five cents; or thirty-seven and a half cents each; and for every additional passenger, thirty-seven and a half cents.

For conveying a passenger any distance exceeding a mile, and within two miles, seventy-five cents; and for every additional passenger, thirtyseven and a half cents.

For conveying a passenger to the new alms-house, and returning, one dollar; and for every additional passenger and returning, fifty cents.

For conveying one passenger to Fortieth street, and remaining half an hour and returning, one dollar and a half; and for every additional passenger, fifty cents.

For conveying one passenger to Sixty-first street, and remaining threequarters of an hour, and returning, two dollars; and for every additional passenger, fifty cents.

For conveying one passenger to Eighty-sixth street, and remaining one hour, and returning, two dollars and a half; and for every additional passenger, seventy-five cents.

For conveying one or more passengers to Harlem, and returning, with the privilege of remaining three hours, five dollars; or to High Bridge, five dollars, with the same privilege.

For conveying one or more passengers to Kingsbridge, and returning, with the privilege of keeping the carriage all day, five dollars.

For the use of a hackney coach or carriage by the day, with one or more passengers, five dollars.

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 stopping as often as may be required, one dollar an hour.

In all cases where the hiring of a hackney coach or carriage is not at the time thereof specified to be by the day or hour, it shall be deemed to be by the mile.

For children between two and fourteen years of age, half price is only to be charged; and for children under two years of age, no charge is to be made.

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 an hour.

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 articles above named, more than one for each passenger, he shall be entitled to demand and receive the sum of six cents.

In case of disagreement as to distance or price, the same shall be determined by the Mayor, or Superintendent of Hackney Coaches or Carriages.

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 a manner hereinafter directed by section second of title fourth of this ordinance, at the time such passenger may be conveyed in such carriage.

The owner or driver of any hackney coach or carriage shall not be entitled to recover or receive any pay from any person from whom he shall have demanded any greater price or rates than he may be authorized to receive as aforesaid.

Upon the trial of any cause commenced for the recovery of any of the aforesaid prices or rates, it shall be incumbent upon the plaintiff or plaintiffs, in such action, to prove that the number and prices or rates were placed and fixed in pursuance of the provisions of this ordinance, at the time the services were rendered, for which the suit may be brought.

No owner or driver of any hackney coach or carriage in the city of New York shall ask, demand, or receive any larger sum than he or they may be entitled to receive as aforesaid, under the penalty of ten dollars for every such offense, to be sued for and recovered from the owner or owners, or driver, of any such hackney coach or carriage, severally and respectively.

AN ORDINANCE,

IN ADDITION TO AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE FOR LICENSING AND OTHERWISE REGULATING THE USE AND EMPLOYMENT OF CARTS AND CARTMEN, DIRT CARTS AND DIRT CARTMEN, AND PUBLIC PORTERS, AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD ORDER IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK." The Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city of New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain as follows:

§ 1. All the provisions of this ordinance, to which this is an addition, as far as relates to carts and cartmen, and not inconsistent herewith, excepting sections 2, 3, 5, 10, 17, and 18, are extended to, and shall include and be applicable to all wagons and other vehicles, commonly known as express wagons, which shall be kept or used, driven or employed, for the transportation of anything whatsoever, to or from any place within the city of New York, from or to any place whatsoever, for hire, wages, or pay; provided always, that the owner or owners of such wagons or vehicles shall have a place in the city of New York for the transaction of such business.

§ 2. The Mayor shall find time to license and appoint so many and such persons as he may think proper, to set up and keep one or more express wagons in said city; and he may revoke or suspend any or all such licenses at his pleasure; but it shall not be lawful for any person to receive or hold a license to keep such express wagon, unless he is the actual owner of the wagon or wagons, and of a good horse or horses therefor, nor unless he be a citizen of the United States, and has a family, and resides with his family in said city; or, if not having a family, shall have resided himself therein during the six months preceding; and the Mayor may examine, under oath, all persons applying for or holding any such license, or the renewal thereof, touching their qualifications, as aforesaid; and all licenses other than to persons so qualified, shall be void.

§ 3. The Mayor shall require and receive, for the use of the city, from every person to whom he may grant license to keep such express wagons, five dollars for every wagon so licensed, and two dollars and fifty cents for the license of each such wagon renewed.

§ 4. Every such express wagon shall have fairly painted on the outside thereof, in a conspicuous place, on each side, so as to be easily seen, in plain letters and figures, of at least two and a half inches in length, the name of the owner or owners, the place of business in said city, and the number of the license for such wagon; and such owner or owners shall be responsible for all articles intrusted to such wagon, or to the driver thereof, and for the conduct of such driver, whilst in charge of or with such wagon.

§ 5. No person shall drive such express wagon, unless he be twenty-one years of age, and have obtained license from the Mayor for such purpose,