such confinement the time during which such animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received shall be included; it being the intent of this act to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty-four hours, except upon contingencies hereinbefore stated. Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed, watered, and sheltered during such rest by the owner or person having the custody thereof, or in case of his default in so doing, then by the railroad company transporting the same, at the expense of said owner or persons in custody thereof. And said company shall, in such case, have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for any detention of such animals authorized by this chapter. Any company, owner, or custodian of such animals who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall, for each and every such offense, be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than one nor more than five hundred dollars; Provided, howecer, That when animals shall be carried in cars in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity for rest, the foregoing provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply.

4. The police force of the District of Columbia shall, upon application of any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who shall have viewed any violation of the law for the prevention of cruelty to animals, arrest offending parties without a warrant, who shall be taken by such police officer before a justice of the peace for trial; and the proper evidence of such membership to a police officer shall be the exhibition of a badge or certificate of membership; and the person making an arrest, with or without a warrant, shall use reasonable diligence to give notice thereof to the owner of animals found in the charge or custody of the person arrested, and shall properly care and provide for such animals until the owner thereof shall take charge of the same: Provided, The owner shall take charge of the same within twenty days from the date of said notice. And the person making such arrest shall have a lien on said animals for the expense of such care and provisions. 5. When complaint is made by any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, on oath or affirmation, to any justice of the peace authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases, that the complainant believes, and has reasonable cause to believe, that the laws in relation to cruelty to animals have been or are being violated in any particular building or place, such justice, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, shall issue a search-warrant, authorizing any marshal, deputy marshal, constable, police officer, or any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to search such building or place.

6. It shall be the duty of all marshals, deputy marshals, constables, police officers, or any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this chapter which shall come to their notice or knowledge, and fines and forfeitures collected upon or resulting from the complaint or information of any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals under this chapter shall inure and be paid over to said association, in aid of the benevolent objects for which it was incorporated.

7. Any person who shall impound, or cause to be impounded in any pound, any creature, shall supply the same, during such confinement, with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and water; aud in default thereof shall, upon conviction, be punished for every such offense in the same manner provided in section one.

8. In case any creature shall be at any time impounded as aforesaid,

and shall continue to be without necessary food and water for more than twelve successive hours, it shall be lawful for any officer of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, from time to time, and as often as it shall be necessary, to enter into and upon any pound in which such creature shall be so confined, and supply it with neces sary food and water so long as it shall remain so confined; such person shall not be liable to any action for such entry, and the reasonable cost for such food and water may be collected of the owner of such creature, and the said creature shall not be exempt from levy and sale upon execution issued upon a judgment thereof.

9. Any person or persons who shall keep or use, or in any way be connected with or interested in the management of, or shall receive money for the admission of any person to any place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting of fowls or animals, may be arrested without a warrant, as provided in section four of this chapter, and for every such offense be punished in the same manner provided in section one.

10. If any maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled animal shall be abandoned by its owner, or fail to receive proper food or shelter from said owner or person in charge of the same for more than five consecutive hours, such person shall, for every such offense, be punished in the same manner provided in section one.

11. Nothing in this chaper contained shall be construed to prohibit or interfere with any properly conducted scientific experiments or investigations, which experiments shall be performed only under the authority of the faculty of some regularly incorporated medical college, university, or scientific society.

12. In this chapter the word "animal" or "animals" shall be held to include all brute creatures, and the words "owner," "persons,” and "whoever," shall be held to include corporations as well as individuals; and the knowledge and acts of agents of, and persons employed by, cor porations in regard to animals transported, owned, or employed by, or in the custody of, such corporations shall be held to be the acts and knowledge of such corporations.

CHAPTER VI.—OF HACKNEY-CARRIAGES, CABS, ETC.

1. Every licensed hackney-carriage, or other vehicle for hire, shall carry a number in silver figures upon a black ground, on the center of each side of the driver's box; such figures to be always kept exposed and uncovered; and for each and every violation thereof the person so offending shall pay a fine of two dollars; and if the owner or driver of any hackney-coach, or other vehicle used as aforesaid, shall have a number thereon without first having obtained a license therefor, he shall be fined in the sum of twenty dollars. All drivers, as aforesaid, shall wear conspicuously on their right breast the number of their license, said number to be made of white metal on a dark back-ground, and to measure not less than one and a half inches by two inches in size, in the shape of a shield. Any person violating this provision shall be fined five dollars for each and every offense.

2. The location of hack-stands shall be designated by the board of public works, as in their opinion the interests and convenience of the public demand; and whenever any hackney-coach or other vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for hire is upon such stand, it shall be placed lengthwise the street or the avenue, at least fifteen feet from the

curb-stone, and not in contact with the street crossings, and the driver of said vehicle shall at all times be in the immediate vicinity thereof, where he can have full control over his horses, that is to say, within five feet of the curb-line, and shall not annoy any person by boisterous or riotous conduct, or create any unnecessary noise or tumult; and that at all railroad stations, wharves, theaters, and other public places, drivers of hackney-carriages, and other vehicles for hire, shall remain upon their box, or within five feet thereof, and shall take up passengers upon the line assigned to them, under penalty of a fine not exceeding ten dollars, nor less than one dollar, for each and every offense.

3. Except as provided for in section four, and the necessary time consumed in putting down or waiting for a passenger, no hackney-coach or other vehicle, as aforesaid, shall be permitted to stand upon any street or avenue except at the places designated from time to time as hackstands, by the board of public works.

4. When more than ten hackney-coaches or other vehicles are assembling or assembled together, and a police officer be present, it shall be the duty of such officer to régulate the manner of the arrival and departure of the same, and their position while standing, and the peaceable and quiet demeanor of the drivers thereof; and any driver who shall obstruct the officer in the performance of his duties, or who shall refuse to obey the orders so given by him, shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars.

5. On all public occasions, the owners or drivers of private carriages shall be placed under the same regulations and subject to the same penalties as the drivers of hackney-coaches under the provisions of the preceding section.

6. The rates of fares or charges for the conveyance of passengers from one place to another in the District of Columbia shall not exceed the following: Any time between the hours of five o'clock a. m. and twelve o'clock and thirty minutes a: m., for one or two passengers in a one-horse vehicle, excepting buggies and phaetons, seventy-five cents per hour; and by the trip, that is to say, from one given point to any other given point within the limits of the District of Columbia,and not extending into the county, in a one-horse vehicle, for one or two passengers, seventyfive cents for the trip; and from one given point to any other given point within the limits of Washington exceeding one mile, one dollar, and for each additional passenger fifty cents; when the distance is one mile or less, one-half these rates; for one or two passengers from one given point to any other given point from Washington to or from Georgetown exceeding one mile, two dollars, and for each additional passenger fifty cents; when the distance is one mile or less, one-half these rates. In all cases where a vehicle is not engaged by the hour it shall be considered as being engaged by the trip. Any time between the hours of twelve o'clock and thirty minutes a. m. and five o'clock a. m., fifty per centum over the rates before named may be charged and collected. The fare to any point outside the limits of Washington and Georgetown, and within the District of Columbia, shall in all cases, except where an agreement is otherwise made, be by the hour and any portion thereof, the same as provided for within said cities. Each passenger shall be entitled to have conveyed, without extra charge, one trunk or other traveling-box or bag: Provided, That if any passenger or passengers have for conveyance more than two trunks or other trav eling-box at any time, then for each trunk or other traveling-box above the said number of two, the driver shall be entitled to twenty-five cents extra. Each passenger shall also be entitled to have conveyed hand

boxes, canes, umbrellas, or such other small packages as can be conveniently carried within the vehicle wherein the passenger is seated, without extra charge. The driver shall load and unload all luggage, and so forth, without any extra charge whatever.

7. If any driver or owner of a hackney-carriage, cab, or other vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for hire, agrees beforehand to take any sum less than the legal fare, he shall be subjected to a penalty of ten dollars if he demand more than the amount previously agreed upon.

8. Any person hiring a vehicle as before named, and who shall refuse to pay the legal fare for the same, except as provided for in section 7, shall, upon proper evidence, be arrested without warrant by any police officer, and be compelled to pay the full amount, together with one dollar and fifty cents per hour, or such part thereof, for all time lost by said driver.

9. When a vehicle, as before named, is engaged by the trip, and the passenger reaches his destination, the driver shall stop, if required, ten minutes without extra charge, but if beyond that time he shall be entitled to receive the legal fare per hour, counting from the expiration of the before-mentioned ten minutes.

10. Drivers of all vehicles, as before named, shall, when conveying passengers, drive at a reasonable and proper speed, not less than five miles an hour, unless in cases of unavoidable delay, or when required by the hirer to drive slower.

11. Any property left in any vehicle, as before mentioned, shall be deposited by the driver or owner at the police headquarters within four hours after being so left, if not sooner claimed by the owner, such prop. erty to be returned to the person who shall prove to the satisfaction of the officer in charge at the police headquarters that the same belongs to him, on payment of all expenses incurred and of such reasonable sum to the driver as the officer may award; but if the driver fail to comply with the before-mentioned conditions, he shall be liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each and every offense, and to restore the money value of the article or articles so left in his vehicle. In default of prompt payment thereof, he shall forfeit his license, and be prosecuted as for any other debt made and contracted.

12. When a person engages a hackney-coach, cab, or other vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for hire, he shall state whether it be by the hour or by the trip; and if by the hour the time of engagement may be properly noted by the passenger and written upon the back of the ticket hereinafter named and described, and in the event of any supposed imposition on the part of the driver, the passenger may hand the ticket to a police officer or deliver it to the officer in charge of any police station, when the complainant and the driver complained of shall be summoned to appear before said officer, which officer is hereby authorized and empowered to dispose of the case without delay; or in a case where a passenger is about to leave by railroad, stage, or steamboat, and a dispute arises as to the amount of fare, he will have the right to call upon any police officer on duty at such place, and the said police officer shall settle the claim in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, subject to an appeal to the superintendent of police.

13. The printed form of ticket which shall be furnished to each driver, as aforesaid, by the register, at the actual cost of production, shall be of paper, and measure five inches long and two inches wide, and shall

embrace the words following, to wit, and such other additional information as may be deemed necessary:

(Number of license in distinct figures.)

"Keep this ticket in case of need.

Rates of fare established by law for hacks, cabs, or of her vehicles for hire in the District of Columbia.

Between the hours of 5 | Between the hours of

a. m., and 12.30 a.m.

12.30 a. m., and 5 a. m.

"For one or two passengers in a one-horse vehicle.

"For one or two passen

By the hour, 75c.

By the trip, 75c.

gers, four-seated ve- By the hour, $1.50.

hicle, drawn by two horses, within the limits of the city of Washington.

By the trip, exceed

ing one mile, $1.

By the hour, $1.12.

By the trip, $1.12.

By the hour, $2.25.

By the trip, exceed ing one mile, $1.50.

"And for each additional passenger, fifty cents. "One mile or less, one-half these rates.

For one or two passen

gers, in a four-seated

vehicle, drawn by two

horses, from Washington to or from Georgetown.

By the trip, exceeding | By the trip, exceeding one mile, $2:

"And for each additional passenger, fifty cents. "One mile or less, one-half these rates.

one mile, $3.

"In all cases where a vehicle is not engaged by the hour, it shall be considered as being engaged by the trip. It is expressly understood that in all cases the fare for two passengers, together with the articles herein provided for to be carried by each, shall be the same as for one only.

The fare to any point outside of Washington and Georgetown and within the District of Columbia shall, in all cases, be charged by the hour, or part of an hour, and at the same rate as within these cities, and if the vehicle is dismissed outside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, a fare of fifty cents additional may be charged.

Each passenger is entitled to have conveyed, without extra charge, one trunk, or other traveling-box or bag; Providing, There be not more than two trunks or other traveling-boxes to be conveyed at one time for the person or persons hiring the conveyance. If there be more than two trunks, the driver shall be entitled to twenty-five cents for each additional one. Each passenger shall also be entitled to have conveyed such other small packages as can be conveniently carried within the vehicle.

The driver shall load and unload all baggage without additional charge.

"If a passenger claims to be overcharged by a driver, the driver is compelled to drive the passenger to the nearest police station, where the officer in charge will immediately decide the case. In case where a passenger is about to leave by railroad, stage, or steamboat, the officer on duty at such place shall promptly settle the claim in accordance with law."

On the obverse side of this ticket the following shall appear, to wit. and such additional matters as may hereafter be deemed necessary for information: