exported or sold without inspection, under a penalty of ten dollars. The inspector receives a compensation of one hundred dollars per annum from the corporation, in addition to the fees allowed by law, which are two cents per barrel for every barrel inspected, the flour drawn from the cask for inspection, the fines incurred for barrels of flour deficient in weight, and twenty-five cents per pound for any excess in the weight of the cask over and above the tare marked thereon.

Footways.-No person is allowed to ride, or drive any carriage on the footways, except at the crossings of streets, &c., under a penalty of two dollars for each offence. The fine to be recovered from parents and guardians in case of minors, and from masters for slaves.

Gaming.-No kind of gaming, except billiards, (and the table licensed,) is allowed. Any tavern allowing of gaming for money, &c., to lose their license, and pay a fine of fifty dollars per day.

Geese. No geese are allowed to be kept in this city, except in enclosures, south of Massachusetts avenue, and west of Eleventh street, east, under the penalty of having them seized and given to the trustees of the poor. And the police officers, or any other person, is authorized to take up the same, and is entitled to twenty-five cents from the trustees of the poor for every goose so delivered to them.

General Fund.-All moneys collected, except from taxes on real and personal property, are deposited in the Bank of Washington as a general fund: to be drawn out by the warrant of the Mayor, under the authority of appropriations only, for the general

expenses of the city. This fund is derived from licenses, rent of market stalls and stands, taxes on dogs, and fees for the city seal, in the year 1836, amounted to the sum of $19,226 44.

Grave-yards.-The squares No. 109, and No. 1026, are appropriated for grave-yards for the interment of all denominations of people. The ground was divided by the commissioners into sites for graves, and sold at the rate of two dollars each. Any person purchased from one to six contiguous, if thought proper, but no more. Those sites that remain unpurchased are now sold at three dollars per site.

The compensation for digging graves is fixed by the commissioners: at present it is two dollars each.

Gaugers. Three gaugers are appointed by the Mayor, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, whose duty it is to gauge all liquors sold in the city; and to be paid by the seller, six and a quarter cents for each barrel, hogshead, or tierce gauged.

Hackney Carriages.-All hackney carriages to pay a license of ten dollars per annum, if their owners shall have resided in this city six months previous to applying for such license, and be numbered, renewable on the first Monday in November. To persons residing within the limits of the corporation of Georgetown, and who shall have resided there six months previous to the date of such license, the license shall be charged at the rate of twenty dollars per annum; and for a license other than to residents of Washington or Georgetown, the license shall be at the rate of fifty dollars

per annum. The number to be painted legibly on the carriage, under a penalty of ten dollars for each offence.

All hacks while on the stand shall be at fifteen feet from the curb stone; the driver shall be on his box, or with the reins in his hand; and he shall not crack his whip to the annoyance of others, under a penalty of two dollars to five.

No one can run sleighs for hire without being first licensed to run carriages, or taking out a license for running a sleigh under the same regulations as hackney carriages. Non-residents, running hackney carriages in the city, to give bond, with sufficient surety, resident within the city, to be approved by the Mayor, conditioned for the payment of any, and all, fines and penalties which may be incurred by the driver for the breach of any of the laws of the corporation, relative to hackney carriages. No person can obtain a license for a carriage not his own, under a penalty of fifty dollars.

That the following rates of fare or charge for the conveyance of persons, from one place to another in the city of Washington, in hackney carriages, between day-break and eight o'clock, P. M., shall not be exceeded: that is to say,

From the Capitol square to the Eastern Branch bridge, thirty-one cents.

From the same to the Navy-yard, twenty-five

cents.

From the same to the south end of New Jersey avenue, twenty-five cents.

From the same to the south end of south Capitol street, twenty-five cents.

From the same to Greenleaf's Point, twenty-five

cents.

From the same to the President's square, twentyfive cents.

For any distance between the Capitol square, and any of the above mentioned places, not exceeding one half of the entire distance, twelve and one half cents, but any distance more than one halfshall be reckoned as the entire distance.

From Greenleaf's Point to the Navy-Yard, twenty-five cents.

From the Navy-yard to the Eastern Branch bridge, twenty-five cents.

From the President's square to Greenleaf's Point, twenty-five cents.

From the same to the Hamburgh wharf twentyfive cents.

From the same to the western limits of the city, twenty-five cents.

For any distance between Greenleaf's Point and the Navy-yard, or between the Navy-yard and the Eastern Branch bridge; or between the President's square, and Greenleaf's Point, or the Hamburgh wharf, or the western limits of the city, not exceeding one-half of the entire distance, twelve and onehalf cents; but any distance more than one-half, shall be reckoned as the whole distance: Provided no charge shall be made exceeding twelve and onehalf cents a mile; for any distance exceeding two miles; and in case of any detention of a hackney carriage beyond five minutes, the driver thereof shall be allowed for the whole hack a sum not exceeding twelve and one-half cents for every fifteen minutes. And for the conveyance of per

sons from any one place to another, in the city of Washington, not specified above, at the rate of twelve and a half cents a mile. And for all conveyances or detentions, later than eight o'clock P. M., the owners or drivers of hackney carriages may demand and receive at the rate of fifty per centum on the foregoing charges in addition thereto : and in all the foregoing cases, the same charges shall be allowed for a part of a mile as for a whole mile.

That if any owner or driver of a hackney carriage shall refuse to carry a passenger or passengers at the foregoing rates, or demand or receive any greater sum for the conveyance of persons than the rates herein established; or shall take up any passengers contrary to the provisions of the following sections, he or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each and every offence: Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any owner or driver of a hackney carriage from receiving any voluntary compensation for the conveyance of persons over and above the rates hereby established, but it shall nevertheless be the duty of the owner or driver aforesaid to inform the person offering such extra compensation of the rates herein fixed, otherwise the said owner or driver shall be deemed guilty of having demanded extra compensation.

That whenever any owner or driver of a hackney carriage shall demand or receive any greater sum for the conveyance of persons, who shall not have resided twelve months within the city of Washington, than is established by the rates of fare aforesaid, or shall refuse to carry such person or per sons at the said rates, he shall forfeit and pay dou.