1042 ARTICLE 4.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, secs. 143, 144. 1865, ch. 90. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4,
secs. 136, 137. 1910, ch. 109.

282. Every hackney carriage, drawn by horse or other animal power,
licensed as required by law, shall be provided with a lamp on each side,
and said lamps shall be kept lighted when such vehicle is in use in the
night time, and the number of the owner's license of not less than two
inches in length shall be placed on each side of such carriage both within
and without, in such a position as to be distinctly seen and read, and the
owner, driver or person having charge of a hackney carriage, whether
drawn by horse or other animal power or propelled by mechanical motor,
shall keep in a conspicuous place in the interior of such carriage at all
times the rates of fare and the charges prescribed and furnished by the
said Police Commissioner. Any owner, driver, chauffeur or person having
in charge any hackney carriage as aforesaid, who shall omit, neglect or
refuse to comply with the directions herein contained shall, upon convic-
tion, be punished by a fine of ten dollars.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 145. P. L. L. (1888), Art 4, sec. 138. 1910, ch. 109.

283. Every driver, chauffeur of or person having in charge any hackney
carriage, licensed as required by law, whether drawn by horse or other
animal power or propelled by mechanical motor, who shall refuse or omit
when required to inform any person using such carriage or applying for
the use of it, the true number thereof or the correct amount of the rate of
fare or charge authorized to be asked for the use of it, or shall wilfully mis-
lead, misconvey or insult by abusive or indecent and opprobrious language
any passenger whom he shall have in his care for conveyance in the carri-
age of which he is driver, chauffeur or person having charge thereof, shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.

1892, ch. 631. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 138A. 1910, ch. 109.

284. Any driver, chauffeur of or person having in charge any hackney
carriage who shall ask, charge, demand or receive more than the rates of
fare or charges as established by the Police Commissioner in the City of
Baltimore from time to time from any passenger or passengers shall, upon
conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprison-
ment in jail for a period not exceeding six months nor less than thirty
days, or both such fine and imprisonment; and any passenger or passengers
who shall refuse to pay or attempt to avoid payment of the rates of fare
or charge's so as aforesaid established by the Police Commissioner shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a fine
of not exceeding fifty dollars.

1865, ch. 90. P. L. L. (1888). Art. 4, sec. 139. 1910, ch. 109.

285. No driver, chauffeur of or person having charge of any hackney
carriage, except omnibus, park phaeton or sightseeing vehicle, shall take
up or carry any passengers after the carriage has been occupied, engaged
or hired by any prior passenger until such prior passenger shall have dis-
charged said carriage, without the consent of such prior passenger, and