On 25 May 1803, the Washington city council approved an act, to begin “1 July next,” that required annual licenses for the private use of carriages. Cost of the license was determined by carriage type, ranging from $15 yearly for a coach, “whether driven with a box or by postillion,” to an annual fee of $2 for four-wheeled carriages “resting upon wooden spars.” The statute did not pertain to those carriages employed primarily for husbandry or for carrying goods. Commercial carriages, such as those used by hackney drivers and peddlers, were licensed separately. On 7 May 1805 Jefferson paid license fees on four carriages (Acts of the Corporation of the City of Washington, Passed by the First Council [Washington, D.C., 1803], 45-8).