Ordinance Amending Sections 3, 16 & 21 of Ordinance No. 2979 and Section 1 of Ord. No. 3309 and Section 1 of Ord. No. 3359 for an Application Form for Licenses

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It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police of the City of South Bend to report in writing to the City Controller Concern- ing the arrests and conviction of any person licensed to operate or drive any taxicab or taxicabs within the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the event any person so licensed to operate or drive shall be convicted of any misdemeanor or felony involving moral turpitude or reckless disregard for the life of persons and prop- erty in the operation of a motor vehicle, then the Board may forth with revoke any license issued to such person. In the event any person whose license may be so revoked desires, and in writing requests, a hearing, the Board shall arrange for such hearing with in fifteen (15) daysafter receiving such request and may after such hearing, reinstate such license, in the event no conviction of the type referred to above was actually had against the licensee; or may, in its sole discretion reinstate said license permanently or on reasonable conditions, in the event extenuating or mitigating circumstances are shown. Section 2. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3309 be amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. INSURANCE OR CASH BOND OR GOVERNMENT BONDS DEPOSIT REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporat to operate any taxicab within the city limits of the City of Sou Bend unless there is on file or on deposit in the office of the City Controller of said City, and approved as to form and securi by him, and in full force and effect, either (1) A bond or bonds executed by the owner or operator of said taxicabs as principal, and secured by cash deposit or deposits of negotiable United States Government Bonds in the penal sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00); provided the number < city licensed taxicabs in operation by said owner or operator doer not exceed twenty -five (25); provided,further,that if any such owr or operator of taxicabs should operate more than twenty -five (25) 4.