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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of the vehicle or vehicles for which a license is desired, the number of taxicabs sought to be operated by the applicant, whether applicant is able to furnish bond or insurance policy as in the ordinance prescribed protecting against public liability, personal injury or property damage, and such other information as the City Controller may prescribe, which application containing full and complete answers to the Questions therein set forth shall be sworn to and signed by the individual seeking the license, if a person, if a partnership, by one of the partners; or, if a corporation, by an executive officer thereof; (e) Nothing in this ordinance, however, shall be construed so as to prohibit a person, firm or corporation from operating a taxicab purchased under a title contract or plan of financing, where the title thereto, for the purpose of security only, vests in some other person, firm or corporation; (f) Upon receiving an application for license form, properly verified and executed, the City Controller shall, within forty -eight (48) hours of the time of receiving said application, submit the same to the Chief of Police, who shall make or cause to be made, by such police officer as he may designate, an immediate investigation concerning the truth or falsity of information con- tained in said application and report the result of such investiga tion, in writing, to the City Controller within two (2) weeks from the date of receiving the application from said Controller. Upon receiving said report, and within forty -eight (48) hours, the Controller shall examine said application and report and thereupon make his recommendation whether said license should or should not be granted, in whole or in part, and forthwith submit the original application, together with the report of the Chief of Police and his own recommendation, to the Board of Public works and Safety; (g) Upon receiving such application and report, the Board of Public works and Safety shall, at its next regularly scheduled meeting, set a time, not more than thirty (30) days