Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Taxicabs

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applicant and filed with the City Controller as a permanent record. SECTION 4. DISQUALIFICATIONS: No license shall be issued to any person under the provisions of this ordinance who has been convicted of a felony within five (5) years next preceding the application, or more than three (3) violations of traffic laws or speed laws of any state or any city within five (5) years next preceding the application. SECTION 5. ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE: Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the foregoing requirements, it shall be the duty of the City Controller to issue each applicant a driver's license, which shall be in such form as to contain a blank space for the signature of the licensee and a blank space upon which a record may be made of any arrest or conviction of, or complaint against said licensee and such license shall be signed by the licensee in the presence of the City Controller. Each driver's license shall be signed by the City Controller or his deputy and sealed with the seal of the City Controller and such license shall have upon it a number to be selected by said City Controller by which said license shall thereafter be designated and known. Any licensee who defaces, removes, or obliterates any official entry made upon his license shall, in addition to any other punishment imposed by this ordinance, has his license revoked as hereinafter provided. The City Controller shall keep a register in rhich_ shall be listed the names of all persons to whom licenses are granted, the date when issued, the number of each license and any additional data which in his judgment may seem necessary. SECTION 6. DRIVER'S LICENSE FEE: The applicant applying for a driver's license shall, before issuance thereof, pay into the city treasury the sum of Two Dollars 02.00). SECTION 7. TER' OF DRIVER'S LICENSE: Driver's licenses shall be issued as of January 1st of each and every year, and shall be valid to and including December 31st next -4-