Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Taxicabs

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inspected and approved by the City Sealer. (h) TAF:PERING AWITH I!:ETER: PTO driver or operator of any taxicab shall permit any person to ride thereon or therein without the consent of the owner thereof when the flag is up or toward vertical position and no person shall tamper with, break or mutilate any taximeter with the intention of causing the same to register improper- ly or incorrectly or inaccurately. (i) Such taximeters shall be inspected once each month by the City Sealer of the City of South Bend in regard to the regulations herein set forth. SECTION 13. RATES OF FARE: No person, firm or corporation owning, operating or controlling any motor vehicle used as a taxicab within the limits of the City of South Bend shall charge less than the following rates to be determined by the taximeter: '�'or the first 1/2 mile or fraction thereof .15¢ For each succeeding 1/2 mile thereafter .............. .05� Nor more than the following rates to be determined by the taximeter: For the first 1/2 mile or fraction thereof .......... .15� For each succeeding mile thereafter ................. .20¢, Provided, however, that a taxicab may be hired at a rate of $1.50 ber hour when so hired before the trip is begun and provided further that for each four minutes of waiting there may be made a charge of .10�. ;laiting time shall include the time when the taxicab is not in motion beginning with the arrival at the place to which it has been called, or the time consumed while standing at the direction of the p passenger, but no charge shall be me de for time lost for the in- efficiency of the taxicab or its operator or time consumed by pre- mature response to call. The above charges will be for one person or more. No taxicab shall be let or hired upon a meter basis when the taximeter thereon is broken, out of order, or for any other reason does not accurately register the fare. No zone or flat rates shall be charged. -8-