License & Regulate Owners & Taxicab Drivers to Perscribe Duties and Rules Under Which they May do Business on the Streets of City of South Bend

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4040by the Board of Public Safety of said City. g CTION 26. - DIRECT ROUTE. - Any taxicab driver employed to transport passengers to a definite point shall take the shortest and most direct route possible that will carry the passenger to his des- tination safely and expeditiously. SECTION 2Z, INSURANCE REQUIRED. - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate any taxicab within the city limits of the City of South Bend, unless there is on file, and approved as to both form and security, by the City Attorney of said City, and in full force and effect, either 1. A bond or bonds executed by the owner or operator of said taxicabs as principal and by a responsible surety company as surety, authorized to do business under the laws of the State of Indiana, in the penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each city licensed taxicab so owned and operated, but in no case need the total penalties on said bond or bonds exceed the s;m of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) , regardless of the number of city licensed taxi- cabs in operation by such owner or operator. Said bond shall be con- ditioned, among other things, that the owner or operator of said tail- cab or taxicabs will pay any final judgment that may be rendered against him or it for damages to the property of others or for the bodily injury to or death of others, resulting from accident or col- lision, for which said owner or operator will be liable, on account of any acts of negligence of his, or his agents or servants in the negligent operation of or defective construction of said taxicab or taxicabs, or which. may arise or result from any violation of any of the provisions of this .ordinance or the laws of the State of Indiana by him, his or its agents or servants; or 2. A liability policy of insurance in a company authorized t do business in the State of Indiana, in the total amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for damages to any one person, and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) as the result of any one accident for each city licensed taxicab, but in no case need the total maximum of liability vac- - 11 -