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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vehicle; but such vehicle shall not be permitted to solicit business in the City of South Bend or otherwise operate within said City without license under the provisions of this Ordinance. Each applicant for a taxicab license must comply with the following con- ditions and obligations: (a) If an individual or partnership, each to be a citi- zen of the United States of Americanor have declared its in- tention so to become within six (6) years next preceding such application; (b) Be of the age of Twenty-one (21) years or over in case of individuals, and in ease of a corporation, be authorized to operate taxicabs and carry on such business in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana; (c) Obtain a license for each and every such vehicle or ve- hicles to be operated; (d) Fill out, upon a blank form to be provided by the City Controller, a statement describing each vehicle to be licensed, 'giving the full name and address of the owner or owners, legal and equitable', the make, type, motor number, age and capacity of the vehicle for which a license is desired, whether said vehicle is leased or rented to the driver and upon what basis it is operated, whether any insurance against public liability, personal injury or property damage is carried and, if so, in what amount; all of which date shall be sworn to and signed by the individual seeking the license, if a person; if a partnership, by one of the partners; and if, a corporation, by an executive officer thereof. Nothing in this ordinance, however, shall-be construed so as toeprohibit a person, firm or corporation from Operating a taxicab purchased under a title contract or plan offinancing, where the title thereto, for the pur- pose of security only, vests in some other person, firm, or corporation. SECTION 11. - TAXICAB LICENSE FEE. - Every applicant applying for a taxicab license shall, before receiving same, pay into the City Treasury to the sum of ,Pttir,-6 , Dollars ($ S ) for each and every vehicle to be so licensed. All licenses shall run from January 1st to December 31st of each year, and no rebate or apportionment for any fractional part of a. year shall be repaid to the licensee. ,SECTION 12. - PENALTY. - Any person, firm or corporation who fails to comply with any of the provisions of Section 10 and 11 of this Ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment for not ex- - 6 -