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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ceeding Thirty (30) days, or both, for each offense. SECTION 15., - ISSUANCE-OF TAXICAB LICENSE. - Upon satis- factory fulfillment of the foregoing requirements it shall be the duty of the City Conttoller, upon report that said requirements have been met, to issue 'such taxicab license, which shall be in such form as to contain, the signature of the owner, the type, capacity, make, engine number and serial number of the vehicle. Each taxicab license shall be signed by the City Controller or his deputy and attested by his seali Each license shall be numbered, by which it shall thereafter be designated and known. The City Controller shall keep a register of the names of each person owning and/or operating a vehicle licensed under this ordinance, together with the license number and description, make and passenger capacity of such vehicle, and such record shall be open to the inspection of the public during office hours. The Chief of Police may at his option by himself, or by any person, or persons, designated by him, maintain a constant vigilance over all taxicabs t see that they are kept in a condition of fitness, for public use, and to this end he may inspect, or cause to be inspected, all taxicabs from time to time, or on the complaint of any citizen, as often as may be necessary. Report in writing of all inspections which find unfitness shall be promptly made by him to the City Controller. SECTIOQ 14. - RENEWAL OF TAXICAB LICENSES. - Taxicab licenses shall be renewed from year to year, not later than January 10th of . ' each year, and the fee for such renewals shall be paid into the City Treasury in like amount as for the original issue of such licenses. Such renewals for taxicab licenses shall be made only upon the same conditions as required for the original application. SECTION 15. - LICENSE PLATE AND NUMBER. - There shall be deliver- ed to the licensee for each and every licensed taxicab a metal tag to be fastened and displayed upon the inside of said taxicab, facing and plainly visible from the rear seat thereof, which license tag shall contain the license number and the year -for which the license - 7 - -