Amending Chapter 4, to revise provisions for licensing of taxicab companies, vehicles and drivers

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(e) Manifest required; retention. Every taxicab driver shall maintain a daily manifest upon which are recorded all trips made each day, showing time and place of origin and destination of each trip and amount of fare. Ever taxicab driver shall give Aall completed manifests sha~l-l1e retttrnecl to the etwner o e~ rator by-the-dries' at the conclusion of errs each tour of duty. The forms for each manifest shall be furnished to the driver by the ewner o e~ rator and shall be of a character approved by the Controller. (f) Records required; access; retention: (1) Every holder shall keep accurate records of receipts from operations, operating and other expenses, capital expenditures and such other operating information as maybe required by the Controller. (2) Every holder shall maintain the records containing such information and other dates required by this article at a place readily accessible for examination by the E~b~ie s Controller. (3) All records required by this subsection shall be preserved and maintained by the holder for three (3) calendar years. (g) Advertising on vehicles. Subject to the rules and regulations of the ~aLork~s Controller, any holder or driver hire may permit advertising matter materials to be affixed to or installed in or on such taxicabs er s fiar-hire. (h) Taximeters ~~; specifications; inspection: (1) All taxicabs operated under the authority of this section shall be equipped with taximeters fastened in front of the passengers, visible to them at all times during_the day and night. After sundown, and until sunrise, the face of the taximeter shall be illuminated. (2) The taximeter shall be operated mechanically by x mechanisms of standard design and construction and shall comply with the standards required by the Bureau of Weights and Measures and meet all regulations of the National Institute of Standards and Tolerances NIST . The taximeter shall be driven from a nonpowered wheel by a flexible and permanently attached driving mechanism. iIt shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect the correct reading and recording. Each taximeter shall have a flag to denote when the vehicle is employed and when it is not employed. The driver shall tln~~ lp ace the flag of such taximeter in a nonrecording position at the termination of each trip. (3) The taximeter shall be subject to inspection from time to time by the Bureau of Weights and Measures. Any inspector or other officer of the Bureau is authorized, either on complaint of any person or without such complaint, to inspect any meter. Upon discovery of any