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ORDINANCE NO.~
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TIXICABS IN TI3E CITY OF ?"PEST A.MEh'~?HIS, RF~PEALING FARTS
OF ORDINANCE) IS`, COl`i~'T,ICT IiERc'~: ' ITH AP]D DECL/'~RII1G AN EMERGENCY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of :'hest P,=Memphis, Arkansas.
;~ Section 1: Section 13 of Ordinance No. 112 passed and approved December
4, 1945 is hereby repealed.
Section 2: Each person, firm, corporation or association operating a
taxicab or taxicabs in the City of '`lest Memphis shall pay the City of 'd~est
Memphis, Arkansas, at the office of the City Clerk the following license:
For each taxicab owned and operated by any nerson,f irm, corporation,
association or partnership the annual license fee shall~be the sum of X100.00.
The license herein provided for shall be issued by the City Clerk of
the City of ~'Yest IeMemphis and shall be pl~:.inly attached to or exhibited upon
each taxicab, and suer. license provided for herein shall be an annual license
payable on the first day of January of each year. ti'Jhen operation is commenced
after January 1st of any year the proportional part of the yearly fee shall be
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Section 3: Section lfl of Ordinance No. 112 passed and approved December
4, 1945 is hereby amended to read as follows:
No person shall drive a taxicab, ~~or shall any taxicab operate~r employ
a driver unless said driver shall first obtain from the City Clerk a "Driver's
Certificate" entitling him to drive a ta.~icab. No person shall drive a taxicab,
nor shall any taxicab operator continue to employ a driver, unless said driver's
certificate remains in force and is reri,~wed as herein provided. Said certificate
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shall be in addition to any license required by lavr or ordinance. A certificate to
drive may be obtained by filing with the City Clerk a sworn application inc luding:
(a) Name, age anal address.
(b) I'Jhere applicant had been emplo;~ed for the past five (5) years,
give names and addresses of his former emnloyera.
I~;. (c) Attach a certificate from a reputable physician to the effect
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that he is physically and mentally sound and that he is free
from any eo~unicable disease.
(d) A statement frrom Ghief of Police stating his reputation is good
and that he should be granted a certificate.
Said certificate must be ob tained on or before January 1, 1946, and on
or before January 1st of each year thereafter, said certificate being valid for
the calendar year only for which it is issued. The City Clark shall either issue
a certificate or mark "refused" on the application statin-~ the. reason why it was
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not issued. If refused, t'~~.e applicant may by reques^obtain a hearing before
the City Council. The Council may after hearing either affirm the action of the
City.. Clerk or order the certificate issued.
For each Certificate issued as herein provided a fee of `5.00 shall be
charged.
Section 4: That by reason of the fact that taxicabs operate inthe
City of 1Nest Driemphis, driv~:rs and operators thereof are in irmnediate need of
strict supervision and rEgulation as herein provided for the protedtion of the
inhabitants of the City of '~'~est a'Iemphis, and this ordinance being necessary
for the iirnnediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an
emergency is declared to exist, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in
force on and after December 13, 1946.
Passed and approved this 13th day of December, 1946.
' Mayor
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Attest:
Clerk
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