Arizona republican., 1914-10-07


 with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the City Manager, in a sum amounting to One Thou sand ($1,000) Dollars, for each and every hack, coach, carriage, omni- bus or other vehicle owned, main- tained or operated by him, which said bond shall be conditioned that if license to carry on such business is issued to the said applicant, the said applicant shall well and truly observe, obey and perform all and singular the duties, requirements, restrictions and obligations which are, or may be, imposed upon or re- l quired of him, in the management and conduct of such business by the | City Charter or by ordinances or resolution of the Commission, and will further promptly pay any judg ment or judgments which may be recovered against him in any court i of competent jurisdiction by reason of any injury or damage sustained l by any person by or through the fault l or negligence of said applicant, his | servants and employees, in the conduct | of such business, and which said | bond may be sued upon by any per son suffering any damage by reason 1 of any such fault or negligence. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, associa- 1 tion or corporation, to drive, propel use, operate or maintain any sucn hack, coach, carriage, omnibus or l other vehicle for the carriage of pas l sengers for hire, without having first procured a license from the City so l to do. and without having first paid | the license tax herein provided there | for And each and every day pr fractional part of a day that any tsuch hack, coach, carriage, omnibus or other vehicle is driven, propelled, maintained or used for such purpose, without the license having been first l procured or the license tax first paid as herein provided, shall constitute separate violation hereof; and it shall also be unlawful for any per son, firm, association or corporation to neglect, fail or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this | ordinance.
 Any person. firm, association or corporation violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun ished by a fine of not more than | two hundred dollars or by imprison-
 ment in the city jail for not more
 than two hundred days, or by both
 such fine and imprisonment. And
 the amount of license tax or fee herein provided shall be deemed a
 debt to the City of Phoenix until paid and may be recovered by the
 City in a civil action in the City 1 Court of the City of Phoenix, Mari ccpa County, Arizona, or any other | court of competent jurisdiction.
 Sec. 1. For the purposes of this
 ordinance the quarters for which li-
 cense is required shall begin on the
 first days of October, January, April
 and July of each year, and shall end
 upon the last days of December March, June and September of eacn year; and the year for which annual license is required shall begin on the
 first day of October, and shall end
 upon the last day of September of
 each year.
 The licenses hereinbefore provided are and shall be required, and the
 license taxes hereinbefore provided
 are and shall be required to be paid,
 for all or any portion of said terms;
 provided, however, that any person who shall have heretofore taken out
 a quarterly license under the provis-
 ions of any previously existing ordi-
 nance and from whom a yearly li-
 cense is or may be required by the
 for and procuring license hereun-
 der shall be entitled to have refund
 ed to him such proportionate amount of the quarterly license tax thereto
 fore paid by him as the unexpired
 term of such quarterly license shall
 bear to the whole of said quarter l for which the same was issued; and
 the City Manager is hereby author
 zed and directed to draw his war
 rant on the City Treasurer in favor
 of such person for the proportionate
 amount of such unexpired license. | Sec 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and
 only to the extent that the same are | in conflict herewith, are hereby re-
 pealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall not prevent the prosecu- | ton and punishment of any person, | firm, association or corporation for any act or omission in violation of | any ordinance or part of ordinance which may be repealed hereby, and | shall not affect any prosecution or action in any court for violation of | repealed hereby, nor shall any such repeal affect any civil right of the | City for the collection of any delin- quent or unpaid license tax, but the right of the City to institute civil or criminal proceedings, or both, for any act, omission, neglect or viola ton of any such ordinance repealed hereby shall continue and remain in force as if this ordinance had not been passed.
 Sec. 6. WHEREAS, the preserva ton and protection of the peace, health and safety of the public, as passengers in and upon the hacks, coaches, carriages, omnibuses and other vehicles herein licensed and regulated, as pedestrians and other wise as users of the streets of the City of Phoenix, demands that such lot tot of