Arizona republican., 1914-10-06

ordinance. give to the City a bond, , with good and sufficient suretles, to be approved by the City Manager, in sum amounting to One Thou sand ($1,O00) Dollars, for each and | every hack, coach, carriage, omn.- bus or other vehicle owned, main- tained or operated by him, which | said bond shall be conditioned that l 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- quired of him, in the management and conduct of such business by the City Charter or by ordinances pr resolution of the Commission, ana will further promptly pay any judg- ment or judgments which may be recovered against him in any court of competent jurisdiction by reason of any injury or damage sustaine1 | by any person by or through the fault
 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
 of any such fault or negligence.
 | Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for
 any person or persons, firm, assocla- tion or corporation, to drive, propel
 use, operate or maintain any sucn
 hack, coach, carriage, omnibus or
 other vehicle for the carriage of pas
 sengers for hire, without having first
 procured a license from the City so to do, and without having first paid
 the license tax herein provided there l for And each and every day pr
 fractional part of day that any
 such hack, coach, carriage, omnibus
 or other vehicle is driven, propelled,
 maintained or used for such purpose,
 without the license having been first
 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 he deemed a debt to the City of Phoenix until paid. and may be recovered by the City in a civil action in the City , Court of the City of Phoenix, Mari ccpa County, Arizona, or any other court of competent jurisdiction.
 Sec. 4. For the purposes of this ' ordinance the quarters for which H. $ cense is required shall begin on the , first days of october, January, Apri , and July of each year, and shall enc Q upon the last days of December a March. June and September of eaci year: and the year for which annua Y license is required shall begin on thu f flfSt day or OcloDer, anu shdi eil' g upon the last day of September O . each year.
 |. The licenses hereinbefore provided are and shall be required, and tn n license taxes hereinbefore provided r are and shall be required to be paid
 for all or any portion of said terms e provided, however, that any perso who shall have heretofore taken ou
 a quarterly license under the provis |, ions of any previously existing ordi
 nance and from whom a yearly Ii
 cense is or may be required by tn , provisions hereof, upon application n for and procuring license hereun IF der shall be entitled to have refund Q ed to him such proportionate amour n of the quarterly license tax thereto n fore paid by him as the unexpire IF term of such quarterly license sha = bear to the whole of said quarte for which the same was issued; an y the City Manager is hereby author h ized and directed to draw his war N, rant on the City Treasurer in fsvo 10 of such person for the proportional II amount of such uneXpired license. Sec ,. All ordinances and parts ( ID ordinances in conflict herewith, an , only to the extent that the same ar :, in conflict herewith, are hereby re i, pealed; provided, however, that sue in repeal shall not prevent the prosecu F, ton and punishment of any persol f firm, association or corporation fo ,- any act or omission in violation ,r any ordinance or part of ordlnant ,d which may be repealed hereby, an a, shall not affect any prosecution ( Ivy action in any court for violation ( I, any ordinance or part of ordlnanC repealed hereby, nor shall any sue ro repeal affect any civil right of u ,r City for the collection of any delir ,- ouent or unpaid license tax, but tr ,b right of the City to institute civil ( il criminal proceedings, or both, T. no iany act, omission, neglect or viola
 ton of any such ordinance repeale e hereby shall continue and remain P. force as if this ordinance had n' ne been passed.
 G. Sec 6. WHEREAS, the preservf ,d ton and protection of the peac ,e health and safety of the public, z o- passengers in and upon the hack ,- coaches, carriages. omnibuses ar ,u other vehicles herein licensed an
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