Arizona republican., 1914-10-14

oi any lHJuIy or UdUldS0 SuSLdlneY | 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, associa- tion or corporation, to drive, propel, use, operate or maintain any sucn 1 hack, coach, carriage, omnibus or other vehicle for the carriage of pas sengers for hire without having first procured license from the City so to do, and without having first paid | the license tax herein provided there for. And each and every day or | fractional part of a day that any such hack. coach. carriage, omnibus or other vehicle is driven, propelled. naintained or used for such purpose. without the license having been first i procured or the license tax first paid as herein provided, shall constitute a 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 1 ordinance.
 | Any person, firm, association or i 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- | 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 l debt to the City of Phoenix until paid, and may be recovered by the City in 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 li- censc is required shall begin on the l first days of October. January, April and July of each year, and shalls end upon the last days of December, March, June and September of each 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 ha roc11ira6 +o bo ,o;j 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 proVlslons hereof. upon application for and procuring license hereun- 1 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 for which the same was issued; and the City Manager is hereby author ized 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. ,. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, anl 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- | tion 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 any ordinance or part of ordinance repealed hereby, nor shall any such repeal affect any civil right of the City for the collection of any del;n- 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 tion 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 regulation be immediate and eff cient: and,
 WHEREAS, it is therefore neees- sary for the public peace, health and safety that this ordinance become immediately effective, an emergency IS hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall take effect and be Tn full force from and after it's pass age by the Commission and ap- proval by the Mayor, and is hereby | exempted rom the referendum pro- 1 vision of the City Charter
 PASSED by the Commission of tEe City of Phoenix this third day 1 of october, 1914
 APPROVED this third day of Oc- tober, 1914.
 GEO. U. YOUNG.
 Mayor. Attest: Frank Thomas,
 City Clerk. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SU-