Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-05
NOTICE

At meeting of the Court of Common Council of the City of Norwich, held Mpn., day, Aug. I'd, 1920, the following was proposed as an amendment to the City ordinances and the City Clerk ordered to publish the same as by law provided; Be It ordained by the Court of Common
 Council of the City of Norwich:
 Section l. No person, firm or corpora- tion operating or driving any public con veyanee as such for passengers for hire, including public service motor vehicles, oH5 the streets of the City of NerYieh shall limits of said city without first applying in writing to the Chief of Police of said, city upon form by him provided, for g license to receive such passengers, which application shall be signed by the app1i- cant and give the name of the operator or driver, the age and residence of the operator or driver, and, if an operator eil a public service motor vehicle, then the car registry number, operators state reg Istry number, capacity and description of car, or. if public conveyance other than a gasoline, steam or electrically Prepelied vehicle, then a general description of the same, and no public conveyar ces as such, including puSlic service motor vehicles snail receive passengers for hire the streets of the City of Norwich without il IS belng operated or driven by a person licensed to so operate CT drive as herein and hereinafter in this ordinance pro Vlded and without full compliance with the terms and cend:t :tlens of this erdi. nance.
 Sec. 2. The Chief of Police, upon ths applicants compliance with Section onf of this ordinance and the payment to said chief of S5, shall issue license to such operator or driver. which shall continue in force until midnight on the 31st day oi December next following it's date unless sooner withdraYn by notifying the Chief of Police in writing to that effect by the licensee or unless for other cause revoked, Sec. ,. Upon the issuance of the license PreScribed by Section hereof the Chief or Police shall deliver to such operator or driver g license number, which, license numbers shall not be issued in dupIicats but in sequence. and displayed eonspicu. ously and firmly attached to the outside Of said conveyance Sec. 1. There shall be prominently dis- played within such conveyance a state ment indicating the fares to be charged, which statement shall be furnished by the Chief of Police and shall be always aeces. slhle to all passengers in such conveyance l Sec ,. The Court of Common Council snail appropriate upon the approval of Its tlnanee Committee such sums, not to ex- ceed htty dollars annually, as may he. | required to provide the applications. Ii- l provided.
 1 Sec S. The Chief of Police shall report monthly in writing to the Court of Com. | mon. Council by a statement giving the 1 number or operators or drivers so li- eensed the. amount collected in license tees, and the, number. and names of ii- censes revoked, with the reason therefor.
 Sec. :. Upon the enactment of this or | dinance and thereafter at the beginning l of each license year the Chief of Police may draw an order upon the Treasurer of the City of Norwich for a sum not to exceed fifty dollars, which order, when ! approved by the Finance Committee and the Court of Common Council the Treas 1 urer shall pay. which sum shall be used by the Chief of Police solely for the pre- 1 viding of applications, licenses, license | numbers and rate cards, and be account. l ed for by him.
 Sec 8. On the first days of January, l April. July and October of each year the
 Chief of Police shall fully account to the
 Treasurer of the City of Norwich for ail
 moneys received by him fer said licenses
 and pay. to the Treasurer all moneys in
 his hands on said dates.
 | Sec. g. Whoever violates any of the
 provisions Of this ordinance shall he pun
 ished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars Sec. n. Upon second conviction of
 any operator or driver of any puhlte cen
 veyance of any of the traffic ordinances | of the City of Norwich the license herein
 prescribed shall forthwith becene void
 and shall not be renewed for the period of
 one year after such second conviction
 Sec Il. All ordinances or parts of or
 dinances inconsistent herewith are herehy
 The above and foregoing is a true copy of record.
 Attest: ". R. FRIsBIE. City Clerk and Clerk of the Court of
 Common Council.
 Norwich, Conn.,. Aug. 2, 1920.