The Owosso times., 1922-08-11


Dollars (Ss5.OOl and for each interurban
motor bus of more than seven standard
'ated seating capacity, Fifty Dollars
tS5O.OO).
Section 8. No licensee hereunder shall
operate a taxcab or interurban motor bus
IN the streets of this City while intoxicated,
1or allow any agent or employe 10 do !;
loc shall procure or transport or aid or
,bct in transporting any Intoxicating liquor
N such vehicle: nor reconstruct. materially
alter or add to the carrying capacity of such
vehicle after the same is licensed without
first receiving the consent of the Commits
sion; nor operate or allow to be operated
any such licensed vehicle while any person
) standing or sitting any running board,
Gender or any outside portion thereof; nor
GGil, neglect or refuse to turn into the Office
Of the Chief of Police all lost Articles found
n such licensed vehicle at the end of its
trip in this City; - or allow to be used
any such licensed vehicle for immoral pur-
poses or procure or aid in procuring, or per-
nit any driver thereof so to do, any woman
FOR immoral purposes; nor employ any
driver OF such licensed vehicle who is under
the age of twenty-one years; nor fail to
aotify the Chief OF Police within ten hours
hereafter of any accident, giving the time
and place of the accident. the name of the
person injured. character of injuries. and in
case OF property damage the es mated
tmount of such damage.
Section 6. Every taXicab and intcrurban
olctor bus licensed hereunder shall display
both in front and at the rear license plate
o be furnished by the City Clerk, and such
license plate shall not be tran sferred from
one car to another without first obtaining
he perm isson OF the Mayor Chief of
Police except that crippled car may be
replaced by one of the same less rated
seating capacity for not more than one day
without obtaining such permission. In case
of the sale of the business any vehicle
for hire licensed hereunder before the expir-
alton of the term of such license the said
license shall be operative for the benefit of
such purchaser provided he shall within
twenty -four hours report such sale and pre-
sent said license for transfer to the City
Clerk, who shall endorse said license, the
fact of such transfer, and provided also
that the purchaser shall at the same time
present a bond, as hereinbefore provided
for on application in the first instance, which
shall be approved by the Commission, and
the Commission shall be satisfied, as in case
of application for a license in the first in
stance, that the purchaser is a proper per-
son to be licensed.
Section 7. No taxicab shall refuse to carry any
person to the point within the City limits to
which he wishes to be carried. tender of
fare, unless such taxicab be at the time
already employed, and the person en-
ploying shall object to an additional pas
senger for another destination than his own,
and when any passenger is seated in such
taxicab he shall be driven by the most direct
and safe route to his destination; provided,
that no taxcab or interurban bus shall take
as n passenger any person under the infu-
ence of Intoxicating liquor known to
have intoxicating liquor in his possession.
or who is soliciting carriage for known i'm
moral purposes, or who is guilty of loud
and boisterous conduct or disturbance of the
peace.
Section 8. No taxicab shall charge to ex-
ceed twenty five cents for the carriage OF
each passenger from point to point within
the City limits between the hours of six
o'clock in the forenoon until eleven o'clock
in the evening, nor to exceed fifty cents for
each passenger within said City limits be-
tween the hours of eleven o'clock in the
evening and six o'clock in the forenoon.
such times to be reckoned according to the
standard of time then officially promulgated
by the Commission; and no taxicab shall
charge to exceed three dollars per hour when
hired by the hour. unless by previous agree
ment. Every taxicab operator or driver
shall keep posted in his cab at all times, in
conspicuous place, the above list of prices
for fare, in plain and easily legible type or
writing, and every driver shall give to any
person requesting the same payment of
his fare, receipt therefor, containing in
legible type writing the name of owner
city license number. name of driver, all items
charged for. the total amount paid and time
of payment. No charge shall be made for
the distance travelled by any taxicab in
answering a call, nor for any return to stand
after conveying passenger, nor shall chill
dren in arms be charged for. Children un-
der six years of age accompanied by adults
shall be carried free up to two in number,
ddit:onal children, unaccompanied children,
and those over six years of age to he
charged one-half fare at night and full fare
during hours from six in the forenoon to
eleven at night. Two pieces of hand bag
gage shall be carried for each adult passen-
ger or child paying fare without extra
charge.
Section g. No taxicab of a greater standard
rated seating capacity than seven nor any inter
urban motor bus shall park or stand on Washing
ton Street from Shiawassce River to Mason
Street on Park or Ball Streets from Main
Street to Mason Street, on Water Street
from Washington Street to Mason street, Ex-
change St, from Park ST. TO Water St, or
on Main Street from Saginaw Street to Mich
igan Avenue, except to receive discharge
passengers, and for that purpose not to ex-
ceed fifteen minutes at one time. Taxicabs
and nterurban motor buses having stand
ard rated seating capacity of seven or less
may have such stands on the streets OF the
City as shall be designated by the Mayor
and Chief of Police as to place and number
at stand, but not otherwise: provided, that If
any owner or occupier of property in front
of which such stand is designated shall OBJ
ject thereto, the matter shall be put before
the Commiss sion who, after notice to the in
terested parties and hearing thereon, may in
their discretion exercised with a view to the
general public interest, order such stand es-
tablished or discontinued.
Section 10. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person driving a taxicab or interurban motor
bus to cause. permit or allow the same to
cross any railroad track at its intersection
with any street in the City of Owosso over
which cars or trains of cars operated at
grade, without bringing such vehicle to n
full stop before crossing such railroad track,
unless at the time of approaching such cross
ing there be stationed thereat a fagman or
raffc officer, in which case the driver shall
be governed by the directions of such flag
man officer.
Section l. This ordinance is not intend
ed to apply to automobiles used for hire ex-
cusvely as hearscs, ambulances or hotel
omnibuses in the City of Owosso.
Section IL. Any person. firm. co-partner
ship or corporation licensed under this or
dinance who shall violate any of the pro-
visions thereof. either by himself, or by any
agent, employee driver with the consent
or knowledge of such lcensee, or any driver