The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-01

fcatfng liquors, or who has been con-
victed of any felony in connection
with the violation of any vehicle or
motor traffic laws. or ordinances, or
who is unable to intelligentiy speak
the English languages.
SECTION 4. The license fee for
such licenses. is hereby fixed as fol-
lows:
For each jitney capable of seat
ing five CD persons or less, includ-
ing the driver. Twenty-Five ts25.o0)
Dollars per year.
For each jiteny capable of seat
Ing more than FIVE (5) persons and
less than eight (s) persons. in
Guiding the driver. Thirty $4,000
Dollars per year.
For each jitney capable of seat
Ing more than seven CD persons,
including the driver, Fifty (s50.0o)
Dollars per year.
SECTION S. Before any license
shall be issued. as hereinabove pro-
vided. the person, firm or corpora
the City Controller. an indemnifying
policy of insurance of some firm,
company or corporation licensed
to do business in the State of Ind
lana, or the bond of such person.
firm or corporations, with a Surety
Company authorized to do business
under the laws of the State of Ind
lana, as surety thereof, or bond
executed by three or more freehold
Il
policy insurance shall be given to
the approval of the City Controller.
and in the event of such bond, the
same Is signed by freehold sureties.
each surety on said bond shall at
tach thereto his or her statement In
writing, duly sworn TO, setting forth
that he or she owns in fee simple
certain real estate, its legal descrip-
ton. its market value. and no pro-
perty shall be accepted thereon which
is not located in the County and
State of Indiana. free from all in
cumbrances of every description, and
the total value of all such property
scheduled on such Bond shall not be
less than double the amount OF such
Bond. Said Bond. whether execu-
ted by Surety Company or freehold
sureties. as herein provided. or In
Identifying policy of insurance,
shall be so written so as to indem-
Nifty the public against loss or dam
age of property and injuries or
death to persons by reason OF the
careless and negligent operation or
defective construction OF such jitney
or taxicab, and to indemnify passen-
gers for less or damage to property
in transportation and for injuries or
death to person or persons. BY rea-
son of such carless and negligent
operation of such jitney or taxicab,
and said bond shall further contain
a provision for continuing liability
hereunder, notwithstanding any re-
covery thereon or any payment by
the principal or sureties therein OBJ
ligated.
Any Jitney or taxicab having a
seating capacity Of less than eight
(s) persons. including tho driver.
shall furnish bond or indemnifyins
policy of insurance. as above de-
scribed. In the sum OF TWENTY
FIVE HUNDRED (s2.5oo.oo) DOL
LARS.
Any jitney or taxicab having a
senting capacity of more than seven
(7l passengers. including the driver
shall furnish bond as above describ-
ed. or indemnifying policy of in
suranoe. in the sum OF THIRTY
FIVE HUNDRED (s3,5o0.oo) DOL
LARS.
SECTION 6. All licenses shall be
issued for a period OF one year "a
and shall expire on. the 31st day OF
December of each and every year,
provided no license shall be taken
out for less than six (6) months
fee.
SECTION Z. When any person.
firm or corporation. has paid the
license fee and in all other reg
poets complied with the provisions
of this Ordinance, said Controller
shall issue to such person, firm or
corporation, certificate setting
forth the fact that such person,
firm or corporation, has in respect
to the motor vehicle therein describ-
ed, complied with the provisions. of
this Ordinance. The controller shah
also at said time issue for said mo-
tor vehicle so licensed, metal plate
not more than eight (s) inches In
width, and six (6) inches in height.
on which there shall be indicated
In letters and figures. the class to
III lof
and the year Of the issuance Of such
license.
Such plate shall be affixed on the
outside of such vehicle on the right
hand side thereof. in such a position
that the same is In no way covered
by such vehicle or its equipment. It
shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation. to operate any
titney or taxicab on the streets,
avenues or roadways of such City
unless such plate is attached there
to, as herein provided; and also a
display card in plain view at all
times on each jitney with the word
jitney and the number OF his license
on the back of said display card and
said card so placed that the City
license number can be plainly seen
from the inside. of the car and the
word jitney on the inside of the card.
SECTION s. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person to ride upon the rid
ing board or tenders of any jitney
or taxicab. or any place or position
from which any portion of his body
shall extend more than six go inches
outside of the body of such vehicle
or the driver to smoke tobacco or
other mixtures in any such vehicle
while engaged in carrying passen-
/ gers. or for more than one person
to sit on the front seat with the