The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-13
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NEAU, ALASKA, Ot' lAAlCABS, FOR HIRE AUTOMOBILES, MOT OR BUSSES AND OTHER VIZ HICLES THAT ARE USED TO- TRANSPORT PASSENGERS FOR PAY, AND TO PRESCRIBE SPEC HAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR PER SONS OPERATING OR DRIVING ITAXICABS, FOR-HIRE AUTOMO- BILES, MOTOR BUSSES AND lOTHER VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS FOR PAY, AND TO REQUIRE OWN FRS AND OPERATORS THEREOF TO GIVE BOND, AND TO PRO- VIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIO- | LAYTON HEREOF.
 THE CITY OF JUfJEAU, ALASKA, 1 BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY
 COUNCIL, DOTH ORDAIN:
 Section l. No person, firm or corporation shall use, operate or drive a taxicab, for-hire automo- bile, motor bus, or other vehicle to transport passengers for pay in the City of Juneau, Alaska, without | first obtaining license therefor as herein provided.
 Section 2 Before any person, firm, or corporation uses andior operates or engages in the business of using andior operating, any i taxicab, for-hire automobile, motor bus, or other vehicle to transport passengers for pay in the City of Juneau, Alaska, he, they or it shall make application in writing to the City Clerk of said municipality for a license so to do, and shall file with the City Clerk good and sufficient bond, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($l,000), which bond shall be executed by re- sponsible corporate surety, qualified to do business in Alaska, or by at least two responsible -ree-holders residing within said municipality, and, in case of personal sureties, the latter must also possess the qualifications necessary to act as bail upon an arrest under the laws of the Territory of Alaska, and must be worth, when taken to- gether, at least an amount equal to
 double the penalty of said bond. Said bond shall run in favor of the City of Juneau, Alaska, but shall
 be conditioned that, upon the
 granting of said license, the appli-
 cant will answer to any and all
 persons, including said City of Ju- , neau, Alaska, who are in anywise
 aggrieved, damaged or injured by
 the negligent, careless or reckless iuse andIor operation of any taxi
 cab, automobile, motor bus, or other
 vehicle used or operated by or in
 the employ of such applicant.
 Section 3. Upon the filing of
 said bond, the City Clerk shall ex-
 anime the same and, if he finds it
 sufficient in amount and form as
 herein provided, he shall approve
 it, and thereafter if the applicant
 is otherwise qualified hereunder
 shall issue to the applicant a li-
 cense to use and operate taxicabs for-hire automobiles, motor busses
 and other vehicles to transport pas
 sengers for pay in the City o1 Juneau, Alaska, upon the appli.
 cant's paying the license fee here
 matter provided.
 j. Section 4. Before h any person 6 firm, or corporation hereafter use 4 and/or operates, or engages in tn ' business of using andlor operating 3 taxicabs, for-hire automobiles, mot T or busses, or other vehicles tt ? transport passengers for pay in tht s City of Juneau, Alaska, he, they or it shall pay to the City Clerk
 for the use of the City of Juneau Alaska, an annual license fee O 7, $2500, which shall be a flat fet U not dependent upon the number O 0 ltaxicabs, automobiles, motor busses 5 or other vehicles so used and op l erated by the licensee.
 0 Section 5. Each license isSuet 8 hereunder shall be issued annual, 6 for the fiscal year commencinl 3 June 1st of each year, and shal
 automatically expire at midnigh ! of May 31st of the next year, bu n the license fee shall be prorated a I, follows, dependent upon the tim v when the license is issued, to . wit: Issued between June Is v and September 1st of any veal o license fee in full; between Sep 8 tember 1st and December 1st o g any year, three-fourths of the Ii 8 cense fee; between December Is
 and March 1st of the next veal t. one-half of the license fee; be ,o tween March 1st and May 31st 0 m any years, one-fourth of the licens ,o fee.
 W Section 6. Upon the granting o
 said application, the City Clerl
 shall issue a license to said appli
 cant, which license shall specif
 the name of the owner of sucl
 taxicab, for-hire automobile, moto
 bus, or other vehicle. the date ol
 which said license is issued, tn
 period for which it runs, and tha said owner or operator has file A with the City Clerk the aforesai bond. A correct copy of said Ii
 cense shall be posted and main tained by the licensee in a con II spicuous place within and upo
 each taxicab, automobile, moto
 bus, or other vehicle used and op
 erated by. said licensee for tn
 transportation of passengers fo
 pay. Duplicates of said license ie shall be furnished to the license lu by the City Clerk.
 r Section T. No person shall driy le or operate any taxicab, for-hir n automobile, motor bus, or other ve