The Washington times., 1932-08-16
Commissioners Notices
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he has secured a license to operate, such
a vehicle as provided in Paragraph 81
teD of the said Act. Section 30. lal All
persons making application TO the Dlicslor
of Vehicles and Traffic TO drive passenger
vehicles for hire identification card IN
der Paragraphs 81 tcD and Idl, oil the
Act approved July !. 1882, shall he re-
guired to fill out and to ne Win n,,1or,t 1nt
a personal description sheet containing
such information as the Director may re-
quire. accompanied by ,wo new lu,ILaCc ui
graphs size 2h"x x2st". The application
shall contain the signature and addresses
of six residents Of the District, AT LraIi'
three of whom shall be responsible bust
ness men. who have known the applicant
for a periOd of one year or NOR" ai.l
who will vouch for the sobristyi honoSIE
and general good character OF the apph-
cant (bl Each application shall be az
companicd by a certificate from fcpu-
table physician of the District. certlylnk
whether i'm his opinion, the ap1irlht ls
afflicted with any disease or lulirmlly
which might make him an unsafe or un-
satisfactory driver Of a public vehicie::
(cl Before any, application $ f'lrd cut
said applicant shall be required 10 pass
satisfactory examination as to hl- knoWl-
edge of the city, and 10 snow LA, va re
permit (d) An Investigation OF eaCh ap-
plicant shall be made by the Tratlle Bu-
reau of the Police Department, nd Gerry
of the traffic and police record OF the ap-
plicant if any, together with a recon-
mendation shall be attached to the april-
cation and forwarded to the DreSioL.
Ce) No license to operate DuoI1c NehlCie
shall be issued unless the applicant has
been a resident. for at least one year i'm
mcdiately preceding the date Of apprGa-
politan Area, which includes Alexandra,
Arlington or Fairfax Counties, Nlrgima'
or Montgomery or Prince Georges Counties
Maryland and unless the applicant is
twenty one years of age or over and is in
the opinion of the Director, of good moral
character and is mentally and nhyslralIIy
operate public vehicles. Revocation and Re
view of Character Licenses. Section 81. lal
Upon recommendation Of the, Director Of
Vehicles and Traffic that any license issued
under Paragraph 81 tel he revoFed. the
Board of Revocation and ReElew of I77r-
acter Licenses. shall notify the, person -
tered mail at the last address recorded
by such person and shall fix time and
place for hearing the said person & As soon
as practicable thereafter: PROVIDED,
That if the person whose license is eousht
to be revoked shall waive hearing or shall
fail to. appear, at the time designated hy
be required. tbl If, after hearing such
matters as may be presented TO the said
board with respect to any such proposed
that the licensee is not fit person 10
operate a public vehicle, or if 1t appears
that the said licensee has been convicted
of an offense by reason of which the 70
vocation of his driving license is required
by law. the said board sHall certify its
finding to the Commissioners Cf The IUs
trict of Columbia. tcl IT, upon con-
sdcration of the matters embraced IN the
recommendation Of revocation. tho hoard
be of the opinion that the character
license of any liccnsee should he sus-
pended pending further consideration. 10
tlCe of such suspension sh3Il n" "1,"n
provided in Paragraph (a) hereof and
the said license shall ther" I0Un he sUs-
pended. I'D Any person whose character
license may have been suspended or re-
license may apply to the said board for
reconsideration and the sad board ls
hereby authorized TO reconsider the said
application and to make such recon-
mendatons as are warranted 10 tho C"m-
missoners of the District of COlumhS.
Section 30. Any owner or driver of a vehicle
not licensed as provided for by law. or any
has been revoked or suspended who en-
cages in the business of operating public
vehicles for hire or who attempts to en-
gage in such business. shall, upon convic-
ton, be punished by a fine of not more
than 5000 or imprisoned for not more
than 90 days. Section 33. Any person
who violates any of the regulations en-
upon conviction. be punished by fine Of
more than 90 days. Any violation of the
above regulations shall, among other
things. be cause for the refusal. suspcn-
sion andLor revocation of any character
license. BY the Commission: A true copy.
f. V. FISHER. Executive Secretary. APP
Walls. Chairman. BY order of the Board
of Commissioners of the District of Column
hia: DANIEL E. GARGES, Secretary to
the Board.