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ENTITLED AN --ORDINANCE- AMENDING SECTION 6'OF- THAT .CER
TAIN:ORDINANCE ENTITLED �'AN-ORDINANCE REGULATING -TAXI-
CAB TRANSPORTATION;.DEFINING TERMS, PROVIDING. FOR.EN-
FORCEMENJTv REQUIRING -PERMIT AND INSPECTION, REQUIRING -
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY,.RE-
QUIRING:STATE CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE, SPECIFYING.RATES
AND -.-FARES TO BE-' CHARGED', REQUIRING INSURANCE, REQUIRING
SPECIFIED SIGNS ON TAXICABS,.REQUIRING PAYMENT -OF AD
VALOREM TAXES, REGULATING.LENGTH OF TIME.DRIVER MAY.
DRIVE, ..REGULATING- CRUISING AND . CALLING., PROVIDING FOR.
TAXIMETERS, PROVIDING- FOR REVOCATION OF .TAXI. "LICENSE,
SPECIFYING PERMIT..FEE,-REQUIRING,.PASSENGERS TO -:PAY FARE,
PROVIDING. FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING,A.SAVINGS'CLAUSE,
AND PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE"." WHICH WAS PASSED BY .
THE CITY.: COUNCIL. ON. DECEMBER 27,; 194-9.' -
BE: IT ORDAINED, BY .THE .'CITY', OF ' BEA.UMONT, TEXAS.
That Section 6 of an; ordinance ..entitled
"AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TAXICAB TRANSPORTATION, DEFIN-
ING .TERMS; PROVIDING.FOR.ENFORCEMENT, REQUIRING PERMIT
AND. INSPECTION, REQUIRING. CERTIFICATE. OF.• PUBLIC CONVEN-
IENCE AND NECESSITY.REQUIRING STATE CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE,.
'SPECIFYING. RATES. AND FARES T0= B&. CHARGED'' 'REQUIRING IN�
SURANCE,'.. •REQUIRING SPECIFIED SIGNS 'ON TAXICABS, REQUIR
_ING - PAYMENT _ OF ..AD- VALOREM . TAXES.,:_: REGULATING., -_LENGTH OF-�- - -
TIME DRIVER MAY--'DRIVB, REGULATING_ CRUISING AND. CALLING.,
PROVIDING -FOR TAXIMETERS, PROVIDING FOR..REVOCATION,.OF
TAXI' LICENSE, SPECIFYING PERMIT' FEE, REQUIRING -PASSENGERS
TO PAY . FARE, : PROVIDING FOR. PENALTIES, PROVIDING A SAV „
INGS CLAUSE,AND,.PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE,
passed '-by the �Cit'y Council on December 27.; 19491 -,'bol, and.'the, same is
hereby amended 6o'.that said -Sect ion.6 of said 'ordinance shall read •
hereafter as follows:
"Section '6: RATES AND FARES TO BE CHARGED,` = The, -City .
Council, of TFe.:City,,.of Becaumonts all: ave the right
to 'change, or' :establish .the' rates.,and fares to be
charged' by taxicabs in The -:City of Beaumont at any time
it deems necessary by -resolution.' Uhtil..otherwise
changed"'by the City ,Council, the following taxicab rates
and fares shall, ,be effective in'. The City of,. Beaumont:
"(1) The -rate or fare" for'-6ne passenger shall be thirty.
.'five cents'".( -350`16r. .. the ,first one-half.•,;:mile or., fraction
thereof, and -ten cents (10¢ ), for each one-third mile :
thereafter, or fraction :thereof.;, .traveled by him.
(2): For each one minute of waiting time; consumed by the
taxicab at the instance of the passenger, the rate shall..
- be five cents (5¢)
(3).. Whenever- a-. taxicab' is engaged on, an" hourly basis,
_.whethe:r,'`for one '.'or more..passengers, :the -fare shall 'be
three dollars ($3:00) .for each" and every: For. For. each
quarter hour in:excess of, each`:completed hour the' .rate
shall be' seventy-five cents . (75¢) for ,each quarter hour
the taxicab 1s•s6 engaged."
'There; shall be posted, 'in'a- conspicuous pla_ce., in.,,a
.",frame with a. transparent cover,. on the inside of, "each,
taxicab;; -_d ;car'd showing the: rates. herein prescribed;
.said' card shall be :pq' ted in. a place easily. discovered
and 'read by any;'passenger riding in such taxicab,`
I "No taxicab driver shall. permit .any others person' "to. 'oc-
- cupy or ride in said taxicab except a pas.senger for..
hire o.r; an employee of . the taxicab service -by whom-,.,,he,
driver ',is' employed.. Unless the person or. -persons
..,..first employing the. taxicab shall consent,; no`addir.
tional passengers, shall' be .picked,up or permitted to
ride'..i.ri::a.'taxicab on, the same ,.trip.
'Passengers shall not be. allowed ,to.,:ride' in ,the front
seat with :the 'drivesexcept when -the :numbe.r of "passen-
gers inakes..it' 'ne'cessary, and no taXi.cab shall: be .oper-
ated : at' any time: with a: passenger or passengers_- unless
said meter, on said; taxicab is correctly ..operating, and
l.
showing'.the rates .that. are being,`eharged.' If at any . .
time" said taximeter. =stops,'or. fails, to'operate or, is'—'_
operating incorrectly,• it., shall be 'the-=.duty lof -the
operator,.,of said: taxicab" to immediately .take said taxi- :.
cab to, 'its terminal and' not operate 'the- same- -until said,
meter has -been: fixed And'.'adj.ust'ed.. .
'It shall -be the duty, of, 'the 'operator-'of each taxicab
" ,under ,this ordinance .to have the, ta�xim:eter, nspected at
ll -
F -the same -time said car is �zispected by the. City to -see
that same, is in good working order,.and free of -m' echani..-
cal defects. The-.City, ,shall have: the ,'right to inspect
said taximetert;,any. time..it 'so. desires,
"Any person 'violating.. any. of `the: provisions of- this sec--
tion shall �be.. deemed guilty :of :"a misdemeanor, and the .
', Chief of,,Police.., shall have. thepower and..authority; to
cancel the- license, ;of :the "person; so operating: said: taxi- :
cab in violation ,'of .this section."
PASSED by. the City," Couhdil,",,,f i'is , day .-of.: October', _ A. ' D
1356: