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Section 38-47 - Taximeter-Operation. No holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity shall operate or drive or cause or permit to be driven or operated any taxicab in the City of Santa Ana unless and until the taximeter shall have been approved by the Director of Finance, and it shall be the duty of the holder operating such taxicab, and also the driver thereof, to keep such meter operating at all times within such standards of accuracy as may be prescribed from time to time by the Director of Finance. No passenger shall be carried in any such cab unless said taximeter shall be in operation. This provision shall apply regardless of whether a taxicab is engaged for a trip entirely within the boundaries of the City of Santa Ana or partially outside thereof, and such meter shall be kept operating continuously during the entire time that it is engaged in the trans- portation of passengers, regardless of the point of destination. Section 38-48 - Same-Visibility. A taximeter shall be placed in each taxicab so that the reading dial showing the amount to be charged shall be well-lighted and readily discernible to the passen- ger riding in any such taxicab. Section 38-49 - Same-Inspection. Every taximeter used in the operation of taxicabs shall be subject to inspection at any time by the Director of Finance, or any of his agents or employees. Upon the discovery of any inaccuracy of such taximeter, the operator thereof shall remove, or cause to be removed, from service, any vehicle equipped with said taximeter until such taximeter shall have been repaired and accurately adjusted. Section 38-50. Same-Flag Operation. No driver of any taxicab, while carrying passengers, shall display the "flag" attached to the taximeter in such position as to denote that such vehicle is not employed, or fail to throw the "flag" of the taxi- meter to a position indicating said vehicle is unem- ployed at the termination of each and every service. Section 38-51. Same-Charge to Be Registered. Ail charges for taxicab service shall be calculated and indicated by a taximeter, and at all times while the taxicab is engaged the "flag" of the taximeter shall be thrown into a position to register the charges. No taximeter shall be so operated as to cause any charge to be registered thereon except during the time when the taxicab is engaged by a passenger, or passengers. Section 38-52. Same-Receipt for Charges. No driver of any taxicab, upon receiving full payment for a fare as indicated by the taximeter, shall refuse to give a receipt upon the request of any passenger making such payment. When the taximeter is of the so called "receipt type", a receipt shall always be offered the passenger upon receiving payment without a request therefore being made. Said receipt shall show name of the taxi company, name of the driver, date of service, taxicab number, total amount of fare, origin of fare and destination. -27-