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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1594 PAGE TWENTY-TWO Sec. 32-34.2. Same - Inspection. Every taximeter used in the operation of taxicabs shall be subject to inspection at any time by the director of finance, any of his agents or employees or other appropriate state or county authority. 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. Sec. 32-34.3. 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 taximeter to a position indicating said vehicle is unemployed at the termination of each and every service. Sec. 32-34.4. 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. Sec. 32-34.5. 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 therefor 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. Sec. 32-34.6. Same - Charges Must Be Indicated. Ail charges for transportation of passengers in taxicabs operated in the City of Santa Ana must be as indicated on the taximeters installed in said taxicabs, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or driver of any taxicab to charge any passenger or passengers any sum in excess of the sum indicated on said taximeter. Sec. 32-34.7. Same - Rates to be Displayed in Vehicle. Every taxicab shall have conspicuously displayed in full view of the passenger or passengers a card not less than two (2) inches by four (4) inches in size, which shall have stated thereon the name of the owner, or the fictitious firm name under which the owner operates, together with the business address and telephone number of said business, and the owner's identifying number of such vehicle and also the rates of fare to be charged for the use of such vehicle. Any driver of a taxicab shall give the number of his vehicle on the inquiry of any person.