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the City of Santa Ana the license fee provided for by ordinance or ordinances of the City of Santa Aha providing for licenses. Said licenses shall be issued in the same manner provided by ordinance for other licenses of t~e City of Santa Aha, but not until a permit for the use of such motor vehicle has been obtained as provided in this ordinance." SECTION 13: It shall be unlawful for any driver to operate or d~ive any taxicab or motor bus unless the owner thereof has obtained a permit and license therefor as herein required, and such driver has obtained a driver's permit as herein provided, and both of said permits and said license are in full force and effect. Any person desiring to obtain such driver's license shall make written application to the Board therefor, setting forth his name, age and residence, his last previous address, and the length of his residence at each and in the City of Santa Aha; whether he is married or single; the name of the owner of the motor vehicle he proposes to drive, and a brief description of such motor vehicle; and the names and addresses ~f two residents of the City of Santa Ana who are acquainted with him. Such application shall be accompanied by a license fee as is hereinafter required. The Board shall cause an investigation of s&i~ application to be made and shall cause the applicant to be personally exAmtned as to his knowledge of the laws and ordinances regulating the operation of motor vehicles and his ability to operate a motor vehicle safely on the street~ of Santa Aha. Said application shall be ~ranted by the Board, except in the cases hereinafter prohibited. No driver's permit shall be granted to any person who is not of good moral character, or who is under the age of twenty-one years, or who cannot speak the English language sufficiently to deal ~ith passengers, or who does not hold a chauffeurts license issued by the Motor Vehicle Department of the State of California, or who is not sufficiently acquainted with the laws and ordinances regulating the operation of motor vehicles or is not competent to operate such motor vehicle safely on the streets of the City of Santa Aha, or who has been convicted three or more times of a violation of any law or ordinances regulating the operation of motor vehicles. SECTION 14: A license fee shall be required to be paid by every person, firm or corporation owning and operating any taxicab within the City of Santa Aha to the City of Santa Ana in the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each taxicab permit applied for. A license fee in the sum of Two Dollars .($2.00) shall be required to be paid for each taxicab stand permit applied for other than the first original location. A license fee in the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) shall be required to be paid by each applicant for a taxicab driver's permit to the City of Santa Ans. All such license fees shall accompany the application for permits, and in the event such application be not granted, such fees so paid shall be refunded after first deducting therefrom all costs sustained by the Boar~ or by the City of Santa Ana in acting upon such application. All licenses granted pursuanb to this ordinance shall be non-transferable. SECTION 15: (a) Any permit granted to an owner for the operation of a taxicab or motor bus, and any driver's permit issued under this ordinance, may be revoked or suspended by the Board for any violation of the provisions of this ordinance by the holder of such permit, or for the existence of any state of facts which would have been a good reason for denying such permit when applied for, whether such state of facts existed at the time application was made for such permit or not. (a) All or any disputes arising between competitive operators or drivers of taxicabs within the City of Santa Aha and directly affecting the public shall be submitted to the Board in a manner to be designated by the Board, which shall sit as a Board of Arbitration. The Board shall appoint a time and place for the hearing of such disputes and shall give such notice to all parties affected of the time and place of hearing as to it shall s~em reasonable. After a hearing upon the matter or matters disputed, the Board shall take such action and make such orders as to it may seem most adequate for the protection, safety, convenience and welfare of the public in general, and shall promptly notify all parties affected in writing as to such action or orders. The Board may there- after, in its discretion, revoke or suspend any licenses or permits granted pursuant to this ordinance. SECTION 16: Any owner having a permit for the operation of a taxicab or a motor vehicle for that for which the permit was granted, but before doing so shall obtain and file with the City Clerk the consent of the surety on his bond o~ the insurer on his policy of insurance to such substitution. No subh sub- stitution shall continue longer than seven days unless a permit shall be obtained from the Board for the operation of such substituted motor vehicle, in the same manner as provided herein ~o~ an original owner's permit. SECTION 17: Every taxicab and every motor bus shall at all times be equipped with the following: 1. A light of not less than two candle power within such vehicle, so arranged as~to illuminate the whole interior thereof back of the driver's seat, which light shall be kept constantly lighted at all times while any passenger is in such vehicle from one-half hour after sunset of any day until one-half hour before sunrise of the~ next day. 2. A speedometer of some standard make in good working order, and so placed as to be in full view. of any person sitting on the same seat with the driver of such vehicle. 3. Skid chains, which shall be properly attached to the rear wheels of such vehicle at all times when the streets are wet. 4. A license number to be furnished by the City Clerk and affixed in a conspicuous place in or on such vehicle.