Chapter 20. To amend the license law, approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, with respect to licenses of drivers of passenger vehicles for hire
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CHAP. 20.— An Act To amend the license law, approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, with respect to licenses of drivers of passenger vehicles for hire.January 29, 1913.[[H. R. 22010](/us/bill/62/hr/22010).][[Public, No. 354](/us/pl/62/354).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Passenger vehicle licenses.Vol. 32, p. 624, amended. That paragraph eleven of section seven of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following:
"“That in the District of Columbia no person, not an employee of aLicenses for drivers required. street railway company, shall engage m driving or operating any passenger vehicle for hire, whether said vehicle be driven or propelled by an annual or animals, or by any other form of motive power, without first procuring a license from the assessor of the District of Columbia, which license shall not be issued except upon evidence satisfactory to him that the applicant is a person of good moral character.
“Each person licensed under the provisions of this amendmentTax. shall pay an annual license tax of one dollar. “Application for such license shall be made to said assessorApplications.Police investigation. in such form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and no such license shall be issued until an investigation of the character of applicant shall have been made by a member of the Metropolitan police force, designated for this purpose by the major and superintendent of police, and a report of such investigation shall have been delivered to the assessor by said major and superintendent of police. 654 Record, etc.“Each annual license issued under the provisions of this Act shall be numbered, and there shall be kept in the Metropolitan police department a record containing the name of each person so licensed, his annual license number, and all matters affecting his qualifications to be licensed hereunder.
Vehicles to display drivers license number.“All passenger vehicles operated for hire, except passenger vehicles operated by street railway companies, shall carry, in such place as may be designated by the commissioners, a number corresponding with the number of the license issued to the driver or operator thereof, and of such character and dimensions as said commissioners shall prescribe. Not assignable.“No license issued under the provisions of this Act shall be assigned or transferred.
Penalty for violation.Vol. 32, p. 628.“Every person violating any of the provisions of this amendment shall be punished as provided in paragraph forty-seven of said section seven. In addition to such penalties, any license issued under the provisions of this amendment may be revoked by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia upon conviction of the licensee, in the proper court, of a violation of any of the Revocation.provisions of this amendment, or of a violation of any law or regulation governing the maintenance or disposition upon the public streets of public vehicles for Additional restrictions.hire, or upon conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude; and also if, in the opinion of said commissioners, any licensee hereunder shall become disqualified or unfit to continue to drive or operate a public passenger vehicle for hire, for any cause or reason which might endanger the safety of passengers in the vehicle driven or operated by said licensee, or of the public, said commissioners may require said licensee to show cause why his license should not be revoked, and in such event shall grant a hearing to said licensee, who may be represented by counsel ; and if, in the opinion of said commissioners, the public safety requires the revocation of such license they may revoke the same.”" Approved, January 29, 1913.