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-Acl • -y ORDINANCE No. 2957. AN OPDINANCE providing for the regulating and licensing of drivers of taxicabs, for hire cars, or sightseeing cars, withi the City of Everett ; providing for medical examination of applicants or holders of said licenses; providing for the revoca- tion of said license; providing penalties for the violation thereof, and declaring an eiit rgency. T CIT"1 OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: Every person desiring to drive, operate or have charge of a taxicab, for hire car, or sightseeing car within the City of Everett shall make written application to the City Clerk for a license so to do. Such application shall be made upon blanks furnished by the City Clerk and shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant before a notary public or some othe officer duly authorized to administer oaths. • Section 2 : Every applicant shall state his name, age, place of birth, place of residence, length of time he has resided in the City, married or single, last place of employment with name and address of employer, whether he ha s been previously licensed as such driver, and if so where ; whether any such licens: has ever been suspended or revoked and if so, for what cause ; whether or not he has ever been convicted of a crime and if so the number of such convictions, the approximate dates thereof, the names of the courts in which he was charged, the crime with which he was charged and the final disposition of the case and/or cases. Section 3: Every applicant must possess the follow- ing qualifications: He must be at least Twenty-one (21) years of age, and duly licensed to urive a motor vehicle for hire under the laws of the State of ' ashington, and must submit with his application a certificate from the City Health Officer showing that he is free from any infirmities of body or mind which could render him unfit for the safe operation of an automobile for the purposes herein stated, and especially free from any taint of or tendancy to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble or color blindness. Section 4: Every applicant she 11 accompany his application with a certificate of two reputable citizens of Everett, certifying that the applicant is of good moral character and not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs; and must further accompany his application with at least Two (2) photographs to be taken by the Police Department of the City of Everett without charge to the applicant ; such photographs to be of a size that may be easily attached to his license card. Each such applicant shall under the supervision of the Police Depart- ment of the Oityy of Everett furnish gc od and sufficient finger an. thumb prints without expense to the applicant .