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Section 1: Any person now or hereafter engaged in or working
at the business of commercial chauffeurs in the City of ',tiami, shall
first teceive a certificate thereof in accordance .•rich ;he provisions
of this ordinance.
Section 2: An;; nelson desiring to enga +e in or Ivor.: at the
business of com.nercial chaufeurs, shall make application to the
Board of Examiners hereinafter provided for, at such time and place
as said Board may iirect. Sail: anolication shall be accompanied
by written endcrsement of not less then three(ij reputable citizens
of the Cites, of °tiami as to the qualifications of the applicant a;
upright, moral, careful and co:ipetent person or persons, @aid ex-
amination may be made in whole or in part in writing and shall be
of a practical and elementary character, or sufficiently strict to
test the qualific%tions of the applicr.iut.
Section 3: There .shall be and there is hereby crEated a
Board of Examiners of Commercial chau.ffeiars in the City of 'ia;ni,
consisting of three members, one of which shall be a citizen of the
City of Miami, actively enga'ed in the automobile business, a second
member who shall be a licensed chauffeur, and a member er of the Chau-
ffeurs local Iio. 196. Said members of eai i 3oard of Examiners shall
he an0o4nted by the City Council of the City of 'iiami as provided by the
Charter or Ordinance within thirty days after the oar ?': of this
Ordinance for the term of two (2) years,
3ectiOn 4; Said Board of :xaminele shall as soon as .gay, be, after
their appoi.nt.:iei t, meet anu shall then lesignate the tunes and places
for examinations of all applicants desiring to en 'ape In or work at
the business of commercial chauffeurs •nithi.n the City of 'tia;n , Said
Board Shall exained Said ann1icc:nt+ as to their knowledge in handling
motor ' vebioleP, ru1eP of the ro .d, eto„ an, if satisfied of the ooru-
Pete4P4 of ,Pais aopli.cai tV Nh i11 thereupon laeue a oerti i'" pate to
st dh applicant authoritinp him to etiguge iti or pork at the
busitiees of commercial chauffeur in the 'City of qiati, The fee
for said certificate shall hr one t l00i dollar to be paid to
the aid Soard of Examiners by such succseeful applicant for
his certificate, said fee to be retained by said ;oard ae dom.
oensation for the services rendered itt issueing such certificate,
Shall certificate, shall, whet presented to the City Clerk of
ttat_At_,+,,,M,,,,,,-=entile the applicant to receive a commercial
chauffeur license, in the City of Miami, for the period of one
year; provided, however, that no person than. be entitled to e3
amination for certificate, who may be un. er the age of eighteen,
and provided further that each applicant shall be issued such chau
ffeurs license, shall wear the number of said license sonspic-
iously cost, hat or clothing of such commercial chauffeur.
Section 5: Said Board of Examiners shall have the authority
to reject an; applicant who fat— to pass the required examination,
provided, however, any unsuccessful applicant who may have applied
for certificate for license as a commercial chauffeur and has been
rejected by the said Board of Examines may present his case to
the Cites,' Council for the City of for review in not less than two
weeks from the date of such rejection, and the act on of said City
Council in such case shall be final, provided, further, however,
that if the action of eaid Board in rejecting the applicant shall
be sustained by the City Council, the rejected applicant shall be
entitled to renew his application to ;:aid Board of examiners
after the space of six ,months fro the date of the said rejection
by complying with Section 2, of this Ordinance.
Section 6: Said Board of Exeminers shall have authority
to examine the brakes of all automobiles, trunks in the City of
Mia mi, to see if sane are properly adjusted and upon the find-
ing of any brakes upon an;; autoobile or truck in the City of
''iami, not properly ad ?ueted, they shall notify the owner or the
Driver thereon itt writing, of said defect and the eai i owner will
have tNent;;=four h+oure in which to remedy the eat. defeat; *non
the failure of said owner to remedy the said defect within twenty=
four hours froan the date of the notioe=7iven, gale shall be reported
to the .c?ard of Axaminers end to the Chief of x oi.ipe of the Qi y
of t1.4mi, for prosecution,
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getitien 7! It shall be unlawful or any chauffeur to
drive an automobile, ttuok within the City of Miami without
havW first filed an applicatiOn with the Uard of txaminett,
passed the examination and ptocured a license therefor from the
Clerk of the City of Aami, and any chauffeur or chauffeurs
who shall drive automobile trucks in theCity of, Miami, without
having fixs1.414-a,.itittnee, shall upon conviction be fined
in the sum of not less then five (5400) not more than fifty($50,00)
dollars or be imprisoned in the City Jail in the City of Miami for
not less than en days nor more than sixty days or both such fine
and imprisonment or each and every violation therof as the Court
may direct.
Section 8: All ordinance' or parte of ordinances in con-
flict herewith be and the same are hereby appealed.
CLERK CITY COJNCIL
A??ROVED THIS DAY OF
--1.)iESIDENT CITY COUNCIL
A.D. 1918.
MAYOst 0? THE CITY OF MIAMI.
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