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4 71~ Section 28. REPOt~T OF LOST ARTICLES. The driver of any taxicab shall promptly notify the nearest police station within twenty-four hours, of all property of value left in his vehicle by any pass~~g~r. Section 29. LOAD LIA!~IT. No driver of any taxicab shall carry more than two persons in excess of the ordinary seating capacity for which said taxicab or vehicle was designed and built. No person or passenger shall be allowed to be or remain on the doors, steps or running board of any taxicab while the same is in motion. Section 30. DRIVER'S COAIDUCT. No driver of any taxicab shall drive or operate ti:e sane while intoxicated, or operate the same in a careless or reckless manner, or use cry profane or obscene language, or smoke without the consent of 'the passenger. Section 31. OBSTRUCTION OF TAXICABS, ETC. No person shall place cry vehicle in such relation to any taxicab as to cut cff or unreasonably obstruct entrance to or exit from such vehicle, or otherwise unreasonably interfere with the management of such vehicle. Section 32. SOLICITING FARES. Any driver licensed under this article while seated within his vehicle, may solicit patronage of passerby in a tore of voice louder than an ordinary conversational tone, but such driver shall not use any mechanical or noise making device of any kind to solicit patronage, nor shall he take hold of or obstruct t}ie way of sny person for the purpose of solicitation. Section 33. QUARTERLY REPORT: Each holder cf a taxicab license sY~ll file e quarterly with the Police Department of the City a report showing the number of licensed taxicabs in operation, those out of service and the reason therefor, and also the number of fares carried during the quarter. Section 34. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof in the tfunicipal Court, be punished by a fine not exceeding X200.00 or by imprisonment in the Gity jail for one day for each ~^c.00 ` ~~ of such fine unpaid. Section 35. SAVING CLAUSE. If any section, Subsection, subdivision, sentence clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or void, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 36. V~~hereas, it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health and safety of the City of Eugene that this ordinance become effective irunediately, therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage by the Common Council and approval by the ivIayor, and it is so ordered. 5 Passed by the Common Council Approved by the T4ayor this this 21st day of P,Zay 22nd day of n4ay, 1946 ~s;~ John Fields /s/ Earl L. P~eNutt City ecorder b'~ayor