No person shall drive a taxicab unless a license, to be known
as a "taxi driver's license," shall have been issued for said
purpose in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
The taxi driver's license herein provided for shall be
in such form as to contain the photograph and signature of the licensee.
Any licensee who willfully or maliciously defaces, damages or obliterates
any official entry made upon his license shall be subject to the penalty
of revocation of said license.
Applications for such license shall be made in writing to the
Borough Clerk and shall state thereon the driver's full name, address,
age and certification as to his good moral character signed by two
citizens residing in or within the vicinity of the Borough of Lodi,
together with a certificate issued by the Chief of Police of the Borough
of Lodi certifying that he has been photographed and fingerprinted
and that same are on file in the Lodi Police Headquarters, together
with such other facts as the Municipal Council may require.
Each applicant for a driver's license must file with his
application two recent photographs of himself of a size which may
be easily attached to his license, one of which shall be attached
to the license when issued, the other shall be filed with the application
in the Borough Clerk's office. The photograph shall be so attached
to the license that it cannot be removed and another photograph substituted
without detection. Each licensed driver shall at all times have openly
and conspicuously exhibited in the taxicab his license and photograph.
No such license shall be issued to any person who is not competent
to operate a motor vehicle or who is not familiar with the traffic
laws and ordinances. The Chief of Police shall examine each applicant
for a taxicab driver's license to determine the competency of
the applicant, and no such license shall be issued except on certificate
of the Chief that the applicant has demonstrated his ability to operate
a motor vehicle as required herein.
