2836                               Municipal Charters

policy or policies to be in such reasonable form or forms as to amount or
amounts of insurance and other respects as may be approved by the Bureau
of Inspections, Licenses and Permits. Any policy of insurance shall not
be revocable by either party to the contract except after five days' notice
to the Bureau of Inspections, Licenses and Permits, furnished by the
insurance or casualty company issuing such policy.

14.503—Operation of Taxicabs; Age of Operator

(a)    On and after the effective date of this Act, no taxicab for which
such permit shall have been issued shall be operated except by the owner
thereof or any employee of the owner, complying with the provisions of
this section, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of any such taxicab to
enter into any contract, agreement, arrangement, or understanding, express
or implied, with an operator thereof, by the terms of which such operator
pays to or for the account of such owner a fixed or determinable sum for
the use of such taxicab, and is entitled to all or a portion of the proceeds
arising from its operation.

(b)    No person under twenty-five years of age shall operate a taxicab
for which permit shall have been issued under this subtitle.

14.504—Schedule of Fees; Meters

The owner shall post in a conspicuous place in each of the taxicabs
owned by him, for which a permit shall have been issued, a schedule of
the fares to be collected from passengers, and such schedule shall be so
printed and arranged that such passengers can readily determine the exact
fare payable by them, and it shall be unlawful to collect any fare otherwise
than as appearing on, and determinable from, said schedule. Each taxicab
for which a permit has been issued shall be equipped, while being used in
the taxicab service, with accurate taximeters properly installed and con-
nected, which taximeters shall be used exclusively as the means of measur-
ing the charges for taxicab service rendered. When a fixed charge is made
by zone, the extent of the zone shall be expressed in mileage. Such meters
shall be subject to inspection and test by the Bureau of Inspections, Licenses
and Permits at the expense of the owner.

14.505—Name of Owner Affixed; Design of Taxicab

The full name of the owner of each taxicab for which a permit has
been issued shall be permanently painted on one door on each side of the
cab, in letters at least two and one-half inches high, and the word "Taxicab"
shall also appear conspicuously upon the vehicle. Whenever any owner
shall file an application for the issuance of a permit under the provisions
of this subtitle relating to taxicabs, it shall be the duty of the Bureau to
investigate the name, design and colors to be used on any taxicab, and to
reject any application when it appears that an effort is being made to
mislead the public by imitating any name, design or the distinctive combi-
nation of colors of any taxicabs already approved.

14.506—When Subtitle Not to Apply

None of the provisions hereinbefore set forth in Sections 14.500 to
14.505 shall be construed to apply to a taxicab or taxicabs operating with
the approval of the Public Service Commission of Maryland or to a taxicab
or taxicabs which are regulated in some other county of Maryland when
said taxicab or taxicabs enter Howard County after being called by a
person or persons in Howard County or enter Howard County to discharge
passengers therein.