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e . the owner to furnish the forms for such manifest record and to see that such manifest is kept daily by each driver. Sec. 5.2 Taxi meters. All taxicabs operating upon the streets in the city shall be installed and equipped with taximeters which said taximeters shall be in good working order and subject to inspection at any and all reasonable times by the City of La Porte. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the taxicab to provide to the City of La Porte a certificate containing the information required in Section 2.3(a)(11). Sec. 5.3 Passengers must pay for use of cabs. It shall be unlawful for any passenger to refuse to pay the legal fare due from him for the use of any taxicab after having hired the same. Any person who hires any taxicab with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired, and after using the same, fails or refuses to pay the taxicab fare due him shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 5.4 Terminals and sub-terminals (a) Every operator of a taxicab shall maintain within the city limits a terminal or terminals of sufficient size to accommodate all of the owner's taxicabs. Every operator shall maintain twenty-four (24) hour per day public telephone service at not less than one of such terminals. Sub-terminals at hotels, depots and other places shall be pre- approved by the City of La Porte. (b) The drivers of taxicabs using sub-terminals shall remain seated in their vehicles at all times while such vehicle is at a sub-terminal. However, such drivers may leave their vehicles when actually necessary to assist passengers to enter or leave same, or in any case of accident, necessity or emergency beyond the control of the driver. (c) The form and type of a terminal shall be of such a nature that affords a safe, sanitary and lawful operation of transportation by the taxicabs at said terminal shall be in compliance with all codes and ordinances of the City of La Porte. The site, location and type of proposed buildings and the sanitary conditions of the terminal shall be reflected in the application. Sec. 5.5 Fares. (a) The City Council shall have the right to change or establish the rates and fares to be charges by taxicabs in the city at any time it deems necessary by ordinance. Until otherwise changed by the City Council, the following taxicab rates and fares shall be effective in the city: (1) The rate of fare for one or more passengers picked up from the same point and delivered to a common destination shall be one and a half dollars ($1.50) initial fare and thirty cents ($.30) for each one-fifth (1/5) mile. (2) Waiting time consumed by the taxicab at the instance of the passengers shall be at the rate of Fourteen Dollars ($14.00) per hour. Waiting time shall be registered on the taxicab's meter with the selector lever in the time position. 11