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. e (c) At no time shall any taxicab that is found to be unsafe be operated over the streets of the City. Nothing herein, however, shall prevent the City from inspecting any taxicab at any time and if the City, through its agents, servants, and/or employees, should find that any taxicab is in a defective condition, the City Secretary shall order the use of said taxicab discontinued until same is reinspected and approved pursuant to the terms of these regulations. Sec. 1.6 Taxicab driver's license to be posted in cab. No taxicab shall be driven or operated over, upon or along any street, avenue, alley or road in the city, for the carriage of passengers, unless there be then and there displayed in a conspicuous place in the interior of the taxicab, original or duplicate facsimile of the taxicab driver's license, issued by the City of La Porte pursuant to the provisions of this article. Sec. 1.7 Identification of vehicles. Every holder of a permit granted under the terms of this article shall have and keep visibly displayed a sticker attached to the rear window with the words, "City of La Porte Taxicab Permit No. ", conspicuously displayed. Sec. 1.8 Property left in vehicle; disposition All drivers of taxicabs shall promptly deliver to the police department of the city or to their employers all property left in the vehicles by passengers. If a driver delivers the articles to his employer, the latter shall deliver them to the police department. When articles left in taxicabs have been delivered to the office of the Chief of Police, he shall make an entry of the fact in a book provided for that purpose and shall keep all the articles until claimed by the owner, or until disposed of in accordance with State law... Sec. 1.9 City officers, employees not to accept favors from owners or drivers. It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the city to accept directly or indirectly any gifts, discounts or gratuities from any holder of a taxicab franchise or any taxicab driver or from any person engaged in the repair of taxicabs. Sec. 1.10 Maximum seating. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the taxicab business to overcrowd the taxicab and thereby endanger the passengers carried therein; the term "overcrowd" shall mean that the driver is transporting a greater number of people in the vehicle than has been recommended by the manufacturer of the vehicle, or for whom there is not a seat belt, inclusive of the driver. It shall be unlawful in any event from more than one (1) passenger to ride in the front seat of the taxicab with the driver. Sec. 1.11 Receipt, discharge of passengers. No driver of a taxicab shall receive or discharge passengers in the roadway of any street, but shall drive to the right-hand sidewalk as nearly as possible, or, in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme right-hand side of the road and there receive or discharge passengers. 3