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'.' . . . . e -11- 2. It shall'be unlawful for the driver or the attendant of an emergency ambulance to fail to render first aid and assistance to the sick or injured at the piace of the eme~gency. 3. It shall be unlawful for an eme~gency ambulance operator, or any of his or its drivers or attendants, to refuse to carry or transport any sick or injured person at the place of an emergency after having been dispatched thereto or cleared thereto by the police radi<? dispatcher, and the circumstance that the sick or injured person is, or appears to be, indigent, shall not serve as an excuse from.. this requirement. Section 17. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred ($200) Dollars for such offense. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. Section 18. Severability Clause. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or, the application of same to any person or set of circumstances, if for any re ason are held to be unconstitutional, void ,or invalid (or for any reason unenforce- able), the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances, shall not'be affected thereby, it bei~g the intent of the City Commission of the City of La Porte in adopting this ordinance, and of the Mayor of the City of La Porte in approving this ordinance, that no portion hereof or provision or regulation contained :herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity, or any other portion, provision or regulation, and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.