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The Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
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The city commission approved bonds from the Yellow Cab company and the Black and White Taxicab company, instructing testing of meters and issuance of licenses to comply with the taximeter ordinance. Mayor Herbert J. Corwine stated enforcement would begin soon by arresting non-compliant drivers. No other bonds were presented.
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Taximeter Ordinance Will Be Enforced, Says Mayor Corwine.
The bonds of the Yellow Cab company and the Black and White Taxicab company were received and approved today by the city commission, and instructions issued for the meters on their cabs to be tested and licenses issued in recognition of the city ordinance requiring all taxicabs to be equipped with taximeters.
No other bonds were presented for approval this morning, City Attorney Ralph T. O'Neil said.
"We will start the enforcement of the ordinance by the arrest of the drivers who do not comply with it as soon as practicable," Mayor Herbert J. Corwine said this morning.
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bonds approved; instructions issued for meter testing and licensing; enforcement to begin by arresting non-compliant drivers as soon as practicable.
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The bonds of the Yellow Cab company and the Black and White Taxicab company were received and approved by the city commission. Instructions were issued for the meters on their cabs to be tested and licenses issued in recognition of the city ordinance requiring all taxicabs to be equipped with taximeters. No other bonds were presented for approval this morning.