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Sec. 37-30. Identification of taxicabs. All taxicabs operating in this city under this chapter shall have the word "Taxicab" or "Taxi" or "Cab," the name of the owner, and the number of the certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to which the taxicab is operated plainly and permanently lettered thereon. Sec. 37-31. Refusal to respond to phone call or transport passenger. No driver or owner of a taxicab shall refuse to respond to any phone call or refuse to transport an orderly passenger to any place within the city or one (1) mile of the limits thereof, provided he is not otherwise engaged. Sec. 37-32. Number of passengers. No taxicab shall be used to transport more than one (1) passenger at one time without the consent of the person first engaging the vehicle. If the hirer of a taxicab consents to another passenger occupying the vehicle with him or her, the passenger first arriv'mg at his or her destination shall pay in accordance with the meter charge, whereupon the driver shall immediately clear the taximeter and set the same for immediate operation for the next passenger who shall pay the meter charge upon arrival at his or her destination. The same method shall be followed for each succeeding passenger. When two (2) or more passengers are bona fide traveling together to the same destination, the charge shall be made as if the taxicab had been hired by one passenger. Paying passengers shall not be transported with nonpaying passengers without consent of the person first engaging the vehicle. Sec. 37-33. Transferring passengers. After a passenger has been seated in a taxicab, he shall not be transferred to another taxicab to be carried to his destination except in an emergency. Sec. 37-34. Transporting nonpaying passenger. No driver shall haul or transport any nonpaying passenger while on duty; provided that any employee of a holder of a certificate of public necessity and convenience may be so transported to and from work. Sec. 37-35. Transportation of alcoholic beverages. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any public vehicle operated pursuant to this article to transport alcoholic beverages, except when carried in the possession of a passenger who is being ucansported for compensation at the regular rate charged other passengers. Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 4