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Sec. 27-22. Additional passengers. No driver shall permit any other person to occupy or ride in said taxicab, unless the person or persons first employing the taxicab shall consent to the acceptance of the additional passenger or passengers. No charge shall be made for an additional passenger except when the additional passenger rides beyond the previous passenger's destination and then only for the additional distance so travelled. Sec. 27-23. Refusal to carry orderly passengers prohibited. No driver shall refuse or neglect to convey any orderly person or persons, upon request, unless previously engaged or unable or forbidden by the provisions of this ordinance to do. so. Sec. 27-24. Taxicab service. Holders of certificates of public convenience and necessity shall maintain a central place of business and shall re- main open from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. for the purpose of re- ceiving calls and dispatching cabs. All calls received for services inside the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos shall be answered as soon as reasonably possible. If said services cannot be rendered within a reasonable time, the prospective passengers shall be notified how long it shall be before said call can be answered and give the reason therefor. Any holder who shall refuse to accept a call anywhere in the corporate limits of San Marcos at any time when such holder has available cabs; or who shall fail or refuse to give over-all service, shall be deemed a violator, of this ordinance and such violation shall be grounds for revocation of said certificate. Sec. 27-25. Manifest. Every driver of a vehicle operated pursuant to this or- dinance shall maintain a daily manifest upon which are re- corded all trips made each day, showing time and place of origin and destination of each trip and amount of fare and all such completed manifests shall be returned to the desig- nated agent of the holder of a certificate of public conve- nience and necessity at the conclusion of each tour of duty. The forms for each manifest shall be furnished to the driver by the holder. The holder shall retain and preserve all drivers' manifests in a safe place for at least the calendar year next preceding the current calendar year and said manifests shall be available to city at all times. Sec. 27-26. Holder's records and reports. Every holder shall keep accurate records of receipts from operations, operating and other expenses, capital expenditures and such other operating information as may be required by the city. Every holder shall main- tain the records containing such information and other data required by this ordinance at a place readily accessible for examination by the city. Sec. 27-27. Department of public safety-duty to enforce ordinance. The department of public safety of the City of San Marcos .4,