Any person desiring to secure employment as a taxicab driver or chauffeur in Clark
County shall first file with the sheriff's office a written application for a license
or permit to do so, on application forms to be prepared and to be made available by
sheriff's office for such purpose. A filing and investigation fee of two dollars and
fifty cents shall be payable at the time of filing said application, no part of which
fee shall be refundable. The fee for such license or permit, if granted, shall be
ten dollars. No recourse, however, shall be had by taxicab drivers who have already
paid a greater filing and investigation fee prior to the adoption of this title. It
is further provided that all such taxicab driver permits or licenses shall be permanent
unless suspended or revoked with the exception of where a taxicab driver is out of
the industry or the state for a period of one year or more, then, in such case, such
driver shall be required to reapply for a new taxicab driver's badge.