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PUBLIC LAW 86-794-SEPT. 15, 1960

[74 S T A T.

shall remain in force, unless the person applying for or holding such certificate complies with such reasonable regulations as the Commission shall prescribe governing the filing and approval of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amount as the Commission may require, conditioned to pay, within the amount of such surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or othervsecurities or agreements, any final judgment recovered against such motor carrier for bodily injuries to or the death of any person, or for loss or damage to property of others, resulting from the operation, maintenance, or use of motor vehicles, street cars, or other equipment or facilities utilized in furnishing transportation subject to this Act. "(b) No taxicab shall be permitted to transport passengers between a point in the jurisdiction of a signatory to a point in the jurisdiction of another signatory within the Metropolitan District unless the taxicab and the person or persons licensed by any signatory to own and/or operate such taxicab shall comply with such reasonable regulations as the Commission shall prescribe governing the filing and approval of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amounts as the Commission may require, conditioned to pay within the amount of such surety bondsj policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements, any final judgment recovered against such taxicab for bodily injuries to or the death of any person, or for loss or damage to property of others, resulting from the operation, maintenance or use of taxicabs utilized in furnishing transportation subject to this Act. "Accounts, Kecords and Reports; Depreciation "10, (a) The Commission may require annual or other periodic reports, and special reports, from any carrier; prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made; and require from any such carrier specific answers to all questions upon which the Commission deems information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Commission so requires. " (b) Each carrier subject to the Commission shall keep such accounts, records, and memoranda with respect to activities in which it is engaged (whether or not such activities constitute transportation subject to this Act), including accounts, records, and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as of the receipts and expenditures of money, as the Commission by regulation prescribes. The Commission shall by regulation prescribe the form of such accounts, records, and memoranda, and the length of time that such accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved. "(c) The Commission shall prescribe regulations requiring carriers to maintain appropriate accounting reserves against depreciation. The Commission may prescribe the classes of property for which depreciation charges may properly be included under operating expenses and the rate of depreciation which shall be charged with respect to each of such classes of property, and may classify the carriers as it may deem proper for this purpose. The Commission may, when it deems necessary, modify the classes and rates so prescribed. Carriers shall not charge to operating expenses any depreciation charges on classes of property other than those prescribed by the Commission, or charge with respect to any class of property a rate of depreciation other than that prescribed therefor by the Commission, and no carrier shall include under operating expenses any depreciation charge other than as prescribed by the Commission.

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