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The endnotes provide a brief historical note on the reduction of the annual cab license fee and the abolition of the distinction between six-day and seven-day cabs.

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The endnotes provide a brief historical note on the reduction of the annual cab license fee and the abolition of the distinction between six-day and seven-day cabs.

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  • “A few years since the annual charge for a cab license was very much reduced, and the difference between the six and seven days’ cabs was abolished.”

    Not long ago, the yearly fee for a cab license was greatly lowered, and the distinction between cabs licensed for six days versus seven days was eliminated.

    This note explains a regulatory change affecting cab drivers.