Any person operating a taxicab for pay or hire within the city shall, before so doing, procure from the Clerk-Treasurer a license to do so, for which he or she shall pay to the Clerk-Treasurer as follows.
(A) For the first automobile so operated, the sum of $200.
(B) For the second and each additional automobile so operated, the sum of $5.
(`81 Code, § 119.16) Penalty, see § 10.99