(a) Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the license tax, the business license administrator shall assign to such motor bus a distinctive number, and the administrator shall issue to the owner thereof a metal plate or license with the number thereon, and a license to operate such bus.

    (b) The license shall bear the number so assigned and shall set forth the facts stated in the application. The license shall also state whether the motor bus is to be driven or operated by the owner or by an employee. In the event of the loss, mutilation or destruction of such license plate, the owner may obtain from the business license administrator a duplicate thereof upon filing an affidavit that such license plate has been lost, mutilated or destroyed, and upon payment of a fee of one dollar ($1.00).

(Code 1964, § 11.164)