Ord 331 9/30/1920 no date used Ord 317 date 0-111")U'Zjkr,;,' 20-1 TH .14IC7,211,11M -11,11)
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SIXTION 1* . AA Unless otherwitse in—
dioatod by the context, the folowing terms used in this ordlaaanc,-c
shall 3 helc to have the moanln,,s as here An defined to wit:
The Tiord "Areet" shall inoiUe all streets,
and other public places in the k-.',ity of -Achita Talls. The
word"pernon" shall include person, persons, firm or corporation and
their aeonts, servants or employo-s. engaged in the conduot of an,,�-
su4h busineso or operation..-, �� here"in defined 0 or an;r par t to'A io re of ,
Vitrords In the aingrJar ilumber shall include the pl=al; and pronouns
in the rrt,-auline �zonaor shall inelljAo the corresnondiniz word in. t2io
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feminine or neuter* �Iho words "Autotmobilo Ior Uroll or "AUtomobllell
i shall include every automobile, taxicab,, omibue and any other cim-
ilar motor driven vehicle which Is used or operated in the business
or praotice of carrying passengers for hire, oa the streets of this
City- and shall Include every automobile employed in any buoinoso or
praUicn' of using said streets for the pure so of carrying
for hire*
SIECTION 29 (a) 112, Shu-11
hereafter be unlawful for an7 person to keep use or operate on any
street, or to leave rent or hire to another be iwed or o"' Or"tod
on any street or ctroots within the limits o11" the City of Achit,,.-,
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alls any automobile for hire., unless a written licence &a bond o-
assurance for such automobile . as herein roquired shall have firot
been obtulnod by Vie porson own inj or controlling such automobile
for hire, and unlese such license and 'bond sball be in effect
such time,
(b) Every a-atomobilo for hire shall remain oil
the stand or in the arage doaiOhated izi license, rhon not emnloycd.
and shall not ohan,!Se sl�wh stand or garage naloss and until the etazt'I
or lotl-ation thereof has been duly changed on tho records of the AAI,
Clerk*
a',',"oz, Ov.,-'ch automobilo o
ovired controlled or o erated in carryin pa�,on.� , ofr k� 0.
,P o::z -0o:,,- hi-re, th ro
shall be pal.-I to the =Aty 011ork for tho u0u- of the (Aty an winual
license fee of Twenty five (025,00) Dollars, The atiourts rocol-,od 16,
Vae Ci*Ly as such license fees chall be deposited and kept in the
''Street '.yund" and all costs of traffic supervisions and other exponr -
os incident to said regulation lic-nco and inspect-1-on shall be paid
by the City out of the general Vund- that in C:L-cc-
any pergon havinC . any automobile not emplo;Ted in such buoinees at
the boginning of any fiscal year, shall diLrin�, suci� -7o,r d eozir, i
lloerJ,so for ouch vehicle, then such license Dhall issue for the re-
mal.ning part of such fiscal your and the license fee therefor Mrall
be proral4d according to time, but such pa�7.-,,ent sliall not in ar"'
0 Y
suah oaue be less than one half toe license fee fnr the full yeor,,
W PROVIDIHM FUIRTHI�Ui. That all such licences for the current fiscal
year shall be so prorated*
SECTIOR 4, Every -oorson v.-ho may hereafter roqul-
re a licence to operate an automobile for hire , shall, file rAth thx
City Clerk awritten a plioation signed bxA sath apiP 3icant and statia!--
115 P F t,,P
(a The name and nlaod of rosidonce sex, V.-I'lle
cuntomry calling or occupation of the applict-nt, awl. the eliz!,racter
and value of his assets, and what portion, if e!ny, o.,f such ascots
are exempt from forced sale, tho liabilities of such aprlie)ant
hors if tit allt such liabilities are s 3c arc d and wbether ally of Jcr
person owns any title or interest in "he automobile for vv �ioh cuch
licence to required(b) The namo, usual trade doseription. e-uipment,
rated horse power and factory numbor of such automobile, and as
nearly aa practicaUs . the year in which said automobile was rmul-
ufactured or first used.;
(a The rated seatin,- capaoity of ouch a Qbi utonlo;
(fl The stand or stanat at which the automobile
will remain wi,.dle not in actual oervice -,
(e) The kind of written assurance which s;-Ad
applicant desires to furnish tho 'tity,
M If the aPplio-,,iAl be i corPoration, tho nai-�'10
mid placc of recidonce, of tho,
Q 1 4, J1 oil'd
CAL'fi.001L of vuch corporation, the amount of its capital stock,, wid
'thy nmo"t tkmeof. fully paid up the ohartjoter and value of its
aaael.s, its liabilltior, and the security thercfor, and such cor-
Pollatiou shall file with its said applic,otion a duly aertified copy
of its charter and by laws o and if It be a foreign corporation a
duly oartified eopy of its permit to do buciness in Texas, The
cit"i rk shal.1 present ouch applications 'to the kayos, who may
or, for good cause refuse the same. Before any license shall
'sane the aT)plJ,c,,..nt chall pay the lice.-se fee required by the
and furnish to thr,;,, City for such aator,.obile to be licensed a
good aua sufficient assuraae;e in writine that ouch autonobile shall
bo opeiztr.-d xithh duo care for public safety, .-Inoh aso-aranap shall
eonziLll; oil a good and sufficient bond or policy of Any uraaee tea be
s.pp,rovz-,a by tho" 41"a'ayor, oonditioi�ied that tie holder of such llcetl: c
shall well and tz-aly pay to the 1,,,,ayor of .uaid City or his suact"soorz"
in ofll'ice, for tho boaeflt of every porcon injured, or owner of pro-
party damaged, other than the licence or his employees, operatin,n.,
uutotobile, th"roW;h the negli' ent operation of such autonob-' le.
by "o licensee or his employees, or will well and trul.,,, pay, di-f-
ectly to any ouch person or persons injured in person or nropvrt;,,-
a,ay amourt or amounts of money that may be awarded by fin-'al jud�e-
�jent of any court of competent jurisdiction 4,t7ainot such
On account of any such injury not exceeding for bodily injury to
arty person the sum of Two Thousand ( .W00*00 ) Dollars and not
ng ox000d-I the sum of Owe Thouzand (1600,00) .11,jollars for direct kound
raterial damagee to nroperty resulting from any one aceiaent or
occ,ap,ion, '."be boad -Or po11.1cy shall provide that eac#
oi ciotion shall survire In case of death ot" the injured person foe
tho bone' it of the t?encficiarics of svu-i' �nc i'- �on, and that ouc -, b oiid
Or shall be sul)Aect to caccesivo vecorc,r1cc "ut-inp. tlh-,,
t�,_d ouch bond or policy alvall continue in OM"e' to He aa4id bond a.",
-policy may be exeoutod 14 st4retiots or insi rcrs consisting of arr,
solvent 9=ety or instcruticti oo,",-pany,anthori. d to tranaact blzoL'1;:,_
In th.e% %_itate CS °2exao, or such bond may be two or Moro ,eraonal
t;,:u'et1os# but 'Lin 3uoh event the obligors of ouch bond zlaii.
't-o bo!Id their stater.-ioat In aokxowledged for regia-
'Ar-at,ion to the effoot that they own in fee simnle real cotate ,
dLO scribing, it , situated In a ep--ifieCj UUn4-y
or Iounties in tl`)c
,Uato of �J,.,�exas, which Is free fror. inciambrar-ice and subject to no
c,h)dn of oxotrAtion, w:kd, of an actmal ma et value to be statod. thor-c—
in.,ol more than 4otilble the amount of 0-ach bond, and ouch boad for
V,z gull amoiw.t thereof shall in z�,Ad. sstatcM.ent _-eoite to be and
ej alll be a lion for the benolit of the beno-Ha sari as in said bon.;�*
oa a-aa,,,j, roast actate, and chull be recordod In th.0 offiee of the
Uountv 0"lork. of eaolh Oonnty in which such real estate is Atua"od.
PTIOVIANDO, t1iiat in the etent the ��Sy_or
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shall at any time and J.'or an�, rea6ori doom that an,,,r assurance givon
by any 'Lloonve is Insufficient for Vne prot cotior. of the public9ho
may. require a nor or O.Altionnal assurance and the licensee or V.,c
persor mningr or ore ratinr any m wh automobile si,all., within tilrea
days after receiving writtgn notice of such requiroment provided to
required now or additional ascurance; and. 11540VIP "D FM'411F-11 I t t01
In the abeenoe of epecital agre-__,,,ant 9 any sgrety or inauxer 1 a
written der4and 3,oquire of the ''ay or 'Moat a new assurance for
such automabi'le be 1,17 4-14cd by,the liceneee within five dayet and
the Layor shall Vl,era�iy)on give writter notice by porsoaal dellve-i"a
or b- mall to any such licenact) and the a-proval of such now Case-
U?,M1100, or the expiration of the five days period above provi,".ed
fo.,°, t3hall disoharf<7e such first sureties o-., inuurors from any
liability which o1iall acer-ae after the timo of approval of such acr:
assurance or the exf)-Ir"tloa of the said period; and., 71_',-ZOV11)7�D
that in the event on,-,r bond or policy be so cancello:! ,ur;on,
the rerane*-.t of tho earctioes or inaureri booaase of the default Of
the lit nnsee in payment of the premium,, it any, specified a.,d pro-
vided for In aiwh 'boud or policy , ouch canoollation shall, it t1he
option of the Layor, be oufficient, cause for the revoc�ition and
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termination of such li3en-io held by sach licenseo and D�
tt-,,it neither said V e cr officer theruof shall be hold
liablia for the pecuniary responsibility or solvency of any such
surety or insurer or in any -,.n.=er lmomo l arj SUM On
iable for 41
aacoiuit of axi,, auch claim or an.-ti, act or omissions relating to an-,
sao;h watomobile , nor shall tho liability o.-C. person owninc, or
O_pe,ratiae, such autorlobile be in any rmannor limited or enlarged
NECTYON 4 Conld )
by anything, in counection with this ordinance or such license or
assurance but percons having cause of action soonred thereby slh-all
be aathorhee_ to suo cl.iroctly on ouch assuraiwe without implcv.'Aing,
the City; and. all pvrjona known to auratW or ia4suror to tt*vro
been Injured or dara-gid in the (-iame accident and claiming
theMJL'or sha1.1 be naae parties witbout nriority oi D aiim on payu.oat
in any s-.it had or instituted on aocourt of Isuall =tter*
Athin --"ivo (5) after this ordinoziec,
take o offoallj a like bond or assurance shall be, fur.a.tghed by every
person holding a subsisting license from this cil-ty for the aao anal
operation of an,7 antomobile or alator-,,00i-te,0; fo,:,, ..ot uoel or
o, er"ted fo-1- ouch icrow,l treet tranoPorV,'Aion, ane a fay lui�e to
furnish said aoaurance shall constitute a SooA ca-wo for tho rov-
aeaa ion 0', the liucn a t1lo po-son Co i. !. riefosult by the "EA.Yol: oi,
Board Of i'),Ucrmen WE t he it�t O 7o
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Thf, stand o wlaands at which tho atdWi..)�
obile will rerain while not in actual crvloe, muit be anprovoJ
by the VIVor or Boa--& o-Al.' Aldcrwiwa of twho '0116tys
3'4EXTI,'ali 5, CZ,141M,3. The, a tar g,o for service of an
aato,,,aob11le* or o1w1hor motor vehicles uithin the, City Of Avflilta Falls
Toxau for the transportation of pasf.,ongeru 'L-",.,r hire not
coed the followings echedlile to-wit :
1� 3i:x Hooks orgy lose gory Ono passeruoer- Ui-E
2 One or lse but ore than 6 D1loo!,-j
for one or two pance, are-----
(5) For each lo..Mitional , mile. or frc:oti.,xn
thnreof----------------------------
(4 ) Y or each z.,,dditional passenger above
two---------------------------------
mile herein used is defined to be
4 ordiattry City Blockn)
1'rovided that for ohlldren under five(5) yearn of
arc accompaniod br an adalt no oharge nirall be made and for ohi-
ldren to iwelve (12) old. ", ,cono,iniotl b,,,7 an adult,, ono. ho-Lf
"'are may be char dg and. provided for each paseengrer a rea�3o_nz_,4blo
ataouat, of bagLi�,_gc :)J! >_�.ii:olh ol,taracter valisoc,, grips, oto. , sht_�U'Al
bo carried free of oharge* provided that wher,,,% in aaswering,, t,%,. �#all
for 3ervico the distance neepsoary to be travolled by the znos,� dixopt
rauto from the stand of tl�o vehiclo to t4c Or location of
patr�)a exoeoU the distuenee necessavy to travel to convoy such Vat-
ron to his destination the ohargo for fare may be based on tho Ion-
ur diotanceo
"hire vehicles are hirefl by the hour the
sohalulo may be cl"atr[-ed, to-wit.,
5 pasoonger
7 rozzen,,ar vehlvloa--------- --i.*00 -Oor
a ard ii 111 bo furniuhod by the 1131ty 011er'k tuiii
b4oh shows thee schedule of prices to be for service PTaot be
placed inside all licenged vohlolos in a conon-Iocrie places
"-2MV10V 6* 1RIAVOCATION OP 11,410E"NS174ise P.,11 uuoh
tiers shall be issued sub foot to revoc tlon for aauee; and vehenevor.
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an,j, licensee shall or pors i,<-,.tent 1- an'.,. neglig gently violate
or perrAt to be violated by any othr.-Z-- person, any of the proviriJono-
of this ordinance 0 the Jud7e of tho Corpor�"i'tior) 0oaxt oll' saVl. !amity
shall be authorizel to order said licenooe �—Ster three d.ajz writ-
ton notice to appear before him and show cauce why such
tim �., -n
sbould not be revoked; e.nJ saia Judge shall A the L �, f ixod b�? of
ch notioe invest ig.-te and hear evidence coneorning such violations,
and if it shall a,,)pear t1lat such violation or violationa h_,- vc Q�.cu-
red, shall have pover tc declare such license ravckee, and
t4m. d. tifter such revocaticn the lioense shall not vnior
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voked liconize be arzthorized or nermitted tc oper�iie ae aut4-OI c bi-_t
for hire the vehiclo doseribed in ruch lioonz;,; . .,Xul the bad;,o
Lco&,a *fall sucIi chaa ur ffos of antor-obilos fo hire shall aizo
De --ovocable as providod. by ordincuice.