The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-28
AN ORDINANCE.

Regulating the transportation OF
Good, Wares, and Merchandise,
and Water. by Floats, Wagons,
Drays. Trucks. Carts. Water
/ Carts, &c. and Establishing a
Tariff of Prices Therefor.
| Be it ordained 6y tie city cOunca Of
tie cify of Bro7onsoiLe::
That the following regulations
are prescribed, and the following
tariff of the prices is hereby estab-
lished, for licensed floats, drays,
wagons, trucks, carts, grocery wa
CONS, express wagons and other
such vehicles for the transporta-
ton of goods, wares. merchandise,
water, ETC., for hire, and any per-
son, firm, or corporation owning,
driving, or controlling same is
hereby authorized to charge the
rates and prices herein established,
and it shall be unlawful for any
such person, firm or corporation to
ask for, or receive, more than the
rates and prices herein established.
Section 1.-When not otherwise
specially contracted for by and be-
tween the parties thereto, each
person, firm, or corporation, own
ing, controlling, or driving any
float, wagon, cart, truck. grocery
wagon, express wagon, or other
vehicle for the transportation of
goods, wares, merchandise, bag
gage, etc, or any other thing what
soever, for hire, drawn by not
more than one animal, shall charge
not more than twelve CD cents
for each and every load, from any
point to any other point, within the
city limits, for a distance not to
exceed one Cd mile, or within the
following boundaries, towit:-
Fronton Street on the South; Tay-
lor Street on the North; First Street |
on the West, and Sixteenth Street
on the East; for every such vehicle
drawn by two or more animals,
twenty-five (25c) cents for each
and every such load.
Section 2.-Each and every per
son, firm, or corporation, owning,
controlling or driving, any water
cart in this city, shall charge for
each and every barrel of sixty three
(63) gallons of water, delivered to
any point within the following
boundaries in this city: The Rio
Grande River on the South; Taylor
Street OH the North; First Street
on the West; and Sixteenth Street
on the East, seven (7c) cents.
Section 3.-Whenever any float,
wagon, truck, dray, grocery wagon,
express wagon, cart, water-cart,
or other such vehicle shall be un-
employed, it shall be the duty of
the driver, owner or person in
charge of same to carry any and all
goods, wares, merchandise, bag
gage, ETC., to any point within the
above limits of the city of Browns
vile, for the sums and rates here
inbefore established, upon being re-
quested thereto, and it shall be un
lawful for them to refuse to do so.
Section Amy person, or per-
sons, after receiving such services,
who shall refuse to pay the rates
aud prices herein established, if
demanded without delay by the
owner, driver, or person in charge
of such vehicle, shall be deemed
guilty of an offense.
Section 5.-All floats, wagons,
trucks, drays, grocery wagons, ex-
press wagons, carts, water-carts, or
other vehicles for hire and transpor-
tations of goods, wares, merchan-
disc, etc, shall take such stands in
the city as may be assigned to them
by the chief of police of the said
city of Brownsville, and shall be
under such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the city
council of the said city of Browns
vile, and it shall be unlawful for