The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-29
AN ORDINANCE

Good, Wares, and Merchandise
and Water, by Floats. Wagons
Drays, Trucks. Carts, Water
Carts, &c, and Establishing
Tariff of Prices Therefor.
Be IT ordained 81 tie city council o,
the city Of Brownsville.
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 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 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
in this city: The Rio
Grande River on the South; Taylor
Street on the North; First Street
Oh the West; and Sixteenth Street
IN the East, seven (7c) cents.
Section 3.-Whenever any float,
wagon, truck, dray, grocery wagon,
express wagon, cart. water-cart,
II other such vehicle shall be I'M
it shall be the duty of
he driver, owner or person in
.harge of same to carry any and all
goods, wares, merchandise, bag
gage, etc., to any point within the
lbove limits of the city of Browns
lille, for the sums and rates here
nbefore established. upon being re-
luested thereto, and it shall be I'M
awful for them to refuse to do so.
Section Amy person, or PER
IONS, after receiving such services,
Who shall refuse to pay the rates
Iud prices herein established, if
without delay by the
'wner, driver, or person in charge
If such vehicle, shall be deemed |
guilty of an offense.
Section 5.-AlI floats, wagons,
rucks, drayss grocery wagons, ex-
'ress wagons, carts, water-carts, or
'ther vehicles for hire and transpor-
ations of goods, wares, merchan-
Use, etc, shall take such stands in
he city as may be assigned to them
" the chief of police of the said |
ity of Brownsville, and shall be
Inder such rules and regulations
5 may be prescribed by the city
ouncii Of the said city of Browns
lille, and it shall be unlawful for
hem TO refuse to comply with such