Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
s. P. Allen,
City Secretary.

The second ordnance corrects a for
mer one regulating occupation taxes
on drays, hacks and job wagons, and
is as follows:
An Ordinance providing for the regu-
lation of hacks, drays and job wag-
ons, and to regulate the standing of
said vehicles on all streets, and to
prohibit said vehicles from making
rounds or trips on.said streets when
they are not going for or taking pas
sengers to or from any points of
destination; to regulate the prices
to be charged for carrying passen-
gers to or from any point in the
city, and to compel the owners of
said hacks to have the same we'll
lighted with proper hack lamps;
andi to have the proper number of
the hack on each lamp; and to fur
ther prohibit the owner or driver
of said hacks from stopping in front
of any residence other than that of
the destination of the passenger or
occupant of said hack; and requir-
ing its schedule of prices to be
posted in conspicuous place in said
hacks
Be it ordained by the City Council of
the city 6its- Of Of T Pasiiesttiine. Texas:
Section 1. That it shall hereafter
be unlawful for any owner or person
in charge of any hack, dray OF Job
wagon to make round trips over and
across any streets when they are not
going for or taking passengers to any
destination, that is to say, driving idly
about on said streets.
Section 2. That it shall hereafter be
unlawful for any owner or person in
charge of any hack, dray or job wa
gon to stand on any OF the streets of
Palestine, provided that no two vehi-
cles shall stand closer than one hun
dred feet of each other, except as
hereinafter provided.
Section 3. That it shall hereafter
be unlawful for any owner or person
in charge of any hack to charge more
than the following prices, to-wit: %
cents.for any person over twelve years
of age to or from any part of the city
for a distance of ten blocks, by the
most direct route; so cents for each
person over twelve years Of age to
and from any point within the city
limits exceeding ten blocks; and so
cents for any distance after 10 o'clock
p. m. TO o'clock a. m; and one dollar
and fifty cents for the first hour and
one dollar for each additional hour
per load of our people for persons VINO
are calling or driving. and two dollars
and fifty cents per load for each fun.
sral service.
Section 4. 1t shall hereafter be the
iuty of any owner or driver of any
street hack to have the above schedule
If prices posted in conspicuous place
n said hacks, aud to have such hack
we'll lighted with proper lamps and to-
lave the proper number of the hack
IN each lamp.
Section 5. 1t shall hereafter be un-~
awful for the owner or driver of any
If said hacks to stop the same in front
# any residence other than that of
he destination of the passenger or
occupant of said hack.
Section g. 1t shall hereafter be I'M
awful for any owner or driver of any
ack to stand the same on the space
0 feet west of the telegraph pole at
he northeast corner Of the |. & G. N.
assenger depot.
Section z. Any person who shall
iolate any of the provisions of the
,regoing sections of this ordinance
nall on conviction be deemed guilty
misdemeanor and fined in any
I'm not less than Five Dollars nor
ore than twenty-five Dollars.
Section s. That all ordinances or
arts of ordinances in conflict here
it'll be and the same are hereby re.
,aled.
test: Al Rowexq
S. p. Allen, Mavor
City Secretary.
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