El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-31
Ordinance.

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AN ORDINANCE DEFINING A MOTOR
SJ,ss ~ r t 5i orr SH sBt1s
LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE
WHICH A SPECIAL LICENSE MAY BE
ISSUED. REGULATING THE RUNNING OF
M 4ITs OF Fus CITY id 6 b. Pa E6 SETE
NIDING A PENALTY FOR THE UNL.AW-
Ell 0PEHA TON ~ HIsEOF AND DE-
TON OF SAID MOTOR BUSES TO BE A
NUISANCE AND UNLAWFUL
SECTION l. Unless il appears from the
context that different meaning is in
meaning attached 70 them By this section
tal The word street snail mean and in
clude any street alley. avenue, lane, public
place or highway within the city limits OF
Obi The word motor bus shall mean and
Include any automoblie automobile truck
or trackless motor vehicle engaged in the
business OF carving passengers for hire hire
within the city limits OF the City Of FL Paso.
commonly called ~IitneyS.' which Is held
out or announced BY signs. writing device
or advertisement 10 operate or run or Wnlch
i intended TO be operated OF run over a
particular street or route or to any particular
or designated point or between particular
points or To OF within any designated ter
ritorT- district or zone or between any
lesslEnaleq lernllnll. PROVIDED that aulorlo-
biles used exclusively as hearses. ambu-
holel Dusses- i@Alcap rs ana touring cars oper-
atinE upon the public streets from a public
STAND or from garage upon lelepnone call
ana Wmch nave no sDeclIleu route or travel
shall not be construed motor buses within
the meaning hereof
Cc) The word person shall include both
singular and plural and shall mean and
embrace any person. firm. corporation. asso-
citation. partnership or society
SECTION =. No person shall run or oper-
ate or cause TO be run or operated motor
Paso without first obtaining license
issued until and unless the person. so de-
string 10 operate such motor bus shall file
Faso an application IN writing 1or IL
cense- which said application shall state-
Ca) The tyne OF such motor car TO be
used as such motor bus
Oh The horse power thereof
tcl The factory number thereof.
Cdl The County license number thereof
tel The seating capacity thereof. ac-
cUrdinE to its trade rating
II the motor car has been adopted for use
as BUS either by converting a freight
Tehici or bv reeofstr,iotio1 T16iflctio8 5I
adding to the body or seating arrangement
Of passenger carrying motor car. a state
ment OF its seating capacity shall be added.
dl The nama and age OF the person or
as driver.
"a The terminH between which each
motor bus is TO be operated and the street
Or streets over winch sucn motor bus Is TO
be run both going and returninE
The Permit Clerk Of FL Pasu. after re-
ceiy!ng said application. shall refer same
10 the CITY Council Of the City Of Fl Paso.
composed Of the Mayor and four Aldermen.
elleI win ms recoIlIne lualen lnereon-
The Council may grant such application for
fled FORM or II any such ue-sor desfr-nared
in subdivision ~ OF this section be not
QUALIFICATIONS hereinafter provided Tor TO be
In the opinion Of the council unfit person
car described in the operation Of the par
ucular motor bus or motor buses over the
fic conditions would be dangerous or hazard
Gus to public safety. or II said application
this ordinance the Board Of Commissioners
NAV refuse same
filed or modified. and the payment Of the
required license fee and the filing with the
properly approved by the CITY Clerk. the
said CITY Clerk shall issue a certificate Of
the motor bus described between the
terminii stated, and between no other
terminn. provided that the termiuu stated
in such certificate thereafter NAV be al
tered by order Of the Council Of the CITY
nlication Of the person holding such license.
Tor which change Zee OF two and $1,000
Dollars tS-5o) shall be CHARGED and col
SECTION > The license fees herein pro
vided for is fixed at Fifty Dollars ts5O.O0)
Tor each motor bus Der year. payable In ad-
SECTION. The license herein provided
for shall be good and in force and effect
only for the calendar year in which same is
TO the LIST dav OF January Of any year. the
applicant therefor shall nav an amount prO-
sued. nro,iIa5 he rv-1s-r ~ ~ No. t-7-ss
after the taking effect Of this ordinance 10
procure license and the bond as hereinfafter
nroyisi9ns Of this ordinance
OF proDel a motor bus as hereinbefore de-
fined. unon along the streets ALLEYS and
public places Of the CITY Of n Paso. TeCas-
tons hereinafter prescribed a chauffeur's Z
SECTION s That at or before the time
his ordinance goes into effect. the Mayor
shall appoint a Permit Clerk. whose duty
Sense fees for motor buses and applica- !
lions FOR examinations FOR chauffeur's GER
.lTleare- and shall appoint a
sion composed OF two persons. one Of whom l
shall possess skill in the driving and pro
oellinE OF automobiles. which shall be known !
IS the Automobile Examining Board Ona ]
u said members together with MS duties
az examiner ~ Fff-
officer and shall In conjunction with the !
regular police officers. have control and l
OF ali motor buses on ne streets ]
n Fl PasO and shall see that they comply l
with the terms and provisions OF this or /
finance and shall at least every two weeks 1
after his appointment examine each motor ]
BUS in operation reporting TO the CITY Coun-
III every machine that NAV b. unsafe 10
'Derate togther with his recommendation
SECTION Z ANY person as defined in /,
ne a chauffeur's certificate. shall make /
written application to the said board for an 4
IA mination- which said written application I
hall be received by the Permit CLERK to- |
hall deposit an eLaminStion Zee of s. 50-
md seid board shall within ten DAYS after /
he fiiinE Of such application and the pay I
IS TO his knowledge Of the ordinances OF the ]
,lty Of Fl Paso and the laws Of the State 4
Ind before receiving such chauffeur's GER
ificate shall be required TO snow a degree !
II knowledge OF such ordinances and laws !
.ufIcient 20 warrant grade OF seventy
i've per cent. and shall also he required to l
demonstrate his ability to safely drive a I
motor vehicle through the crowded portions 1
II the streets Of that section Of the City =
4 Fl PasO. described I'm Section H. OF an 4
.rdi nance regulating traffic within the City
y 81 Paso and approved December -. 1919. I
and when such examination shall have
leen passed by the applicant successfully q
IS herein REQUIRED. the said Board shall /
n writing recommend to the Mayor that
uch applicant he granted n chauffeur's
certificate and the Mav0r shall thereupon
ssue him certificate On words and figures Q
~ hstantiallv as follows
CITY Of Fl Paso. 10
This IS to certify that -= has
uccessfully passed the examination pro-
-iced for chauffeurs within the City OF Fl I
'aso and Is entitled to run and operate
motor buses within the CITY Of Fl Paso-
ublect TO existing ordinances and laws and 4