Rock Island Argus., 1915-09-10

An ordinance regulating the opera
.faa of motor buses over the streets Of
~ city Of Rock Island. state OF Nil
-as. requiring and providing for the
prsas1g thereof. fixing the amount Of
veense fees 70 be paid thereon. requtr-
,oe bonds and licensed chaufeurs.
~sgula-ing the operating thereof, and
nr8vi4.1e penalties for the violation
n any os the provisions thereof. and
rspza.uz ordinances in conflict here
with.
Be 81 ordained by the council of the
e!ty Of Rock Island
section For the purpose Of this
ordsnauca a motor bus is defined to
he ang motor propelled vehicle operat-
id over the streets Of the said city o1
Reek Island regularly or at interval IS,
along a definite and regular route, or
between definite points or cities, for
.aa purpose of carrying passeng gers
ssr hire. and which vehicle receives.
carries and discharges as passengers
sach persons as offer themselves for
transportation along such route. or be
reeer such points, or which shall be
bperated as a means Of transportation
similar 70 that offered by the opera
ron Of street cars, and the term motor
bus is hereby further defined to in
clnde those automobiles commonly
called .Jtney Buses used in such
business
Section at shall be unlawful
. for any person, firm or corporation to
use. operate OF run, or cause OF. per
nit any oG his or It's agents. servants
ar employees TO use, operate or run a
motor bus in. along, through. over OF
uBon amy Of the streets of said city Of
Rock Island. or 70 carry on the busi-
ness or transporting passengers for
hire ta any motor bus or busses in said
city without first having obtained a
license So 10 do. as in this ordinance
provided. and no license therefor shall
be Issued except as provided herein.
A seuarate application shall be male
AID fled lu writing with the city clerk
Of said city for each motor bas pro-
posed to- be- operated in said city OF
Rock Island which application shall
be verified. as 20 the truth of the
statements therein contained. by the
oath OF the person making such appH-
cation. if a natural person, and by an
officer thereof # the applicant is a
corporation. and if the application is
rom firm OF partnership, by a
member thereof Each application
shall contain the following statements.
to-wt,. The name; age residence and
business address Of the applicant. if
the applicant is a natural person if
a corporation its name, date of incOr~
porauoa and the place OF business; il
partnership, the business name Of
tde partnership. and the names of the
partners or the persons comprising the
same. with taa business address Of
each partner; she name, type, make
Of motor car proposed to be used as
such motor bus the horsepower there
Of, the factory number thereof. and
Ele state license number thereof. the
seating capacity thereof. according to
the manufacturer S rating; and whath-
er such motor bus Is TO be operated
tv the applicant or by an omptoye. aud
the Tlute and rermini between which
such motor bus lis proposed to be
operated
Such application must be aoecmpaH-
jed bv "a fee nj one dollar fS1G0G and
attached to each application must be
certificates Of NOT less traB TWO l2)
reputable citizens and free holders of
Tie city of Rock Island nor holding