El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-09
Ordinance.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~---~-~~~-~-~
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING A MOTOR
Bus: PROVIDING THAT IT SHALL BE
NECESSARY TO TAKE OUT A SPECIAL
LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF IA5i
WHICH A SPECIAL LICENSE MAY Be
ISSUED REGULATING THE RUNNING OF
MOTOR BUSES WITHIN THE CITY
LIMITS or THE CITY OF Ell PASQ. PRO
VIDING A PENALTY FOR TIE UNLAW-
FUL OPERATION THEREOF AND DE-
GLAZING THE yNRESIE ICTED OPERA
TON OF SAID MOTOR BUSES TO BE A
NUISANCE AND UNLAWFUL
SECTION l. Unless it appears from the
context that a different meaning is in
meaning attached to them BY this section
(a) The word street snail mean and in
place or highway within the city limits OF
ne CITY OF Fl Paso.
Cbl The word motor bus shall mean and
or trackiess motor vehicle engaged in the
within the CITY limits Of the CITY Of Fl Paso.
out or announced bv signs. writing device
or advertisement TO operate or run. or which
OF DESIGNATED point or between particular
points or 10 or within any designated ter
ritory. district or zone or between any
DESIGNATED terminii- provided that autouo-
bHes used exclusively as hearses. amhu-
hotel buses. taNicabs and touring cars oper-
ating uDon the public streets from public
stand or from a garage upon telephone call.
and which have no specified route OF travel.
shall not be construed motor buses within
the meaning hereof
(c1 The word person shall include both
singular and plural and shall mean ana
citation. partnership or societ--
SECTION . No person shall run or oDer-
bus within the citv limits OF the City OF Fl
Paso without first obtaining a license
issued until and unless the person 50 de
string 10 operate such motor bus shan tils
Paso an application in writing for a Il
cense- which said application shall state-
used sucn motor bus
tb) The horse power thereof
fcl The factory number thereof.
tdl The County license number thereof
(el The seating capacity thereof &C
corciuE 10 its trade rating.
II the motor car has been adopted for. use
as bus. either By converting a freight
vehicle or by reconstruction. modification or
adding TO the body or seating arrangement
ment OF its seating capacity shall be added.
~ The name and age OF me person ,5S.Il, OF
% The terminH between which each
motor bus Is 10 be operated and the street
or streets over which such motor bus is to
be run both going and returning-
The Permit Clerk Of Fl Paso. after re-
ceivinE said application. shall refer same
to the CITY Council Of the CITY Of Fl Paso-
toeether vita his rccommeucauon thereon
TIE Council NAV grant sucn application Tor
fled form OF IL any such person designated
in subdivision 90 81 this section be not
qualifications hereinafter provided for to be
in the opinion Of the council an unfit person
TO operate said motor bus. or II the motor
car described I'm the operation Of the par
ucular motor bus or motor buses over the
route DESIGNATED by reason Of existing trat-
fic conditions would be dangerous or hazard
Gus 10 public safety. or II said application
be not I'm compliance with the provisions OF
this ordinance the Board OF Commissioners
NAV refuse same.
Uoon the granting OF such application as
REQUIRED license fee and the filing with the
CITY Clerk Of the bond herein provided for.
properly approved by the City Clerk. the
said CITY Clerk shall issue a certificate OF
the motor bus described between the
termiuii stated, and between no other
termin1i. provided that the terminl stated
in such certificate thereafter may be al
OF El Paso in its discretion. upon the ap-
plication Of the person holding such license.
for which change a fee Of two and $4,000
Dollars CS250) shall be CHARGED and col
lected
SECTION 5. The license fees herein pro-
vided for is fixed at Fifty Dollars ($5O-9ol
for each motor bus Der year. payable in ad-
SECTION l. The license herein provided
for shall be good and in force and effect
only for the calendar year in which same Is
issued When license is issued subsequent
10 the list day Of January OF any year. the
applicant therefor shall pay an amount pro
poruoned 10 the uneNpired portion OF the
calendar year for which the license Is is
sued; provided the owners OF the auto nusses
now being operated shall have fifteen days
after the taking effect OF this ordinance to
procure license and the bond as hereinfafter
provided and 10 comply with the further
provisions Of this ordinance
SECTION g. That no person shall drive
or uroucl a motor bus as herein before de-
fined upon OF along the streets alleys and
public places Of the City Of FL Paso. Texas.