The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-23

feur or driver shall be considered a passen-
ger.
(5) That no consent shall be given or
license granted unless the application there
for be made by the owner of such auto bus
verified as to ownership by the affidavit of
such applicant.
chauffeur or driver without having first OBJ
tanned a permit from the City so to do.
Before any permit shall be issued the driver
whether the applicant be the owner or a
chauffeur or driver of such applicant must
present drivers license issued by the motor
vehicle department of the State Of New
Jersey.
% The consent and license herein pro-
yided for shall begin on the 1st day of May
of the then current year and shall terminate
on the LIST day of May of the next succeed
ing year and the indemnity bond or insur-
ance shall cover the period from and after
the date of the giving of any such consent
and issue Of any such license until the LIST
day of May next succeeding.
(S) That no indemnity bond OF policy OF
insurance filed by any applicant shall be
surrendered or annulled within two years
next after the consent and license given and
issued to such applicant shall have expired
or been annulled.
(9) 1t shall be unlawful for any person
while operating any auto bus over and upon
the streets of the City of Pleasantville along
the designated route to refuse to carry any
person or persons offering himself or them
selves to be carried and rendering the fare
for the same to any place on or along said
route and between the termini thereof unless
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seating capacity is insufficient for his or
their accommodation.
(10) It shall be unlawful for any person
operating any auto bus within the limits of
the City of Pleasantville to permit, cause or
allow such automobile to cross any railroad
1 track at any intersecting street in said City
over which railroad trains are operated I'M
less such person shall first place his motor
in first or low gear and shall not shift or
attempt to shift gears while on said crossing
or any part thereof.
I'M Each E6ptinn and subdivision LnArH-
of of this ordinance shall severally be con-
sidered as requirements for the lawful oper-
atoms of any auto bus within the limits OF
the City of Pleasantville.
(12) Any auto bus owner who shall neg
lect, refuse or fail to make monthly state
ment and payment OF the moneys due to the
City Of Pleasantyille under this ordinance
may be proceeded against for the forfeit Of
One Hundred Dollars ($10o.OQ) mentioned in
section 8 of an Act of the Legislature enti-
tied AN Act Concerning Automobiles com
monty called Jitneys and their Operation in
Cities" approved March II, 1915.
(13) Any person who shall violate any
Of the provisions of this ordinance or who
shall fail to keep in force said insurance
may be given notice in writing to appear
before the Common Council of the City Of
Pleasantville at the time and place stated
in such notice and show cause why the con-
sent of said City and the license issued shall
not be revoked and if upon such hearing it
shall appear that such notice was duly sery-
ed and that the person to whom such consent
and license was granted has failed to comply
with the terms and conditions herein impos-
ed or has failed to keep such insurance in
force the Common Council may forthwith
revoke and annul such consent and license.
(14) Proceedings before the Common
Council for violations of this ordinance may
be instituted and prosecuted by the Common
Council on its own initiative or by any tax
payer of said City making and filing with the
City Clerk of said City an affidavit setting
forth a violation of one or more of the pro-
visions hereof. Upon the filing OF such afh-
davit the City Council shall within three reg
ular meetings after the filing hereof give the
notice herein specified and at the hearing
thereof such tax payer shall be privileged
to appear before Council and produce evil
G5) The City Clerk of the City of
| Pleasantyille is hereby designated as the
fiscal officer mentioned in this ordinance.
C161 The object of this ordinance is to
furnish adequate, reasonable and safe trans
p~ortation TO the Inhabitants of the City OF
! ~Pleasantville and to secure to said City re-
Enumeration from the operators of auto buses
for the use of its streets.
GT If any section of this ordinance or
part thereof is for any reason held to be in
valid such inyalidity shall not affect the re-
naming portions hereof said Council hereby
declaring that it would have passed the re-
naming portions of said ordinance had not
such invalid section been passed.
(1Sl That this ordinance shall take eff
feet Immediately and all ordinances and
parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Passed at a regular meeting of Common
Council held this sixth day of September,
ARCHIE WILLIS,
President of Common Council.
Approved this sixth day Of September,
CHARLES J. ADAMS,
Mayor.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS, Clerk.