El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-17

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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10
OF AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND AP-
PROVED THE 18th DAY OF MAY. 1915.
AS SAID SECTION WAS AMENDED BY
PPROvFl16C * y rfIE 5tb DAY OF 1t1GI1sr
a. D.. 1915. REGULATING THE OPERA
,4gN II n, D.
NIDlNG BONDS IHEREFOE AND HE-
DURING A LICENSE FOR THE OPER-
ALTON OF THE SANE WITHIE THE
PASO AND KNOWN AS THE JITNE Or
81 IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUN-
Gil OF THE CITY OF Ell PASO. TEXAS:
That section Ten Of an ordinance passed
amended by an amendment passed on Au-
gust 3. 1915. regulating the operation Of mo-
tor busses and providing for bonds and II
censes therefor. and known as the Jitne
Ordinance. he SO changed and amended as
hereinafter to read as follows:
Section 10. No license OF the kind pro
vided for in this ordinance shall be Issued
unless and until the applicant therefor shall
have filed with the CITY Clerk a bond to be
approved by said CITY Clerk, executed by
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business in the State Of Texas. which bond
shall be in the sum Of one thousand dollars
6S10OOoO) for each vehicle that such appl-
cant shall be licensed to Operate. and which
bond shall be payable to the Mayor Of the
CITY Of FL PasO. Texas. and his successors
in office for the use and benefit Of any and
all persons as his or their interests may ap-
pear who shall have cause OF action
against the principal in such bond by vir-
principal. or his OF its agents. servants OF
employees. in connection with the operation
Of any such vehicles. and which bond shall
be conditioned for the prompt payment OF
all damages which said principal or the
in n court Of competent jurisdiction be con-
demned 20 pay ON account OF the injury to
persons by reason OF the negligence or mis-
conduct Of the said principal. his agents,
operation OF said vehicle for which the said
erineipal iias filed an application for a IL
ton against said principal as above pro-
vided shall have the right 70 Join with such
principal as a cO-defendant the surety upon
such bond or to sue said surety without
the joining Of said principal upon a show
ing that said principal IS insolvent or Is
beyond the Jurisdiction Of che court such
bond shall continue a subsistinE Obllga-
ton until il shall have been fully exhausted,
hut IN no event snau the surety or aureues
thereon be liable for more than the amount
Of such bond Provided however that no
ti9n against the surety upon said bond un-
less such person shall within sixty DAYS from
file with the Permit Clerk Of the City Of
El Paso. Texas, whose duty it is hereby
notice directed to the principal and surety
IN said bond. setting out the fact that the
injury has occurred. the general nature
thereof the day when the sRIne occurred.
with the approximate time OF said day and
the street and location thereon where such
injury occurred which notice shall be and
constitute a public record ana remain on
file In the office Of said Permit Clerk OF the
CITY Of FL Paso Texas Should such bond
be partially or wholly exhausted by recov-
cry or recovcries thereon. It shall there
after be unlawful for the principal therein
to continue 10 operate any motor buss or
motor busscs uDOn the streets, alleys or pub
lie places in the CITY Of FL PasO until the
person operating said motor buss shall have
first filed with the City Clerk Of Ell PasO
County. Texas. a new bond in like sum as
the original bond and in ike manner con-
ditiened and approved
The fact that certain Jltnes are ODerat-
ing in the City OF TEL Paso without a sat
isfart0ry bond creates a public necessity
iustifying the suspension Of the charter rule
requiring all ordinances TO be read on two
separate days and such charter rule is by
unanimous vote Of the aldermen present and
with the consent OF the Mayor suspended. and
this ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage approval
and publication.
Passed and approved this 9th day OF April.
1916.
Tom Lea.
Mayor.
Attest.
q +. Dawson. City Clerk.