Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-18
AN ORDINANCE

An Ordinance Providing Rules ana
Regulations for the Jitney Service
in the City OF Bryan; and Requiring
License for Such Servide; Fixing
the Amount OF License Fee to Be
Charged Each Vehicle In the Jitney
Business; Providing Cor the Suspen-
sion and Revocation Of License;
Providing Penalties and Declaring
an Emergency.
Section /. The Jitney business Is
hereby defined, and wherever the
term "Jitney" Is used In this ordi-
nance II shall be understood to mean.
cover and embrace any use OF the
streets OF the City OF Bryan by any
vehicle for the purpose Of passing
along the streets and carrying passen.
gers and soliciting transportation to
and from the termini or through or
over regular lines Of travel In said
City Of Bryan for pay.
Sec. 2. The word Person" as
used herein shall mean and include
any person. firm. or corporation, asso-
citation. partnership or society.
Sec. 3. II shall be unlawful for
any person to drive. operate or aus
to be driven or operated any vehicle
in the jitney service along. on or over
any street in the City OF Bryan unless
there has been issued to such person
and exists and In full force and effect
a license. and unless same Is operated
in accordance with the provisions Of
said license and this ordinance.
Sec. 4. The owner OF all vehicles
Operated in the jitney service shall
pay to the City Of Bryan an annual
license In the sun OF Fifty Dollars
$4,000. Said license to run from
January LIST to December 3ist OF each
year. and said license payable semi.
annually In advance-the first install.
ment OF twenty-five Dollars Cs25.00)
Ito be paid before the issuance OF the
license. and a like amount TO be paid
on the first OF June thereafter. and to
be the necessary prerequisite to the
enjoyment OF such license. Provided.
for the year 1916 the license shall run
until December 31st. 1916. and the
person applying therefor shall receive
the same upon paying the proportion
OF Fifty Dollars (s50.00) per annum
which the period between the issu.
ance OF the license and the 3ist day
OF December. 1916. bears to the en-.
tire year.
Sec. 8. No person shall operate any
vehicle In the jitney service In the
City OF Bryan unless there shall have
been obtained for said vehicle n II.
cense. and the license fee therein pro-
vided for paid therefor. and no license
shall be issued 10 any person engaged
In said jitney service except upon
filing with said City Council an ap-
pllcation for said license accompanied
by the fee therefor.
Sec. 6. The City Council shall have
the right 10 designate the route or
routes OF travel between which the
vehicles In the jitney service shall run
or ply their business In the City OF
Bryan. and any vehicle 10 he driven
or operated In the City Of Bryan In
the iltney service shall have perma.
nently fixed pr displayed on the same.
In large letters. the word %"1itney."
Sec. Z. Any person. firm or corpor.
alton engaged IN the jitney service
shall not NJ any time use Dallas street
tnow College strcctl In carrying ras.
senEcrs and soliciting transportation
to and between points In the City OF
Bryan or from any point In the city 10
any point out Of the city limits.
Sec. 3. upon presentation 10 the
City Council Of the application above
referred 20. complying with the re-
duirements Of this ordinance and the
deposit Of the license fee herein pro.
vided for. the City Council may. after
the investigation Of such application.
In the exercise Of It's discretion. In the
Interest Of the public. require the per.
Uniting and granting thereof. grant a
license rs called for therein. and u
shall be thereafter a long M the
terms Of this ordinance are In force.
lawful for the person named In this
license 10 operate In accordance with
the terms thereof such vehicle or We.
,hicles In the jitney service unless
such license be suspended or revoked
las herein provided. and " any such
vehicle engaged In the iitney service
In the City Of Bryan falls 10 comply
with the requirements pertaining 20
said business. or falls 20 sivc efficien,
service. or fails TO protect the safety
OF passengers or the public IN accord.
anco with the laws ~ the State 81
Texas. and the laws Of the City Of
pryan. and the said owner Of such ve'
hlcle should be convicted In the Cor
pora,lon Court Of the City Of Bryan
Of any offense hereunder or under the
traffic laws Of the CITY of bryan. said
Judge ~ the Court may. In addition
TO the fine. suspend or revoke the u
cense held BY the owner Of said ve.
lhicie for its said business.
Sec. q All persons operating We
lhicies In the iitney service In the ciu