El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-07
Ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10
OF AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND APP
PROVED THE 2sth DAY OF MAY. 1915.
PROVED on THE SIN DAY OF AUGUST
/ a. D.. 1916. REGULATING THE OPERA
NIDING BONDS THEREFOR AND RE
! OIIkINe A License FOR THE OPEk-
CITY LIMITS or THE CITY OF Ell
PAso AND KNOWN AS THE JITNyE OR
BE II ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUN-
| Gil OF THE CITY OF Ell PASO. TEXAS:
the 2Sth day OF May 1915. as the same was
| amended by an amendment passed on Au-
] tor busses and providing for bonds and liz
/ censes therefor. and known as the Jitne
! Ordinance. be 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
l have filed with the City Clerk a bond TO be
ne spsioaBt ana solvent corpor sqie9 by
corDOrated under the laws Of the State OF
I business in IRE state or Texas which bond
] shall De in the sum Of one thousand dollars
I tSl0e0.0el Tor each vehicle that such aupli-
( cant snail be licensed 10 operate and which
! bond shall he payable 10 the Mayor or the
I city Of III Paso. Texas and his Successors
IN oiuce Tor tne use ana benefit OF any and
an persons as his or their interests may ap-
pear who shall have "a cause Of action
tue % the negligence or misconduct OF said
principal. or MS OF ITS agents. servants.
employees. in connection with the operation
or auv such vehicles. and which bond shall
De conditioned Tor the prompt payment Of
aIl damages Whlch SAID principal or the
surety bonding company in any civil SUIT
in q court OF competent Jurisdiction be con-
.eutleu 20 pay on account OF the injury 20
the person or property of any person OF
persons by reason ol the negligence or mis-
conduct OF the said principal. his agents
servants or employees I'm connection with Inc
operation on said vehicle for which the said
pflh'lpai mas tied an application for H.
ccnse and any person having cause Of ac-
t"n AGAINST sald principal as above pro-
Nin' ~ elal nave the right to Join with such
principal as a co-defendaut the surety upon
such pond or TO sue said surety without
INC l9nlnE ot said principal upon a show
ing that said principal Is ins0lvent .or is
beyond the 1urisdictiona Of the court such
9ond shail continue as a subsisting obliga-
ton until it shall have been fully exhausted
but In no event shall the surety or sureties
thereon be liable for more than the amount
Of such bond Provided however that no
person shall be entitled 10 maintain an ac-
uon against the surety upon said bond un-
less such person shall within sivtv davs from
the date when he shall have suffered injury
Ille with the Permit Clerk Of the CITY III
~ Paso. Texas. whose duty IL is hereby
made To- receive and file the same written
notice directed TO the principal and surefy
in said bond. setting out the fact tbat me
injury has occurred the general nature
thereof. the day when the Same oc9t,-reI
with the approximate time OF said daV and
the street and location thereon where such
injury occurred which notice shall h. AND
constitute public record and remain ON
NE IN the office Of said Permit Clerk OF the
NV OF ~ Paso Texas should such bond
cry or recoveries thereon. it shall there
alter Dc unlawful for the principal therein
20 continue TO operate any motor buss or
motor husses uDon the streets alleys or Dub-
ne places M the city OF l2l PasO until the
person opcraling said motor buss shall have
1irst filed with the City Clerk Of nj paso
1ounty, Texas a new bond i'm like sum as
me original bond and IN like manner COM
ditloned and approved
49,, The fact that certain. Jitnes are oDerat-
ing IN the city OF El PasO without "a sat-
lsiAelory bond creates a public necessitv
JustilylhE the suspension OF the charter rule
recurring ait ordinances 10 be road on two
separate DAYS and such charter rule is by
unanl inous vote Of the aldermen present and
with the consent Of the Mayor suspended. and I
thls ordinance shall take effect and De in
1oFSe rom ana after its passage. approval
Passed and approved this 9th day Of April. |
Tom Lea.
Attest
- 2. -DaWson. civ Clerk