El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-14
Ordinance.


AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10
OF AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND AP-
AS SAID SECTION WAS AMENDED BY
AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND AP-
PROVED on THE 5th DAY OF AUGUST.
A. T.. 1915. REGULATING THE OPERA
TTON OF MOTOR BUSES AND PRO-
vIDING BONDS THEREFOR AND RE-
ALTON or THE SAME WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF I'll
PASO AND KNOWN AS THE JIINE Or
AZ IT '0RDAINED BY THE CITY CoUN-
Gil, OF THE CITY OF Ell PASO. TEXAS:
That section Ten Of an ordinance passed
the 2Sth day OF May 1915. as the same was
gust 5. 1915. regulating the operation OF mo
tor busses and providing for bonds and IL
Ordinance he 60 changed and amended as
hereinafter to read as f0llows
Section 10. No license Of the kind pro-
vided for in this ordinance shall be issued
unless and until the applicant therefor snail
have filed with the City Clerk bond to be
the applicant and solvent corporation IN
corporated under the laws OF the state %
business IN the State Of Texas. which bond
shall he In the sum OF one thousand dollars
$4,000 OO) FOR each vehicle that such appli-
cant shall be licensed to operate. and which
bond shall be payable TO the Mayor OF tne
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-
against the principal in such bond by viz
tue Of the negligence or misconduct OF said
employees IN connection with the operation
Of any such vehicles. and which bond shall
all damages which said principal or the
surety bonding company In any civil suit.
III court Of competent Jurisdiction be con-
the person or property Of any person OF
persons by reason Of the negligence or mis-
conduct Of the said principal, his AGENTS.
servants or employees in connection with the
operation OF said vehicle for which the said
principal has filed an application for a IL
cense. and any person having cause OF ac-
ton against sald prlnclpal as ahoEe prC-
Nlleu shall nave the rlkhL 10 JOIN Win SUCH
principal as n co-dcfendant the surety upon
such bond. or TO sue said surety without
the joining OF said principal upon a snow
ing that said principal Is insolvent or Is
beyond the Jurisdiction OF the court. such
bond shall continue as a subsisting opllEa-
tion until IL shall have been fully exhausted.
but in no event shall the surety OF sureiies
thereon be liable for more than the amount
OF such bond. Provided. however that no
person shall be entitled to maintain an ac-
ton against the surety upon said bond un-
less such person shall within sixty days from
the date when he shall have suffered injury
file with the Permit Clerk Of the City OF
ri paso Tev-as vvboaa frfr- O. lie hereby
made to receive and file the same. written
notice directed to the principal and surety
in said bond. setting out the fact that the
injury has occurred. the general nature
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 and remain on
Tile in the office Of said Permit Clerk OF the
CITY Of El Paso. Texas. should such bond
cry or recoveries thereon. it shall there
after he unlawful for the principal therein
to continue to operate anv motor buss or
motor busses upon the streets. alleys 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 El Paso
County. Texas. new bond in like sum
the original bond and in like manner con-
ditioued and approved.
The fact that certain Jitnes are opcrat- 90
ing in the City OF FL Paso without a sat-
isfactory bond creates public necessity
iustifying the suspension Of the charter rule
requiring all ordinances to be read on two
separate days. and such charter rule is bv
unanimous vote Of the aldermen present and
with the consent Of the Mayor suspended. and
this ordinance shall take effect and be I'm
force from and after its passage. approval
and publication.
Passed and approved this sth day Of April.
1916.
Tom Lea.
Mayor.
Attest: