HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 07.12.1915 - Service CarsAN ORMNAYCE REGULATING EMRVIr'.E CARS: REgUIRIXG TTIMA TO
REGISTRM WITH THF, CIT':' CL r.M:: PAY .AN ATTITUAL LICENSE TAX AND
OBTAIN A PEEWIT: P'_R0V1M1 G A PTW,TY P)R VIOLATIONS: AND
DP,CLARING THIS ORDINANCE AN PNERGMTCY IEEA^URE.
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I?E IT ORDAINED 7' TiT;,, CITY Cr)MTCIL nF G�.,ORGE'TOWN, TEXAS:
Section l:
That every automobile, or other motor vehicle,
which shall stand upon, or be used upon any :2_f the public
streets, or public pl aces, in the City of Geo Fd; town, Texas,
for the purpose of soliciting the carrying of, or shall re-
ceive, di schar, e, or carry for hire, any passenger, whether
the destination of such passenger shall be some point within
or without the city limits, shall before such car is an used
for said purpose,be by the owner or person in charge thereof,
re,;istered with the city clerk of the city of Georgetown, Texas,
add pay an annual license, as hereinafter provided.
Section 2:
Such registration as provided in section one hereof
shall be by the clerk vecorded in a well bound book, kept atd
used alone for that purpo se, the name and post -office address
of the owner of said car, or other motor vehicle,or the per-
son in charge of same; the county whetein said car was re-
gistered, and the regi stry number thereof; and the city
clerk shall be entitled to and receive a fee of 50 cents
for each such registration, which shall be T)aid by the owner
or person in charge, so re i stering said automobile or other
vehicle.
Section 3:
That befo. a any person eha,ll register an automo-
bile, or other motor vehicle, under the terms of this ordinance,
as hereinbefore provided, he shall be required to nay to the
city assessor and collector of taxes the sum of Twenty-five
($25.00) Dollars as an annual license tax, and shall receive
from the city assessor and collector a receipt therefor show-
ing the number of the a}atomobile or other motor vehicle, the
name and post -office address of the owner, or person in
charge, and date ,f issuance and date of expiration of said
permit under tete receipt so i slued, and after such automo-
bile, or other motor vehicle, shall be registered by the
city clerk, as hereinbefore provided, said receipt so issued
by the city assessmr and collector shall be and constitute
a license for the operation of such automobile or other motor
vehicle, under the terms of this ordinance.
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Section 4;
Before any person shall be granted a license for
the operation of an automobile, or other motor vehicle,as
provided in section one of this ordinance, such person shall
procure and file with the City Clerk for each automobile,or
other motor vehicle, to be licensed, an indemnity bond or
policy of insurance, executed by himself and by some bonding
company, surety, or in-urance corporation, authorized by
the Laws of the State of Texas to do business within the
State, ss surety, payable to the Mayor of the City of George-
town,Texas, and subject to the approval of the City Council
as to form and sufficiency; conditioned that the applicant
for license shall pay any and all judgments of court finally
rendered against him, his servants, or employees, to the ex-
tent of said bond for damages on account of injuries to or
death of any one person or injury to the property of any
one person, and for all damages to the extent of said bond
on account of injuries to persons and property caused by the
negligence of such applicant for liaense,hiis servants or em-
ployees in the operation or conduct of such automobile or
other motor vehicle; and further conditioned that the said
applicant for license shall save the City of, Georgetown,Toxas,
harmless from any and all claims,liabilitiee,judgmente,costs
damages or expense, resulting from the granting of the license
as herein provided, from any and all acts done by the licensee,
his servants and employees thereunder; provided, however, that
in lieu of a corporate bond or policy as provided for in t',A%
section, such bond may be executed by two or more personal
sureties, residents of Williarn!_!on County,Texa.s, who shall
attach to such bond a schedule showing ownership by each 'of
them of real estate situated in Williamson County,Texes,
free of incumbrance and subject to no claims of exempti&n, of
the actual market value of at leP.st double the amount of said
bond, and such schedule shall be verified by the affidavits
of such sureties; the bond, or personal vecuri ty, as required
in this section to be in the siuq of Two Thouoand (00,000.00)
Toll arra.
Section 5:
That it shall be unlawful for any person to Mand
err stop any automobile, or other motor vehicle,on amy of the
public streets or places within the City of Georgetown, Texas,
for the purpose of soliciting or receiving, or to solicit
or receive any person or p4rsons for transportation in such
automobile, or motor vehicle,to. any place for hire, whether
the dstination of such person to be transported in such
automobile or other motor vehicle be within or without the
corporate limits of said City, unless such automobile or
ether motor vehicle, shall first have been regi stei ed,as
provided for in this ordinance, executed and filed with the
city Clerk the gond as provided for in section 4 hereof,
nai d the anneal license tax, a s herein provided, and regis-
tered said car, autbrnobile or other motor vehicle,as pro-
vided by the terms of this ordinance.
Section 6;
That any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance shell be deemed guilty of a
mi fsdemea.nnr and upon nnnviction in the corporation court
of said city of Georgetown,Texap, shall be punished by fine
of not less than Five Dollsrs and not more than one Hun-
dred Dollars, and each day such person shall be so en-
gaged in soliciting or receiving passengers within said
city contrary to this ordinance shall constitute a sepa-
rate offense.
Section Q;
The fact that there are now cars being used within
the City of Georgetown as service cars for hire, and there
being now no law or ordnance in force within the City of
Georgetown regulating Paizzie creates an emergency and public
necessity that this ordinance be and the same is he,•eby de-
clared to be an erner„ency mea.pure and that the rules requiring
ordinances to be read before the Council at three different
meetings be and the r!a_me arkereby suspended,and this ordi-
nance passed upnl1 its first, noeond and third reading and
final papsage and be in full force and effect after its
publication according to law.
passes this: the 1 2th , day of July ,1915 .
.Approved. this the 12th day of July,1015.
Attest;
GDC' .KEAHu"I, Clerk Of this
City of Georgetown, Texas.
,TNO.D.HUDSO2d,Lrayor of the
City of Georgetown.
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