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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 20-Lt�N ORDINANCE GRANTING TO BEAUMONT CITY LItiLS, INC., A TEXAS COR- PORATION,.A FRANCHISE TO.ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN.AND.OPERATE OVER. THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF. BEAUMONT, TEXAS, A. BUS SYSTEM.FOR.LOCAL TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS FOR HIRE; GRANTING SAID FRANCHISE FOR.AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD; PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF SAID.FRANCHISE.TO.ANY TERRITORY ANNEXED III. THE. FUTURE; ESTABLISHING DEFINITE ROUTES OVER AND UPON WHICH BUSES SHALL -TRAVEL AND.FOR THE.CHANGING AND ALTERATION OF SAID.ROUTES AND FOR.ESTA- BLISHING ADDITIONAL.ROUTES; PROVIDING DEFINITE SCHEDULES AND FOR CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS IN. SAID SCHEDULES.; PRO- VIDING FOR "TRIPPER SERVICE", DEFINING SAID TERM AND ESTABLISHING.RATES THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR -REGULAR" BUS STOPS.UPON THE CITY.STREETS; ESTABLISHING KINDS -AND RATES OF FARE AND. PROVIDING. FOR A CHANGE- IN.THE SAME; ESTA- BLISHING THE RIGHT.FOR.SAID BUSES -.TO CARRY GOVERNMENT IVIAIL. UP ON THE CITY STREETS; ESTABLISHING A METHOD AND MEANS OF DETERMINING.7HETHER RATES.OF.FARE SHALL -BE INCREASED; PROVIDING FOR.COMPENSATION TO BE PAID THE CITY OF BEAUMONT UPON -THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND THE METHOD.OF INCREASE OR DECREASE OF SAID COMPENSATION AND THE - TIME OF PAYMENT; REQUIRING THE BUS COLIIPANY. TO KEEP BOOKS . OF RECORD AND STOCKS ISSUED AND CARRYING SURETY -BONDS; _ _ PROVIDING -THE RIGHT OF PURCHASE BY -THE CITY OF BEAUMONT VF SAID FRANCHISE AT ANY TIME AFTER TEN (10) YEARS AND. E IVIETHOD OF. SAID PURCHASE AND PROVIDING THE MANNER OF DETERMINING THE PRICE SHOULD THE CITY_DESIRE TO PURCHASE; .PROVIDING THAT SAID FRANCHISE.BE A -BINDING OBLIGATION _ AND CONTRACT BETWEEN -THE CITY AND THE COMPANY;.PROVIDING THAT IF . ONE . PORTION OF. THE . ORDINANCE OR CONTRACT BE ... . DECLARED INVALID, IT WOULD NOT.AFFECT OTHER.PORTIONS; PROVIDING.THE.TIME.FOR THE TAKING-EFFECT.OF SAID.FRANCHISE_ AND THE CONDITIONS THEREUNDER, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Beaumont, Texas: SECTION 1. - DEFINITION OF TERMS. The word "Company" whenever used in this Ordinance shall be held to mean BEAUMONT CITY LINES, INC., a Texas corporation, its successors and assigns. The word "City" whenever used in this Ordinance shall be held to mean the incorporated City of Beaumont, Texas, and to include not only the present corporate limits of said City but the corporate limits as they may-bd� hereafter ex- tended and such adjacent territory, which may for the purpose of this Ordinance come under the jurisdiction of the City. The words "City Commission" whenever used in this Ordinance shall be held to mean the present City Commission l 0 #1 0 elected as provided for in fthe City Charter of Beaumont, Texas, or the incumbents of any offices, hereafter created by law or by charter performing similar functions. The word "Streets" whenever used in this Ordinance shall be held to mean and include all of the public streets, highways, alleys, bridges, public travel areas and other public ways in the City of Beaumont, Texas, and adjacent territory however they may.be designated. SECTION 2. - NATURE OF GRANT. The authority, right, privilege and franchise is hereby granted to BEAUMONT CITY LINES, INC., a Texas cor- poration, its successors and assigns, for and in considera- tion of and subject to the conditions, agreements and pro- visions of this Ordinance hereinafter set forth, to esta- blish, maintain and operate over and upon the Streets of the City of Beaumont, Texas, and adjacent territory, as hereinafter stated, a bus system for the local transporta- tion of passengers for hire by trackless vehicles propelled by power generated within the vehicle itself by gasoline, crude oil, electric power or otherwise, all in accordance with the terms, conditions and provisions of this Ordinance. Such authority, right and privilege hereby granted shall continue in full force and effect until the same shall be terminated by purchase by the City in the manner herein- after provided for,or forfeiture under the provisions hereof or the provisions of the City Charter. SECTION 3. - E,XTENSION BY ANNEXATION. Upon the annexation of -any territory to the City, the portion -of any of -said utility that may be located or operated within such annexed territory and upon the Streets, alleys or public grounds thereof,'shall thereafter be subject to all -- the terms of this grant, as though it were an extension made thereunder. #2 -1� SECTION 4. - ROUTES. Regular motor bus transportation service shall be established, operated and regularly maintained over and upon routes hereinafter specified, and in the event of inter- ference with or obstruction to the said transportation ser- vice affected and determined -by reason of the physical con- ditions of streets, alleys and thoroughfares, the nearest available and conveniently operative alternate route shall be used until such interference or obstruction shall have been removed or obviated. The City shall maintain the streets used by the Company in suitable conditions for its operations, but for failure so to do the City shall in no event be held liable in damages nor shall the City be deemed to have violated its requirements if it -shall permit the use of the nearest available alternate route, over which said Company may operate. Routes may be otherwise altered or changed in the manner hereintprovided. The said routes hereinbefore mentioned are substantially as follows: ROUTE 1. - Sabine: Beginning on Orleans Street at Fannin Street, -thence southerly on Orleans Street to'Milam Street; thence westerly on Milam Street to Park Street; thence south- erly on Park Street to Emmett Avenue; thence easterly on Emmett .Avenue to Sabine -Pass Avenue; thence southerly on Sabine Pass Avenue to Shamrock Street; thence easterly on Shamrock Street to Irving Avenue; -thence southerly on Irving -.Avenue to Doucette Avenue; thence easterly on Doucette Avenue to Grove Street and return via same route. ROUTE 2. - Magnolia: Beginning on Orleans Street at Fannin Street; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Calder Avenue; thence westerly on Calder ,Avenue to Magnolia Avenue; thence northerly on Magnolia Avenue to Leight Street and return via same route. ROUTE 3. Calder: Beginning"a-t7-tannin Street on Pearl Street, thence northerly on Pearl Street to Calder Avenue; thence westerly on Calder Avenue to Eighth Street; thence northerly on Eighth Street -to Hazel Avenue; thence westerly on Hazel Avenue to Tenth Street; thence southerly on Tenth Street to Calder Avenue; thence easterly on Calder Avenue to Eighth Street; and return via Calder Avenue and Pearl Street to place of commencement. #3 ROUTE 4. - Park. Beginning at Fannin Street on Pearl Street;. -thence southerly on Pearl Street to_Milam Street; thence westerly on.Milam Street to._Park Street; thence . southerly on Park Street to Harriot.Street; thence easterly on Harriot Street to Park Street; thence southerly on Park Street to Elgie Street; thenL�asterly on Elgie Street to Kenneth Avenue; thence southerly on Kenneth Avenue to Wood- row Street; thence easterly on Woodrow Street to Highland Avenue; thence northerly on Highland Avenue to Elgie Street; thence westerly on Elgie Street'to Kenneth Avenue; returning via same route. ROUTE 5..- College: Beginning at Fannin Street on Pearl Street, thence southerly on Pearl -Street to College Street; thence westerly on College.Street to Amarillo Street;returning via same route to College Street and Orleans Street; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Bowie Street; thence easterly on Bowie Street to Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to Fannin.Street, point of beginning. ROUTE 6. - Royal: Beginning at Fannin Street on Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to.Milam Street; thence westerly on IUlilam Street to Park Street;` thence southerly on Park Street to Royal Street; thence westerly on Royal Street to -Avenue "F"; thence southerly on Avenue "F".to Corley Street; thence westerly on Corley Street to Avenue !'H"; thence northerly on Avenue "H!' to Blanchette Street; -thence easterly on Blanchette Street to Avenue "F"; thence southerly on Avenue "F" to Royal:.Street, returning via same route to Orleans Street.and Milam Street; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Borrie Street; thence easterly on Bowie Street to Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to.Fannin Street, point of beginning. ROUTE 70 - Laurel: Beginning at Fannin Street on Orleans Street; thence.northerly on Orleans Street to Laurel Avenue; thence westerly on Laurel Avenue to Fourth Street; thence southerly on Fourth Street to South Street; thence westerly on South Street to -.Seventh Street;.thence southerly on Seventh Street to Pecos Boulevard; thence westerly on Pecos Boulevard to Tenth Street, returning via same route to Willow Street; thence northerly on Willow Street to Liberty avenue; thence easterly on Liberty Avenue to Orleans Street; thence southerly on Orleans -Street to Fannin Street. ROUTE 8. .Avenue "A": Beginning at Fannin Street on Orleans Street; thence southerly on Orleans Street to Franklin Street; thence westerly on Franklin Street to .Avenue "A"; thence southerly on Avenue "All to Nashington Boulevard;,thence westerly on Washington Boulevard to Houston Street; returning via same route. ROUTE 9. - Voth.Road: Beginning at Fannin Street on Orleans Street; thence northerly'on Orleans Street to Willow Street; thence northerly on Willow Street to Calder Avenue; thence westerly on Calder Avenue to Mariposa Street; -thence northerly on Mariposa Street to Gladys Avenue; thence westerly on Gladys Avenue to Gulf Street; thence.northerly on Gulf Street to Spruce Avenue; thence westerly on Spruce Avenue to Concord Avenue; thence -northerly on Concord Avenue to the City Limits, returning via same route.. #4 ax L ,additional routes may be established and said initial routes, as well as any additional routes so established, may be altered, modified or abandoned by the Company from time to time as hereina-ftux provided. The Company shall maintain a reasonably adequate sche- dule for the accommodations of its passengers on said initial routes, as well as all other routes that may be hereafter established. SECTION 5. - SCHEDULES. The hours of s`.ervice and headways on each route shall be such as will provide reasonably adequate transportation service on each route. Any changes in schedules, as well as in all matters relating to changes in, extension of, or abandonment of routes and matters relating to additional routes shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, and any and all ordinances passed In conformity therewith. SECTION 6. - TRIPPER SERVICE. The Company shall furnish and provide additional service known as "Tripper Service" at such time and over such routes as is necessary to furnish adequate service, as conditions may from time to time require. The Company shall charge the same rate or rates of fare for such Tripper Service as said Company is hereinafter permitted to charge for its regular service. SECTION 7. - BUS STOPS. Subject to the approval of.the City Commission, the Company may designate such bus stops as it may desire, and shall have the right to equip the same with markers approved by the City Commission. At all designated stops of the motor bus lines of the Company, the City shall set aside such space or zone as in the judgment of the City Commission will be adequate in which other vehicles shall not be permitted to #5 r C61Ld, d- 4-L 3-a) - / q 4 Y-. interfere with thebus' operation, to the end that the safety, convenience and welfare of the patrons and public may be safeguarded. The City shall also establish and enforce such traffic rules and regulations as in its judgment will serve to expedite the movement of the Companyts buses. SECTION 8. - FARES. Subject to modification as hereinafter provided, the fares covering one (1) continuous ride between any of the points on routes herein specified or as hereafter provided, within the City limits of Beaumont, Texas, shall be as follows: KIND: OF FARE Regular Cash Fare Children between the ages of five (5) and twelve (12) (other than fare of school children as hereinafter provided) School children (subject to the conditions hereinafter named) Children under five ( 5 ) years of age when accompanied by a revenue passenger Firemen and Policemen as hereinafter provided Transfer AitE - OF' I FARE Six Cents (6g,) Three Cents (3g) Three Cents (3X) Free Free Free School tickets or tokens at the rates stated above will be subject to the following restriction: they will be issued only to school pupils attending the grade schools and high schools in the City of Beaumont. They will be accepted as fare from the above between the hours of Six A. M. and Six P. M. on school days and shall be sold under such reasonable regulations as the Company may adopt, subject to the approval of the City Commission. All -transfers shall be -limited to the same or diverging direction and no transfer shall enable a passenger to ride to the vicinity from which he started without paying a second fare. A transfer issued shall be used by the person to whom it is issued only and on the next bus leaving the point of transfer. The Company may make such reasonable rules and #6 SAd.., a. o -�- 6-11-/ °3•1 -a - C1 -(- regulations as it may deem necessary to prevent the misuse of transfers. Regular Policemen and Firemen, when in uniform, shall be permitted to travel free. Policemen in plain clothes, when regularly employed as police officers of the City, shall be permitted to travel free when on duty and carrying official pass or tickets or tokens issued by the Company, vihinh the Company agrees to issue. If it so desires, the Company may carry mail for the Government of the United States in or upon its buses, as well as newspapers to be delivered at any point within the City limits of the City, as they now exist or may hereafter be_ extended, so long as it does not interfere with the carrying of passengers. The rate of fare provided for herein is a material reduction from that heretofore in effect. The Company has undertaken to maintain this rate of fare based upon present wages, materials and commodity costs. If wages, materials and/or commodity costs are increased substantially so as to materially reduce the net income of the Company, the Company shall, upon due application and presentation of proof and hearing as hereinafter provided for, be granted an increase in its rate of fare to correspond with such increase in wages, material and/or commodity costs; provided, however, that nothing herein shall deprive the City of any rights it has under the City Charter to regulate rates of fare. Application for increase in rate of fare may be made by the Company in writing to the City Commission who shall, within ten (10) days after receipt of said application, grant a hearing thereon and shall, within a reasonable time there- after, fix the rate of fare in accordance with the provisions C i ty' hereof, the /Carter and the evidence before the City Commission. #7 L In determining what should be a reasonable rate of fare the Commission shall have power to inspect the books of the Company and to compel the attendance of witnesses at mid hearing. The Company shall have the right to appeal from any decision of the City Commission to any Court of competent jurisdiction. SECTION 9, COI&ENSATION TO CITY. From and after the taking effect of this Ordinance and annually thereafter, during the term hereof, the City Com- mission (so long as required so to do by the Cityts Charter as amended and in compliance therewith) shall fix and levy by ordinance or resolution the percentage rate of gross receipts tax to be collected from the Company during each ttivelve (12) monthst period, which said gross receipts tax the Company agrees to pay and which said tax shall not be in excess of two percent (2/1�1.) of the gross receipts of the Company, unless the City Charter .is hereafter amended so as to authorize an increase. The initial tax to be paid is hereby fixed at one percent (1/%") of the gross receipts of the Company and shall not be increased except in accordance with the above provision. Such tax so required to be paid by the Company shall be due and payable on the first day of June of each year for the preceding calendar year, and shall be exclusive of and in addition to all ad valorem taxes upon the value of the fran- chise and other -property of the Company and all lawful occu- .—pation taxes imposed upon the occupation or calling of the Company. The amount of such compensation may be changed from time to time as in the opinion of the City Commission may be just and reasonable, and the amount of tax so imposed shall not be such as will of itself deprive the Company of a fair return. SECTION 10. e BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Company shall at all times during the term hereof comply with the provisions of the Charter and ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas, insofar as said Charter and ordinances now in force or hereafter passed provide for the keeping of books and records, reports, stock and securities issued, and the carrying ofinsurance or surety bonds. SECTION 11. COMIIETI TI ON. This grant shall not be construed to be an exclusive - grant and franchise for the carrying of passengers for hire, but the City will exercise its power in accordance with City Charter to reasonably protect the Company against the com- petition of other motor bus lines, jitney operations or taxicabs doing other than a strictly cab business, which would tend to materially interfere with the profitable and economical operation of the transportation system provided for herein so long as said Company maintains adequate service. SECTION 12. - HIGHT OF PURCHASE. It is the intention of the parties that this shall be considered an indeterminate franchise within the meaning of the provisions of the Charter of the said City relating to indeterminate franchises and the City accordingly shall have the right at any time after ten (10) years from the date this Ordinance takes effect to purchase the property of the Company devoted to the public service under this franchise and, upon such acquisition, the franchise and all privileges enjoyed hereunder shall terminate; provided that before the City shall purchase such property the matter of the acquisi- tion of such property shall, in accordance with the provisions of the said Charter, be submitted at a general election or a special election called for the purpose to be determined by dlz��, VL 6 -1i�1�� 3 -LI -19q+ a majority vote of the qualified property taxpaying voters voting thereon. When the City shall have complied with the provisions of its Charter with respect to acquiring the property of the Company, it shall give six months' notice in writing to the Company of its intention to so acquire the said property at a value to be determined in the following manner: The City shall designate one arbitrator and shall advise the Company in writing the name of the arbitrator so designa- ted. Within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Company shall designate an arbitrator and advise the. City the name of the arbitrator so designated. The two so selected shall designate a third arbitrator. If the two arbitrators selected by the City and the Company fail to agree on a third arbitrator ;within thirty (30) days after their selection, then the third arbitrator may be selected by any person holding the office of Judge of the District Court of Jefferson County to whom the City may apply for such appointment. If the Company shall refuse for thirty (30) days after being advised by the City of the selection of its arbitrator, to select the arbi- trator for the Company, the value of the said property shall be fixed by a vote of a majority of the City Commission. Such property may be taken subject to any outstanding indebtedness authorized by,the Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas, not in excess of the agreed or arbitrated value and the City, in such case, shall expressly assume such indebtedness in uniting. Within three (3) months after said value shall have been agreed upon'.or.fixed as aforesaid, the City shall pay the amount thereof to the Company,.whereupon the City shall be entitled to have conveyed to it and shall be given possession of such property, and any grant conferred upon the Company by this Ordinance shall thereupon cease and determine. #$0 SECTION 13. - PROVISIONS OF CHARTER TO APPLY. The City, insofar as it lawfully may, agrees that when this Ordinance becomes effective and is accepted by the Company in the manner hereinafter provided for, it shall be binding upon the City and the Company as a contract. The provisions of the Charter of the City, however; insofar'as such provisions are applicable and to the extend to which they may not lawfully be superseded by this contract, shall be considered a part hereof as though expressly written herein and the Company shall be bound thereby. SECTION 14. - VALIDITY. Each section of this.Ordinance and each part of, each section hereof is hereby declared to be an independent section or part of section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void, illegal, ineffective or contrary to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Beau- mont, Texas, or any amendments thereto, for any reason, shall not affect any other section or part of section of this Ordinance. SECTION 15. -.ACCEPTANCE OF FRANCHISE. ' This Ordinance shall take effect sixty (60) days from and after its adoption on third and final reading as provided by the said Charter unless a petition or petitions shall be presented to the City Commission in accordance with the pro- visions of the Charter for the submission of the question of the granting of said franchise to a vote of the qualified voters of the City of Beaumont, in which event, it shall take effect in the manner and at the time prescribed in the said Charter. Within thirty (30) days after the Ordinance takes effect, the Company shall file with the Clerk of the City Commission a written acceptance of the same, and when this Ordinance shall have been accepted by the Company, such Ordinance and acceptance shall constitute the contract between #T1 the City and the Company for all the uses, services, and purposes set forth in this Ordinance, and the Company, by its acceptance of the provisions of this Ordinance, binds itself to provide the necessary motor buses and to establish, operate and maintain the local transportation service con- templated in this Ordinance; beginning not later than ninety (90) days from the date of acceptance of this Ordinance by the Company, unless such time shall be extended by the City Commission, and continuing without substantial interruption, except for causes beyond its control, until the expiration of the term of this grant. In the event that the said Company fails to file written acceptance within the time hereinbefore specified, this grant shall be of no effect and void. The Company shall not be required to initiate service under this Ordinance until the termination of the service now being rendered by the Receiver of the Eastern Texas Electric Company of Texas, and until the use of the Streets comprising the routes herein described is surrendered by said Receiver. SECTION 16. It is contemplated that -Company will purchase the 'transportation system now operated by Eastern Texas Electric Company of Texas through M. G. Muse, Receiver, and none of the rights herein granted Company shall be effective until such purchase is consummated and Eastern Texas Electric Company, through its Receiver, shall have discontinued the operation of and abandonment of its street car system in this City. This - lltli ` day of June' , 19 37'' . APPROVED. o City .attorney Pf the Mayor of the City of City of Beaumont,Texas. Beaumont, Texas. TEST: C ty_c 1:er1c of the City of Beaumont, -Texas. 4i"2 AN ORDINANCE I I AMENDING THE BUS OR DINANCE AND FRANCHISE GIVEN TO T� BEAUMONT CITY LINES, INC., CHANGING SECTION 4 OF SAID BUS" - ORDINANCE AND FRANCHISE BY CHANGING ROUTE NO. 2, ROUTE No. 5, ROUTE No. 6, ROUTE No. 7 and ELIMINATING ROUTE No. 8; -CHANGING SECTION 8 BY CHANGING THE REGULAR CASH FARE FROM SIX CENTS (6�`) TO FIVE (5¢) CENTS; BY PROVIDING A CHARGE OF ONE CENT (1�) FOR TRANSFERS; PROVIDING FREE TRANSFERS FOR CHILDREN BETVMEN THE AGES OF FIVE (5) AND T107ELITE (12) OTHER THAN FARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AS FURTHER PROVIDED HEREIN; PROVIDING THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIVE (5) TO SEVENTEEN (1'7) MAY -- - - -- HIDE "FOR -TOKENS OF -TWO AN1 D-OT,TE-H1�,F-.-GEITTS---(-2.1 - TRANSFER FOR ONE CENT (lp/), GOOD ONLY ON SCHOOL DAYS BETWEEN 6 A. M. AND 6 P. M., AND PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AMENDMENT BY BEAUMONT CITY LINES, INC. NOW, THERREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BEA[TMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY., TEXAS, That the Ordinance and Franchise known as the "Bus Ordinance and Franchise,"passed the 11th day of June, 1937, granting to the Beaumont City Lines a franchise for the opera- tion of busses within the City of Beaumont, be amended in its Sections.4 and 8 so that -the bus, routes mentioned in said franchise shall read as follows.- ROUTE ollows; ROUTE 1: The same as in the original franchise. ROUTE 2 as follows: ROUTE 2. m Magnoliao Beginning on Orleans Street at Fannin Street; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Liberty Avenue; thence westerly on Liberty Avenue to Magnolia Avenue; thence northerly on Magnolia Avenue to Leight Street and return via same route. ROUTES 3 AND 4: ` The same as in the original franchise. ROUTE 5 as follows: ROUTE 5. - College: Beginning at Pearl Street on Fannin Str.e.e-G-; _.ther-ce s.outher.ly__on- P_earl_:-Stxye_et t_o-. _College- _S_treet_;._thenc_e_ westerly on College Street to Amarillo Street; thence southerly on Amarillo Street to Franklin Street; thence easterly on Franklih Street to Houston Street; thence southerly on Houston Street to Washington Boulevard; returning via sane route to College Street and Orleans Street; thence northerly on Orleans ;Street to Bowie Street; thence easterly on Bowie Street to.Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to Fannin Street, point of beginning. w.� , Aw ROUTE 6 AS FOLLOWS: ROUTE 6. - Royal: Beginning at Fannin Street on Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to Milam Street; thence westerly on Milan Street to Park Street; thence southerly on Park Street to Royal Street; thence westerly on Royal Street to Avenue "F"; thence southerly on Avenue "F" to Corley Street; thence easterly on Corley Street to Avenue "C"; thence southerly on Avenue 110 to Washington Boulevard; returning via same route to Orleans and Milam; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Bowie Street; thence easterly on Bowie Street to Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to Fannin Street; point of beginning. ROUTE 7 AS FOLLOWS: ROUTE 7. - Pecos Boulevard: Beginning at Orleans Street on Fannin Street; thence westerly on Fannin Street to Park Street; the northerly on Park Street to Crockett Street; thence westerly on Crockett Street to Fourth Street; thence northerly on Fourth Street to Pecos Boulevard; thence westerly on Pecos Boulevard to Millard Street; returning via same route to Crockett Street; thence easterly on Crockett Street to Orleans Street; thence southerly to Fannin the point of beginning. ROUTE 8: Shall be eliminated. ROUTE 9: The same as in the original franchise. The first portion of Section 8 of said bus franchise and ordinance shall hereafter read as follows: SECTION S. - FARES. Subject to modification as hereinafter provided, the fares covering one (1) continuous ride between any of the points on routes herein specified or as hereafter provided, within the City limits of Beaumont, Texas, shall be as follows: KIND OF FARE Regular Cash Fare Transfer Children between the ages of five (5) and twelve (12), other than fare of school children as hereinafter provided. Transfers for said children School children between.the ages of _ five (5) to seventeen (17) years, good only on school days between 6 A. M. and 6 P. M.J. riding on tokens RATE OF FARE Five Certs (5¢) One Cent W) Three Cents (3¢) Free Two & One-half Cents (22�) Transfer One Cent (1�) MVD OF FARE RATE OF FARE Children under five (5)' years of age ,Then accompanied by a revenue passenger Free Firemen and Policemen as provided in original franchise Free -Transfers-as mentioned--above- The rest of Section 8 shall remain as in the original Franchise and Ordinance. This ordinance shall take effect in the time provided by the City Charter of the City of Beaumont. Within ten days after the Ordinance takes effect the Company shall file with the Clerk of the Commission a written acceptance of the same and when the same shall have been accepted by the Company this Ordinance and acceptance shall constitute an amendment of the contract between the City of Beaumont and the Beaumont City Lines, Inc., for the uses, services and purposes set forth in this amendment and the Company, by its acceptance of the pro- visions of this amendment binds itself to abide .by the same. /i PASSED this the /��day of 938. APPROVE AS T J-1OR�,1 City Att rney - MAYOR - 1'l Sit, e, , 2 6 L l;-1113? Vii --lel AWMING THE BUS ORDINANCE AND FRANCHISE GIVEN TO THE BEAUNONT CITY LINES, INC., CHANGING SECTION 4 OF SAID BUS ORDINANCE AND FRANCHISE BY CHANGING ROUTE NO. 2, ROUTE NO. 5, ROUTE NO. 6, ROUTE NO. 7 and ELIMINATING ROUTE N0. 8; CHANG- DIG SECTION 8 BY CHANGING THE REGULAR CASH FARE FROM SIX CENTS (6g) TO FIVE (50) CENTS; BY PROVIDING A CHARGE OF ONE CENT (lX) FOR TRANSFERS; PROVIDING FREE TRANS- FERS FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIVE (5) AND TWELVE (12) OTHER FARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AS FURTHER PROVIDED HEREIN; PROVIDINOx THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIVE (5) TO SEVEkJTEEN (17) MAY RIDE FOR IOKENS OF TWO AND ONE4iALF CENTS UM EACH AND A TRANSFER FOR ONE CENT (10), GOOD ONLY ON SCHOOL -DAYS BE- TWEEN 6 A. M. AND 6 P. M., AND PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AMENDNENT BY BEAU- MONT CITY LiNESS, INC. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT .ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, That the Ordinance-and.Fianchise known as the "Bus Ordinance and Franchise," passed the 111th day of June, 1937, granting to the Beaumont City Lines a franchise for.the operation of busses within the -City of Beaumont, be amended in its Sections 4 and 8 so that the bus routes mentioned in said franchise shall read as follows; ROUTE 1: The same as in the original franchise. ROUTE 2 as follows: ROUTE 2.-- Magnolia: Beginning on Orleans Street at Fannin Street; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Liberty Avenue; thence westerly on Liberty Avenue to l&gnolia Avenue; thence northerly on Magnolia Avenue to Leight Street and re- turn via same route. ROUTES 3 AND 4: The same as in the original franchise. ROUTE 5 as follows: ROUTE 5. - College: Beginning at Pearl Street on Fannin Street; thence souther- ly on Pearl Street to College Street; thence westerly on College Street to Amarillo Street; thence southerly on Amarillo Street to Franklin Street; thence easterly on Franklin Street to Houston Street; thence southerly on Houston Street to Washington Boulevard; returning via same route to College Street and Orleans Street; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Bowie Street; thence easterly on Bowie Street to Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to Fannin Street, point of beginning. ROUTE 6 AS FOLLOWS: ROUTE 6. - Royal: Beginning at-Fannin7Street on Pearl Street; thence -southerly on Pearl Street to Milam Street; thence westerly on Milam Street to Park Street; thence southerly on Park Street to Royal Street; thence westerly on Royal Street to Avenue "F"; thence southerly on Avenue "F" to Corley Street; thence easterly on Corley Street to Avenue "C"; thence southerly on Avenue "C" to Washington Boulevard; returning via same route to Orleans and Milam; thence northerly on Orleans Street to Bowie Street; thence easterly on Bowie Street to Pearl Street; thence southerly on Pearl Street to Fannin Street;.point of beginning. ROUTE 7 AS FOLLOWS: ROUTE 7. - Pecos Boulevard: Beginning at Orleans Street on Fannin Street; thence westerly on Fannin Street,to Park Street; thence northerly on Park Street No Text � t -1c/ ..f MEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, did on the 11th day of June, A. D. 1937, pass and adopt upon third and final reading a certain ordinance, same being captioned as follows: and AN ORDINANCE "Granting to Beaumont City Lines, Inc. a Texas corporation, a franchise to. -establish, maintain and operate over the streets of the City of Beaumont, Texas, a bus syst6m for the local transportation of passengers for hire; granting said franchise for an indeterminate period; providing for the extension of said franchise to any territory annexed in the future; esta- blishing definite routes over and upon which buses shall travel and for the changing and alteration of said routes and for establishing additional routes; providing definite schedules and for changes and alterations in said schedules; providing for "tripper service", defining said term and establishing rat -es therefor; providing for regular bus stops upon the city streets; establishing kinds and rates of fare and pro- viding for a change in the same; establishing the right for said buses to carry government mail upon the city streets; establishing a method and means of determining whether rates of fare shall be increased; providing for com- pensation to be paid the city of Beaumont upon the gross receipts and the method of increase ; or decrease of said compensation and the time of payment; requiring the bus company to keep books of record and stocks issued and carrying surety bonds, providing the right of purchase by the city of Beaumont of said franchise at any time after ten (10) years and the method of said purchase and providing the manner of determining the price should the City desire to purchase; providing that said franchise be a binding obligation and contract between the City and the Company; providing that if one portion of the ordinance or contract be declared invalid, it would not affect other portions; providing the time for the taking effect of said franchise and the conditions thereunder.t° WHEREAS, said Ordinance has been published in the Beaumont Journal, the official newspaper in the City of Beaumont, ,.Texas, in the manner and, for the requisite �S length of time as required by the Charter of the City of Beaumont, Texas, and the publisher of said newspaper has made due proof of said publication and has filed such proof with the City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas, and said Ordinance so granting such franchise is now in full force and effect, and Beaumont City Lines, Inc., a Texas corporation, being the grantee of said franchise; and WHEREAS, said Ordinance granting said franchise has become effective as an Ordinance of said City of Beaumont; and it is provided in the City Charter of the City of Beaumont, Texas, that the grantee of any fran- chise shall signify its acceptance thereof by instrument in writing, and the Ordinance, by its terms provides that the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. shall signify its accept- ance of the grant in writing, filed with the City Clerk of the City of Beaumor_t, Texas, within thirty (30) days after the Ordinance takes effect; that final publication of Ordinance having been accomplished on the 18th day of June, 1937; and it is the desire of Beaumont City Lines, Inc. to in all things accept such franchise and grant; NOVI, THEREFORE, the Beaumont City Lines, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, acting herein by and through its duly authorized officers, does hereby by this instrument formally accept the grant and franchise hereinabove referred to and as described in the above mentioned Ordinance; passed and adopted by the City Commission 2 y _ a ; cLo --L of the.City of Beaumont, Texas, on the 11th day of June, 1937, as aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF Beaumont City Lines,- Inc. has caused these presents to be executed, in duplicate originals, in its name by E. Roy Fitzgerald, its President, and to -be attested by J. M. Schramm, its Secretary, and to have its seal impressed hereon as of date the 20th day of .August, 1937. ATTEST o BEAUMONT CITY LINES, INC. _ By� _ etary. Its . esid -ESTATE OF ILLINOIS .COUNTY OF COOK BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, on this day personally appeared E. ROY FITZGERALD, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as President of the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. by him, its President, executed, signed, sealed and . delivered the foregoing instrument for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and that he executed the same as President of the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. and as the act and deed of said corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. GIVEN under my hand and seal of office, this 20th day of August, A. D. 1937. _ Notary Public i, and for Cook County, State of Illinois. Filed in the office of the Silty Clerk of. the. Cit of Beaumont, Texas, on this Z 5 day of , 1937. City Clerk of the City of - Beaumont, Texas. i �3 31 • - I AN ORDINANCE ��— Q 1/1 1937 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FIXING- TPE' GROSS RECEIPTS TAX OF THE = BEA-0MIONT CITY LINES, INC . FOR ' THE YEAR 1943 AT 11.31 PER CENT AND LEVYING A 1.31 PER CENT GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON. THE BEAUNONT CITY LINES, INC. FORJTHE YEAR 1943. MiEREAS, the City of Beaumont by ordinance enacted on - - - ---the_ -.11th:-day of June, -1937-,--gran_ted to -the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. a' franchise for the operation of busses within the City of -.Beaumont; and, WHEREAS', it was provided in Section 9 thereof as fol- lows:-,., Section -9. Compensation to city --From and af- ter the, taking effect of this ordinance and annually thereafter, during the term' hereof, the city commis- sion (so -long as required so to do by the city's charter as'emended and incompliance therewith) shall fix and levy by ordinance or resolution the percent- age rate of gross 'receipts tax to be collected from the company during each twelve (12) -months' period, which said gross receipts tax the company agrees to pay. and which said tax shall not be in excess of two.-,,.,, per cent (2/) of the gross receipts -of the company, unless the city charter is hereafter amended so as to authorize -an _.increase. -_ _The _ initial--t-ax- to_ be _p aid. -is hereby fixed 'at one per cent (1, -Io 6f --the gross receipts of the company and -shall not -be increased except in ac- cordance with the above provision. "Such tax so -required to be paid by the company shall _ be due and payable on the first .day- of June of each year for. the preceding calendar gear, and shall be exclusive of and in addition to all ad valorem taxes upon the value of the franchise and other pro- perty of the company and all lawful occupation taxes imposed upon the occupation: or calling- of the corn-' pany. The- amount of such' compensation may be changed from time to time as- in the opinion. of the city com- mission may be just and reasonablef and the amount of tax so imposed,,shall not be .such as gill of itself deprive the company of a fair return." and, WHEREAS, the use of the streets of the . City of Beau- raont for transportation services by the Beaumont .Cit_y .Lines, Inc. _ has temporarily increased due to the great influx of defense workers in this area; and, WAEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Beaumont is of the opinion that the gross receipts tax of the Beaumont City Lines, -Inc. should be temporarily increased from One Per Cent (1%) to One and 31/100 Per Cent (1.31%); that said 1.31 % gross receipts tax is just and reasonable and will not of itself deprive the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. of a fair return; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY C01091ISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1 That for the year 1943 the gross receipts tax of the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. shall be and is.hereby fixed at One and 31/100 Per Cent (1.31 %) of the gross receipts of said company and there shall be and is hereby levied and shall be as- sessed and collected for the year 1943 a gross receipt s tax on and from the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. of One and 31/100 Per Cent ( 1.31%) of the gross receipts of said company for the year 1943. Section 2 It is intended by this ordinance, in accordance with Section -9 of the -franchise of--the-Beaumont-City Lines, Inc., which Section is quoted supra, to temporarily increase the gross receipts tax of the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. because of the in- creased use of the streets of the City of Beaumont for transpor- tation services by the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. due to the great influx of defense workers in this area and accordingly to levy on said company a gross receipts tax of One and 31/100 Per Cent (1.31 %) of the gross receipts of said company for the year 1943. PASSED by the City Commission this a t' _ day of March A. D. 1944, -2- M A Y 0 R- -r- a qq_- ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FIXING TRE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX OF TIE BEAUMM CITY LIiM$ INC. FOR TU YEAR 1943, AT -1.31 PER CENT AND LEVYING A1.31 PER CENT GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON THE BEAMIONT CITY LINFS,, INC. FOR THE YEAR -1943. WHff&kS,.the City of Beaumont by ordinance enacted on the filth day of June, 1937, granted to the Beaumont City Lines, Inc", a franchise for the operation of busses within the City of Beaumont; and, WHEREAS, it was provided in Section.9..thereof as follor►s: "Section. 9.. C^mr Cii tion to city—From end after the taking effect of this_ ordinance .and annually thereafter. -during the term hereof, the city commission (so long as required so to do by the. city's charter as ;amended and in compliance therewith) shall fix, and levy by,ordinance or resolution the percentage rate of groes receipts tax to be collected from the compazW during each twelve (12) months' period, which said gross receipts-taz the comparq. agrees to and which said tax shall not be' in ;excess. of •,two.._ . per cent ( of the, gross .receipts ,of the. compaw., unless the., city charter is!. hereafter emended so ae'to=authorize"an--increase: The initial tax to be paid is hereby fixed at ane ' per ..cent _.(l16) - of .the gross receipts of the ccmpwW and shall not be increased ezeept in accordance with'Ahe above provision. "Such tax.so required to. be paid 1y the- compary shall be due and payable on the.first:day of June of each year for:the preced- ing calendar year.,. and shan be exclusive of and in addition to, an. ad valorem taxes upon the value of -the franchise and other property of the eo:apazW- and -an lawful occupation taxes imposed upon the occupation or calling of the company. The amount of such -compen- sation -wW -be 'changed - from • time to time' as - in' the opinion -of - the'"'' city commission'rA, r be ,fust and reasonable, and the amount of tax so im3osed shall not. be such as will of .itself deprive the camAW of a -fair return." and.. WHEHAS, the use of the streets of'the City of -Beaumont -:for .transportation services by the Beautmont City.Lines, Inc. has.temporarily increased due to the great influx of defense workers in this area; and,. WHEREAS,,the City Commission of the City of Beaumont is of the opinion that the gross receipts tax of the,Beaumant:•City-Linee,:Ine. should be temporarily Increased. from One Per -Cent (116) to•One and 31/1oo Per- Cent;(1.310 ; that said 1.31% gross receipts tax is just and reasonable and'will.not of itself deprive the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. of,a fair.return. Nth, THEREFOR, BE, IT ORVAINED•BY THE CITY COAMSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMDNT: Sect. That for -the year 1943 the,grose receipts -tax of .the -Beaumont City Lines, Inc. shall be and is hereby fixed at•One and 31AOO per Cent'(1.31%) of the gross receipts of said company.and there'shall be and le hereby levied'and-shall be assessed and collected for the year 1943 al gross receipts tax on and from the Beaumont City mines, Ine.:of One and 31AOO Per Cent.(1.31%) of the gross receipts of said ,compar3r for the year 1943. Sectign2 It is,.Intended by this ordinance, in accordance with Section 9 of the fran- ehise.of the Beaumont City Lines, Inc., which Section -is quoted supra, .to temporarily L- wiiERE l the City Commission of the City of Beaumont, Jeff— erson County, Texas, did on the 11th day of June, A.D.., 1937, pass and adopt upon third and final reading a certain ordinance, same being captioned as follows; and AN ORDINANCE "Granting to Beaumont City Lines, Inc. a aexas Corpora— tion, a franchise to establish, maintain and operate over the streets of the City of Beaumont, Texas, a bus system for the local transportation of passengers for hire; granting said franchise for ^,n indeterminate period; providing for the extenvion of said franchise to any territory annexed in the future; establishing definite reutes over and upon inich buses shall travel and for the changing and alteration of said routes. and for establishing additional routes; providing de— finite sbhedules and for changes and alterations in said schedules; and providing for."tripper service", defining said term and establishing rates therefor; providing for regular bus stops upon.the city streets; establishing kinds and rates offare and providing.for a change in the same; establishing the right for said buses to carry government mail upon the city streets; establishing a method and means of determining whether rates of fare shall be increa-ed;. providing for compen— sation to be.paid the City of Beaumont, upon the gross receipts and the method of .increase & Ceceease of raid compensation and the time of payment; requiring the bus company to keep books of record and stocks issued -nd cayr-ying surety bonds;providing the right of purchase b17 the City of Beaumont of said franchise at any time after ten (10) ,years and the method of said -purchase and providing the manner of determining the price should the City desire to -Purchase; providing that said franchise be a binding obligation and contract between the City and the Company; providing that if one portion of the ordinance or contract be declarers Eihvdlid, it would not affect other portions; providing the time for the tak- ing effect o.f said franchise and the conditions thereunder.'? WHEREAS,, said Ordinance has been published in the Deetumont Journal, the official newspaper in the City of Beaumont, Texas, in the manner and for the requisite length of time as required by the Charter of the City of Beaumont, Texas, and the publisher of said news— paper has made due proof of said publication and has filed such proof �3i tL the Gi �� ?Clerk of_c'the City of Beaumont; Texas, and said Ordinance so granting such franchise is now in full force an0 effect, and Beaumont i ;11 i ''` l, ate' ` Lam. " -'% City Lines Inc., a Texas Corporation, being the grantee of said franchise; and WHEREAS, said Ordinance. granting said franchise has become effective as an Ordinance of said City of Beau ont; and it is provided in the City Charter of the City of Beaumont, Texas, that the grantee of any franchise shall signify its acceptance thereof by instrument in writing, and the Ordinance, by its terms provides that the Beaumont City Lines, Inc. shall signify its acceptance of the grant in writing, filed with the City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas, within thirty (30) days after the Ordinance takes effect; that final publica— tion of Ordinance on the 18th day of June, 1937; and it is the desire of Beaumont City Lines, Inc. to in all things accept such franchise and grant; NOW) THEREFORE, The Beaumont City Lines, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, acting here— in by and through its duly authorized officers, does hereb; by this instrument formally accept the grant and franchise hereinabove re- ferred to and as described in the above mentioned Ordinance, passed and adopted by the City Commission of the City of Beaumont, Texas, on the 11th dasr of Jeune, 1937, as aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF Beaumont City Lines, Inc. has caused these presents to be executed, in duplicate originals, in its name by E. ROY FITZGERALD, its President, and to be attested by J.M. Schramm, its Secretary, and to have its seal impressed hereon as of date the 20th day of ,1ui-ust, 1937. ATTEST: /s/J.M. Schramm Secretary (Seal) #2 BEAUT',ONT CITY LINES, INC. a By /s/ E.Roy Fi.tzterald President STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF COOK BEFORE T -M, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, on this day personally aTpea-red E. ROY FITZGERALD, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to -(-,he foregoing in- strument as President of the Beaumont City Lines., Inc-. no'. by him., its President., executed, signed, sealed and delivered the fore -going instrument for the pur- poses and consideration therein expressed, and that he executed the same as President of the Beaumont City Lines'., Inc. and as the act and deed of said corporation for the purposes and consideration-theroin emp I ressed. GIVEN UNDER Trl HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE., this 20th day of �'ugust., A.D., 1937. .ZsZ 11illiam J. I.-Yalsh (Seal) Notary Public in and for Cook County., State of Illinois. Filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Naumont, Texas, on this 25th day of "ugust, 1937.' IsZ RavnG-,,'id Edmonds City Clerk of tho City of D@aumont, Texas. (seal) STATE, OF TEXAS COUNTY OF JEFFERSON CITY OF MEMO NT 15 WILLIE J. BROCMIM 3 City Clerk of the City of BeaLmont, Jefferson County, Texas, do hereb, , 7 certify that, the . above and foregoing is a true and correct copy- of the instru-nuent of acceptance.;Ls filed by the Denimont City Lines, Inc., a corporation., accepting the franchise ,'-,nd grant as set forth in above captioned Ordinance of' the , City 'of Beaunnont Texas, GIVEN UNDER MY TIAND 11IND,33M OF 31`77UYIONT., TEXAS, in my officey in the City of Beaumont, Texas., 'on -this: the 27th day- of Angust$- A*D*$ 194L7, City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas,,