HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 31-AAENTITLED AN ORDINANCE'FIXING THE•GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
OF THE BEALT40NT .CITY LINES, INC. FOR THE YEARS 1955
:AND 1956 -AT TWO PER CENT AND. LEVYING A - TWO PER CENT" .
GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON THE" •BEAUMONT CITY LINES INC"
FOR THE YEARS 1955. AND 1956, AND PROVIDING A 6AVINGS -
CLAUSE. ;
WHEREAS, The. City` of. Beaumont by. ordinance ' enacted on the
.11th day.of June, 1937" granted to the Beaumont City Lines; Inc.
a.:frari'ch-ise'. for, the operation ;of. busses within The City of Beau-
mont-;and'
eaumont;°arid, .
WHEREAS; in. Se.etiOn 9- of -said franchise. it ' is provided that
the City.Council shall by'.ordinance fix and levy the percentage
xate:of•gross receipts tax to be'collected'from the Company during,
each-. twelve -months.' period,. -which said -.:tax ' shall• not be. in. excess.
of -two -per cent (27o). -of the gross ,•re:ce.ipts_ of .the ;Company; and,.
WHEREAS, the CityCouncil of The City of Beaumont is of the
opinion the gross receipts tax. of the'.'Beaumon-E` City, Lines,Inc.
should be fixed at -two per cent of the gross receipts of the
Company. for• the -year 1955` and •in- the •saMb-amounit , for. the .year 1956,
and that said two per' .cent (216) gross receipts, tax is just and ,
reasonable and wilh not 'of itself, depr ue the Beaumont 'City Lines, `..
Inc. of a 'fair'. return;',
NOW, THEREFORE, ,BE IT ORDAINED BY :THE CITY*` OF . BEAUMONT :.
Section -1.
That for . the year -1955 the gross -receipts , tax of the _ Beau-
mont City Lines,• Inc. shall be, " arid is hereby, fixed at ._two per.
cent. (2�0) of the gross � receipts of. said •Company, • and there. shall,
be and -is -hereby levied and shall be assessed -and collected for the -
year 1955 a gross receipts- tax on and from the Beaumont City Lines,
Inc. of two per cent (210) of the gross receipts of said.. Company:
for. the,'.year _1955.
Section 2
That ' for the year 195-6. the gross receipts tax of the .Beau- '
mont City Lines,: Inc.. shall be,' and is.hereby, -fixed at two -per
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cent _(21.) of the gross receipts of said Company, and there shall
be.and is hereby levied and shall be assessed and collected for the
year 1956 a gross receipts -tax on and from the Beaumont City -Lines,
Inc. of two per cent (210) of the gross receipts of said Company for
the year 1956.
Section 3.
If any section, subsection, ' s.entence, clause,, phrase, or
portion of this ordinance is for.any reason heldinvalid'or uncon-
stitutional by any court ,of competent jurisdiction,. such section;
subsection., sentence,.clause; phrase, or portion, shall be deemed
....,a separate, distinct and independent.provision and such -:holding "
shall not affect the validity or constitutionality.of the.remaining
portions thereof._
PASSED by the City Council this day, of April, A.T.
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