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AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
OF THE BEAUMONT.CITY LINES, INC. FOR THE YEAR 1958
AT TWO PER CENT AND LEVYING A TWO PER CENT GROSS RE-
CEIPTS TAX ON THE BEAUMONT CITY LINES, INC. FOR THE
YEAR-1958, .AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE,
WHEREAS, The City of Beaumont by ordinance enacted on the
llth day of June, 1937, granted to the Beaumont City Lines, Inc, a
franchise for the operation of buses within The City of Beaumont;
and,
WHEREAS, in Section 9 of said franchise it -is provided that
the City Council shall by ordinance fix and levy the percentage rate
of gross receipts tax to be collected from the Company during each
ttfelve-months' period, which said tax shall not be in excess of two
per cent (210)- of
the
gross receipts
of the Company; and,
WHEREAS,
the
City Council of
The City of Beaumont is of the
opinion that the gross receipts tax of the Beaumont City Lines, Inc.
should be fixed at two per cent (21.) of the gross receipts of the
Company for the year 1958, and that said two per cent (27.) gross.re-
ceipts 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 OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That for the year 1958 the gross receipts tax of the Beaumont
City Lines, Inc. shall be, and is hereby, fixed at two per -cent (210)
of the gross receipts of said Company, and there shall be and is here-
by levied and shall be assessed and collected for the year 1958 a
gross receipts tax on and from the Beaumont City Lines,.Inc. of two
per cent (21.) of the gross receipts of said Company for the year
1958.
Section 2.
If any section," subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or. por-
tion of this ordinance is forany reason held invalid or unconstiutu-
tional .by any court of competent jurisdiction,. such- section.,' subsec-
tion, 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 August, A. D..'
1958.
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Mayor -
WHEREAS, The City of Beaumont by ordinance enacted on the
11th day of June, 1937, granted to the Beaumont City Lines,,Inc. a -
franchise for,. the . operation of buses within ,The City of Beaumont;
and,
WHEREAS, in'Section.- 9 of. said franchise it is ,.provided that
the City.Council_,shall.by ordinance fix and levy the percentage rate
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 ' (.2%). of the gross receipts of the Company; ' and,
Vff EREAS, , the City Council .of The City, of Beaumont is of the
opinion. that the gross receipts tax of the Beaumont City, Lines, Inc.
should be fixed ,at two , per cent (2%) . of the gross receipts _of the
Company . for the .year-1958', and that said -two per .cent gross re--
ceipts tax is just .and reasonable and will not,of itself deprive the
Beaumont City.Lines, Inc. of a fair return;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAhNED -BY ; THE CITY ,-OF _ ' BEAUBIONT ;
..Section 1.
That for the year 1958 ; the gross receipts: tax ; of the Beaumont.
City..Lines, Inc. shall be, and`is hereby, fixed at two per -cent (Jo)
of the gross receipts of .said Company,- and ,there shall be..and is. here-
by levied and ,.shall be assessed. and collected ,for the ,year 1958 'a
gross receipts tax on and from the . Beaumont ,City Lines, Inc. of two
per cent (2 } of the gross - receipts of .said Company for -the year
1958. _
Section 2.
If any section, subsection,,, sentence, clause, phrase, or por-
tion of this ordinance is for.,Any' : reas'on:.held invalid 'or.unconstiutu-
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