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ORDINANCE NO. 321
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t of such busses and motor vehicle upon rth.r• - i •� +. �u',.
streets of the said city in•i the regulat;ng F
of their routes and ch Jule; And Pe•o�a Iu r 1 �,. -�� ( 1
- eng a penalty for the violation of its pr> III Lj,�r•
visions.and the terms and condition.,; u tit �-
i license issued.
3 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUDicJI. '
3 OF THE CITY OF.AMES I01 ?,.: - - `� s
j 3 Section.1. That-Jitney busses and all moor I F
vehicles. engaged in carrying pa,ycrzcrs or - -
• hire on a plan similar to that followed by
3 street railway companics. are hereby prohibitcd.
from operating upon Main Street and the E.
3 street known as Lincoln Way North-,in -the
City of Ames, the same being strects upon
which a street car line is maintained upon a
. franchise granted by the said City. l
Section 2. That Jitney Busses and all other
.motor t.hick? e elrryir r,s.,enrer; for hire
on a plan similar to Cult followed by street
j frailway companies, are hereby prohibited from -
t Foperate g ,upon all outer streets and alleys of - -
the City of Ames sinless the owners or oper-
ators thereof have obtained from this Council ( �
j t.�a license therefor under the provisions of this -
ordinance. _ .I
- 1 Section 3. That any person, company or -
r corporation desiring oe intending to apply i
{ this Council for such a license shall first fully
comply with the provisions of section Three
(3), Chapter One hundred fifteen (115). of the` 3
Acts of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly of Ie
the State of Iowa and no license shall be
granted or application therefor considered un
> r til there ha been such compliance.
t Section 4.'That all applications for ae li- �.
cense under this ordinance shall be mad o
r and passed u�on by this Council anti this - g:
dt Council reserves the right given under Sec-
tion four (4) of said Chapter One hundred
fifteen (115) of the said Acts to either grant
t. or reject said applications.
Section 5. That this Council,upon the grant-
ing of a license tinder this ordinance, may, -
and hereby reserves the right to fix reasonable
routes and reasonable schedules under which -
the licensee shall operate. _ - -
Section 6. That any person, company or
3 corporation, having a license hereunder, may
r cross said Main Street and-Lincoln Way North
at right angles and may have a terminus in
the business district of said City, and for the
3. purpose of going to and from such terminus
• T may travel over only such portion of .aid pro-
hibited streets as is necessary to connect di-
- rectly with the licensed route of the said busses.
and motor vehicles over the streets and alleys "
ou which there are no street cat- lines.
a - Section T. That the fee for a license
t under shall be and is hereby fixed at the sum
of $50.00 per annum, which shall be paid in
.§ full before any license-shall issue.
B Section 8. That all ordinances and parts
thereof in conflict herewith are hereby re-
r pealed.
tSection 9. That any person, company or
corporation violating any provision of this o - ,
dinance or violating the term, and condition,-, ! _
r 1. of any license i-tied hereunder as to schedulesl
J or routes shall be deem d guilty of a mi.,dc
' meanor and rwon conviction thereof ;Ball be
punished by a fine of not exceeding one bun- y
dred dollars, or by imprisonment not eseeed-
i g thirty days and in addition thereto said
license may be revoked.
Section. 10. That this ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after its publi-
'cation as provided by law,
T. L. RICE, Mayor.
A. .E. MAXWELL, City Clerk.
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