Ordinance No. 61ORDINANCE NO. G
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 5 PASSED BY THE
CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PELLY, NO1V BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ON hAY 22, 1917; IT BEING THE DECIARED INTENT
AND PURPOSE OF SAID ORDINANCE TO REVOKE AND CANCEL THE
FRANCHISE OF GULF TRANSIT COMPANY TO ESTABLISH, MAIN-
TAIN AND OPERATE A BUS SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF BAYTOiYN.
AREAS, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 passed by the City Commission
of the City of Pelly, now Baytown, on May 22, 1917, Gulf Transit Company has had
the authority, right, privilege and franchise, for the period therein stated, to
establish, maintain and operate over and upon the streets of the City of Baytown a
bus system for the local transportation of passengers for hire, all in accordance
with the terms, sections and provisions of said ordinance, which is duly recorded
in Volume 8 of the Ydnutes of the City of Pelly, now Baytown, Texas, and;
WHEREAS, Section 11; of said ordinance provides that if the Company fails or
refuses to comply with the terms of the franchise or fails to operate buses as
specified therein, the City Council may notify the company in Writing of such fail-
ure or refusal, and if the company does not comply therewith within thirty (30) days
after the receipt of said notice, the City Council may at its option cancel said
franchise, and;
WHEREAS, said Gulf Transit Company was notified by registered letter dated
August 23 1919, signed by the City Manager, pursuant to authorization from the City
Council, that said Company had failed to comply with the-terms of the franchise in
• that it was delinquent in its payment of the gross receipts tax to the city, its
insurance had been cancelled and, further, that it was delinquent in payment of ad
valorem taxes due the City; said letter notifying Gulf Transit Company that it had
thirty (30) days to remedy the above conditions, and;
VFHEREAS, Gulf Transit Company has failed and refused to comply with the terms
of this franchise after having been so notified, and the City Council now has the
option to cancel said franchise under the provisions of Section 14 thereof, and it
finds that the public interest and welfare will be best served if such procedure
is taken;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Ordinance No. 5 passed by the City Commission of the City of
® Folly, nofv Baytown, on May 22, 19117, as recorded in Volume 8 of the Minutes of the
City of Pelly, be in all things repealed and the franchise of Gulf Transit Company
therein granted to establish, maintain and operate a bus system for the local trans-
portation of passengers for hire in the City of Baytown is hereby cancelled and de-
clared null and void.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by a majority of the City Council of the City of
Baytown on this /,5 day of September, A. D., 1949.
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