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AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: “AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO C.A. JOHNSON RENEWAL OF A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE BUSES OVER CERTAIN CITY STREETS IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS.”
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1. That C.A. Johnson, or his assigns, is granted the renewal of the exclusive rights heretofore existing to operate a bus or buses running to and from Nettleton and to and from Arkansas State College Administration Building and dormitories and within five miles in any direction from the City limits of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and over the following streets in the City of Jonesboro:
Nettleton, Matthews, Huntington, College Cate, Washington, Johnson Avenues; Flint, Main and Church Streets; Aggie Road; State Highways 1 and 39 and U.S. Highway No. 63 and Caraway Road.
Said buses may operate on any other street in the City.
SECTION 2. Within the City limits of Jonesboro the fare shall be by tokens or cash. The price of the token shall be two for fifteen cents ($.15) and cash fare ten cents ($.10) each. For each trip per person outside the City limits the fare shall be fifteen cents ($.15) cash or token which shall be sold two for twenty-five cents ($.25). Any future change of bus fare shall be by simple resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 3. This franchise shall be in force for a period of ten years from date but the failure to operate any bus or buses for a period of one month shall be considered an abandonment of the rights herein granted.
SECTION 4. The City reserves the right to regulate the operation of said buses from time to time including places where passengers may be received or discharged and passengers may not be received or discharged on Main Street north of Jackson Avenue.
SECTION 5. Failure to conform to the provisions of this ordinance or to any regulations made in the future shall void the franchise.
SECTION 6. The franchise herein granted shall not prevent interurban buses from or to points other than Nettleton or State College or school buses from operating over said streets.
SECTION 7. License fees for the operation of said bus or buses shall be $75.00 per year for each bus operated.
SECTION 8. It is found and declared that the residents of Jonesboro and surrounding territory are vitally concerned with the continuance of a complete system of bus transportation and this ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, it shall be in full force and effect from and after is passage adoption and publication.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of May, 1950.