HomeMy WebLinkAbout02037 ORD - 02/25/1947AN ORDINANCE �_;�F /
TRANSFERRING THE TAXI CAB FRANCHISE NOW HELD BY R. H.
COMER AND J. D. IRWIN, DOING BUSINESS AS UNION TAXI
CAB COMPANY TO BROOKS LINDSEY, DOING BUSINESS UNDER
THE NAME OF G. I. CAB COMPANY, AND DECLARING All
EMERGENCY:
NIHMkS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
did on the 30th day of April, 1946, pass and approve an Ordinance Granting
a franchise to R. H. Comer and J. D. Irwin, doing business as the Union
Taxi Cab Company, said Ordinance being Ordinance No. 1894 of record in
volume 14, Page 578 of the Resolutions and Ordinances book of Corpus
Christi, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the said R. H. Comer and J. D. Irwin, doing business
as the Union Taxi Cab Company have been granted eight (8) Taxi Cab Per-
mits by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas; and
VVBEREAS, Brooks Lindsey, doing business under the firm name
of G. I. Cab Company, has purchased the franchise of the Union Taxi Cab
Company including the eight (8) permits granted by the City of Corpus
Christi, the eight (8) meters owned by the Union Cab Company, the name
and good will of the Union Cab including the telephone numbers and tele-
phone system of said company such sale being subject to the approval of
the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Taxi Franchise and all rights and
privileges incident thereto which was issued to R. H. Comer and J. D.
Irwin, doing business as the Union Taxi Cab Company, is hereby trans
fered to Brooks Lindsey, doing business under the firm name of G. I.
Cab Company of Corpus Christi, Texas, and said transfer is hereby approved.
SECTION 2. That the said Brooks Lindsey, doing business
under the firm name of G. I. Cab Company, shall be bound by all the
terms, covenants and obligations of the original franchise issued to
R. H. Comer and J. D. Irwin.
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SECTION 3. The fact that the G. I. Cab Company cannot legally
operate cabs under aforesaid franchise without approval of the City
Council creates a public emergency and public imperative necessity re-
quiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution
shall be passed finally on the day it is introduced and that such
ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the
City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such public emergency
and imperative necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter
rule be suspended, and that this Ordinance be passed finally on the day
of its introduction and take effect, and be in full force and effect,
from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED,
PASSED APID APPROVED this 2 day of February, A. D., 1947.
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Mayor Pro fem, City of Corpus
Christi, Texas.
ATTEST.
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City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEG FOIQL.
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City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO THE IDMOERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen;
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity
exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that
no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it
is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read
at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby request
that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this
ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present
meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
lu PRO TEM
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Wesley F. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr, L.
R. R. Henry
The above Ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr. �-
R. R. Henry
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