HomeMy WebLinkAbout02651 ORD - 11/29/1949AN ORMNANCE
TRANSFERRING THE TAXICAB FRANCHISE AND PEM1ITS HELD
THEREUNDER NOW HELD BY C. C. CHECKER CAB COMPANY, A
CORPORP_TIO_d, TO CORPUS CHRISTI TRANSPORTATION CO.,
A CORPORATION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, 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 C. C. Checker Cab Company, a corporation, said ordinance being or-
dinance No. 1896 of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas; and
'MMTMAS, the said C. C. Checker Cab Company has been granted and
now holds eighteen (18) taxicab permits duly issued by the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, under said franchise and in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, Corpus Christi Transportation Co., has purchased the
said franchise of C. C. Checker Cab Company including the eighteen (18) permits
granted in connection therewith and thereunder by the City of Corpus Christi,
such sale being subject to the approval of the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHHISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the taxicab franchise and all amendments there-
to and all rights and privileges thereunder and incident thereto which was issued
to said C. C. Checker Cab Company on April 30, 1966, is hereby transferred to
Corpus Christi Transportation Co., a corporation, and said transfer is hereby
approved.
SECTION 2. That the said Corpus Christi Transportation Co., a
corporation, shall be bound by all the terms, covenants and obligations of said
original franchise and all amenchents thereto issued to C. C. Checker Cab Com-
pany.
SECTION 3. The fact that the Corpus Christi Transportation Co.,
cannot legally operate cabs under the aforesaid franchise and permits without ap-
proval of the City Council creates a public emergency and public imperative neces-
sity requiring 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
Ma�•or 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 AND APPROVED this � day of I& ✓am % v
1949.
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mayor, ty f Corp�r xs
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO THE MEMBERS 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 ruie or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the
date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
May r, City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The C er rule was suspended by t e following vote:
Jack DeForrest
VIV-
Barney Cott
Sidney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
The a e Crdin ce ssppa`ssed by a following vote:
Jack DeForrest
VIV-
Barney Cott
Sidney E. Herndon�Q,
George L. Lowman
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