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RESOLUTION
WHF.N.EAS, the City Commission has given due consideration to the application of
;Lubbock Bus Company for a change in rates as provided by Section (6) of Ordinance No.
1654 of the City of Lubbock and has considered the benefits to the public, the net
earnings of the franchise holder and is of the opinion that the changes in fares or
(charges for passage on buses of said company as hereinafter set out would be in the
public interest, and,
WiMLEAS, said Section (6) of said ordinance and franchise provides for changes in
rates or charges after such consideration and by resolution of the City Commission,
THEREF L)RE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION -OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
THAT, on and after the effective date of this resolution the following rates and
charges shall apply to transportation on buses operated by said franchise holder:
The fare for all persons shall be six (6¢) cents EXCEPT the fare for students not
more than seventeen years of age shall be three cents when he presents a written
certificate of the principal of the school which he attends showing that he is not
more than seventeen years old, is in regular attendance upon any academic, public
or private school of grades not higher than the grades of public high schools
situated within or adjacent to the City of Lubbock; Provided all passengers shall
have the same rights as to the use of transfers, and children of the age of five (5)
years or less shall be transported free when attended by a passenger of above said
age*
The foregoing change in rates or charges is made subject to the right reserved by
the City Commission and Governing Body to hereafter at any time it may deem it ex-
pedient in the public interest to reconsider and modify and reduce said rates to the
former status by resolution should the City Commission find such reduction to be in
the public interest.
The effective date of this resolution shall be the 3rd day of
February , 1947.
Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City Commission this I day of
December
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary