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AMENDMENT OF CITY BUS FRANC~.
STATE OF TEXAS,
LUBBOCK COUNTY.
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CITY OF LUBBOCK
TO
w. A. IZARD
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY J3US FRANCHISE
SO AS TO ALLOW THE GRANTEE OF SAID FRANCHis.E TO TRANSPORT
PERSONS OF .AFRICAN IJESCENT, ON CONDITION THAT SUCH PERSONS
ARE GIVEW REASONABLE SPACE llt THE REAR OF TEE CITY BUS, AND
A SIGN,SEPARATING THEIR COMPARTMENT OR SPACE FROM THE RE-
MAINDER OF THE BUS,TO BE ERECTED AND MAINTAINED AT THE DIVID-
ING LINE, SUCH SIGN TO SHOW WHICH SIDE IS FOR COLORED FOLKS
AND WHICH SIDE IS FOR WHITE FOLKS.
HE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LUBBOCK, 'IEXAS;
That the City Bus Franchise heretofore granted
tow. A. Izard be and the same is hereby amended to the ex-
tent of allowing the grantee of said franchise to transport
passengers of African descent, on condition that such passen-
gers are required to ride in the rear in a separate space or
compartment provided for them, and an appropriate sign is
erected and maintained so as to separate their space and com-
partment from that of white folks, such sign to be of metal
and carried in the rear of the coach on the dividing line
between the co1ored passengers and the white passengers; one
side of said sign showing the worde, "For white.' pePl!onen, and
the other side showing, "For negroes", or similar words.
/O~y of
~as~~ and approved first reading this the
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9 , '}.L ~~ approved second reading this the
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