HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 312 Al; ORDINANCE REGULATI_YG T~ BUSI1YESS 0F ~9~UCTING,
i~!NTAINING 0R OPERATING" ~BSENGER C~ ~STE~ 0R
GER ~RVIC~; I~I'~G T~ VIOLATION T~0F A I,~SDE~0R ~D
PROVIDING A ~N~TT T~FOR.
BE IT 0RDAI~D BY T~ CDUIICIL 0F T~ CITY 0F B~RSFIE~,
AS FOLLOV~S:
SECTION l.
It shs~l be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to carry on, conduct or ~intain the business ef
messenger c~ll ~~.~ or messenger service, in the City of
B~ersfield, wi'tho~t having first obtaine~, a pe~it~, from .the.,Chief~
of Police; of the City of B~ersfield, to cs. rry on, conduct or
maintain such business'.
~CTION 2.
No such permit shall be granted except upon the
written application of the person, firm or corporation desiring
s~ae, addressed te the Chie~ of Police; said ~pplication shall be
signed by the applicant and shall specify the loc~tion of~ the place
of business, of said. applicant; and said application must be ?:
endoreed:~by at least three (3) reputable citizens of the City of
Bskersfield.
SECTION ~.
Said Chief of Police is hereby empowered:.te
revoke the pe~it of any person, fi~ or corporation granteg".under,.
this ordinance~:~ whenever it shall appear to him that the person,
fi~ or corporation to whom such petit:is gr~tedq is~:con~ucting,
~.naging or carrying on the business ~ a messenger call system
messenger so,ice, in an improper irregular or unlawful ~nner.
~ECT I0N 4.
That no permit to conduct or carry on a messenger
call system or messener service~:~ granted by the Chief of Policeeun~
der the provisionm of this 0rdinanc:e:~ shall~be issued.~ for a period
e~ending beyond one year; provided, however that this 0rdinance~-.
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shall not be construed to apply to any person, firm or corporation
operating, maintaining or conducting a messenger call system or
messenger service~ln said Oity of Bakersfield., under a franchisee
therefor, duly grantec~by said' City.
S~CTION. §.
That any person, firm or corporation who shall
violate any of the provisions of this 0rdinance~ shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine not exceed~ing Two~9_Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or
by imprisomment in the', City~ exceeding one hundredd (100)
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance wa
passed ~.the Council,of the City of Bakersfield, thi~ .~s~
day of ~ -l~16, by the following volts:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
City C k of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
yor~e~f ]$akersfield.
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/AN OltDJNANC~: I~EGULATING
GEi'~ 81~I{Nr[C~]; MA'KING THE
5rl~]ANO II ANt)
· eing first duly sworn ,$~ 'IT ORD.XlNI~D BY
CII~ OF THIg CITY OF
,~eposes and says: I am ove~' the age of twenty-one years ~xs ~o~r~ows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for
and am now and have been during all of the times here- ~"~,.v. o.."~"~°~'~ond,,~tn~'mor°r,n~mt~'~'c°"'°r=t~°nt~,*'t°- ~u~-o~r-
llOSS Of llleSSellg'er call system or.~eS-
in mentioned the chief clerk of the Echo Publishing ~,~'~rservice, iu the'.City of'Bakers-~
field, without h'aving first obtained a
Company, and as such chief clerk I have at all the times ,~r,n~t f~'om t~ C~.~f o~ ron~, o'~ th~
City of Bakersfield, ~o carry on,
herein mentioned had control and management~of all "~'~Seetion°r maintain2. No snchSUChpermitbusineSs'shall b~
the advertisements that have appeared during said time gr~nte,~ exce~)t upon the writtea ap~i-
(.ation of the })ersol/, ~rnl or corpora-
tion desiring san]e, addressed to the
in ~E MORNING ECHO; that the MORNING ECHO .~,~,r of l'olice: said applicatioa shall
be signed by the applicaat"and sh~ll
is a newspaper published daily (except Monday) ~ ry ~,~.~ ~o~.o,~ cz ~ ,,~. o~,
business of said applicant; and said
in the City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, State of Cai- :,nc~.o,~ m,,~ b~ ~,~o,-~a ~. ~t ~t
three (3) reputable cit[zen~ of the
ifornia, by the Echo Publishing Company; that said pa- c~ y o~
' Seclion 3. Said Chief of Police iS
per is published for the dissemination of local and tele- ,~,-~w ~,~,,o,,-~r~0 to ~-~o',~ t,~
granted under this
graphic news and intelligence of a general character and ,,¥~¥ it shall appear to him that the
person, ~rlu or eol'l)oratioll to whom
has a bona :fide subscription list of paying subscribers. ~,,,,, permit is :ranted is conducting'
manag rig' o' carryiBg o'n thc
Said newspaper has been established and published in ot'.~ m~,,~r ,~n ~.~t~,~ o,'
g'er service; in an improl~0t~?irregular~
the said City, County and State for more than one year o,. ,,~,~,~r,,, ma,,~,-.~. '
, Section.,l, That no per~t to
duct or carry on a lnesseng'er call sys-
last past; said paper is not devoted to the interest nor t~m o,' m~,,~'~r ~,',.~, ~,'~t~a
the Chieg og Police unde~ the ptovis-
published for the entertainment of any particular class, ~o~ or this oroinance, shan be
for a period extending beyo'nd one
profession, trade or calling, race or denomination, or y~r; provided, howeq~ar, that this Of
diuance shall not be eoBstr[led to
any number thereof; that a notice of which the annexed p~>. to ~y ~o~ ~'m or
operating maintaining or conducting a'
printed slip is a true copy was published in said paper m~.~g~eM1 system or messenger
service in said City of Bakersfield.
in each and every issue thereof on the following dates, '~edbya franchisesaid City. therefor, duly. . grant-
to-wit: s~,io.~ s. 2'hat any berson, firm or
corporation who shall violake a~y of
the provisions of this Ordinance shall
and upon conviction thereof shall be
./ .'~ punished by a film nOt exceedin.g' Two
........ . ................. ldYundred Dollars ($200.00) or by im-
prisonment in the City or ~ounts[ Jail
inot exceeding one hundred (100)d~ys.
Lop by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
.................................................. I hereby certify that tho foregoing
Ordinance was passed by '~he Council,
of the City of Bakersfield, this
day of June, 1916, by .the following
AYES: Crandall, HaF, James, Stl-
bet. Smith, Taylor, Willow.
NAYS: None.
ABSI~NW: None.
~ City Clerk an(I' ex-O~io
~ Council bf the
and was published on each of said dates in the full and , ~pp~o~
entire issue of said paper and ~ the newspaper proper
and not at any time in a supplement thereto. ~'
ty of Ke~, ~tato of Ca~fo~a.