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AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL SECTION 8 OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4720 relating
to the fares that the Jefferson City Fines, Inc. , are authorized
to charge, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section 8 of said
Ordinance Number 4720 authorizing the Jefferson city Lines, Inc. ,
to establish a new schedule of fares as is hereinafterwards set forth*
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSCN, MISSOURI,
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. '`hat Section 8 of Ordinance Ilumber 4720 is he,reby
repealed and in lieu thereof, a new Section 8 is nhereby enacted
authorizing the Jefferson City Lines, Inc. , to establish a new
schedule of fares for the operation of their busses in the City of
Jefferson.
Section 8.
FARES.
Fares covering one continuous ride between any point on the
routes herein specif�ed or as hereinafter provided within the City
limits of Jefferson ity, Missouri, shall be as follows:
KIND OF FARES RATE
For riders over 12 years of age 10� - 2 tokens 15�
School children under 12 years
of age 3� cash fare
School children under 1.2 years
of age 2 tokens for 5�
children in arms Free
Policemen and firemen Free
(as hereinafter provided)
Transfers shall be issued without charge between
routes one (1) and two (2).
All transfers shall be limited to the same or
diverging directions and within a thirty (30)
minute period, and no transfer shall enable a
passenger to return to the vicinity from which
he started without paying a second fare.
A transfer issued shall beused only by the per-
son tp who it is issued. the company may make
such reasonable regulations as it may deem nec-
essary to prevent the misuse of transfer.
Policemen and firemen shall be permitted to
travel free of charge, when in uniform or upon
the presentation of proper credentials. Plain
clothes police officers shall be permitted to
travel free upon presentation of official pass
issued by the company.
The company has undertaken to maintain the present rate of
fare based upon present wages, materials and commodity costs. If
wages, materials and/or commodity costs are increased substantially,
the company shall upon due application an d presentation of proof and
hearing as hereinafter provided for, be granted an increase in its
rate of fare to correspond with such increase in Wages, materials
and/or commodity costs.
In determining whether such increase had taken place, the
United States Department of Labor, 1,,ureau of Labor Statistics,
Washington, D. - Index of Vvholesale Prices for al; commodities
published to indicate conditions as of the nearest date to the time
when such application is made compared with the publication nearest
to the date this ordinance takes effect, shall be received along with
other evidence &6 evtdei4c4r'0fk ',Gudh tner9gh6;tZnc_00*flqdity costs, and
together with the actual increase in wages then in effect, or about
to be put into effect shall constitute the basis for an increase in
the rate of fare provided, however, that nothing herein shall depr ve