01/24/1948 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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348 CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: 111r, Stanley Leszc zynski, Sexton, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was ad- journed at 10:00 A.M. ATTEST: 6� Clerk BOARD OF PUBLIC VFORKS January 24, 1948 • A special meeting of the Board of Public I'lorks was held on Saturday, January 24, 1948 at 9:30 A,M0 All members were present. I� I A petition having been filed by Northern Indiana Transit, Inc, which sets forth, • and a showing having been made by said company, that the fares permitted to be charged) for bus transportation under a contract made with the City of South Bend, Indiana, on I or about the 13th day of May, 1940, are confiscatory, and a request having been made by said company that it be permitted to charge rates for service rendered to the pub- lic which will by fair and reasonable to all parties concerned, and. the Statutes of Indiana (Sec, 48-7303 Burns Indiana Statutes, 1933) requiring the amendment of said I. contract -to be undertaken in,the manner herein followed, this.Board now takes the following action:° This Board, in compliance with said statute, has tentatively determined the exac form in which the amendment to said contract is to be finally adopted, to be in the following words and figures: C O N T R A C T THIS CONTRACT, made and entered into this day of $19480 by and between the. City of South Bend, Indiana, acts g Sy and tErough its Boa of Public Works and Safety, hereinafter called the First Party, and Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., a corporation organized under the -laws of the State of Indiana, its successors and assigns, hereinafter called the Second Party,-WITNESSETH: The parties hereto agree that that certain contract made between the parties and confirmed by Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of South Bend on or about the 13th day of May , 1940, shall be and is hereby amended in each of the following respects: All provisions in said contract regarding the charge for token fares are hereby deleted, aDd Second Party, upon approval of this contract by the Common Council of this City, shall sell to the users of its service, mpon request, five tokens for forty-five cents (each token giving a passenger the right to one ride or trip on Ij b.bus). All provisions in said contract as to cash fares and transfers shall re- main the same. j Second Party shall furnish service to the public over the routes now presently established. Said contract made between the parties on the 13th day of May, 1940..as here- inab ove amended, shall be and is hereby continued in . full force and effect. Executed in triplicate by the parties on the day first above mentioned. THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA By .As the members of the Board of Public 'Works and Safety NORTHERN INDIANA TRANSIT, INC. By President Attest: • •