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Art. 6548a. CERTAIN STREET AND INTERURBAN RAILWAY 
CORPORATIONS AUTHORIZED TO AMEND CHARTERS TO INCLUDE OPERATION AS 
MOTOR CARRIERS.  

Authority
	Sec. 1. That private corporations heretofore incorporated 
for the purpose of operating street or interurban railways, which 
said private corporations have totally abandoned such operations 
prior to January 1, 1934, may amend their charters so as to include 
as a separate purpose of the corporation the acquiring, owning and 
operating of motor vehicles and motor buses for transportation of 
passengers for hire upon the public streets and public ways of 
cities and towns and upon the public ways of the adjacent 
unincorporated territory within five (5) miles from the limits of 
such cities and towns, provided however, this limit shall not be 
construed to prohibit any corporation conforming with this Act from 
contracting for chartered passenger service beyond said five (5) 
mile limit, under such reasonable regulations as may be legally 
imposed from time to time by such cities and towns within the limits 
thereof and the Commissioners' Courts of counties as now prescribed 
by Article 6548.

Contiguous Cities or Towns
	Sec. 2. If the boundary of one city or town is contiguous with 
the boundary or boundaries of another city or town, or other cities 
or towns, the authority granted under Section 1, hereof to operate 
within five (5) miles thereof, shall be construed to include any 
territory within five (5) miles of the limits of any such contiguous 
city or town.

Regulatory Authority of Railroad Commission Not Affected
	Sec. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to deprive the 
Railroad Commission of Texas, of its exclusive authority to 
continue the regulation of buses and motor vehicles operating under 
its jurisdiction;  nor shall this Act relieve such operators of the 
requirement to secure certificates or permits from the Railroad 
Commission authorizing such operations.

Itemized Statement of Money and Property and Value of Property to be 
Filed
	Sec. 4. Provided before any such amendment may be filed with 
the Secretary of State the Officers and Directors of any 
corporation shall file an affidavit with the Secretary of State 
giving a detailed itemized statement of what money and property is 
held or owned by it and the actual cash market value of each such 
item of property.

Acts 1937, 45th Leg., p. 675, ch. 337, eff. May 15, 1937.                     

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