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I AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SUBSECTION 8 a and SUB- SECTION 8 b of SECTION 2 of AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED ON THE 20th DAY OF AUGUST, A.D., 1963, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC UPON PORTIONS OF U.S. AND STATE HIGHWAYS LYING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN MAXIMUM SPEEDS FOR PARTICULAR SECTIONS OF SAID HIGHWAYS: ENUMERATING THE HItr!WAYS AND SECTIONS THEREOF WITH THE MAXIMUM SPEED: FIXING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDIN- ANCE: PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH: AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.": AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DA TE FOR THE AMENDMENT. ~- ~I 4 -' / WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Governing Body of the City of San Marcos, Texas, that it is in the best interest of the City of San Marcos to change the present maximum permissive speeds on certain sections of State Highway 123 as they are presently fixed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of San Marcos, Texas: SECTION 1. Subsection 8.a of Section 2 of the above captioned ordinance adopted the 20th day of August, A. D., 1963, is amended to read as follows: "8. State Highway 123 I a. For South Bound Traffic From Station 7+00 (East Curb Line of East Frontage Road of I.H .35) to Station 42+00, a distance of 0.712 mile, a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour. From Station 42+00 to Station 50+00, a distance of 0.152 mile, a maximum speed of 50 miles per hour. From Station 50+00 to Station 60+66 (San Marcos South City Limit), a distance of 0.202 mile, a maximum speed of 60 miles per hour." SECTION 2. Subsection 8.b. of Section 2 of the above captioned ordinance is amended to read as follows: "b For North Bound T raffi c From Station 60+66 (San Marcos South City Limit) to Station 50+00, a distance of 0.202 mile, a maximum speed of 60 miles per hour. From Station 50+00 to Station 42+00, a distance of O. 152 mile, a maximum speed of 45 miles per hour. From Stati on 42+00 to Stati on 7+00 (East Curb Line of East Frontage Road of I. H. 35), a distance of 0.712 mile, a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour," SECTION 3. An ordinance adopted on the 28th day of October A.D., 1963, and all ordinances, resolutions, or parts thereof in conflict with this ordin- ance are repealed only so far as they conflict with this ordinance. I SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect on and after its legal publication as provided by law, and shall remain in effect unti I rl5Cinded by the Governing Body of the City of San Marcos. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20th day of April A.D., 1964,