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... I I I than eight (8) inches in height. When a school bus is being operated upon a street or highway inside of the limits of the City of San Marcos, Texas, for purposes other than the actual trans- portation of children either to or from school, all markings thereon indicating "school bus" shall be covered or concealed. Section 4: The driver of a vehicle upon a street or highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway, or when upon a controlled-access or highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway. Section 5: The Police Department of the City of San Marcos, Texas, through and by its authorized agents or representatives, shall post signs at such locations on the streets and highways of the City of San Marcos as it deems appropriate to acquaint motorists with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 6: Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten and No/IOO ($10.00) Dollars nor more than Two Hundred and No/IOO ($200.00) Dollars. Section 7: The safety of the school children of the City of San Marcos being presently endangered, due to the fact that the existing ordinances of this municipality donot afford an adequate and comprehensive regulation governing the receiving or discharg- ing by school buses of children within the limits of the City of San Marcos, an emergency is apparent, requiring the provisions of the Charter of this municipality, which ordinarily require ordinances to be read on three several days and that no ordinance shall become effective until the expiration of ten (10) days following the date of its final passage, be dispensed with; thus,