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<br />any other streets, alleys, and public ways, and the rights of the grantees herein to use said streets
<br />shall, at all times, be subservient to the right of the City Council ofthe City of Paris to fully exercise
<br />its rights or control over said streets, alleys and public ways.
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<br />Section 6. The grantees shall, during the life of this franchise, pay to the City of Paris, at the
<br />office ofthe City Clerk of the City of Paris, 150 1st Street S.E., Paris, Texas, in lawful money ofthe
<br />United States, a sum equal to $50.00 per vehicle used in the operation of said taxicab business,
<br />which remittance shall be made annually on or before the 10th day of December each year. The
<br />payments stipulated and provided in this section shall be in lieu of any other tax assessment or
<br />charge by the City of Paris which may now or may hereafter be in force during the term of this
<br />franchise, excluding only ad valorem taxes.
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<br />Section 7. The City of Paris expressly reserves the right to modify, amend, alter, change or
<br />eliminate any of the provisions of this franchise, during the life of the same, for the following
<br />purposes, to-wit:
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<br />(1) To eliminate or delete from the same such conditions as then prove
<br />obsolete or impractical; and,
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<br />(2) To impose such additional conditions upon the grantees as may be
<br />deemed necessary and reasonable, such conditions to be those as may be deemed
<br />necessary for the purpose of insuring adequate service to the public.
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<br />Section. 8. Notwithstanding what may be said in any other portion ofthis instrument with
<br />reference to the termination hereof, this right is granted subject to the provisions of Article I,
<br />Sections 17 and 26 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, all applicable state laws, charter
<br />provisions and such future laws as may be enacted by the Legislature, or amendments to the
<br />Constitution and the Charter ofthe City of Paris. Furthermore, the City Council of the City of Paris
<br />reserves the absolute right, upon notice and hearing, which said notice shall be given to the grantees
<br />not less than thirty (30) days before such hearing, to absolutely terminate this grant for any violation
<br />of the terms and provisions of this ordinance.
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<br />Section 9. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for the grantees, their agents or employees,
<br />while operating any automobile for hire within the City of Paris, to cruise. Cruising shall consist of
<br />seeking, searching or soliciting employment while operating an automobile for hire by repeatedly
<br />and persistently driving such automobile for hire to and fro on the public streets of the City of Paris
<br />and offering accommodations thereof to prospective passengers, whether by signal, word of mouth
<br />or by carrying a sign with the word "Vacant" thereon, or some other word of similar import, or
<br />otherwise, or in any manner whatsoever operating said vehicle upon the public streets ofthe City of
<br />Paris for the purpose of soliciting passengers, or driving an automobile for hire upon the public
<br />streets while unoccupied by a passenger without having a fixed destination thereof.
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<br />Section 10. That the grantees shall, at all times during the effective period of this franchise,
<br />keep and maintain, in full force and effect, a policy, or policies, of public liability insurance covering
<br />each motor vehicle to be operated under this franchise, providing at least $20,000 per person and
<br />$40,000 for any single occurrence for bodily injury or death, and $15,000 for any single occurrence
<br />for injury to or destruction of property, indemnifying all persons for any and all damages, personal
<br />injuries or property damages sustained as a result ofthe negligent operation of any motor vehicle by
<br />the grantees, their agents or employees, and shall pay all premiums due thereon when due. It is
<br />expressly provided that such insurance policy, or policies, shall, and must, be written and issued by
<br />a reputable insurance underwriter, or underwriters, authorized to do business in the State of Texas,
<br />with the City of Paris as an additional insured, subject to approval by the City Attorney of the City
<br />of Paris, and the grantees, or their insurance carrier or carriers, shall deliver a copy of any such
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