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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Section 5. That the City of Paris, in granting this franchise, fully retains and reserves all <br /> the rights, privileges, and immunities that it now has under the law to fully use, patrol and police <br /> the public streets, alleys, and right-of-ways within the City, and the granting of this franchise <br /> shall in no way interfere with the rights of the City of Paris to fully use said streets, alleys, and <br /> right-of-ways for any other public utility or public purpose, nor shall this franchise in any way <br /> interfere with the City's right to improve or maintain any streets, alleys, or right-of-ways in the <br /> City of Paris, and the rights of the Grantees herein to use said streets shall, at all times, be <br /> subservient to the right of the City Council of the City of Paris to fully exercise its rights or control <br /> over said streets, alleys, and public ways. <br /> <br /> Section 6. That the Grantees shall, prior to the effective date of this franchise <br /> agreement, pay to the City of Paris, at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Paris, 150 1st <br /> Street S.E., Paris, Texas, in lawful money of the United States, a sum equal to $50.00 per vehicle <br /> used in the operation of said taxicab business. This payment shall represent the franchise <br /> payment due the City of Paris and failure to pay said franchise fee when due may result in <br /> forfeiture of this taxicab franchise. No reimbursements will be made to Grantee if Grantee <br /> reduces the number of taxicabs during the franchise year. <br /> <br /> Section 7. That the City of Paris expressly reserves the right to modify, amend, alter, <br /> change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this franchise, during the life of the same, for the <br /> following purposes, to-wit: <br /> <br /> (1) To eliminate or delete from the same such conditions as then prove <br /> obsolete or impractical; and, <br /> <br /> (2) To impose such additional conditions or requirements upon the <br /> Grantees as may be deemed necessary and reasonable, such conditions or <br /> <br /> requirements to be those as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of insuring <br /> adequate service to the public or protecting the health, safety and general welfare <br /> of the citizens of Paris. <br /> <br /> Section. 8. That, notwithstanding what may be said in any other portion of this <br /> instrument with reference to the termination hereof, this right is granted subject to the <br /> provisions of Article I, Sections 17 and 26 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, all applicable <br /> state laws, City Charter provisions, and any other laws that may be enacted in the future by the <br /> Texas Legislature, or amendments to the Constitution and the Charter of the City of Paris. <br /> Furthermore, the City Council of the City of Paris reserves the absolute right, upon notice and <br /> hearing, which said notice shall be given to the Grantees not less than ten (10) days before such <br /> hearing, to absolutely terminate this grant and franchise for any violation of the terms and <br /> provisions of this ordinance. <br /> <br /> Section 9. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for the Grantees, their agents or <br /> employees, while operating any automobile for hire within the City of Paris, to cruise. Cruising <br /> shall consist of seeking, searching, or soliciting employment while operating an automobile for <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 000 16.1. <br />