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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 />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 Street
<br />S.E., Paris, Texas, in lawful money of the United States, a sum equal to $50.00 per vehicle used in
<br />the operation of said taxicab business. This payment shall represent the franchise payment
<br />due the City of Paris and failure to pay said franchise fee when due may result in forfeiture of this
<br />taxicab franchise. No reimbursements will be made to Grantee if Grantee reduces the number
<br />of taxicabs during the franchise year.
<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 />(1) To eliminate or delete from the same such conditions as then prove
<br />obsolete or impractical; and,
<br />(2) To impose such additional conditions or requirements upon the
<br />Grantees as may be deemed necessary and reasonable, such conditions or
<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 />Section. B. 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 />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 />hire by repeatedly and persistently driving such automobile for hire to and fro on the public
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