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<br /> Section 31. Cumulative Effect: Repealer
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<br /> This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of all other ardinances of the
<br /> City of Paris, and this Ordinance shall not operate to repeal or affect any of such other ordinances
<br /> except insofar as the provisions thereof might be inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of
<br /> this Ordinance, in which event such conflicting provisions, if any, in such other ordinance or
<br /> ordinances are hereby repealed. The captions in the Ordinance are included for convenience only
<br /> and shall not be taken into consideration in any construction or interpretation of the Ordinance or
<br /> any of its provisions. Acceptance of this Ordinance by the Company shall not affect the Company's
<br /> right to contest or challenge the validity, enforceability, or applicability of any other ordinance or of
<br /> any provision of the City Charter.
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<br /> Section 32. Effective Date
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<br /> This Ordinance shall become effective on November 7, 1997, the same being sixty (60) days
<br /> from the date of final passage hereof, and upon the filing by the Company with the City Clerk of its
<br /> written acceptance of the terms and conditions hereof within thirty (30) days after the date of final
<br /> passage.
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<br /> Section 33. Term of this Ordinance: Expiration
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<br /> This franchise shall be for a term of three (3) years from and after the effective date hereof,
<br /> and shall terminate on November 6, 2000.
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<br /> Section 34. Effect of City's Charter
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<br /> The franchise granted herein shall be subject to all valid and enforceable provisions of
<br /> Section 122 of the Charter of the Ciry of Paris and other applicable valid sections therein, which are
<br /> hereby incorporated by reference and expressly made a part hereof, the same as if copied verbatim.
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<br /> Section 35. Severability
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<br /> It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
<br /> sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance are severable, and, if any section, paragraph,
<br /> sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment
<br /> or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
<br /> remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance, since the same
<br /> would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of such
<br /> unconstitutional section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase. In the event that any provision
<br /> hereof is declared unconstitutional, void, invalid, or unenforceable, the Company and the City agree
<br /> to negotiate, in good faith, a provision that will be valid and enforceable and which will be as close
<br /> in meaning and application as practicable to said unconstitutional, void, invalid, or unenforceable
<br /> provision.
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<br /> Section 36. Acceptance of Franchise
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<br /> (a) The Company shall, within thirty (30) days from the final passage of this Ordinance, file
<br /> in the office of the City Clerk a written instrument signed and acknowledged by a duly authorized
<br /> officer, in substantially the following form:
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<br /> "To the honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Paris:
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<br /> "The Company, Texas Utilities Electric Company, acting by and through the
<br /> undersigned authorized officer, hereby accepts Ordinance No. granting
<br /> a franchise to Texas Utilities Electric Company.
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<br /> "Senior Vice President
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<br /> "TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY
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