2037 ORD GRANTING YELLOW CAB CO OF PARS A FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS OF COP

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main any any way interfere with the improvement and thetrights of the other streets, alleys and public ways, grantee herein to use said streets shalBoa oflthe Citbeofub- servient to the right of the Governing Y Paris to fully exercise its rights or control over said streets, alleys and public ways. The grantee shall, during the life of this fran- Section 6. chise, pay to the City of Paris at the office of the CityeTlve- re- in lawful money of United saidetaxicab equal hicle usel. in the operation mittance shall be made altipulatedfand provided anythis July each year. The payments s section shall be in lieu of any other tax or asseereafter be charqe by the City of Paris which may now or may h in force during the term of this franchise, excluding only ad valorem taxes. Any neglect, omission or refusal by the grantee herein to pay such tax when due and specified, shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of this franchise and of all rights hereunder. Section 7. The City of Paris expressly reserves the right to modify, amend, alter, change or eliminate any of the provi- sions of this franchise, during the life of the same, for the following purposes, to-wit: (1) To eliminate or delete from the same such conditions as then prove obsolete or impractical; (2) To impose such additional conditions upon the grantee as may be just and reasonable, such conditions to be those as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of insuring adequate service to the public. Section 8. Notwithstanding what may be said in any other portion of this instrument with reference to the termination thereof, this right is granted subject to the provisions of Article 1, Section 17 and 26 of the Constitution of the State, the applicable state laws, charter provisions and such future laws as may be enacted by the Legislature, or amendments to the Constitution and the Charter of the City of Paris. Furthermore, the Governing Body of the City of Paris reserves the absolute right upon notice and a hearing, which said notice shall be given to the grantee not less than thirty (30) days before such hearing, to absolutely terminate this grant for any violations of the terms and provisions of this ordinance. Section 9. That it shall hereafter be unlawful f or tauto- grantee, its officers, agents or employees, operating axly mobile for hire within the City of Paris, to cruise. Cruising shall consist of seeking, searching or soliciting employment while operatin g an automobile for hire, by repeatedly and per- sistently driving such automobile for hire to and fro on the public streets of the City of Paris and off ering accommodations thereof to prospective passengers, either by signal, word of mouth or by carrying a sign with the word "Vacant" thereon, or some other word of siznilar import or otherwitreetsmofner whatsoever operating said vehicle upon the Public s engers or the City of Paris for the purpose of soliciting pass