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

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driving an automobile for hire upon the public streets while unoccupied by a passenger without having a fixed destination thereof. Section 10. At all times during the eff ective period of this franchise grantee shall have procured and kept in full force and effect policy or policies of public liability insur- ance, covering each motor vehicle to be operated and operated under this franchise, conditioned that the holder of the fran- chise shall well and truly pay directly to every judgment cre- ditor who has been injured through the negligent operation of any such motor vehicle by the grantee or his employees, or whose property has been damaged, any amount or amounts of money that shall have been awarded by final judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction against such grantee on account of any such injury or damage, not exceeding for bodily injury or death to any one person the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00), or the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for all per- sons injured in any one accident or occasion, and not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for property damages arising out of any one accident or occasion. Any such policy of insur- ance shall further provide that each such cause of action shall survive in case of death of any injured or damaged person for the benefit of the beneficiary of any such person, and shall further provicbthat such policy shall be subject to successive recoveries during the time that the same may continue in effect. Any such policy of insurance sha11 be issued by an approved in- surarice company, authorized to do business in the State of Texas, and a copy of any such policy or amendment thereto shall be de- livered to the office of the City Clerk of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas. Section 11. In the event af the failure of grantee to fully discharge any claim for damages established by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction within sixty (60) days after the same has been so established, this franchise shall automati- cally be forfeited. Section 12. Every taxicab operated by grantee under this franchise shall at all times, have painted or otherwise impressed upon the front doors thereof easily visible signs bearing proper identification of the company operating under such franchise. All such vehicles shall be owned by and registered in the name of grantee, and no other vehicle may be used under this franchise. Each of such vehicles shall be registered with the City Clerlc of the City of Paris by motor number, and the City Clerk shall as- sign for each such respective vehicle in numerical order, be- ginning with the Number 1, a number, which number shall at all times be displayed at some convenient location on both sides of the same. Section 13. It shall be the duty of the City Manager of the City of Paris to enforce the provisions of this ordinance and all other applicable regulations. He shall also recommend to the governing body of the City of Paris from time to time reasonable rules and regulations, which, when approved by the City Council, shall become binding upon the grantee herein. Among other things, the City Council shall from time to time during the term of this franchise have the power and authority to promulgate effective regulations concerning the following, to-wit: