1953 ORD GRANTING TO LEONARD BOONE AND MCKINLEY JOHNSON FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS OF COP

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Section 9. At all times during the effective period of this franchise grantees shall have procured and kept in full force and effect policy or policies of public liability in- surance, covering each motor vehicle to be operated and operat ed under this franchise, conditioned that the holder of the franchise shall well and truly pay to the Mayor of the City of Paris, or his successor in office for the benefit of every judgment creditor who has been injured through the negligent operation of any such motor vehicle by the grantees or their employees, or will well and truly pay directly to any such judg- ment creditor who has been injured, 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 grantees on account of any such injury or damage, not exceeding for bodily injury or death to any one person the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for all persons 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 insurance 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 provide that such policy shall be subject to successive recoveries during the time that the same may continue in effect. Any such policy of insurance shall be issued by an approved insurance company, authorized to do business in the State of Texas. Section 10. In the event of the failure of grantees 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 automatically be forfeited. Section 11. Every taxicab operated by grantees 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 re- gistered in the name of the grantees, and no other vehicle may be used under this franchise. Each of such vehicles shal 1 be registered with the City Clerk of the City of Paris by motor number, and the City Clerk shall assign for each such respective vehicle in numerical order, beginning with the Number 1, a num- ber, which number shall at all times be displayed at some con- venient location on both sides of the same. Section 12. 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 grantees 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: