1559 ORD GRANTING TO JACK ABSHIRE AND M L BRISTOW A FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS, ETC OF COP

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ORDINANGE NO. 1559 . AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO JACK ABSHIRE AND M. L. BRISTOW A FRANCHISE TO USE THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF PARIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN BUS MOTOR VEHICLES, FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1, 1961, AND ENDIlVG AUGUST 31, 1966, UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREINAFTER PR.ESqjWBED; PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF SAID BUSINESS; PROVZNG FOR THE PAYMENT OF GROSS RECEIPTS TAX FQt. SUCH PRIVILEGE AND USE OF SUCH STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR THE TERMINATION OF SUCH GRANT UPON SPECIFIED CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR BUS LOADING DESIGNATIONS FOR USE OF SAID GR.ANTEES; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OF SAID GRANTEES; PROVID- ING FOR THE SUPERViSION OF SAID BUSINESS AND INSPECTION OF ITS VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT BY THE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF PARIS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. There is hereby granted to Jack Abshire and M. L. Bristow, hereinafter called gra,ntees, the right, privilege and franchise, for a period of five (5) years, beginning September 1, 1961, and ending August 31, 1966, to operate a MQTOR BUS SERVICE in the City of Paris, and on the streets, alleys and public ways within the City Limits of said City, for the transpor- tation of passengers for hire. The grantees herein shall mainta,in the prin- cipal office and place of business of said business within the coxporate limits of the City of Paris, where the headquarters of said business shall be maintained. Section 2. The right, privilege and grant herein conta.ined shall not be transferred or assigned without the formal action and consent of the Governing Body of the City of Paris, first had and obtained, and any attempted assignment or transfer of such rights and privileges by the grantees herein, without first having had and obtained such consent and permission from the Governing Body of the City of Paris shall operate ipso facto as a termination of the rights, privileges and grant herein contained. Section 3. That the BUSSES operated or mainta,ined under the said franchise shall be used for the purpose of transporta.tion of passengers and personal luggage of such passengers. ~ Section 4. That all motor vehicles used in connection with this BUS service shall be operated in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and ordinances of the City of Paris, and such future amendments thereof, or either af them, relating to or regulating the operation of motor vehicles upon the streets or highways. Section 5. The City of Paris, in granting this franchise, fully reta.ins and reserves all the rights, privileges and immunities that it now has under the law to fully patrol and police the street5, alleys and public ways within the City, and the granting of this franchise shall in no way interfere with the right of the City of Paris to fully use said streets, alleys and public ways for any other public utility, nor shall this franchise in any way interfere wi th the improvement or maintenance of any other streets, alleys and public , ways, and the rights of the grantees her,ein to use said streets shall at all times be subservient to the right of the Governing Body of the City of Paris to fully exercise its rights or control over said streets, alleys and public ways. Section 6. The grantees shall, during the life of this franchise, pay to the City of` Paris at the office of the City Clerk in lawful money of the United States a sum eqtial to two (2) per cent of the gross receipts and tota.l