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

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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 Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, 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 s-ch policy of insurance shall be issued by an approved insurance company, authorized to do business in the State of T exa s. Section 11. In the event of the failure of grantees to fully discharge any claim for damages esta,blished by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction within sixty (60) days afteir the same has been so esta.blished, this franchise sha11 automatically be forfeited. Section 12. Every BU5 operated by grantees under this franchise shall at all times have pa.inte-' 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 the grantees, and no other vehicle may be used under this franchise. Each of such vehiclesshall be registered with the City Clerk of the City of Paris by motor number, and the ~,ity Clerk shall assign for Pa.ch sueh respective vehicle in num'erical order, beginning with the number 1, a number, which number shall at all times be displayed at s'bme 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 regula- tions. He shall also recommend to the Governing Rody 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 fran- chise, have the power and authority to promulgate effective regulations con- cerningthe following, to-wit: (a) To make reasonable orders respecting cha,racter, extent, quality and standard of service of grantees ±o be provided under this franchise; (b) To fix such rates for service to the public as are not in conflict with the express provisions hereof as will provide for grantees a reasonable and fair rate of return upon the: fair value of the property used and useable in connection with the rendering of service to the public under this franchise; (c) To prescribe the number of BUSSES to be operated by grantees, applying thereto the principles of public necessity and convenience; (d) To make such other rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate adequate service to be rendered to the public under this franchise, any such rules and regulations when adopted to be binding upon the grantees herein. Section 14. Motor vehicles operated by grantees under this franchise shall be known as "Public service vehicles'land when not in use in the service of the privileges granted herein, each of such vehicles shall be stationed or parked at the headquarters of the grantees herein, which headquarters shall be located on private property. ~ Section 15. The woxd BUS as used in this ordinance shall mean any passenger vehicle with more than two seats and a normal capacity not in excess of thirty persons which is operated over a lixed route or routes and which is engaged for the purpose of carrying a passenger or passengers along said route.