1593 ORD GRANTING TO LEONARD BOONE AND MCKINLEY JOHNSON A FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS ETC

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ORDINANCE NC}. 15_ 93 ~ AN OR.DINANCE GR.ANTING TO LEONARD BOONE AND McKINLEY JOHNSON A FRANCHISE TO USE THE PUBLIC STREE TS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWA YS OF THE CIT Y OF PARIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TR.AN5 - PORTING PASSENGER5 FOR HIRE IN MOTOR VEHZCLE5 FOR A PER.XOD OF FzVE (5) YEARS, BEGINNING JUNE 10, 1962, AND ENDING JUNE 10, 1967, UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITION5 HE REINAFTER PRESCRIBED; PROVIDIlVG FOR THE REGULATION OF SAID BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX FOR SUCH PRIVZLEGE AND USE OF SUCH STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS; PROVII?IlVG FOR THE TERIVIINATION OF SUCH GR.ANT UPON SPECIFIED CONDITIONS; PROVID- JNG FOR TAXICAB STAND5 FOR USE OF SATD GRANTEES; PROV]DING FOR PUBLIC LIABILZTY INSUR.ANCE ON THE MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OF SAID GRANTEES; PROVIDING FOR THE SUPERVT,SION OF SAID BUSINESS AND 1NSPECTION OF IT5 VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT BY THE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF PARi5; AND PROVIDING AN EFFEC- TZVE DATE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. There is hereby granted to Leonard Boone and McKinley Johnson, herei.nafter called grantee$, the right, privilege and franchise for a period of five (5) years, beginning June 10, 1962, and ending June 10, 1967, to operate a taxicab service in the City of Paris and on the streets, alleys and public ways within the Gity Limits of sa.id City for the tranapor- tation of passengers for hire. The grantees herein shall maintain the prin- cipal office and place of business of said business within the corporate limits of the Gity of Paris, where the headquarters of said business shall be maintained. Section 2. The right, privilege and grant herein conta,ined shall not be tranaferred or assigned without the formal action and consent of the Governing Body of the City of Paris first had and obta,ined, and any attempted assignment or transfer of such rights and privileges by the grantees herein without first having had and obta.ined such consent and permission from the Governing Body of the City of Paris ahall operate ipao facto as a termination of the rights, privileges and grant herein conta,ined. 5ection 3, That the taxicabs operated or maintained under said fran- chise shall be used for the purpose of transporta.tion of passengers and the personal luggage of such pasaengers. Sectinn 4. That a11 automobiles or vehicles used in connection with this taxicab service shall be operated in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and ordinances of the City of Paris, and such future amend- ments thereof, or either of them, relating to or regulating the operati.on of motor vehicles upon streets or highways. Section 5. The City of Pa.ris, in granting this franchise, fully reta.ins and reserves all the rights, privileges and immunities that it now has under the law to fully patrol and police the atreets, alleys, and public ways within the City, and the granting of this franchise shall in no way interfere with the right of the City of Paris to fully u$e said atreets, alleys, and public ways for any other publi.c 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 righte of the grantees herein 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. - 1 -