1411 ORD GRANTING TO LEONARD BOONE AND MCKINLEY JOHNSON FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS ETC

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Section 12. Every taxicab operated by grantees under this franchise shall at ali times nave painted or otherrvise irnpressed upon the front doors thereof eas:.ly v__s1b1e signs bearing proper identification of the company operating under such franchise. All such vehicles sha11 be owned by and re- gistered in thc name of --'.he grantees, and no other veizicle may be used under this franchise. Each of such vehicles shall be registered with the City Clerk of tne City of Paris by motor number, and the City Clerk silall assign for each such respective vehicle in numerical order, beginning with the 1Jumber 1, a number, wnich number snail at all times be displayed at some con- venient location on both sides or the sameo Section 13o It shall be the duty of the Gity ivlanaaer of the City of Paris to enforce the provisions of tkzis ordinance and all other applicable regulations. He shall also recorevnend to the governing body of tize City of Paris from time to time reasonable rules and regulations, whicn, when approved by the City Council, sliall become binding upon the grantees herein. Among other things, the City Council shall frorn time to tirne during the term of -t;,is franchise have the povrer and authority to promulgate effective regulations concerninr the following, to-wit; (a) To make reasonable orders respecting character, extent, quality and standard of service of grantees to be provided undex this franchise; (b) To fix such rates tor service to the public as are not in conflict with the express provisions hcreof 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 r:ndering of service to t'rie public under this franchisF=; (c) To prescribe the number of taxicabs to be operated by grantees, applyiny ihere-to ihe principles of public necessity and convenience; (d) To malce such other rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate adequate scrvice to be rendered to the public under this franchise, any such rules and regulations when adopted to be binding upon the grantees nereir,. Section 14. i,.iotor vehicles operated by grantees under this franchise shall be known as "public service vehicl.es" and when not in use in the ser- vice of the privileges granted herein, each of such venicles si3a11 be sta- tioned or parked at tlle headquarters of the grantees licrein, which head- quarters shall be located on private property. Seetion 15. Ti-ie word tPtaxicabs" as used in this ordinancc shall mean any passenger vehicle with not rnore than two seats and a normal capacity not in excess of six persons, whiciz is not operated over a fixed route or routes and wlzich is engaged for the purpose of carryiny a passeiiger or passengexs, by special trips to and from specified addxesses as designated by any such passenger ox passenge-rso Section 16. Tnat the gratltee shall promptly pay al1 lawfui ad valortm taxes, and sucil other levies and assessments, if any, that may be lawfully imposed upon it, railura to pay any of such cFlarges or either of t':iem snall be deemec" abreacil of trze privilege granted h2rein and the City, upon the happcniny of such event, rnay declare the r igh-cs of the grantee ;lereunder forfeited fo-r su,♦i1 breaci,:. Section 17. This grant is rnade upon t7ie express conditions tYiat the non-exercise of the power io regulate rates and cliarges which the grantees rnay charge ~o the public in the operation of its business shall never be con- surued as an acquiescense or recognition of tne justness or correctness of said grantees' established rate, and tnat so long as the yoverning body of the City of Paris does not exercise its leyislative and governcnental power to fix and regulat;:: the rates that the grantees herein shall charge -Lo the pub- iic, the ques-'tion of propert•y values used and useful in the renderiny of the service prior to rate reguiation snall nevcr stop -the CiLy from determinina, the real or actual value of property used or useful in renderinG such service. If, and when, the City Council, or other governing body shall exercise the power to fix the ra-tes -to b~ charyed for sucii service in tizr City of Paris no allovrance in the way of said rate shall be rnadc as compensation for any property used or consurned in rendering the servicc bi the grantees herein for such scrviceo