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( , / (2) The Schedule to be maintained shall consist of not less than the following service: (a) A 20 minute all day, and 40 minute late evening service between rrys Spring and C & 0 Railway Station, requiring the use of two busses; (b) A 20 minute all day, and 40 minute late evening service between the corner of Grady Avenue and Rugby Road and the C & 0 Railway Station, requiring the use of one bus; (c) The two above mentioned services are to be staggered so as to provide a 10 minute per day and 20 minute late evening head -way between the business section and the University. (3) Each applicant for the franchise shall deposit a certified check in the amount of $1000.00, as evidence of sincereity, and as partial evidence of ability to inaugurate the operation of the service, and the deposit of the successful applicant shall be retained by the City as liquidated damages in the event service is not started as agreed. (4) Conclusive evidence will be required of each applicant's ability to command at least $15,000.00 in cash. (5) The franchise shall be granted for a period of not less than five nor more than 20 years; (6) There shall be an initial five (5,J) cent fare and no fare change shall be made except by the mutual agreement of the City and the operator. (7) The equipment to be used shall consist of not less than four modern busses, built by one of the standard and recognized manufacturers of motor busses. (8) The Operating Company shall carry public liability insurance in the amount of $5000.00 for any one person and 115,000.00 for any one accident, and $1,000.00 property damage insurance, which policies shall be approved by the City I -Tanager and certified copies of same shall at all times be deposited with this official. (9) The City shall have the option to revoke and terminate the franchise for any wilful violation of its terms, the use of obsolete, unsafe or unsanitary equipment, failure to provide efficient public service at reasonable rates, failure to maintain its property in good order throughout the term of the grant, and for other reasonable cause; and upon such termination the property of the grantee shall thereupon be and become the property of the City, with compensation to the grantee, the same to be the sound value of said prpperty at the time of forfieture and in the event of disagreement between the City and grantee as to "sownd value" the same shall be determined and fixed by arbitration which shall be final and no appeals shall be taken therefrom. (10) Upon the petition of at least 50% of the residents adjacent to the proposed route, the City shall have the right to require the Bus Company to establish extensions and additional routes, provided however, that such added service need not be continued more than 20 days, unless it is fully self supporting. (11) The compensation to be paid the City by the Bus Company for the franchise, sha 11 be based upon the percentage of the gross revenue received by the Bus Company. This ordinance shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in the Daily Progress. The costs of publishing same shall be paid the City by the person or corporation to whom the grunt is finally made. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bias. Adopted by the Council, November 5, 1934. Ayes: Mr, Fife, Dr. Haden, Mr. Huff, and Mr. Jessup. Noes: None. Q7Z J0 Ar-� ClerkPresident AN ORDINANCE P21ENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 108 ENTITLED TREASURER - WHEN TO RECEIVE TAXES - WHEN PENALTY ATTACHES - TO CALL ON EACH TAX PAYER - WHEN HE MAY DISTRAIN BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that Section 108 entitled "Treasurer - When to Receive Taxes - When Penalty Attaches - To Call on each tax payer - When he may distraint' of the Code of 1932, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as f ollows: Sec. 108 - Treasurer - when to receive taxes - when penalty attaches - to call on each tax payer - when he may distrain. The Treasurer shall coruw nce to receive taxes as soon as he receives copies of the Commissioner's book and to continue to receive the same up to and including the fifth day of December of each year. Any person failing to pay taxes on or before the fifth day of December stall incur a penalty thereon of one percentum and a like penalty on the 6th day of each of the four succeeding months thereafter, provided said tax shall remain unpaid, which shall be added to the amount of taxe� when due from such tax payer. Such taxes and penalties, when collected by the Treasurer, shall be accounted for in his settlements. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer after the fifth day of December to call upon each person chargeable with taxes who has not pa'd the same prior to that time, or upon the agent, if any, of such person resident within the City for the payment thereof; and upon failure or refusal of such person or agent to pay the same, he shall proceed to collect them by distress or otherwise. Should it come to the knowledge of the Treasurer that any such person or persons owing such taxes is moving or contemplates moving from the City prior to the fifth day of December, he shall have the pourer to collect the same by distress or otherwise at any time after such bills shall rave come into his hands. 1. 1 1 n 1