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COpy OF PROPOSED BUS FRA.NCHISE AND NOTICE TO BIDDERS AS iillVERTISED TIJ tlIARTINSVILLE BULLETJN FOUR GONSEDUTIVE WE'F~E:S BEGDrrHNG AUGUST 15, 1954 lTOTICE OF FRANCHISE AHARD BY CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGDnA Sealed bids will be received for the City of Martinsville, Virginia at 7:30 P. M. on September Ut, 1954 by W. H. Yeaman, Clerk of City Council, in the Council Chamber, for a franchise granting the exclusive right to operate busses for the transportation of passengers on the streets and highways of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, which said franchise will require that the public convenience and necessity be met. The proposed franchise to be granted and on which bids will be received as hereinafter set forth will be substantially as follows: CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGIlTIA AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE EXCIUSIVE RIGHT TC OPERATE BFSSES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS OF THE STR:';ETS AWD HIGffilAYS OF EARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA? TO ___ _______~__.____ _.1.' (HEREINAFTER CALLED GRANTEE:): TC REQU IRE THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY BE MET: Section 1. Permission is hereby given the Grantee, its assigns and successors, for a period of fifteen (15) years, from the ____ day of _, 1954, with an option of renewal f')r fifteen (15) years subject to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, to operate motr)r busses for the transportation of passengers over and along the streets and hir;h1;lays ltIi thin said City. Section 2. The grAnt of this franchise covers the transportation of passengers for hire by motor bus; nothing herein contained shell affect the operation of sight- seeing bussos, taxi cabs, and passenger cnrs for hire not operating upon streets or routes upon any fixed or certain schedule. Section 3. A sufficient number of busses in good state of repair shalJ_ bo operated by the said Grantee to reasonably accommodate the public convenience and necessity, and transfors from one bus to another shall be granted at such points as will best accommodate the public convenience and necessity. Section 4. The routes and streets over which the said system of busses shall be operated shall be determined in accordance with the public convenience and necessity as determined by Grantee. Grantee shall establish schedules, fares and service so as to adequately meet tho public convenience and necessity commensurate with earning a fair return on tho investmont of the business. Section 5. In caGe of fire or accident, repair to streots, or for such other temporary reasons as may render tho proscribed routes impractical, the drivers of said busses shall use such detour as may be prescribed by said City, and until such dotour is prescribod shall use the safest and most practical detour. Section 6. Bus stops shall be set apart by the Grantee at such stroet inter- sections and other points as the public convonienco and necessity may require, provided the City shall have the right to require the Grantee to relocate such stops if they unduly interfere with the City's traffic plans; stops shall be indicated by markers furnished and erected by the Grantee, except that the Grantee may contract with tho City to supply, erect and maintain the markers for Grantee at Grantee's expense. ~ ....-......." Section 7. Eofore any driver shall operate a bus for the transportation of passengers under this Ordinance, he shall secure a permit from the sarno City departments from which permits are issued to taxi drivers, attesting to his physical, mental, and moral fitness and capacity for tho said position, and ho must comply with the general laws of Virginia as to chauffeur's license. Section 8. 1ho ownor of said franchiso shall adopt such rules and regulations as will insuro the., comfort and safety of passengers, and to this end may prohibit smoking upon vehicles, should such prohibition be deemed nocessary for tho safety and comfort of it~; patrons. Section 9. To insure a proper and adO~late system of accounting, tho said busses shall bo equipped with meters, and tho owner of tho franchise shall install a standard system of bookkeeping, and furnish the City with an annual financial statement prepared by a Certified Public Accountant. It shall make quarterly settlements with the City through such officer as tho Council shall designate, who may inspect and audit the Grantee's books at the City's expense.