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calendar month, and all of such payments shall be accompanied by a statement of the amount of such gross revenue, sworn to by the treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary of the company or by such indivi- dual. All of the payments to be made under this section shall be a lien upon all of the vehicles and property of the company or individual, prior and superior to any other lien or encumbrances thereon, and may be collected by the city by levy, distress or by civil action. Should any such company or individual fail to make any payment above-mentioned within thirty days after the same shall become due and payable, the company or individual shall, in addition to the remedies above-mentioned, be and become liable to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, each day's failure to be a separate offense. Should any such company or individual continue for thirty days in default as to any such payment, the city council may require and order such company or individual to cease running or operating its vehicles upc~ the city streets, or any part thereof. Should any such company or indivi- dual, after notice of any such requirement by the city, and while so continu- ing in default, run or operate any of its vehicles on the streets of the city, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, it shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every vehicle so operated and each day's operation of any such vehicle shall be a separate offense. The payment of such sums for the use of the streets shall be in lieu of any and all city license taxes. But it is expressly stipulated that such payment shall not affect the liability of any such company or individual to general taxation at the rate assessed on the property of other persons within the city, which liability for general taxation is hereby expressly recognized and shall continue during the whole period for which this ordinance remains in force. During the continuance of the operation of buses under this article, should the city, without the consen~ of any company or individual operating hereunder, issue license for or authorize the operation of any other motor buses or other motor vehicles in like service; except taxicabs and cars knoWn as'~or-hire cars" not operating on prescribed schedules and rou~es, for the transportation of passengers for hire, except as provided for under the terms and conditions of this article, then the said company or individual upon written notice to the city of its objection thereto shall have the r~ght ~o cease paying the one and one-half (1½) per cent of the gross revenue as provided for in this article during such time as such other motor vehicles in like service are licensed or are authorized and are operated thereunder, and the company or indi- vidual operating hereunder shall have the right to discontinue the whole opera- tion conducted by it after giving to the city six months' notice of its purpose -3-