§ 10. Termination and forfeiture of franchise.

In case of failure on the part of said Grantee, its successors and assigns, to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, or if said Grantee, its successors and assigns, should do or cause to be done any act or thing prohibited by or in violation of the terms of this ordinance, said Grantee, its successors and assigns, shall forfeit all rights and privileges granted by this ordinance and all rights hereunder shall cease, terminate and become and null and void, provided that said forfeiture shall not take effect until the Grantor shall carry out the following proceedings. Before Grantor proceeds to forfeit said franchise, as in this section prescribed, it shall first serve a written notice upon the manager of said Grantee, at its principal office in Grantor City, and upon the trustee or trustees in any deed of trust securing bonds of said Grantee of records in Sedgwick County, Kansas, or the office of the Secretary of State of Kansas, by mailing notice to such trustee or trustees to the address designated in such trust deed, setting forth in detail in such notice the neglect or failure complained of, and said Grantee shall have ninety days thereafter in which to comply with the conditions of this franchise. If at the end of such ninety-day period the Grantor deems that the conditions of such franchise have not been complied with by the Grantee and that such franchise is subject to cancellation by reason thereof, the Grantor, in order to terminate such franchise, shall enact an ordinance setting out the grounds upon which said franchise or agreement is to be canceled or terminated. If within thirty days after the effective date of said ordinance the Grantee shall not have instituted an action, either in the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas, or some other court of competent jurisdiction to determine whether or not the Grantee has violated the terms of this franchise and that the franchise is subject to cancellation by reason thereof, such franchise shall be canceled and terminated at the end of such thirty-day period. If within such thirty-day period the Grantee does institute an action, as above provided, to determine whether or not Grantee has violated the terms of this franchise and that the franchise is subject to cancellation by reason thereof and prosecutes such action to final judgment with due diligence, then, in that event, in case the court finds that the franchise is subject to cancellation by reason of the violation of its terms, this franchise shall terminate thirty days after such final judgment is rendered. Provided, however, that the failure of said Grantee to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance or the doing or causing to be done by said Grantee of anything prohibited by or in violation of the terms of this ordinance shall not be a ground for the forfeiture thereof when such act or omission on the part of the said Grantee is due to any cause or delay beyond the control of said Grantee, its successors and assigns, or bona fide legal proceedings.