§ 324-4. Publication; hearings.

If the application be made to establish the business mentioned and defined in § 324-1 hereof, the City Clerk shall present said application to the Common Council at its next regular or special meeting after the filing thereof with him, and after the filing with him of due proof of publication of the same in the official papers of the city as provided in § 324-2 hereof. The Common Council shall thereupon have a public hearing thereon and may approve, modify and approve as modified or disapprove such application and any and all such routes or terminals within the city. If the application be made to modify, amend or alter the route, schedule or fares, the City Clerk shall present said application to the Common Council at its next regular or special meeting after the filing thereof with him. A public hearing shall thereupon be held before the Common Council or any committee thereof to which such application shall have been referred, and thereafter the Common Council may approve, modify and approve as modified or disapprove such application and any and all such routes or terminals, schedules or fares within the city.