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vide this It shill endure in full force ind effect until the same, with the consent of the Public Utilities Commicslon or Its successors of the State of Califorole, or the Inter. State Commerce Commission as the else may be, shall be veluntarlly surrendered or Ibandoned by its pOSsu~SQm, or until the Stele of California, or some municipal or public corporation, thereunto duly authorized by law, shill purchise by voluntary agree. ment or shill condemn and take, under the power of eminent domain, all property ~.ctually used and useful in the exercise of such frlnchlse and situate within the territorial limits of the State, municipil, or public corporition purchasing or condemning such property, or until the fran- chise shill be forfeited for noncompliance with ifs terms by the pOsses- sor thereof. Section 1302. FRANCHISES: GRANTS TO BE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER FRANCHISES. Any franchise grinted by the City with respect to any given utility service shall be in lleu of all other franchises, rights, or privileges owned by the grantee, or by any successor of the grantee to any right under such franchise, for the rendering of such utility service within tile limits of tho City os they may now or hereafter exist, except any franchise derived under Section 19 of Article XI of the Cnnstilution of the Stile of California as said section existed print to amendment thereof adopted October 10, 1911. The acceptance of any franchise hereunder, shill operate cs an abandonment of all such fran- chise, rights, snd privileges within the limits of the City ss such limits shill at any time exist, In lieu of which such franchise shsll be granted. Any franchise granted hereunder shall not become effective until written icceptlnce thereof shall have been filed by the grsntea thereof with the Clerk of the Council. Such acceptance shill be filed within thirty days after the adoption of the ordinance granting the franchise, or any extension thereof granted by the City Council, and when so filed, such acceptance shall constitute i continuing agreement of such grantee that if and when the City shall thereafter annex, or consolidate with, additional territory, any and all frlnchises, rights, lad privileges owned by the grantee therein, except · franchise derived under said constilu- lionel provision, shall likewise be deemed to be abandoned within the limits of such territory. Section 1303. FRANCHISES: RESOLUTION OF INTENTION, NOTICE, AND PUBLIC HEARING. Before granting any franchise, the City Council shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to grant the same, stating the name of the proposed grantee, the character of the franchise, and the terms and conditions upon which it is proposed to be granted. Such resolution shall fix and set forth the day, hour, and place when and where any parsons having any interest therein, or any obiec- lion to the granting thereof, may appear before the City Council Ind be heard thereon. The City Council shall direct the Clerk of the Council lo publish said resolution at least once within fifteen days of the passage thereof, in the official newspaper. Tho time fixed for such hearing shsll not be less thin twenty nor more than sixty days after the pissage of said resolution. At the time set for the hearing, the City Council shall proceed to hear and piss upon Ill protests and its decision thereon shall