The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-25
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FILE OF SELECT COUNCIL, No. 23, 1894.
A N ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
II levy and collection of license taxes upon
poles erected and maintained for the cou-
venienc4 and support Of electric wires with.
IN the city of Scranton.
SECTION ], Be it ordained by the select rnd
common councils of the city Of Scranton, and
it is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That NIL telegraph, telephone, electric
light and street railway poles and any other
poles now erected or hereafter to be erected
for the conveyance or support of electric
wires for profit upon any street lane, alley,
court or city property within the city Of
Scranton, which are or shall be owned by any
corporation, partnership or individual other
than the municipality itself, shall be desig-
mated by the name or initial Of such owner or
owners, and each of said poles shall have O
distinctive number and also bear the words
Post no bils,n which, together with the
name or initial, shall be legibly marked with
oil paint upon the poles so designated.
Sc q. 1t shall be the duty Of the owners to
mark the poles now erected within ninety 900
days after the passage of this ordinances, and
any poles hereafter to be erected within thirty
| 800 days after their erection.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty Of every such
owner or owners on or before April /, 1875,
and annually thereafter to apply to the city
treasurer for q license to maintain the poles
heretofore directed for the ensuing year, speci.
| Tying the poles to be maintained by thoir des-
ignation as provided for in this ordinance,
| and the city treasurer shall issue such license
| to such applicant upon payment to him for the
use of the city Of the sum of fifty cents for
each and every pole authorized to be main.
tanned thereby, which license shall authorize
the maintenance OF the poles designated in
such application only for the period of one
year, to be computed from the first day Of
| April of each and every year, and no longer.
SIC. 4. Within one year after the passage OF
this ordinance, all poles now standing and all
cross arms attached thereto shall be painted
uniform dark green color, and all new poles
! and arms hereafter erected shall be similarly
| painted within six months after their erec-
| ton.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty OF the police de-
| partment to make semi-annual inspection OF
| the poles herein specified and report any vio
| lation in the marking thereof of such poles to
| the street commissioner, who is hereby EN-
| powered and directed to remove any such
| pole or poles found without the proper marks
| Of Identification required by this ordinance.
| SEC. g. Any person, co-partnership or cor
| poration failing to take ont the license herein.
| before mentioned or refusing to pay the Ii
| cense tax'required by this ordinance, or who
shall violate any other provision thereof ex-
cept in the marking OF the polls shall be sub
iect to penalty OF five dollars $500 for each
| and every oilense, to be sued for and recovered
| in the manner now provided by law for the
| recovery Of like penalties, and the erection OF
| maintenance of any fingle pole in violation OF
the provisions Of this ordinance shall const
| tute distinct and separate otfense thereun
| der.
SEC. T. The city clerk is hereby directed tC
| publish this ordinance once week for three
| weeks in two daily newspapers Of general cir
culationiin the city of Scranton.
Approved Aug 10, 1894.
| W. l.. CONNELL, Mayor.