The record-union., 1897-05-18
Notice of Application for Franchise
to Lay Mains and Pipes in Sacra-
mento City and Fixing Day for
Receipt of Bids Therefor.

WHEREAS, THE SACRAMENTO NAT
ural Gas Company, corporation, has this
Trustees of the City of Sacramento, State
OF California, for a franchise to lay down
mains and pipes and connections herewith
in any and all the streets and alleys in the
SAID city OF Sacramento during the period
OF nifty years, for the purpose of conveying,
distributing and delivering natural and
carbureted natural gas through to the in
habitantS of said city of Sacramento, and
said application having been made and
filed in writing, and in due form of law,
with said Board of Trustees:
Now therefore it is hereby ordered that
it is proposed by the said Board of Trus-
tees of the said city of Sacramento to
grant said franchise, the character of
which is a franchise authorizing and EN-
poWer1ng the grantee or grantees therein
to lay down pipes and mains and conec-
tons Herewith in all the streets and alleys
OF the said city of Sacrament for the
term of fifty years after the date Of the
approval of the ordinance grantirg such
franchise: and it is further orderei that
the 2lst day of June, A. D., 1891 at the
room of said board, at No. $685. j street.
in the said city of Sacramento State of
California, be and the same are hereby
fixed as the time and place at which sealed
bids or tenders win be received. opened
and read for said proposed franchise, at
which time said franchise will be awarded
to the highest bidder therefor; and it is
further ordered that no bids will be re-
ceived of a single sum or amount stated,
but ell bids must be for the payment in
lawful money of the United States of a
stated per cent. of the gross annual re-
cepts of the person, partnership or cor
poration, or other authority to whom the
franchise is awarded, arising from its use,
operation or possession. No percentage
shall be paid for the first five years sue
ceedng the date of the franchise but
thereafter such percentage shall be pay
able annually, and shall in no case be
less than per cent per annum upon such
gross receipts, the franchise to be for
feited by failure to make the payments
stated in the bids upon which the award
was made; and 1t Is further ordered that
each bidder shall file with his bid a bond
to said city of Sacramento with at least
two good and sufficient sureties to be ap-
proved by such Board of Trustees in the
penal sum of ten thousand (S10,000) dollars,
conditioned that such bidder shall well and
truly observe fulfill and perform each and
all of the terms, conditions and obligations
of such franchise in case the same shall be
awarded to him, and that in case of any
breach of any condition of said bond, the
whole amount of the penal sum therein
named shall be taken and deemed to be
lquidated damages, and shall be recover
able from the principal and sureties upon
such bond; and In the event of any bidc
der failing to file such bond, no award Of
any such franchise shall be made upon
such bid so unaccompanied by such bond
although the same may be the highest
but such franchise may be awarded to the
next highest bidder who shall have COM
piled with this proViSo, or, in the discre-
ton of the board, any or all bids may be
rejected: and it is further ordered that all
such bids and tenders shall be delivered
to the City Clerk of the city of Sacra-
mento and that no bid or tender delivered
to said Clerk after 7.30 o'clock on said 21st
day of June A. D., 1897, shall be considered
by this board; and it is further ordered
that this order. and the preamble thereto
be published in the Record Union,'' a
daily newspaper printed and published in
said city of Sacramento once a day for
ten successive days. the full advertise
ment to be completed not less than twenty
nor more than thirty days before the said
21st day of June. A D.. 1897
Dated and ordered in open board, this
18th day of May. 1897
CHARLES E. LEONARD,
President Board of Trustees
Attest: NJ. J. Desmond,
Clerk of Board of Trustees.
James 3. Devine, Attorney for Petitioner
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