The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10
Borough Ordinances.
no 80

vile ia Council assembled, ana ~ -
hereby ordained by authority OF the
same: That whenever permission shall
have been granted by Council to any
firm. corporation or individual to con
struct Il line of telegraph, telephone,
electric light or electric railway poles
I'm Or upon any street, lane. alley or
public square OF the Borough of Reyn-
odsvlOe, 1t shall be the duty Of the said
firm, corporation or individual before
any poles shall he croctcd to- submit to
the Street Committee and Borough
Clerk, II written application specifying
the number and size Of poles intended
to b. erected and designate the places
where the same are TO be inserted, and
II no objections are made thereto. IL
shall be the duty W the Town Coun-
ell to direct license to be Issued to-
said applicant Tor the erection Of the
specified poles at the designated places
OF insertion: and in no case shall SHADE
trees be nterfercd with by either poles
or wires: In ease Of objection being made
10 the whole or any part of such appi-
cation. it shall be the duty of the Coun-
ell tO hear the same and grant the
license either In accordance with the
application or with such conditions and
notifications to secure the purposes Of
this ordinance and the protection Of the
citizens as the ease may require: no
pOlrs shall bn erected without the IL
ceusc. granted by the Council and GER
titled by the Clerk. shall have been
previously obtained therefore. as pro
vidcd in this section. and for every such
license so granted there shall be paid
to the Borough Treasurer the sum of
fifty cents for each pole.
See. >. II shall he the duty of the
Street Committee to cause thorough
inspection to be made at least once
every year ON all telegraph, telephone,
electric light or electric railway poles
erected within the corporate limits Of
the Borough Of Reynoldsville. and If
any pole shall be found defective from
any cause. they shall notify the corpo-
ration, firm or individual owning such
pole who shall forthwith replace the
same with a sound pole and if the said
owner refuses or neglcts to replace such
detective poles within forty-eight hours
after receiving such notification, he or
they shall be liable to fine Of i've dol
lars for each and every day during
which said neglect or refusal shall con-
tinue after notice, to be collected as
debts Of like amount are now by law
recoverable.
Sec 3. All telegraph, telephone,
electric light and electric railway poles
now erected or hereafter to be erected
in the Borough of Rcynoldsrille, which
are or shall be owned by any firm, indi-
vidual or corporation, shall be desig-
mated by the names or initial OF such
owner. and each Of such poles shall bear
a distinctive number, together with the
names or initials. and the number shall
, be legibly marked in oil paint upon the
poles so designated: IL shall be the duty
of every such owner or owners annually
on the lst day Of April in each year, to
make application to the Street Commit
tee and Clerk for license to maintain
the poles heretofore erected for the en-
suing year, specifying the poles to be
maintained by their proper designation
as provided for In this section and the
Council shall cause the Clerk to issue
license to such applicants, which shall
authorize the maintainance Of the poles
, designated in the application only for a
period of one year from the meeting
next ensuing the date of said appica-
tion. and the charge Of issuing such a
license shall be the sum of fifty cents
for each and every pole authorized to
BE- maintained thereby and shall be paid
to the Borough Treasurer for the use Of
Peterborough.
Sec. 4. No telegraph, telephone,
. electric light or electric railway pole
shall be maintained within the eorpo-
rate limits of the Borough of Reynolds
vile without an annual license for the
maintaiuance of the same shall have
J been previously granted in accordance
with the provisions Of Sec. 3 Of this
ordinance. Any privilege heretofore
,granted,by resolution or ordinance for
the erection or maintainance Of poles
ffor any Otsaid purposes are hereby re-
,pealed. Any person violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be liable to
a fine of five dollars for each and every
pole So main tained without license, TO
be recovered as debts Of like amount
are now by law recoverable.
Sec. 5. After the date of this ordi-
nance it shall be unlawful for any per-
son. persons, individual or corporation
to nail, tack or paste any sign or adver-
tisement Qnaany telegraph, telephone,
electriclight or electric railway pole or
poles within the corporation limits OF
the borough Of ReynOldsville and the
mailing, tacking or pasting OF any such
sign or advertisement on any pole or
poles a. aforesaid, shall be deemed q
public and common nuisance.
Any person, persons, individual or
corporation violating the provisions
OF this section of this ordinance
shall upon coasiction thereof pay
fine ,6 five dollars for each
and every sign cor advertisement
so put up, Chich fine shall be paid to
the borough treasurer for the use OF the
borough and.shall be collected as debts
are now by llaw collected.
Any person. individual or corporation
owning poles within the corporate linn
its of the bouongh of Rsynoldsville are
hereby aathonj&ed to prosecute any per-
son or persons found violating the pro-
visions Of this soc ti0n Of this ordinance
but in such prosecutions the borough Of
Reynoldsville shall not be liable for any
costs, damages or expense Mcurred for
prosecution by indiyiduals or corpora
tion.
Sec. Q. All ordinances or parts of Or
dinances Inconsistent therewitha are here
by repealed.