Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-21

| the surplus and the said payments 10
the use OF said surplus snali iI raorir,
gether whenever the city snali reuuli
the whole of the said surplus LOT NJ Va ~" ~
use The said surplus Is estima,eu a.
! present TO be 400 cubic feet OF Wa.eI ~
second. The first payment Is 10 NC ma
six months after the date OF tne . app,o' o,
! Of this ordinance. For the priVuese ~
| laying and using said pipes. nxtuIes' an an
| Connections the owners OF SAID pipes IN
| lures and conections shall. untll ganu Is.
| ]. 1909 In lieu OF all taxes upon s~aa IND
! lege and upon said pipes, 1Ntute'' an
! connections pay quarterly 10 the lIea'
surer OF said city an amount equal u
| three GU per cent of the entire gross re,
celpts from the furnishing OF coinpresseu
air for the purpose OF power, eoo,,de tba
Council reserves the right to incIease
after said January l. 1903. the charge o,
percentage upon the gross receipss, Du'
not to exceed FIVE per centun tiei s eois =
Each payment is TO be accompanied py !.
statement Of the amount or such gross
receipts. sworn to by the treasurer OF 49,
retary of said company. Inc AuIdloI VI
said city and the chairman OF the nance
Committee. or some accountant uulS sJ-
thorized by them shall have the prIVl-
lege TO examine the books or sald CON-
pany every six months in order 10 Verliy
or IL need be, correct the IeS S 10 70, a % -
made. All payments 70 De ila"e aii - =
this section Shall be lien upon any ana
all the works. machinery, pipes, nxtures,
and connections, prior and superior 10 any
other lien or encumDrance lneleol, VI W
any part thereof Should the owners OF
said works, machinery, pipes nA'uI o,.
and connections fail TO make any pay :
ment above mentioned within ten Gays
after the same shall become due ana pay
able the said owners snaH De naDle ~ d
fine of not less than ten nor more tisa
che hundred doliars. each uay . idiiut
to be a separate offence. II shall De the
duty OF the Auditor Of the city 20 nave
said owners summoned before lhe Foiics
Justice of the city for the imposition OF
the fine or fines above menlioneq, oi So,,s
the said owners continue toi tllltty udy
in default as to any sucn payment tliS
CITY Council may require ana oruet sdi9
owners TO cease 10 use SAID water OF saiu
pines. or both as the city Councll my
see fit until the said payment shaIl nave
heen ,,ade TO the city; and should the
said company, after forty-eishl ilouiS
from the receipt Of notice OF such re
qulrement and while so IN default use
said water or pipes in disregard OF sucn
notice II shall be liable 10 a fine or not
less than ten nor more than nVe nuhured
dollars: each days use OF sucn water OF
pipes to be a separate onence. any ~. III
tice required or authorized uhuel tllLS
ordinance may be served upon the owners
bv leaving said notice with any cleik OF
said owners employed at the once Oh
said owners within the city OF Richmond,
or by ten DAYS publication theFeol III
J. Before beginning such work ana
within ninety days from the approyal OF
this ordinance the said joseph r. hodu-
lev and others above named shail ueposlV
with the Treasurer OF the city uon9s IS
sued by the said city or by the ChlteG
States of the face value Of five Thousand
dollars TO be held subject 10 the tolloW-
ing provisions. Should the SAID company
fail to begin said works in manner
satisfactory to the Committee on water
and Committee on Streets, respectively,
within the time specified in section seven
or fail within the time also stated IN
said seventh section 10 complete the Same
TO the extent required therein, tneh' III
either event. the SAID bohds sn9u oe1 I'm
and be the absolute property or the city
by and with the consent OF the deposit
ors thereof. given and expressed py the
deposit Of the same under this ORDINANCES
provided however. that the committee
on Water Is hereby authorized and en-
powered 10 extend the said period OF
ninety days, so that the total PERIOD ar
ter the approval of this ordnance WITHIN
which the said bond or bonds shal De
filed shall not exceed the space or SIX
mcnths. Iypon compliance with said pro-
visions the said bond shall be returned
to the depositors. unless the company
shall then be indebted 10 the city, or the
CITY be in some litigation by reason or
some person having been hurt in property
or person during and by reason or the
or laying of said pipes, nx-
lures or connections.
TO- Whenever under the terms or TINS
ordinance the said party or their assigns
shall be required to cease using all OF the |
surplus water above mentioned, they |
shall. within sixty days from being SO |
required remove from the land or the
city and from any land Oh the IaHroad |
used by the city. or subject TO !
the use or control of the city, any and all |
parts OF the plant. including houses |
erected. or fill ali wells dug for the com
Of air. Upon failure TO do so |
after sixty days notice OF the ABOVE
mentioned requirement. the city shall re-
move the same and charge the expenses |
SO incurred TO the said parties or their !
assigns, and shall have power 10 sell all |
parts of said plant for the purpose OF
itself for the expenses or
such removal.
II. Whenever the said parties or their
assigns shall after having begun to fur
nish compressed air TO consumers. cease
for the period OF sixty days 70 furnlsh
such air, then the right or privilege to
occupy with said pipes and fiN.ures the
highways of the city and any part OF the /
New Reservoir Park shall cease ana de-
termine, and the said parties or their as
signs shall. within sixty days from the
or ending of such right or
privilege, remove from said highways and
said park all of the pipes ana hXtures
laid therein by them. Upon failure TO so
10 after said notice OF such termination,
The city shall have power to remove the
same and charge the expenses so In
CURED to the said parties or their as
signs. and shall also have the power TO
sell the said pipes TO any purchaser either
before or after removing the same. Any
sum so derived shall become and be the
property OF the city: provided, that II
such failure TO furnish such compressed
air was not intentional, but was caused
by unfriendly litigation. or by some ac-
,ident or injury TO machinery or by some
;toppage or injury TO the pipes, or by
being prevented or INSTRUCTED in the use
IF the water at the fore-bay, and other
sources of water supply, then the right
Or privilege as TO said pipes herein grant
ID shall not cease, but remain i'm force
f the said parties or their assigns shall
strive to remedy or remove any such in
ury or any such stoppage. Whenever the
light 10 occupy the highways and saio
lark with said pipes and fixtures shall
ease and determine, then the said parties
" their assigns shall remove from said
highways and said park all said pipes
within sixty days after notice from the
Committee on Streets so TO do. and shall
'estore the streets TO condition salts
actory to the City Engineer. subject TO
he approval of the Committee or Streets.
IL. For any failure 70 comply with any
" the requirements OF this ordnance or
With any which may be hereafter legally
imposed by said city 10 carry out or en-
orce the terms and conditions hereof
md for which no fine is herein specifically
imposed, a fine or not less than ten nor
more than FIVE hundred dollars may be
imposed; each days failure to be a sepa-
ate offence.
- This ordinance shall be in force
BEN. T. AUGUST,
my list City Clerk.
N ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE
THE RICHMOND. FREDERICKS-