Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-24
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS

A NORDINANCE.-An ordinance providing
IA for the regulation of telegraph, tele-
phone electric light, water, gas and street
railway companies in the use of the public
highways of the borough of Freeland, and for
the collection of an annual tax for the same
Whereas, the occupation of the pu bic high
ways by private corporations in the use of
electric wires, poles, mains, trenches and
street railway tracks and cars requires addi-
tional police supervision and municipal res
ponsibi ties.
Therefore, be it ordained and enacted by
the burgess and town council of the borough
OF Freelaud, in council met, and it is HEREBY
enacted by the authority OF the same, as
follows:
Section l. That for the purpose of regulat-
ing the use of the public highways of the
borough of Freeland, by telegraph, telephone
electric light, water, gas and street railway
companies, or by the lessee thereof, or by any
person persons operating under said COM
panies, said companies, less es or persons shall
be annually licensed and registered and shall
within thirty. days after the passage. of this
ordinance and annually thereafter and before
the first day of March, 1898, be required to pay
to the borough of Freeland the following
sums respectively for said licenses.
Section q Every telegraph company one
dollar for each pole. owned by said com.
pany, and one dollar for each mile or part of
mile of suspended wire, respectively, erected
in and oven, the public highways or public
grounds of the borough of Freeland.
Section 3. Every electric light company
one dollar for each pole owned by said COM
pany, and one dollar for each mile or part Of
mile of suspended wire erected as aforesaid.
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dollar for each pole owned by said company,
and one dollar for each mile or part OF mile of
suspended wire erected as aforesaid
Section 5. Every water company ten dol
lars for each mile or part of mile of water
mains laid in and under the public highways
or the public grounds of the borough of Free
land.
Section O.. Every gas company ten dollars
for each mile or part of mile of gas mains laid
in and under the public highways or the pub
lie grounds of the borough of Freeland.
Section Z. Every street railway company
said company on or over the public highways
within the borough of Freeland.
Section 8. Every street railway company
one dollar for each pole owned by said COM
pany, and one dollar for each mile or part of
mile of suspended wire erected in and over
the public highways within the borough OF
Freeland.
Section O. The borough clerk SHALL upon
payment to him of the respective sums afOre-
said, issue u license for one year to the party
applying for the same, and SAID clerk shall
keep record of said licenses wherein shall be
stated the name of the licensee, the date of
lceuse, the amount paid and for what pur-
pose.
Section TO- Every company or person Of
Tending against the provisions OF TINS ordln-
ance shall pay penalty not exceeding nve
dollars per day for each days violation
thereof in addition to the license Zee afore-
said.
All ordinances Inconsistent with this or
dnance are hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted into an ordinance this
third day of January, A. D: 1898.
Patrick Meehan, president.
Approved this twenty-second day or Janu-
James M. Gallagher, burgess.
Attest; Thomas A. Buckley. secretary.
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