Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-27
MIsoELLANEous ADVERTISEMENTS.

A N ORDlNANCE.-An ordinance providing
n 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, ana FOR
the collection of an annual tax for the same.
Whereas, the occupation OF the pubic high
WAYS by private corporations in the use of
electric wires, poles, mains, trenches ana
street railway tracks and cars requires addi-
tionul police supervision ana municipal res
ponsibili ties.
Therefore, be it ordained and enacted by
the burgess and town council of the borough
of Freeland, in council met, and 1t is hereby
enac,ed by the authority OF the same, as
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 ana street railway
ompanies, or by the lessee thereof, or by any
person or persons operating under SAID com,
panies, said companies, lessves 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 ,. Every telegraph company one
dollar for each pole, owned by said com
pauy. and one dollar for each mile or part of
mile of suspended wire, respectively, erected
in and over the public highways or public
grounds OF the borough of treeland.
Section 3. Every electric light company
one dollar for each pole owned by said COM
puny, and one dollar for each mile or part of
mile OF suspended wire erected as aforesaid.
section l. Every telephone company one
dollar for each pole owned by said company,
and one dollar for each mile or p part oil 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 q. Every gas company ten dollars
for each mile or part of mile of gas mains laid
IL 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 wlthlh the borough OF
Freeland. ,
Section o. The borough clerk SHALL upon
Dayment to him of the respective sums afOre-
said, issue license for one year to the party
applying for the same, and SAID clerk shall
keep n record of said licenses wherein shall be
stated the name of the llcensee' the uate OF
license, 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. 80
All ordinances inconsistent with this Or
dnance are hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted into an ordinance this
third day of January, A. d. 1888.
Patrick Meehan, president.
Approved this twenty-second day OF Janu-
airy, A. ID. 1898.
James NJ. Gallagher, burgess.
Attest: Thomas A. Buckley, secretary:
Al. u,l