Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-02-06
ORDNANCE NO. Is.


the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
phone CO.
Be it ordained by the Mayor aud City
Council of the City of Montpelier,
Idaho
SECTION l. That there is hereby
granted to the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone Company, a corporation, it's
successors and assigns, the right to |
places and maintain poles with the arms, |
braces and other fixtures necessary
thereunto, over and upon the streets
alleys and public ways of said City, for
the purpose of supplying to the public,
communication by telephone or other
improved electrical device.
Sec, 2 In consideration whereof, the
said Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Company shall agree to allow the said
City to attach at any time to any of the
said poles the City's Fire Alarm or
wires; provided the same shall be
placed and maintained SO as not to in
terfere with said Company's use, and
under the direction of said Company
Manager in said City. And said Com
pany is to furnish for City business.
free of charge and with exchange ser
vice, SO long as an exchange is main
tanned hereunder one telephone at
place to be hereafter designated by the
mayor.
SEC. 3 No electric light or other
wire used for earring heavy currents
of electricity shall approach to or cross
the line OF any telephone, police OF fire
alarm wire Of distance Of less than
four feet, either above or below said
telephone, police or fire alarm wire, and
shall be securely fastened on supports
placed as near as practicable to said
telephone police OF fire alarm or other
wire. Whenever any such wire is
maintained in violation of the proyi-
sions hereof, the owners or persons in
| charge of said wire shall remove same
upon receiving a written notice to do SO
and in case they do.not, the same may
be removed by order of the City Mar
shall at their expense.
| SEC 4 Any person not having the
right or authority to do so, who shall
interfere with, cut remove, break, de-
face or destroy any telephone, police or
fire alarm pole, wire fixtures or in.
strument, within the corporate limits
Of said City, and any person without
authority to do so, who shall use said
poles for the purpose of posting there
on bills or advertisements of any kind
whatsoever, or VINO shall violate any of
the provisions of this ordinance, shall
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in any sam not exceeding one
hundred dollars and the cost of the pro
secution, for each offense.
SEC. The provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be void unless an uncondi-
tional acceptance thereof is placed ON
file in the Office of the City Clerk. by
said Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Company, and the line put in within
one year thereafter.
SEC. The right hereby granted
shall not be exclusive, but Council re-
serves the power to grant to others a
like right of way.
CLERKS CERTIFICATE
hereby certify, that three-fo lrths OF
the City Council Of said City of Mont
pelier, Idaho, having by their vote dis
pensed with the rule requiring the fore
going ordinance to be read on three
different days, the above and foregoing
ordinance was numbered SIS, and Was
section b. section. put upon final pas
rage and after having been fully and
distinctly read three different times.
and were section by section, duly pas
sed by the Mayor and Council Of said
City on the 25th day of Jan. 1900, and
were subsequently on tie same day APP
proved and signed by the Mayor OF said
City
In witnes whereof, | have
hereunto set my hand and
(sEAL) affixed my official seal at my
said office. this 25th day of
January 1900.
VIM. r. HOLMES,
City Clerk.