The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-22
OrdinanceN No. 122

System Of Sanitary Sewerage
for the City Of Chickasha, In
dian Territory, and for It's In
habitants, Authorizing Frederick
A. Gale, His Successors or As
signs to Construct Maintain, snd
Operate q System Of Sanitary
Sewerage for Both Public and
Private Uses, Giving the Said
City Of Chickasha An OpporIun-
ity to Purchase Said System Of
Sewers.
Be Ii Ordained by the CITY
Council Of the City of Ohickashs,
Indian Territory:
Section l.: The franchise is here
by granted TO Frederick A. Gale,
Of Chicago, State Of Illinois, and
to his successors or assigns (here-
matter called grantee) for period
offifsy years from the passage, ap-
proval and acceptance Of this or
dinance, to construct and maintain
within the corporate limits OF the
City Of Chickashs, and the adjacent
territory, q system Of sewerage to
be used for the purposes Of sani-
tary drainage by the said City and
the inhabitants thereof, for both
public and private sanitary pur-
poses; and permission and author
ity is hereby granted to Said gran
tee, his successors or assigns, TO
use the streets, alleye, sidewalks,
and public grounds OF the City OF
Chickasha within Its present and fu-
tnre corporate limits for placing,
taking up and repairing nam sew
ers, sewer pipes, catch basins,
manholes and other structures and
devices for the service Of sewers.
Section 2: The said grantee, his
successors or assigns shall furnish
the City Council Of the City OF
Cbickasha with a copy ofthe plans,
specifications, survey and profile
ofsaid sewerage system, which shs Il
be approved by the City Council of
said City, before the construction
of SAID sewerage system shall be
commenced.
Section 8. There shall be no
unreasonable distractions Of the
streets, alleys, sidewalks or public
grounds of the City of Chlckashs,
by the gransee, his Successors or
assigns in constructing, taking up,
and repairing any sewer, sewer
pipe, catch basin, manhole, or
other structure or device for the
service Of sewerage, and shall re-
store them within reasonable
time as prS Scticable to as near their
former condition as possible and
shall hold the said city harmless
from all damage arising from the
negligence or mismanagement of
said grantee, his successors or as
sigus, or his employees in placing,
taking up, or repairing such eew-
er pipes, catch baslns, manholes,
and other structures or devices, or
by reason of any failure to main
tain and keep sewers in proper re-
pair and sanitary condition.
Section 4. The city council
hereby reserves the right to re-
quire the grantee, successors or as
signs; to extend said sewers upon
any and all the streets, alleys, and
public places not embraced in the
plans and specifications; provided,
however, no such extension shall be
made by said grantee, his success
ors and assigns, until the city coun-
Gil OF the city OF Chickashs, shall
by proper legislation extend the
sanitary district to cover such
block Of land and premises, as is
proposed to he reached or passed
by such sewers; such ordinance ex
tending said sanitary district shall
CONTAIN such provisions and pen
alties as shall subject such addi-
tinaol territory to the sans penal
ties and provisions as now exist or
may hereafter be applied to the
sanitary district as now established
And provided further that the gran.
tee, his successors and assigns
shall not be required to make anJ
extension along any block unlss
there is at least one house, eithel
residence or business, for each Oft,
feet Of sewer so required to be ex
tended; which houses shall ell BE-