The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-13
AN ORDINANCE.
ia CAILED MEETING OF

A IA CALLED MEETING OF
n the Council of the City OF Fred
n ericksburg, Virginia, held in Il e
Council Chamber of said city on Mon
day the 10th day OF August, 1903. the
following. offered Ivy Mr. Dannehl,
was unanimously adopted, viz
Resolved by the City Council OF
Fredericksburg, Virginia, That the
following ordinance proposing 10
make the grant OF telephone ana
telegraph franchise be advertised
once a week for four successive weeks
in The Free Lance newspaper pup
lished in fredericksburg:
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the ------- Com
pany to use the public roads, streets
and highways OF the City OF treder'
icksburg for the purpose OF placing
poles and fixtures to support eleetri-
cal conductors thereon, and regnla
ting the manner of using the streets
for such purpose.
Section l. Be il ordained by the
Council of the City OF Fredericks
burg. Virginia. that permission be
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the ------------C Company, its sue.
cessors and assigns, for a period OF
! thirty 600 years, to erect, operate ana
maintain lines Of telephone and tee
graph, including the necessary poles,
fixtures and electrical conductors up
on, along and over the public roads,
streets and highways of the City of
Fredericksburg, Virginia, as it's busi-
ness may from time 10 time require,
subject to the provisions, conditions
and restrictions hereinafter mention
ed. provided that all poles shall be
neat, symmetrical and painted. Said
poles to be straight and with bark
taken of and securely sci in the
ground, and reprinted from time to
time when required by the Street
Committee.
Section ?. That the work OF erect
ing poles shall be done on such ST seis,
and highways and in sucn manner
as may be approved from time to
time by the Committee on Streets,
the work to be done under the super
vision of said COMMITTEES, and the
------ Company shall re-
place and properly relay and keep III
repair any part Of any Sidewalk or
street that mav'be displaced by rea-
son OF the erection of such poles, and
upon the failure of the Company so
TO do after ten days notice in writing
shall have been given by said Com
mittse to said Company or 10 any
agent of said Company in tredeI-
icksburg, the city may repair such
portion of the sidew walks as may have
been disturbed by said Company,and
collect the cost so incurred from said
Company. Upon notice from the
city or any committee of the Council
that local improvement, or gas,
sewer, or water main, or Dranch
thereof, is TO be constructed, or re,
paired. in such manner as VIII
necessitate the moving or altering OF
the poles or wires or other appur-
tenances Of said Company. the Com
pany shall move or alter the same az
its own expense, so as 10 permit the
construction of the Improvement
where ordered, and should said Com
pany or Corporation omit 10 comply
with such notice the poles, wires and
appliances NAV be altered or moved
by the city, and the cost thereof re
covered from said Company or Cor
poration,
Section 8. In consideration of the
rights and privileges herein granted,
said company shall provide one cross
arm on each pole for the free use Of
the police and fire-alarm system OF
the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The said Company shall furnish not
less than four telephones unlimited
service free and six telephones unlin-
tied service at any time when called
for by the City Council at a cost not
exceeding ten dollars year each.
such telephones to be placed in such
city offices as the City Council may
designate.
Section a. Said company shall at
all times be subject TO the City Ordl .
nances now in existence. or which
may be hereafter passed, relative to
the use OF the public streets and high /
ways by telephone and telegraph .
Section Said company shall in
iernnify the City Of Fredericksburg, I
Virginia, against and assume all liza
Dllltles LOT udlutpts NlilCi mo- oiA''
Or accrue to the city of Fredericks-
burg, Virginia, from any injury TO
persons or property, from the doing OF
my work herein authorized, or the :
neglect of said company, or any OF its
employees. to comply with any ordi-
nance relative TO the use of the streets
If said city, and the acee )tance by
he company OF this ordinance shall
,e an agreement by it TO pay to the
ity of Frederick burg, Virginia, any
uTn of money for which the city may
become liable from or by reason OF
uch injury.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be
# no force or effect until the said - |
shall file with the Clerk (
# the City Council OF Fredericksburg {
written acceptance of each and {
very provision of this ordinance, nor
hall said ordinance have any force or
fleet unless such acceptance is filed,
nd the bond herein required is de- {
'osited within sixty days from the (
ate when this ordinance shall take I
feet. (
Section Z. The ------ Com