The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-30
ORDINANCES.
pr EAMBLEs an P t,s P PRR1vf n1ESGIEfs
TO rHEs NERO CHANTS CO-OfGkAflNE
fsYr.kiT AMI POW Err COMPANY.

eertif cate of due publication OF re
came once a week for I'VE sac a. The
weeks in nieb nemsdPaR eodPmenens on the
sst tSS day Of August. 1908 made, in pur-
snance Of the act OF the General - ass 10 !
and whereas the Presiding officsI q h "a
Common Council thereupon lnI,tsu 10 ~.
for the said franchise as required oy ia"'
and. .,yo
Light light and Power Comnany suem,tt g., 9
bid for one dollar, which was read alou'i
to the body; and, .., 49,, ,,d
there inquired fer any further.b DIS; Sn q
Where's. none being offered; the pres p,ossd q. :.
ing officer declared req the sd oi bv Ike coun
ii .ier Of tie c CITY Of chmond That the
bid for the Merchants Co-operaEive Lis ga
and Power corraGay nr BE eeesp1 proposed
to be granted by the said ordlnaEce. pe
and the same one hereby, granted 70 ,ne
Merchants Cooper alive Light ana rover
3. That the name Of the sad comp pan;
shall be inserted in said proposed oaus-
nance. and the, same SO amen m a., IS r ,ie
by enacted and reordained IN .ie WINS
and figures following:
AN ORDINANCE
TO grant permission to the Merchan,s
Cooper at.ve Light and Power company
to erect poles and run wires on me stEee ,S
and alleys Of the City of Richmond, ara
Under f for til the purpose Of furnishing light
and power. by electricity. 80 the
Be 1t ordained by the Council OF the
That the Merchants Cooperative
Light and Power Company be, and Is here
by. authorized to erect poles ana run w,fes
and run wires therein. under an6 "a. aio, Is
the streets and alleys Of the City or
Richmond in order to furnish ana su anpi'
tions. provisions and limitations hei elm
after set forth. and under those also set
forth. SO far as appca BILE and not IN con e
Of Of, Richmond city Code, 1859, and the
amendments thereto, heretofore made, or
which may be hereafter made. out W.t n,
no c by the north line of Clay Street.
on the east BY the east Inc Of So. Gov eam,b
BY BY James River, no pole shall be, erect rect
ID or maintained and the City Of r CHI
mond shall have the right from Mt time ~ to
Eo-operative l. ght and Power COMPANY
to remove poles and wires from other
streets and squares and place its wires
In conduits and suoways. r, u,.,,
8. All conduits shall be built with
capacity OF at least thirty per centum
larger than the said Merchants Co-opera,,,
tive Light and Power C s5a h snal
shall be at least thirty per centum la gef.
The Committee on Streets and SloSk9e
Creek may require said company TO use
ready erected by. any other person or cor.
po.ation or which shall hereafter be
erected. before the running Of wires upon upon
determined upon by the Committee on
{ Streets and Snockoe, Creek before any
poles are erected, conduits constructed or
wires run, and all work done n pursuance
of this ordinance shall be done in
manner satisfactory to the City Engineer;
g.. The privilege hereby granted shall
forfeited and upon the termination Of 4
the grant hereby made. the plant, as well
as the property IT, any Of the en sac o Mep
eaanaa IN he Streets ana ana alleys
other public places of the city, snail
thereupon become the property or me
City OF Richmond, upon the payment OF
a fair valuation therefor. but the said
company shall be entitled to no compeh-
saton by reason of the value of the iran
chise hereby granted; such compensation
Richmond and sad company more than
six months before the termination OF
such franchise. by lapse of time or within
thirty days after forfeiture. shall be de-
te.mined by arbitration. one of the ar
bitrators to be appointed by the C.ty OF
Richmond, one by said company and the
of Richmond, and upon the, payment Of
compensation. either agreed upon, as
aforesaid. or ascertaineo by the Board Of
Arbltrators to be appointed as aforesaid,
the plant and property OF the sad com
pany shall vest absolutely in the City OF
Richmond.
4 The City Of Richmond expressly re-
serves the right to impose other rea-
sonable regulations. conditions and re-
qurements upon the said Merchants Co.
operative Lignt and Power Company, ano
TO pass all ordinances necessary to Sc
cure efficiency OF public service by tie
said company at reasonable rates. aud tc
compel the maintenance of the p'oLerlS
of the SAID company, in good order
throughout the term of the grant. ant
10 charge such annual sum for the priv
lsge OF using and occupying the streets
OF the city, as herelnDelore authorized
as is now or may hereafter be chal ge6
against other, pei sons engaged in like
business by the imposition or tax or
poles wires and condults. and a tax or
gross receipts. or a license tax: and it II
hereby expressly provided that for a fail
ure 10 comply win the provisions OF tn:
ordinance. or such additional regulations
the. privileges hereby. granted shall b.
forfeited. and this ordinance may be re
pealed and the 1ranchise hereby granted
declared TO be a an end,
g. For any failure 10 comply with an,
requirement OF this ordinance, the sal,
Merchants Cooperative Light and Powe
Company shall! be liable TO line of no
less than ten nor more than one hundre,
dollars for eacn oItense each days lail
uie TO be separate oftense The I'm
position OF any tine under this sector
shall not prevent q forfeiture under III
foregoing section,
6. That Lne said Merchants Co-opera
ave Ll5ht ana rover Company IN tn
equipment OF It's condEils, supways, poles
wires. iixtuIes or other works wal u
such appliances as VIII prevent iijur
by electrolys.s TO the watel and gas MA. n
and plyes or other puunc Improvement
of the city, and VIII pay TO the CT
all damages occasioned by eleclrolysl
caused thereby, ana VIII also indemn f
and save harmless the city from all claim
OF damages occasloned any person q
properly. growing out OF injury TO sue
mans or pipes IRON such cause, And III
Eald cosnpa!sy agrees and p!nds itself I
keep and nold the city flee and Harmless
from llaoihly Tor any and ali damage
that may accrue TO any person or person
on account or INJURY or damage 10 pei
son or property growing out OF the cor
struclion. improvement maintenance, I.
pair o! operation OF the works and II,
lures HEREBY authorized and Whenovs
the city Is liable therefor. and the ci.
shall be sueo Tor such damage, either |.
depencsntly or jointly with the SAID con
pany on account thereof. The sad COZ
psIy, upon nollce 10 IL by The city, wi
defend the city IN such SUIT. and m eyel
OF judgment being obtained against Il
city. either Independently or jointly vii
the sad company on account OF acts
omissions OF the said company, then II