The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-25
CITY ORDINANCE.
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City Clerks Office,
Room No. o. Third Floor. City Hall Il,

Room No. o, Third Floor, City Hall,
Richmond, Va, Aug. 26. 1903.
Of An. Act Of the General Assembly Of
Of Aldermen Of the city Of Richmond, on
August IL 1893 adopted An Ordinance Tna,,Is.
Council, August H. 1908. the terms of
which were approved by the Mayor of the
city of Richmond on the 18th Of August.
1903, which ord is in the words and
0gures following:
AN ORDINANCE.
4R 81 P FAX cTY F 81 E lief dS4NT IL
PERSON OR CORPORATION. II lcRE-
s lNAFTER TO BE AsCERTAINED IN
81 THE MODE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
EN iGs oS 9 REe sT PAEs ANB
ALLEYS OF THE CITY I. OF, RICH
MOND AND. TO. CONsTRuCT.CQN
QUITS OR SUBWAYs HEREUNDER
i ES Left iii AN S5o powER BY EhEc
TRICITY sft3,
BE IT ordained by the Council Of the
l. That there shall be granted. in the
mode prescribed III an act of the General
Assembly. Of Virginia, approved May Goth,
City of Richmond. which are embodied
in the Following draft Of an ordinance:
AN ORDlNANCE.
To grant permission to -- to erect
poles and run wires on the streets and
alleys of the City OF Richmond. and to
construct condu!,s Or subways therHgn.
ana power by electricity,
Be It ordained by tn Council OF the City
OF Richmond zl92l. 5t
!; That - be. and hereby.
over and construct condults or subways.
and run wires therein. under and along
the streets and alleyE OF the City OF Rich
n'old in order to furnish and supply cleo
provisions and Limitations hereinafter set
forth, and under those also set forth, so
far as applicable and not II conflict with
City Code, 1895, and the amendments
thereto, heretofore made. or which may be
hereafter made, but within the district
bounded on the west by the west line Of
line Of Clay Street, on the east by the
east line OF Governor and Thirteenth
Streets, and on the south BY James River
the City of Richmond shall have tho
right. from time to time. to require tho
sad - to remove poles and wires
from other streets and SQUARES and place
2. All conduits shall be built with
capacity of at least thirty per centum
larger than the said - shall need
be at least thirty per centum larger. The
Committee on Streets may require ------, 10
use and occupy the conduts and poles nj
ready erected by any other person or cor
poration, or which shall hereafter be
erected. before the running Of wires upon
such route Each route shall be first
determined upon BY the Committee on
Streets before any poles are erected, con-
Outs constructed or wires run, and all
| work done In pursuance of this ordinance
shall be done IN manner satisfactory
to the City Engineer
5. The privilege hereby granted shall
continue for thirty years, unless sooner
forfeited, and upon the termination of
the graft hereby made the plant, as we'll
as the property, II any, of the said -------
in the streets and alleys, or other public
places Of the city, shall ,hereupon become
/ the property of the City of Richmond.
| upon the payment OF q fair valuation
! therefor, but the said shall be en-
X titled to no compensation by reason OF Tie
/ value of the franchise hereby granted;
4 such compensation, IL not agreed upon
between the City OF Richmond and 49,
more than six months before the ternIna-
ton of such franchise, by lapse OF time
or within thirty days after forfeiture,
4 shah be determined by arbitration, one OF
the arb!trators TO be appointed by tic
| City Of Richmond. one by ---------, and
J the third BY the Hastings Court of the
4 city OF Richmond, and upon the payment
4 of compensation, either agreed upon AS
/ aforesaid, or ascerta!neG by the Board
= Of Arbitrators to be appointed as afnre-
said, the plant aud pro;~.riy of the said
-,,-T-- shall vest absolutely in the City OF
! Richmond.
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