Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-09-10
AN ORDINANCE
Granting to Charles NJ. Lang a Fran
chlse for an Electrical Plant.

Be it ordained by the City Council
of Cedar City, Utah;
Section l. That Charles M. Lang
of Salt Lake City, Utah, his heirs
and assigns be, and they hereby are
granted and vested with the right and
privilege of using the streets of Cedar
City, Utah, for the purpose of convey
ing electrical currents by means of
wires to be used for lighting and pro-
polling machinery and for other pur-
poses, to the inhabitants, property
owners and users in said city, for the
period of twenty five years.
Section 2. That the said Charles
M. Lang, his heirs and assigns, dur
ing said term be, and they hereby are
vested with the right and privilege of
erecting and maintaining in the
streets of said Cedar City, poles and
attaching thereunto and attaching
thereat and extending and maintain
ing thereon wires for the purpose of
transmitting electrical currents within
the limits of said city to the inhabi-
tants, property owners and users
thereof; provided that said poles
shall be set along the center lines of
said streets and in such manner as
to not unnecessarily obstruct the use
thereof; and provided further that
said poles shall be at least five inches
in diameter at the top and shall ex-
tend fully twenty feet above the sur
face Of the ground and the wires at
tached thereon shall be not less than
nineteen feet from the surface of the
ground, and that both said poles and
said wires shall be arranged in such a
manner as to not interfere with exist
ing rights and franchises.
Section 3. There is hereby set
aside for the use and occupation of
said Charles M. Lang, his heirs and
assigns, during the life of this fran
chise only, such portion of lot IL,
block 2l, plat b, Cedar City Town
Survey, as may be necessary for the
erection and maintenance of power
house to be used in connection and
for the development and generation of
said electrical currents, the amount
of land to be so set aside and its ex-
act location to be determined by the
city council of said Cedar City.
Section 4. At any time after three
years from the date of this ordinance,
and upon six weeks notice in writing,
to said Charles NJ. Lang, his heirs
and assigns, said Cedar City shall
have the right and privilege to pur-
chase said system of electric light
and power works, power house and all
and apparatus used in con-
nection Herewith, at such price as
may be agreed upon between said
Cedar City and said Charles M. Lang,
his heirs and assigns. Should it be
impossible for said Cedar City and
said Charles M. Lang, his heirs and
assigns, to agree upon price for said
electric light and power works, power
house, machinery and apparatus, then
and in such event a commission of
three shall be appointed to appraise
said electric light and power works,
power house, machinery and appara-
Jus and such appraisal by said com
mission shall be final and binding
lpon said Cedar City and said Charles
NJ. Lang, his heirs and assigns; pro-
vided, however, that said commission
m determining the value of said cleo
,ric light and power works, power
house, machinery and apparatus, shall
lot consider the value of this fran
'hise or any other privilege issuing
rom said Cedar City. Said commits
sion shall be appointed as follows
)ne by said Cedar City and one by
'aid Charles M. Lang, his heirs or
assigns, the two so appointed TO Sc
ect the third.
Section >. Said Charles M. Lang.
ais heirs and assigns shall be respon-
'ible for any damage to person or
resulting from any act of |
heirs or which may result from the