Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-25
ORDINANCE NO 5o-

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO A ". PATTERSON AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ERECT AND
 MAINTAIN A GAS PLANT AND FOR LAYING GAS PIPES, MAINS
 AND CONDUITS UNDER AND ALONG THE PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS AND ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF BISBEE.
 The Mayor and Common Council of
 the City of Bisbee, do ordain as fol | lows:
 | Section 1. That A. w. McPherson | and assigns are hereby granted, for
 the period of twenty-five (25) years | from the taking effect of this ordi-
 nance the right to erect and maintain a gas plant, and to lay and maintain gas pipes, mains and conduits under
 and along the public streets, highways and alleys of the City of Bisbee for 1 the purpose of conveying, furnishing
 and distributing gas for light, heat and power.
 | Section 2. All pipes, mains and
 conduits laid or placed by said A. W. | McPherson, or his assigns shall be at f such reasonable depth as the Mayor
 and Common Council may by resolu- | tion direct, and the surface of the streets or alleys restored to the same
 condition it was previous to excava- | tion.
 Section 9. The grantee of this | franchise shall commence work with
 In four months from the granting hereof. and shall have same complet-
 ed within eighteen months thereafter. Section 1. The grantee of this | franchise shall file a bond running
 to the City of Bisbee in the sum of | One Thousand Dollars (s1 ,000.00),
 with at least two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by said May
 or and Common Council, conditioned
 that said grantee hereof or his as- | signs, shall well ard truly observe. | fulfill and perform each and every | term and condition in Section three of | this franchise, and that in case of
 any breach of any condition of such l bond, the whole of the penal sum
 therein named shall be taken and
 deemed to be liquidated damages, and | shall be recoverable from the priEci- ] pal and sureties upon said bond, which said bond must be filed with | the Mayor and Common Council of the ! City Of BisDee within twenty t21j
 days after such franchise is awarded. Section 5. The said grantee, and
 his assigns is hereby required to file
 written acceptance of the terms and
 conditions herein within twenty (2o) i days from and after the passage of | this ordinance. together with a bond
 for One Thousand Dollars ($1 100000
 as required in Section Four hereof.
 Section 6. A special election is hereby called for the purpose of vot- | ing upon this ordinance, and at said election all voters registered at the last city election, and none others, are ! entitled to vote on the question of whether the franchise herein recom- mended by the Mayor and Common
 Council of said City of Bisbee shall
 be granted or not. This proposed
 franchise shall be published for at
 least thirty (SO) days prior to the date
 fixed for holding said special cleo ton. The date of said election is | fixed for Wednesday, the thirty-hrst
 day of May, 1895, provided that A. W.
 McPherson, or his assigns, has ac- | cording to the terms of this franchise filed with the City Clerk of the City
 of Bisbee bond to be approved by
 said Clerk and the Mayor and Com
 mon Council of said City of Bisbee.
 in the sum of One Thousand Dollars | (s1 100000, or in lieu of said bond
 that said A. W. McPherson has depos-
 ited with the City Clerk of said City of Bisbee the sum of One Thousand Dollars (S1, ,0OO0O), lawful money of the United States, the said bond or the said money to stand as security
 for the faithful performance of all
 the conditions by the grantee of this
 franchise, or his assigns.
 Section '. The Clerk shall certify
 to the passage of this ordinance. The
 special election to be held concerning
 this ordinance shall be conducted in
 all respects as regular elections, and
 the judges and inspectors at such
 election shall certify the returns thereof to the Clerk of the City of
 Bisbee, who shall thereupon record
 the results of said election and certi-
 fy the same to this Council; and if the
 results of said election shall be that | .N RnH of