Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-12
ORDNANCE NO. 5a.

ORDINANCE NO. 5e.
 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO A w. JEFFERSON 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 the purpose of conveying, furnishing and distributing gas for light, heat and power.
 Section ?. 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 2. The grantee of this franchise shall commence work with in four months from the grantin. hereof. and shall have same complet- ed within eighteen months thereafter. Section 4. The grantee of this franchise shall file a bond running to the City of Bisbee in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1 ,0O0.00) 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 bond, the whole of the penal sum l 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 Bisbee within twenty (20l days after such franchise is awarded. Section ,. The said grantee. and his assigns is hereby required to file written acceptance of the terms and nnn6ifi(nc harniT, fxxar (O0l days from and after the passage of this ordinance. together with a bond for One Thousand Dollars (S1 ,0000 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 shal, be granted or not. This proposed franchise shall be published for at east thirty (9G) days prior to the date fixed for holding said special cleo ton. The date of said election is hxed for Wednesday, the thirty-first day of May, 1905. provided that A W. McPheTson, or his assigns, has ac- cording to the terms of this franchise filed with the City Clerk of the City of Bisbee Q bond to be approved by seid Clerk and the Mayor and Com mon Council of said City of Bisbee n the sum. of One Thousand Dollars fS1 ,0O0.OO). or in lieu of said bond that said A, W. McPherson has depos- tied with the City Clerk ot said City of Bisbee the sum of One Thousand Dollars (sf.0000O). lawful money of the United States, the said bond or the said money to stand as security for the faithful performance of all ihe conditions by the grantee of this franchise, or his assigns.
 Section 2. 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 10 the Clerk of the City of Bisbee, who shall sthereupon record the results of said election and certi- fy the same to this Council; and if the results of said election shall be that the majority of the qualified voters of