Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-10
ORDINANCE NO. 5o.

ORDINANCE NO. 59.
 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO A
 w. 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- 1 lows:
 | Section 1. That A. w. McPherson and assigns are hereby granted. for ! the period of twenty-five (25) years i from the taking effect of this ordi-
 nance the right to erect and maintain 1 a gas plant, and to lay and maintain 1 gas pipes, mains and conduits under and along the public streets, highways and alleys of the City of Bisbee for 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 [ 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 grantirt 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 (S1 ,00000),
 with at least two good and sufficient siireties. to be approved by said May
 or and Common Council. conditioned
 that said grantee hereof. or his as- signs, shall well and 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 therein named shall be taken and | deemed to be liquidated damages and
 shall be recoverable flom 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 (2Ol
 days after such franchise is awarded Section :. The said grantee. and his assigns is hereby required to file written acceptance of the terms and conditions herein within twenty (20) lays from and afrer the passage of his ordinance. together with a bond
 for One Thousand Dollars ($1 .0OO.OG) 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 (3U) days prior to the date fixed for holding said special cleo tion. The date of said election is hACu AOt NChhCSudgs liit -llEsl day of May, 1905. provided that A. ". McPherson, or his assigns, has ac- cording to the terms of this franchise filed with the City Clerk of the City of Bisbee a bond to be approved by said Clerk and the Mayor and Con- mon Council of said City of Bisbee in the sum of One Thousand Dollars (s1 ,000.00l, or in lieu of said bond that said A. W. McPherson has depos- ited with the City Clerk nf said City of Bisbee the sum of One Thousand Dollars (s1 ,000.00), 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 10 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 shah 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 the majority of the qualified voters of