Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-16
ORDINANCE NO. 5e.

AN ORDlNANCE GRANTING TO 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- lows:
 Section l. 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 2. 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- tfon 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 (S1, ,00o.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 | therein named shall be taken and deemed to be liquidated damages, and shall be recoverable flom the prirci- 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 (2GI 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)
 days from and after the passage of
 this ordinance. together with a bond for One Thousand Dollars (S1 ,00O.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 (30) days prior to the date fixed for holding said special cleo tion. The date of said election is fixed for Wednesday. the thirty-first day of May, 1905. 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 C$1 ,000.60). or in lieu of said bond that said A. W. McPhersor has depos- ited with the City Clerk of said City of Bisbee the sum of One Thousand Dollars (S1 100000. 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 the majority of the qualified voters of