Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-13
ORDINANCE NO. 5o.

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 | 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.
 i 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- 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 grantinr | hnrnAf aVl cI l ed within eighteen months thereafter. Section 4. The grantee of this franchise shall file a bond running I 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- l signs, shall well and truly observe. fulfill and perform each and every l 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 fiom the pri2ci- 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 franchiseNs awarded Section :. The said grantee, and
 his assigns is hereby required to file
 a 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 S1,000.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 shaG 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 eiac- ton. The date of said election is fixed for Wednesday, the thirty-Iirst day of May, 1905, provided that A. W. McPherson, or his assigns, has ae- 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 Con- mon Council of said City of Bisbee in the sum of One Thousand Dollars E1, ,e00.00). or in lieu of said bond that said A. W. McPhersor has depos- ited with the City Clerk hf said City Of Bisbee the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1 100000. lawful money of the United States, the said bond oT the said money to stand as security for the faithful performance of al the conditions by the grantee of this franchise, or his assigns.
 Section 2. The Clerk shall certify io 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 tp the Clerk of the City of Bisbee, who shall thereupor record the results of said election and certi- fy the same to this Council; and if the 1 results of said election shall be that |