Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-01
NOTICE OF ELECTION.


 Arizona, 1903. and Chapter 4, Session Laws of Arizona, 1905, and pursu ant Ie a resolution of the Com non Council of the City of Bisbee passed and adopted at a special meeting of said Council duly called and held on the 26th day of January. 1906, in which it was recited that said Common Council did deem the granting of that certain franchise Hereinafter set forth) beneficial for such municipal corporation, and did thereby order the same to be filed among the records of said city, and ordering special election to be held in said City, that a special election will be held in the City of Bis the hours of s o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock in the evening of said day, and at said cleo ton there will be submitted to the qualified voters of said municipal cor poration, the City of Bisbee, the ques- tion as to whether said franchise shall be granted or not to the Bisbee-Naco Water company its successors and as- signs.
 Notice is also given that in accord ance with said resolution the special election to be held in said city on Feb ruary 5, 1906, at which election was to be submitted to the qualified voters of said city the question of the grant ing of a certain proposed franchise to said Bisbee-Naco Water company, heretofore published, was vacated, and that said election to be held on the 5th of February 1906, on said proposed franchise will not be held. but that instead there will be submitted to said voters on March 3, 1906, the proposed ordinance herewith published, said Council deeming the granting of the franchise hereinafter set forth more beneficial for such municipal corpora tion.
 Said franchise is as follows:
 ORDINANCE NO. -.
 An Ordinance Granting to the Bisbee-
 Naco Water Company, its Successors
 and Assigns Authority to Operate
 and Maintain System of Water Sup
 ply in the City of Bisbee, Arizona.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Bisbee:
 Sec. l. The Bisbee-Naco Water Company, Corporation, it's successors and assigns, subject to the limitations herein and by law provided, are hereby vested with authority to maintain and operate system of water supply in the Cty of Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, .or the purpose of furnishing 10 the in- habitants of said City, and to enter prises therein, and to said city, water, from wells near Naco, Arizona, and from such other places as they may procure the same, for use ill domestic and business purposes, fer the flushing of sewers in said city, and for all other purposes for which the same may te used, and shall have authority to enter upon the various streets. avenues, lanes, gulches, canyons, underground passages, subways, public grounds. side walks and pavements in said City, and to make all needful and necessary exca- tions therein, and shall have authority to lay pipes, mains, laterals and con- duits of all descriptions therein for the carrying of water, and to relay and re- fair any pipes now in and under any f said public places aforesaid, and to do such other work as may be necessa- " or convenient in carrying Cn it's said business; provided, that all such excavating, laying and repairing Of pipes, and necessary work, shall be done and made so as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the in- habitants of said city, and the work shall be conducted with all reasonable dispatch, and all proper safeguards re- quired in the premises shall be taken and observed. and said streets, public grounds and places, sidewalks and pavements and excavations therein made, shall be restored to their orig inal condition as far as practicable. and for any damage resulting to any person or persons by reason of failure to observe the provisions hereof. or to adopt necessary precautions, said Bis bee-Naco Water Company, it's success ors and assigns, shall be liable to the parties injured, and providing further that the City of Bisbee here reserves the right, consistent with the priVil- eges herein granted, to make and en- force all reasonable regulations for the conduct of said work.
 Sec. 2. The authority herein grant ed shall include the privilege and right to extend and enlarge the present sys- tenn of water supply, by any means necessary or convenient for the ac- complishment of the same. to all points within the corporate limits of the City of Bisbee, as the same are now, or may hereafter be established and to any additions or annexations to said city. and in the making of said extensions, and with reference to the same when made, the authority and privileges. together with the hmita- tions and reservations set forth in Section One of this ordinance, shall extend end apply as if specifically re- peated herein.
 Sec 8. The privileges herein grant ed shall continue for a period of twen- ty-five years after the passage and adoption of this ordinance.
 Sec. 4. It is covenanted and agreed by said City. on the one part, and the Bisbee-Naco Water Company, it's sue ceseors and assigns, on the other, that the schedule of rates hereinafter set -fortk shaii govern as to charges for water conSfIfnDtiOn during the term for