The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
ORDINANCE NO. 81.

ORDINANCE NO. 81.
An Ordinance Granting to the Western
Union Telegraph Company the
Right to Place and Maintain its
Poles and Lines in the Streets, Al
leys, and Public Ways Of the City
of Havre, State of Montana on
the terms and Conditions He Elm
Stated.
Be It Ordained by the City Council of
the City of Havre, Montana:
Section l. That the Weatern Union
Telegraph company, its succef sors and
assign are hereby authorized to erect
and maintain on the streets, alley,
and public ways of said city the lolea,
fixtures, andW Tres necessary for the
purpose of supplying the citizens Of
said city and to the public communica
ton by telegraph or other improved
electrical device, such use to be and
continueupon the terms and conditions
hereinafter stated.
Section II. The location of the
poles and lines now in use is hereby
approved, and the location of all poles
and lines hereinafter to be erected, an
any change in the location of the pole
and lines now in use, Or extensI ms
thereof shall be under the dire ii n
and control of the city council Of said
city of Havre.
Section III. Said poles and Wsres
shall be placed and maintained 20 as
not to interfere with travel on said
highways, and said company shall h
said city free and harmless from all
damages arising by reson of any abu e
of said occupancy.
This grant is made and is to be en-
joyed subject to such reasonable regu-
]ations and ordinances OF a police ma
ture as said city council Of said city
is authorized and sees proper at any
time to adopt, not destructive to the
rights herein granted.
Section Nv. The right of use herein
given shall not be exclusive, and the
city council of said city OF Havre re-
serves the power to grant a like right
TO any other telegraph company; the
same, however, not to inte-fere WI
the reasonable and proper exercise OF
the privileges herein granted
Section V. In considerat on whereof
said Western Union Telegraph mp
any shall, and by the acceptance OF
this ordinance does, agree to allow the
city council Of said city of HAVE to
attach at any time to the top cross
arm of any of said poles where act
icable, the city fire alarm and police
wires, and said poles are hereby made
municipal fundamentally for that
purpose; provided, however, said at
tachment shall be SO made as not to
interfere with said companys u-e;
and said attachment shall be made
maintained under the direction Eaid
Company's manager in said city of
iIavre
The said company shall and will
! furnish the said city the use IT its
poles for the attachment, ,llvre.o vi
its fire alarm boxes without charge to
said city.
take effect on and after its passage
and the filing by said company of I'M
conditional acceptanc ethereof in the
;, office of the city clerk of said city of
Havre.
Section VII That whenever sad
company ceases to operate a telegraph
line in said city Of Havre and ceases
to use the poles and lines herein pro-
vided for in the operation of its lines
of telegraph, then said company shall
remove said poles and lines from the
streets and alleys of said city within
sixty 600 days from the date thai
said company SO cease to use and op-
crate said lines. ~
Section VIII. All ordinances, par;
Of ordinances, orders and resolutions
upon the subject of telegraph poles
wires, ETC., of previous date, so far a
the same relate to the Western Unio1
f Telegraph company, are hereby re
! pealed and annulled.
Passed by the county .
Passed by the City Council hi
1 10th day of September, 1907.
4 Approved by the Mayor, this 16t
p day of September, 1907.
! L. NEWMAN, Mayor
p Attest-R. E. HAMMOND, City Clerl
4 Pro TEN.