Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-04-11
ORDINANCE NO. 35

and assigns, to construct, main
tain and operate a telephone,
telegraph and messenger system.
Be it ordained by the Chairman
and Board of Trustees of the
village of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Section 1. That there is hereby
granted to Rocky mountain Bell
Telephone Company, a corporation
grantee, its successors and assigns,
a franchise to construct, operate,
and maintain a general telephone,
telegraph and messenger system
within the village of Boomers
Ferry, for the purpose of supply
ing the public with communica-
'tion by telephone, telegraph, mes
senger or other improved electrical
device, and the right to con struct,
maintain, and operate poles and
wires and underground conduits,
with the fixtures, braces, manholes,
and other appurtenances thereto
appertaining, upon. over, across,
and under the streets, alleys, and
public ways of said village of Bon
ners Ferry.
Section 2. In consideration
whereof said grantee, its successors
and assigns shall allow the said
village to attach to said poles the
villages fire alarm and police
wires, provided the same shall be
placed and maintained so as not to
interfere with said grantees use
thereof, and under the direction of
said grantees manager in said Will
age. And as further consider
alton, and in lieu of any and all
licences, or special tax, except on
real estate, said grantee shall furn-
ish said village, free of charge, one
telephone at the council chamber
or other place designated by the
board, and one telephone at the
village Marshall's house, together
with telephone exchange service in
said village for use by the officials
of said village so long as tele-
phone exchange shall be maintain
ed hereunder by said grantee, and
said village accepts such service in
Communication of such licenses or
special taxes.
Section 3. No electric lights or
other wire used for carrying heavy
currents of electricity, shall APP
proach to or cross the lines of any
telephone, police or fire alarm
wire at a distance of less than four
feet either above or below said tele-
phone, police or fire alarm, except
ing such wires as may now be in
place, and all such wires shall be
securely fastened on supports
placed as near as practicable to
said telephone, police or fire alarm
wires. Whenever any such wire
or wires shall be maintained in
violation of the provisions hereof,
the owners or persons In charge of
said wire or wires shall remove The
same upon receiving a written not
ice so to do; and in case they or
either of them shall fail so to do,
the same may be removed by order
of the Chairman and Board OF
Trustees at the expense of said
person or persons. 1t is further
provided that the provisions OF
this section must not interfere with
rights now vested in the Bonner
Water & Light Company under its
franchise.
Section 4. Any person not hav.
ing the right or authority to do so,
who shall interfere with, cut, re-
move, break, deface, or destroy
any telephone, police, or fire alarm
pole, wire, or fixture, or instrument
within the corporate limits of said
village, and any person without
authority to do so who shall use
said poles for purposes of posting
bills or advertisements of any kind
whatsoever, or who shall violate
any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum
not exceeding one hundred ($100.-
0O) dollars and the costs of prose.
cution, for each offence.
Section 5. The provisions OF
this ordinance shall be void unless
an unconditional acceptance there.
of by said Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone Company is placed on
file in the Office of the village clerk
within thirty t30)days from its
publication.
Section 6. The right hereby
granted shall not be exclusive, but
the said village reserves the power
to grant to others like privileges
Section 7. The rights hereby
granted are granted for term Of