The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-15
Ordinance Of the City Council

The City Council Of the City OF Hart
ford, Kentucky, do ordain as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. That there is here
by created and established IRAN
chise or privilege to erect, operate
and maintain a telephone exchange,
embracing central office apparatus
telephone poles. fixtures, cables ana
wires, through, over and under the
streets, sidewalks and alleys OF SAID
City of Hartford, Kentucky.
SECTION 2. The said franchise OF
privilege shall continue for a period
of 600 twenty years from and after
the time the same shall take effect
SECTION 3. The purchaser OF said
franchise or privilege may assign OF
transfer the same.
SECTION 4. Said poles. fixtures
cables and wires shall be erected ana
maintained in substantial and work
manlike manner; said poles shall be
neatly painted and shall he located
SO as not to interfere with the le-
ultimate entrance to any ADJOINING
private property, nor to obstruct the
free use of such streets. sidewalks and
alleys for the purpose of public travel
SECTION o. The purchaser OF SAID
franchise or privilege, his successors
or assigns, shall promptly replace all
paving and macadam that may be dis
turbed by said purchaser in setting
said poles and shall also at said pur-
chaser's own expense remove all dir
and debris that may arise in max
ing excavations for that purpose and
all work of setting poles shall be
done under the supervision OF the
Street Committees, and 1t shall Dc
the duty of such committees &c
see that the provisions of this ordi'
nance are faithfully complied with.
SECTION c. The City of Hartford
KY, shall have the right to place
maintain and operate its fire ane
police wires uponthe poles OF sale
purchaser within the corporate linn
its of said City of Hartford, Ken
tucky) free of charge provided saic
wires be located on said poles in sucl
way as not to interfere with the
wires OF said purchaser.
SECTION Z. The purchaser or his
assignee or any p erson or firm tha'
may operate under this franchise shall
have the right to charge not exceed
ing s1.25 for resident telephones and
not exceeding 500 per month FOL
business or office telephone.
SECTION 8. Said purchaser, hi
successors and assigns shall indem
nifty the City of Hartford. Ky, fret
from any and all damage that may
arise from the presence of said poles
fixtures, cables and wires upon, alont
or under said streets, sidewalks anC
alleys. or from its failure to com
ply with the provisions of this or
dinance.
SECTION 8. If, after said exchang
is established. said purchaser, his sue
cessors or assigns shall fail to per
form the terms and conditions OF Thu
ordinance, said City Council may, al
ter giving said purchaser, his sue
csssors or assigns reasonable motto
Of such failure and such failure j
not remedied. revoke all rights ant
privileges granted, and cause the pole
wires and apparatus erected unde
this ordinance to be removed.
SECTION 10. Within fifteen ia
days after the approval and publica
ton of this ordinance 1t shall b
the duty of said City Council TO ad
vertise through its CityMarshal b,
publishing a notice in a newspape
published in the City of Hartford, Ky
or by posting written or printe'
notices for a period of ten days II
nj least three conspicious places il