Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-05-27

as required. the said city shall not
discontinue the use of said lamp OF
order it to be changed to another
place. or different lamp to be used
unless said grantee consents thereto
without compromising grantee for any
damage sustained by him by reason
of the discontinuance, changing the
place of. or the kind of, such lamp
Said city agrees to pay for all electri
cal energy used by it under the terms
of this ordinance on the tenth day
of each calendar month following the
month in which such electricity was
supplied to and used by it.
SECTION XIII.
That during the first five years oi
this grant and thereafter If such rate
be not predetermined as hereinafter
provided. grantee shall furnish on q
meter basis to all persons whatever
within the City of Beach who may re.
quest the same for residence or com.
mercial lighting. electrical energy at
the following rates. to-wit: For all
residence and commercial lighting the
rate shall not exceed fifteen cents Q5)
per kilowatt hour as measured by
watt meters. The minimum charge
made for all services installed for res.
idence or commercial lighting shall be
One Dollar (s1OO per month. Pro.
vided. that said grantee shall furnish.
install and maintain all service wires
and apparatus. including meters which
may be necessary to supply electrical
energy to any premises either for res
idence or commercial lighting, free of
cost or expense to such customers
However. such customers shall furnish
their own lamps and fixtures. The
grantee. however. reserves the privil-
eye to contract with consumers to fur
nish said consumers with electrical en-
ergy on a fiat rate per month instead
of on meter basis when such fiat
rate contract can be arranged salts
factorily with such consumers.
All bills for electrical energy con-
sumed by residence or commercial
customers within any month. shall
fall due on the fifth day of each cal
endar month following. and if not paid
on or before the fifteenth day of the
said month. the grantee reserves the
right to disconnect said delinquent
consumers service and same shall not
be again connected until said delin-
quent consumer has paid grantee the
necessary cost of connecting up said
services wires in addition to the
owed on said delinquent's bill.
SECTION XIV.
That the rate hereinbefore provided,
for city. commercial and residence
shall remain in effect as the
maximum rates for period of five
years from the date of the passage
of this ordinance. at the expiration of
which said period the grantee shall
submit a statement to the city council
Of the rates proposed for the next five
wear period and the same procedure
shall be continued during each and
every five year period during the life
of this grant, but in every instance
should the city council disapprove OF
any rate, whether the same be for city,
residence or CONNER cial lighting. or
any or either of them. so submitted by
the grantee, then said grantee shall
furnish said electricity and lighting
services at the submitted rate and the
determination OF the proper rate shall
at once be submitted to suitable
hoard having competent knowledge OF
such matters. the members of which
shall be chosen from electrical experts.
consulting engineers or managers OF
other electrical plants, but said gran
tee and said city may, by agreement
choose any other authority than those
mentioned which they may deem ad-
visable. the same to be chosen az fol
lows: Upon the disapproval of any
rate the city council shall give notice
in writing of that fact to the grantee
and requesting that the reasonable
ness of such disputed rate or rates be
submitted to board of arbitrators,
within twenty days after the service
of such notice, the grantee shall
choose one member of such board aud
within the same time the city council
shall choose another. AS soon as
of such board he shall notify the city
auditor of that fact, who shall. within
fifteen days after the two members of
said board are chosen, call meeting
# the members so selected. which
meeting shall be held within ten days
from the time of the call for the same,
at which meeting the members so Sc
lected shall choose a third member
which will complete the said board.
Should any vacancy or vacancies oc
cur at any time in said board of arbi
traitors by death, resignation, disqual
ification. failure, refusal or inability
to act. the same shall be filled within
fifteen days after such vacancy occurs
by the party or body making the orig
inal appointment.
In all cases where the grantee OF
the city or said arbitrator are requir
ed by the provisions of this section tc
appoint an arbitrator and shall fail tt
do so within the time herein limited
or the arbitrators chosen by the gran
tee and thee ity cannot agree upon 9
third arbitrator within ten days aftel
their first meeting for that purpose
then in all such cases such arbitrator
may be appointed by the judge of the
District Court of the Tenth Judicia
District in and for the State of Nortf
Dakota. on the application of either
said City or grantee upon ten day.
notice to the other. and when such ar
Eitrator is so chosen he shall meet the
other arbitrator or arbitrators and the.