The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-23
CITY ORDINANCE.

and maintenance OF poles, wires
and cables in the fire limits of
the city Of Waxahachie, Texas,
| granting franchise and privi-
lege and declaring penalties for
violation of its provisions.
Be it Ordained by the City Coun-
Gil Of the city of Wayahachie,
Texas:
Art ]. 1t shall hereafter be I'M
lawful for any person or persons,
or firm or corporation owning or
maintaining poles, wires or cables
or telephone, telegraph or electric
Hight poles or cables in, upon or along
or above the streets Of the City of
WaXahachie, Texas. embraced with
in the fire limits of said city, as
same are established by the ordin-
Iances of said city, to permit any
such poles, wires. cables or either
to remain in or upon or along or
IabONe such streets, embraced with
in the fire limits of said city except
las hereinafter set out; and
/ it, shah hereafter be unlawful
for any such person or per
SONS, or firm or corporation to
place any such poles, wires or ca
bles in or upon or along or above
such streets within said fire limits
of said city, except as hereinafter
set out, provided however that any
individual, person. firm or corpor-
alton now owning or maintaining
tany such poles, cables or wires or
either, 50 situated in or upon or
within said fire limits OF said city
are hereby given notice, and upon
receipt Of a certified copy of this
Ordinance are given notice to begin,
within twenty 600 days after the
passage and approval of this ord
nance the removal of any such
poles, wires, cables or either, so
Estimated Oh the streets within said
fire limits and to be removed, and
TO proceed with the removal Of
same With reasonable expedition ana
dispatch and to remove same in
not exceeding forty days; provided
further that any person or persons,
Tor firm or corporation now owning
or maintaining any such poles,
wires. cables or either go situated
on the streets of said city within
said fire limits. are hereby given
the right, privilege, franchise and
authority to place any and all of
such poles. wires, cables or either
now owned and used or maintained
by any such person or persons. or
firm or corporation, on, in, upon
or above the alleys within said fire
limits Of said city, same to be so
placed under the supervision of the
city ana to be subject to the reg
ulation of the city at this time and
in the future; provided that moth
ing herein shall be construed TO eX-
tend the time of any franchise here
.tofore given to any such individual,
person, firm or corporation; and
provided further, that nothing here
in shall be construed as applying
to any person or persons, or firm
or corporation owning or operating
an internrban railway or an cleo
trie street railway, where such metal
poles, wires and cables are used for
the purpose of operating such in
ierurban railway or electric street
railway.
Art. 2 Article l hereof IS not
intended to prohibit the placing and
maintenance of any poles, cables
and wires or either of them used
for street lighting or used to place
electric or telephone or telegraph
wires in the court house. provided
the maintenance and placing OF
such poles, wires and cables or
either of them mentioned in this
article shall be subject to the sup
ervision and regulation of said city.
Art. 3. Every person or persons,
or firm or corporation now owning
or maintaining any such poles,
wires. cables or either of them as
set out in Article l hereof, within
the fire limits of said city, are sew
orally hereby given the right. priv
ilege, franchise and authority to
place the said wires, cables or
eli har of them which they NOW own