The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-19
AN ORDINANCE

Authorizing the Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company, TO consIrucs,
operate and maintain lines OF teiephone
and telegraph upon, along ana unoeI
the public roads, streets and highways
of the CITY of Palatka, Florida, ana 10
acquire, operate ana malhtalh ,, linoe
of the Palatka Telephone Company, now
located in the streets and pubic placeS
OF the City of Palatka, Florida, ana 70
authorize the Palatka Telephone Oom-
many to sell all of its telephone lines,
poles and wires, and other telephone
property, in the streets and pubic places
of the City of Palatkn, Florida; 10 tne
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
RE- II ORDAINED by the Mayor and
CITY Council of the City of Palatka:
section l. That permission pc s nnu e ere
BelI Telephone and Telegraph Company,
its successors and assigns, to erect, operale
and maintain lines of telephone ana tele-
graph including the necessary poles, M
| lures and electrical conductors, upon, along
and under the public ROADS, stTSeIS anu
highways of the City of Palatka, Florida, US
| its business may from time to time requlrel
provided that all poles snail pe hehV All"
section :. That the work of erecting
| poles by virtue of this ordinance shalI De
done under the supervision OF the ,S OitS
| Council, and the said Southern Bell Iele-
| phone and Telegraph Company shall replace
and properly relay any sidewalk or street
| that may be displaced by 1t in the construc-
| ton of its lines, and upon failure OF tne
Company so to do, after five days notice IN
writing Shall have been given by the mayor
of the City OF Palatkn, Florida, TO salu
Company, the City may repair such portion
of the sidewalk or street that may nave
| been disturbed by said Company, ana COL
lect the cost so incurred from SAID COM
pany. A., ,,,.h.,
Sections, In consideration OF the rights
and privileges herein granted, said Compa-
nv shall, upon demand, provide one cross
arm on each pole, on which the Clty OF "a
latka, Florida, may desire to attach either
fire alarm telegraph or police telegraph
wires, for the free use of the police ana ilre
alarm telegraph system OF the olly Oh Fh-
latka, Florida.
Section 4. That said Company shall at an
times be subject to the City Ordinances
now in existence or which may be hereafter
passed relative to the use OF the pubic
streets by telephone and telegraph compa-
MES.
Section 5. That said Company shall In
demnify the City of Palatka, Florida,
against and assume all Liabilities Tor dam
ages which may arise or accrue to the Olty
OF Palatlla, Florida, from any injury 10
persons or property from the doing OF any
work herein authorized, or the neglect OF
said Company or any OF lts employees 70
comply with any ordinance relative TO the
use of the streets of said City and the accep-
lance by the Company OF this ordinance
shall be an agreement by 1t to pay to the
City of Palatkn, Florida, any sum of money
fOr winch Iue l1lN llltN DcCOlIlc ilublC lioih
or by reason of such injury.
Section o. The said Southern Bell Tele.
phone and Telegraph Company Is hereby
authorized to acquire, either by purchase
or otherwise, all of the equipment, lines
and wires which now constitute the entire
telephone plant of the Palatka Telephone
Company, and the said Palatka Telephone
Company is hereby authorized TO sell ahc
transfer said property to the said Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph company
and the said Southern Bell Telephone ant
Telegraph Company is hereby authorized
to maintain and operate said lines ant
| property or such parts of them us IL may
| desire, in the streets and public places o
| the city of Palatka, Florida, in the SAM
| manner as If the said lines and property nae
been originally constructed by 1t under ant
II in accordance with the terms and prONls
ions of this ordinance, free and clear OF any
i and all conditions or charges heretofore
| imposed upon said property or said Palatki
! Telephone Company by any ordinance OF
4 ordinances Tor, agreement or agreements
| with the said City of Palatka, Florida.
| Section Z. said Company shall file will
the Clerk of the Council of the Clty OF Pa
| latka, Florida, its acceptance OF this ordi
j nance within sixty days from the date wher
= 1t shall take effect.
force and effect for term of thirty years
I from the date when it shall take effect, unC
1t shall be subject to all the terms and con
ditions of the Act of the Legislature OF
l | Florida, entitled: AN Act Prohibiting the
, Granting by municipalities of Franchises oil
Rights to Use streets for Certain Purposes
: for any Term Exceeding Thirty Years. OF
e without Ruserving the Right at and After
| | the Expiration of such Term to Purchase
| Property Used under such Franchise OF
| Right" approved June End, 1889,
TIL ERTFORE the said city of Palatka
Florida hereby expressly reserves the righ1
, to, and does hereby require the southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, n
a condition precedent TO the taking enec
, | of the rights grants and privileges, iran
| chiSe and powers herein contained, TO give
and grant the said City of PalatkH, Florida
the right at and after the expiration of thi
franchise to purchase the telephone ant
telegraph plant, property and equipment o
other property used under or in connection
with this franchise or right hereby granted
or such part of said property which thu
said City OF Palatka, Florida may desire Il
purchase at valuation Of the property
real or personal desired by the said City o
Palatka, Florida to be fixed by Arbitration
in accordance with the terms OF the sale
above named act.
T. Section 0. This ordinance shall be II
? force from and after the date of its paSsag
9 and approval by the Mayor.
a Passed by the CITY Council of the City o
/ Palatka, Florida. in open session this All
V day of June in the year of our Lord, on,
! j. H. YELVERTON, Jr.
!. President, City Council.
Attest:
A. T. TRAY,
1 CLERK of City of Palatka.
Approved this llth day OF June, in tn
year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun
f. W. WARREN,
Mayor, City of Palatka, Fla.