The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-23
THE JoNEs sEcTIoN.

Sec. 20. The board of commissioners
shall have power by ordinance:
1st- To construct, own, equip and OPP
crate wharves. docks, railroads, and ter
ninals as may be deemed advisable for
the promotion Of the trade and commerce
of said city.
of the harbor within the limits OF the
city.
3rd. To acquire, own, construct, lease
or operate public utilities, to grant to per-
struct, purchase, lease or operate public
utilities, and to regulate the construc-
ton, equipment, operation and service of
all public utilities operating under fran
chises heretofore or hereafter granted,
and the rates to be charges for such SER
vice, subject to the Limitation herein pro-
vided, and establish whatever require
ments may be proper to secure efficient
service. or as may tend to secure in the
most ample manner the safety, health,
comfort, welfare and accommodation of
the public, and to correct abuses and to
prevent unjust determinations and
charges by any public utility. The term
public utility as used in this Act shall
mean and embrace all persons and cor
or control any plant, or equipment, or any
part thereof, within the limits of said city
for the production, transmission, delivery
or furnishing heat, light. power or water
directly or indirectly, to or for the inhabi-
tants Of said city, or engaged in, or per-
forming any other service of a public
nature in said city, and no term or con-
ditions contained in any grant heretofore
or hereafter made shall be construed as
limiting or impairing this power and au-
thortty. No grant of any franchise by
the board of commissioners shall go into
effect until thirty days after 1t has been
passed. If within that time a petition
signed by at least twenty per cent of the
qualified voters Of the city shall be filed
nance SO passed be submitted to a vote
of the people, 1t shall be the duty of the
mayor to call such election to be held as
soon as may be under the election laws
of the state and ordinances of the city
and to submit said ordinance for the ap-
proval Of the voters of said city, and II a
majority voting upon such proposition
shall vote against the ordinance 1t shan
fail to be of any effect, but if a majority
shall vote in favor thereof 1t shall be in
full force and effect from and after the
date Of election, and every such ordinance
shall contain a provision for payment OF
the expenses of such election.
4th. To compel from time to time the
reasonable extension of its facilities for
service by any public utility, but no such
extension shall be required on or over
or under any street or highway which
shall not have been graded.
5th. To grant to any railroad company
the right to run its cars over the track
of any other railroad company, operating
under a franchise from the city, under
such rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by ordinance and upon pay
ment Of just compensation for the use
thereof.
9Th. To provide for the use, upon the
payment of just compensation, of any
such tracks as the city shall require for
use In connection with any railroad which
1t may at any time own and operate;
and the commissioners may in like man.
ner compel persons or corporations main
tanning poles In the streets, or public
ways, for the support Of telephone, tele-
graph, or electric wires. to allow the city,
or persons or corporations, to use such
poles for the same or similar purposes
upon the payment Of just compensation
for such use.