The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-19
CITY ORDINANCES

No. IIO-C, An Ordinance to Amend Sec
tions 2. and 13 of An Ordinance No.
14O-C, Entitled "An Ordinance Grant
Ing George G. Kelley and Associates,
Their Successors and Assigns, the
and Operate An Electric Hallway In
the City of Birmingham" Approved
February o. 1913.
Be It ORDAINED by the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Birming-
ham,
That Sections 2, 8 and of that GER
tain Ordinance, No. l40-C, entitled AN
Ordinance granting George c. Kelley
and Associates. their Successors and
Assigns, the right to construct, equip,
way in the City of Birmingham" and
which was approved on the 9th day of
February, 1913, be- and the same is
and 13 thereof, respectively, shall read
as follows:
their Successors or Assigns. shall on
or before the 10th day of May, 1913,
submit the plans and specifications for
the construction of said street railway
to the Board of Commissioners of said
City of Birmingham for its approval,
alteration or amendment. which plans
approved methods of construction of
such lines under like conditions. And
on or before the LIST day of October,
19l3,- the active work of construction
OF said street railway shall be begun.
and continued to completion. as here
matter provided
4
ham. as Grantor herein. hereby ac-
knowledges the receipt OF One Thousand
tsl,00o.0ol Dollars, which shall belong
to the City. of Birmingham upon the
adoption of this ordinance. and the
Grantees herein. or their Successors or
Assigns, shall on or before the 18th
day of May. 1918 submit plans and
specifica tions for their railways to be
constructed hereunder to the said City
2 hereof. and when the same shall have
been accepted and approved by said
city, the said Grantees their Successors
day of October, 1913, and as further
consideration for this franchise. pay
into the Treasury of the City of Bir-
Thousand (s9.000.00) Dollars cash.
which together with the One Thousand
$l, l,OO0) Dollars already deposited by
said Grantees with the said City of
Birmingham. shall make Ten Thousan nd
100000 .00) Dollars cash, and give to the
said City of Birmingham eight promis-
sorry notes, each for the sum of Five
Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, each with
interest from their date respectively.
to-wit: the date of the making of the
balance Of the cash payment to said
City of Birmingham at the rate of six
C per cent? per centum per annum.
payable semi annually which said
notes shall mature respectively one
each year for eight consecutive years
that is. one shall mature one year after
date; one, two years after date; one,
after date; one. five years after date;
one six years after date: one, seven
years after date: and the last one eight
years after date; the payment or each
of which said notes shall be secured In
| a manner satisfactory to the said City
of Birmingham.
rights and privileges hereby granted
said Grantees, or their Successors or
Assigns, shall pay to the city OF Bir.
mingham sum equal to percentage
of the annual gross earnings of the
street railway, or railways, constructed
or operated under dhe rlghts fgl1d or vII PRIV
For the years 1921 to 1925 inclusive
three 6 per eent} per cent; ,o, for dns tns
ss cent e ss1 for he nn
| the life of the franchise, 5 6 per cent?
per cent; said payments shall be made
during January of each year following
the calendar year in which said gross
earnings were received
Grantees shall also widen, at their
street as is embraced in this franchise
under the direction of the city
Engineer, to width OF. sixty teOl feet
their Successors or Assigns, shall also
on or before the LIST day of october,
1913, enter into bond with good and
ftE z tns pepa boars Sm
that they will complete the work of
construction of said lines In, work
the roadway along the entire length
thereof. to the condition 1t was in be,
fore being disturbed by them, the SAID
Grantees, or their Successors or As
signs; and the City of Birmingham
shall be judge of said condition. And
upon the application of said Grantees.
their Successors or Assigns, the said
city shall inspect such work, or cause
the same to be inspected and upon
such work being completed as herein re-
guired, said City shall declare said bond
sa tisfied. The said Grantees or their
Successors or Assigns shall also fur
nish to said City of Birmingham on or
before said LIST day of October. 1913. a
satisfactory guarantee as the the char
acter and durability and maintenance
of all restored or constructed pave
ment along such streets as at the time
of the construction of the lines herein
provided for shall be paid, such guar
antee to be for the term, or terms, OF
years which may remain unexp1red OF
any guarantee on any pavement which
may be. In the construction OF said
lines dug up or disturbed, and such
guarantee shall be similar in terms to
those then outstanding upon the sev-
eral streets respectively; before tne
said Grantees herein shall be held t9
have restored the roadway disturbed
by the installation OF said lines the
guarantee herein provided shall be
given. ,
c. EXUM, President.
Board of Commissioners
A. q. LANE, Commissioner
JAMES WEATHERLY.
Attest Commissioner
Are-Hernl Id. July 2. l9. 26. 1913.