The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-08-25

in said County of Humboldt, and in
the various un~incorporated towns and
villages of said County; and should
said Nevada Valleys Power Company,
its successors or assigns fail to do so,
then the Board Of County Commits
~sioners of said County of Humboldt
shall be empowered to remove said
poles, towers, wires, stations and 9th.
er superstructures and appliances or
to cause the removal of the same at
the expense of said Nevada Valleys
Power Company, its successors or as
signs, and said franchise shall there
upon be forfeited.
Further, that the work of con
struction under said franchise shall
be commenced in good faith within
not more than sixty days after the
granting of said franchise.
Further, that said franchise and
privilege to be granted, shall be
granted for the term of twenty-five
(25) years from and after the date of
the granting of said franchise.
And your applicant further requests
that Your Honorable Board of County
Commissioners shall advertise the fact
of this application, together with a
statement that it is the purpose of
your Honorable Board to grant the
same, in a newspaper published in the
County of Humboldt, If one there be,
and that said advertisement shall
state that any one having any OBJ
lection to the granting of such fran
chise, right or privilege, applied for,
shall file the same with your Honor
abe Board up to a certain hour of a
certain day to be fixed by your Hon
orable Board, and in the event that
no such objections are filed, that your
Honorable Board will grant said APP
plication for said franchise and will
award said franchise to your appli
cant, Nevada Valleys Power Com
pany. That said advertisement be
published in said newspaper once a
week for four successive weeks. But
if there be no newspaper in said
County of Humboldt, then and in that
instance, that said application be
posted for a period of four weeks by
the County Clerk of said County of
Humboldt in three public places there
in, and that said advertisement, or
said notice posted, specify a day, not
later than ten days after the compile
tion of such period of publication or
posting or at the next regular meet
ing of your Honorable Board after
the completion of such period Of pub
LEGATION or posting, when objections
to the granting of said franchise as
applied for shall be heard.
That on the day specified in such
notice for the hearing thereof or at
the next regular meeting of your
Honorable Board thereafter, all OBJ
,jections to the granting of said fran
chise shall be presented to your Hon
orable Board of County Commission
ers. That said Board shall proceed
at once with the consideration of said
application or at an adjourned hear
ing thereof from time to time, not ex-
final decision on said application is
reached.
That if, upon a full consideration
of all the facts, your Honorable
Board of County Commissioners she
determine that a majority of the resi-
dent taxpayers of the incorporate
towns and cities, in which said fran
chise is to be exercised, have peti
toned in writing for the granting Of
said franchise, right and privilege and
desire said franchise to be allowed
then and in that event your Honor
able Board shall fix the terms and
prescribe the conditions under which
said franchise is to be granted, the
character of kinds of service to be
rendered, the maximum rates to be
charged for service and such other
matters properly connected Herewith
as your Honorable Board shall deter
mine; and that thereupon your Honor
able Board shall grant such franchise