Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-05-12

This April. ......., 1916.
A. S. NIXON,
Recorder of the Town of Cedar Bluff,
Virginia.
AN ORDINANCE,
Authorizing. to exer-
else franchise in the Town of Cedar
Bluff, Virginia, for the purpose of
lighting and furnishing electricity to
! the said town and to erect poles and
wires or other conduits along and over
the streets and alleys of said town.
Section 1. BE it ordained by the
Town Council of Cedar Bluff, Virginia,
that: .......... be, and it is
hereby authorized to exercise fran
chise in the Town of Cedar Bluff, TO,
the purpose of furnishing lights and
electricity to the said town and to the
citizens thereof, and for this purpose
it shall have the right to erect poles
! along and over the streets, alleys, and
public places of the said town, and TO
suspend and string wires thereon, or
lay underground conduits along and
over said streets, alleys and public
places as its business from time to
time requires, and to do all other
acts incidentally necessary to carry
out such franchise.
Section III. The period of the du-
ration of the franchise hereby grant
ed shall be for thirty years from and
after the final adoption of this ordi-
nance, as provided by law.
Section III The poles, wires and
other materials used by the said COM
pany exercising its said franchise
shall be suitable in all respects. The
installation and maintenance of wires
and lights in street and public places
shall be done in Il careful and work
manlike manner and the system of
wiring and lighting shall be ut ali
times maintained in sound degree of
safety. The work construction and
maintenance under this ordinance
shall be done under the supervision
of the engineer of the town, or of the
Street Committee of the Council of
said town, as may be determined
by the said council from time to
time, and the said company shall re-
":lk CT street that may be displaced
by reason of the erection of poles or
by reason OF placing conduits under
ground.
Section ". If the said company
shall fail, after twenty days notice
in writing by the Mayor, engineer, or
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said town, to replace or relay any
sidewalk or street that may be re-
placed by reason of the erection of
poles thereon, or putting down OF con.
duits under ground, then the town
may make such repairs and collect
the costs so incurred from the said
company.
Section V. Said company shall at
nil tln1nc no ctih ianf n thn n,.1,
of the said town now in existence,
not in conflict with this ordinance,
relative to the use of the public
streets of the said town by electric
lighting companies.
Section vi. In consideration of the
rights and privileges herein granted,
the said company shall, upon demand,
provide one crOss-arm on each pole
upon which the said town may, if it
so desires, attach either fire alarm,
telegraph or police telegraph wires,
for the free use of the police and fire
alarm system of the said town.
Section VII. Said company shall in
demnify the Town of Cedar Bluff
against, and assume all liabilities for,
damages which may arise or accrue
against the said town for any injury
to persons or property from the doing
of any work herein authorized or
from the operation of said electric
plant, or from the neglect of said
company or any of its employees. And
the acceptance by the said company
of this ordinance shall be an agree
ment by it to pay to the said town any
sum of money for which the town may
become liable from or by reason Of
any such injury.
Section VIII. The said company,
within twenty-four (2l) months after
granting this franchise, shall con
struct, and operate, and at all times
thereafter during the life of this
franchise maintain in good order, a
lighting and electrical system provid-
ed for by this ordinance, and furnish
an efficient lighting service to the
! town of Cedar Bluff, Virginia and its
citizens.
Section IX This ordinance shall
not be construed as granting an ex-
elusive right to the said company, nor
as in any manner preventing the town
from granting similar privileges to
any other person or company.
Section y. Upon termination of the
grant hereby made to the said com
pany, the plant, as well as the prop
erty of the grantee, in the streets
avenues and other public places OF
the said town shall be and become
the property of the said town upon
the payment of fair valuation there
for, and if the said town and the said
company cannot agree upon such fair
valuation the same shall be deter
mined by arbitration; the town to Sc
lect one arbiter and the said COM
pany another, and the two thus chos-
en- shall select the third, and the
award i'll writing of the majority of
the board thus constituted shall be
binding upon both parties as to the
valuation of the said property, but
the said company shall be entitled to
no payment by reason of the value of
the franchise. The plant and the
property thus acquired by the said
town may be sold or leased by it, or
if desired by the authorities of the
said town, if authorized by law, it
shall be maintained, controlled and
operated by said town, provided, how
ever, that the payment of the said
town to the said company of the