Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-16
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twenty (20) years. Every public util-
ity franchise shall be subject to the
right Of the City of Little Falls to pur-
ty operated under such franchise. ne
for the operation thereof within the
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or in case said parties Shall fail to agree
upon a fair purchase price. the ques-.
t'on snail be submitted to q Board Of
one person appointed by the grantee
OF such franchise. one person to be ap-
pointed BY the CITY e Little Fans Ed
judges Of the District Court for the
County is situated.
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grantee, Of such franchise proposed to
be purchased by said City. and for such
purposes shall have at all times unob-
6e9ks Of sa a e Sid
shall set fair value upon the said
property pa;I Gi;y,, proposed to be purchased by
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q; dst sc BY ssid city Council: snd
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If q fair purchase price is agreed upon
praisers is unanimous and the
Wy NVVuCI1 S08I4 COuS1Qo4 the
Appraisers to be fair. the city Council
may submit the question Of the pur.
c chas o of such property at such pur.
the city Of Little Fails at e.e's speciai
election to be held on a day appointed
by the said City Council as provided by
law.and il the proposal to make such
firmative vote of four-sevenths of those
voting on said proposal. the said City
Council shall proceed Immediately to
pos setien su 81. p'o Retaliation. RE-
PORTS. ETC.-(A) Ali grants, renew
ais. extensions or amendments of pub
vided in the ordinance or not: shall be
subject to the right of the City.
(l) To repeal the same by ordinance
ct any time for misuse or non-use. or
the time prescribed. or otherwise to
rs 70 require reasonable.
extensions of plant and service and the
maintenance of the Plant land fixtures
at the highest practicable standard Of
(sj 10 establish reasonable stand
ards OF service and quality of products
and prevent unjust discrimination in
rs 70 examine and audit at any
time the accounts and other records Of
any such utility. and in addition to the
annual reports herein provided for to
may be deemed advisable from each
such public utility; provided that if a
public service commits sion or any other
law to prescribe forms for accounts for
public utilities throughout the state or
throughout the district of which the
shall be controlling 50 far as they go,
more detailed forms for the utilities
within its 5 hnnsaISd .a,n.. ,,s+
fair and reasonable rates. fares and
ner provided FOR in Chapter 4Ss. Gen
sTf thus of s ad y eatHs ana
shall be presumed to be just. fair and
reasonable The granting Of a fran
chise shall not be deemed to confer any
vice any return upon the value Of the
franchise or grant
g! To impose such regulations as
fare and accommodation of the public.
lB) Every corporation. co-partner-
ship or person, exercising any franchise
nua ehs one moRth ser the eese
City Clerk. a statement. subscribed and
sworn to by. at least, two officers of
in control in case such franchise is ex-
setting forth in detail for the preceding
of the plant or business operated by
such corporation, co-partnership or
ana 5hs sataa
and as to it's business done under such
franchise; the gross earnings, and the
amount, expended during the year I'M
der each OF the following heads separ-
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keep; (b) betterment and extensions;
(c) salary of officers of the corpora
on Indebtedness; Sej Depreciation fund.
the amount of the stock Of ali stock
holders of such public service corpora
requested by the city Council. # any
bonds have been redeemed and not cam
celled that, fact shall be stated. This
be by
Xith the tn RTSvisionS of c this seftiieH
lars ($100.00) for each day of such fall
ure to be recovered in a civil action in
any any court Of competent Jurisdiction:
such default shall continue. the City
sssfdn m g. forfeit sSsh {SSnehif
city limits shall become. part of the
aggregate property of the public util-
ity. shall be operated as such and shall
be subject to all the obligations and re-
served rights contained in this charter
and in any original grant hereafter
any extension shall terminate with the
original grant and shall be terminable
as as provided in Section 81 hereof: In
operated under franchise hereafter
granted, then such right shall termin-
ate at the same time and under the
same conditions as the original grant.
Section 49,. VALUATION OF FRAN
CH!SE.-The grantee Of any franchise
shall not issue any capital stock on &C.
count of the franchise of the value
thereof. and such grantee shall have
no right to receive and shall not be al
lowed. upon proceedings for the con-
demnation or purchase of the whole or
any part Of the property Of any public
utility. as in this Charter provided for,
any compensation on account Of the
franchise or its value.
Section a. OTHER CONDITIONS-1
Every public utility franchise here
after granted shall be subject to all the
terms and conditions contained in Sec
lions SO to 80 hereof, inclusive. wheth-
er or not such terms are specifically
mentioned in such franchise. Nothing
In this charter shall operate to limit in
any way, except az specifically stated
the discretion of the City Council, OF
the electors In imposing terms and con-
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