The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-05
ORDINANCE No. AT

Bowen Telephone Company, the use
OF the public streets, highways and
alleys of the City of Fitzgerald for
the purpose Of placing poles and cleo
trical conductors therein for City of
Fitzgerald, and for other purposes.
Section /. Be 1t Ordained by the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Fitzgerald, and it is hereby ordained
by the authority of the same, that
from and after the passage of this Or
dinance, The Bowen Telephone Com
pany. a corporation organized and ex-
isting under the laws of Georgia, with
its principal office and place of bust
ness in the City of Fitzgerald, its sue
cessors and assigns, is hereby author
lied and granted rights of way for
the erection and maintainence of poles
and wires with the necessary appurt-
ances thereto for the purpose of
transacting, operating and maintaining
a general telephone business through,
upon, over and under the streets, al
leys, highways, and public grouds of
said City of Fitzgerald for and dur
ing a period OF Twenty years from
the 10th day OF December, 1920.
Section 2. Be 1t Further Ordained
by the authority aforesaid, and it is
hereby ordained by the authority Of
same, that in full consideration of the
use OF the streets, alleys, highways
and public grounds, as provided and
granted to the Company, the Com
pany shall permit the top arm on its
poles or so many pins thereon as may
be required to be used by the City for
the purpose of placing and maintain
ing thereon any fire or police alarm
or telephone wires which may be nee
essary for the police. or fire depart
ment of the City of Fitzgerald; and in
addition therto the said BOWEN
TELEPHONE COMPANY, its Sue
cessors and assigns, shall furnish to
the said City of Fitzgerald, free of
rem, the use of five telephones to be
placed as directed by the Mayor and
Council OF the City of Fitzgerald, and
in addition thereto give to the City OF
Fitzgerald a discount of one third Of
its regular rate on other phones not to
exceed five at such discount used by
the City of Fitzgerald such as tele-
phones used for tie public school
buildings and other public matters
controlled by the said City OF Fitzecr-
aid. and addition thereto the said 30
WEN TELEPHONE COMPANY
shall pay to the said City of Fitzger-
aid the sum OF Five Hundred Do;'ars
per annum during the life Of this fran
chise, and no oller occupation or IL
cense tax shall be charged.
SECTION III. BE II FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore-
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority Of the same, that iron, and
! after the passage of this ordinance.
any person who shall maliciously CT
wrongfully interfere with, cut. inJure,
remove, or destroy, any of the poles,
wires or fixtures, instruments or other
property of the said :; WEN TELE-
PHONE COMPANY, within the cor
porate limits of the said City OF Fitz-
gerald, or shall hitch horses or mules,
or cattle, thereto shall be deemed gull
| ty OF disorderly conduct, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
as already provided for persons guilty
of disorderly conduct
SECTION ". BE 1T FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore-
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of same that whenever it is
necessary for the telephone wires and
electric light or power wires of said
City of Fitzgerald to cross each other,
a space of at least three feet shall be
preserved between the former and the
latter and if necessary to raise or low
er any wires in order to preserve this
distance, the expense shall be borne
by the party doing the last construc-
ton Proper guard wires" shall be
maintained by strong current party
when necessary.
SECTION V. BE IT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that no strong
/ current wires such as electric light
wires shall be attached to or supported
| by the telephone foles or cross arms
belonging to the BOWEN TELE-
PHONE COMPANY, nor shall any
telephone wires belonging to said BO-
WEN TELEPHONE COMPANY
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poles used by the said City of Fitzger-
aid for supporting its electric light or
strong current wires.
SECTIONAL. BE IT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore-
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that the BOW
| EN- TELEPHONE COMPANY shall
replace and properly relay any side
walks and streets that may be dis
placed by reason of the erection of
telephone poles, and upon the failure of
the Company to do SO, after twenty
days notice in writing shall have been
given by the Mayor of the City of
| Fitzgerald to said Bowen Telephone
Company, the City may replace such
portions of the sidewalks or streets
that may have been disturbed by the
Company, and collect the cost so in
CURED from the Company, the cost
to be taxed and collected as provided
in the sidewalk ordinance of said City.
SECTION VII. BE IT FURTHER
| ORDAINED by the authority afore-
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that from and
after the Goth day of December, 1880,
the said BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY shall not erect any poles,
towers, or other appurtenances used
by said BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY for the purpose of hang
ing and stringing its wires upon any
of the streets of the said City of Fitz-
| gerald, except the streets known as
the DRIVES; provided, however, that
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