The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-09-21
Franchise.

Franchise.
1t is resolved and ordered by the Els
cal Court of Fulton County, Kentucky
as follows:
Section 1. That a franchise is here
by defined and created and the pur
chaser thereof. or its legal representa-
tives. SUCCESSORS and assigns, be and Is
subject to the conditions, obligations
covenants and arrangements hereinai
ter contained. hereby authorized and
empowered to acquire, purchase, con
struct. lease, maintain and operate IN
along. upon, under and across the eoun
\ " highways. streams. bridges and pub
lie places. a system or works for the
generation, distribution and transmits
sion of electrical energy from points
either within or without the limits OF
said county TO the county or the per
sons. corporations and municipalities 10
Gated therein. and from or through said
county TO the persons, corporations, mu-
inequalities or counties beyond the lin
its of this county, and for the sale and
distribution of said electrical energy for
light. heat, power and other purposes
and TO erect and maintain poles, wires.
lines, conduits and all other apparatus
ton of said system or works in, upon,
across, along and under each and all
county highways, streams, and public
places in said county; and to acquire
and hold. as by law authorized, and
all real estate. easements. water and
other rights. and TO take water from the
streams of said county as may be nee
essary or convenient for the operation
of said system or works; to use within
the present and future limits of said
county and all county highways.
streams. bridges and public places as
they are nOwsOr may hereinafter be laid
out. while constructing or operating
said system or works, and to place the
poles. wires, lines, conduits, apparatus
and other structures in, along. under
and across any and all bridges and
streams 10 which this county can grant
tie authority, for the purpose of con-
structing, maintaining. operating or ex-
tending said system or works as may
be necessary or convenient for the
proper manufacture or distribution of
electrical energy in, into or through
said county; also TO make such con-
TRACTS for the use OF electrical energy
on such terms and conditions as may
be agreed upon by the owner of this
franchise and the party desiring to pur-
chase the electrical eAsKsy----~--------
Section .. All overhead poles, wires,
conduits and other structures erected
under this grant shall be erected so as
not TO interfere unnecessarily with the
travel on such highways. streams,
bridges and other public places, and
shall be ERECTED under the supervision
of the Fiscal Court or such other au-
thOrity as the Fiscal Court may desig-
nate. All poles erected under this grant
shall be not less than fifteen feet in
height and shall be so located as not TO
injure unnecessarily any drains, sewers.
catch basins, water pipes or other like
public improvements, but should any
paving, drain, sewer, catch basin, water
pipe or other like public Improvement
be injured by such location. the pur-
chaser of this franchise shall forth
with repair the damage to the satisfac
ton of the Fiscal Court or County
Engineer, and in default thereof, the
Fiscal Court shall repair such damage
and charge the cost thereof to and col
lect same from the purchaser of this
franchise.
IL at any time after the granting Of
this franchise the Fiscal Court of this
County shall widen or change the
course OF any of the highways on which
the poles and lines of the purchase
shall have been constructed, said pur-
chaser shall relocate said poles and
lines to conform to the new width or
new course of such highways If such
relocat ton shall be necessary to prevent
with travel on the high
ways as thus changed or widened.
Section 3. Said purchaser shall In
demnify and forever save harmless the
County or Fiscal Court from any and
all damages, judgments, DEGREES. costs
and expenses, including attorneys fees,
which said County or Fiscal Court may
legally suffer or incur, for or by reason
OF the use and occupation of any high
way, stream, bridge or other public
place in said county by said purchaser,
pursuant to the terms of this franchise,
or legally resulting from the exercise
by said purchaser of any of the privi-
leges herein granted. Upon suit being
brought against said county or Fiscal
Court growing out of the use and occu-
pa ton by the purchaser of any highway,
stream. bridge or other public place in
the county, the County Judge shall
forthwith notify said purchaser in writ
ing of such suit i'm order that he or 1t
may take such steps as he or 1t may
deem necessary or proper to defend the
case, if it so desires, and the right is
hereby given to said purchaser to de-
fend any such suit that may be brought
against said County or Fiscal Court
Section 4. All rights and privileges
granted by this franchise are granted
for the term of twenty GOD years from
and after the purchase of the same as
hereinafter provided.
Section 5. All provisions OF this
franchise which are obligatory upon oil
which inure to the benefit of said pur
chaser shall also be obligatory upor
and shall inure to the benefit OF al
successors and assigns of said purchases
and the word purchaser" whenever
,asad ix, this f..a xacLiso shall include. M