The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-06-16

through the said City Of Lexing-
ton beyond the limits thereof.
Be it ordained by the Council of
the City of Lexington, Missouri, as
follows:
SECTION /. That the MISSOU-
RI GAS e. ELECTRIC SERVICE
COMPANY, its successors and as
signs, be and is subject to the con-
ditions, obligations, covenants and ar
rangements hereinafter contained,
hereby authorized and empowered to
own, maintain and operate in and
through the said City of Lexington,
a system for the distribution and
transmission of electrical energy from
points either within or without the
limits of said Municipality to said
City and the inhabitants thereof, and
from or through said Municipal
ity beyond the limits thereof, and
for the sale Of same for light, heat,
power, and other purposes; and to
erect, and maintain poles and wires
and all apparatus necessary or con-
venient for the operation of said
system in, upon, across, over and a.
long each and all of the streets, av-
enues, alleys, and public places in
said City; to acquire and hold, as by
law authorized, any and all real es-
tate, easements, and other rights
necessary for said purpose; to use
while constructing and operating said
system, within the present and fu-
ture limits of said Municipality, any
and all streets, avenues, alleys and
public ways or grounds as are now
or may be hereafter laid out; to cross
any stream in said City for the pur-
pose of constructing maintaining or
extending such wires or other appa-
ratus as may be necessary or on
venient for the proper distribution
and transmission of electrical energy
in and through said Municipality and
beyond the limits thereof.
SECTION 2. All poles and over
head wires erected under this ordi-
nance shall be so placed, whether
on streets, alleys, avenues or other
public places as not to interfere IN
necessarily with travel on such
streets, alleys, avenues and other
public places. All poles erected I'M
der this ordinance shall be so locat-
ed as not to injure unnecessarily any
drains, sewers, catch basins, water
pipes, or other like public improve
ments, and said Grantee shall forth
with repair any damages so caused
to the satisfaction of the committee
on streets and alleys of said Munich
Dality, and in default thereof, said
Municipality may repair such dam
age and charge the cost thereof, to
and collect same from said Grantee,
SECTION 8. The said Grantee
shall, in erecting, using and MAN,
tanning poles, stringing wires and
placing apparatus thereon save and
keep harmless the said Municipali'
ty from any and all claims for dam
ages to person or property, by rea
son of the construction or operation
of said system.
SECTION A. Said Grantee, it;
successors and assigns in rebuilding
trunk lines or building new trunl
lines shall place same in ALLEYS
wherever practical, and said Gran
tee, its successors and assigns shall
furnish to said City Of Lexington
Missouri, a penal bond in the sum O.
81, 100000 guaranteeing the perfor
nance Of the promises and obliga
ton on its part to be performed il
Sections 2 and 3 hereof with goot
and sufficient security to be subjec
to the approval Of the mayor ant
city council, said bond to be furnish
ed within ten days from date thi
ordnance is ratified by vote of tn
people.
SECTION 5. That the NILSSON
|, RI GAS G. ELECTRIC SERVICE
COMPANY, its successors and as
|, signs, will during the period of thi
. franchise furnish to said City free o
charge all electricity used for light
ing the City Hall, or any other build
; ing owned by said City and used TO
public purposes.
/ SECTION6. The rates to be charg
! ed for service furnished hereunde
, shall be the lawful rates fixed or ap
proved from time to time by the Pub
, lie Service Commission Of the Stat
of Missouri, or any regulatory bod
that may succeed to the power Of sal
Commission to fix rates in the Cit
> of Lexington. The rates of the Gran
I tee in force in the City Of Lexine
! ton at the time this franchise b'
; comes effective, however, shall b
! the rates to be charged by the Grar
tee hereunder until the same al
4 changed by order of the said Con
mission or other regulatory body.
SECTION z. All rights and priv
! ileges granted by this ordinance al
Granted for the term Of 20 yeal
|. from and after the adoption and az
= prevail of this ordinance by the CouI
ell and Mayor Of the City and II
authorization or approval there'
. by a majority Of the electors Of u
i City voting thereon at an electit
held for that purpose as provided
law.
. SECTION 8. All provisions q
4 this ordinance which are obligatoi
n upon, or inure to the benefit of u
"a said MISSOURI GAS & ELECTRl
SERVICE COMPANY, shall also
Il obligatory upon and shall inure
the benft of all successors and a
N signs of said MISSOURI GAS AN
ELECTRIC SERVICE C0MPAN'
/ and the word GRANTEE, whenev
s used in this ordinance shall inclul
4 and be taken TO mean not only MI
= lS0URI GAS AND ELECTRIC SER
w ICE COMPANY, but also all 81
"a cessors and assigns of said MISSOl