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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 107, Ordinance Number 41No. Ordinance No. i// _11 ORI)IiInII Ch CRE"TING <Li1D PhOVIDIIIG 100?. Tilll S_.1,1 01P - 1•`P --,"OHI SE , TO COIIST-:LCT , FST-BLISH, Li:SIET-Ill .u:.D OPE'2.IT1: .,21SUVII' INE SYSTIELT III THE CITY UP I'»DUC h, IMITTUCFY: Be it ordained by the Board of of ':he Cit,;, of Paducah, Xontucky. Section 1. That there is hereby established and created a telephone fran- chise for the period of 20 years from the date the sale of same is ratified, granting the privilege or right to construct, establish, maintain and overate a telephone system for private and public use in the City of Paducah, Kentucloj, including necessary conduits, subvuys, manholes, poles, wires and other equipnnont, with right of way ovc"', under, alonf, and through the streets, avenues, alleys, squares, brides and public places in said City for the purposes of running such subr:ays, poles, mires and other equipments necessary to construct, maintain, establish and operate a telephone systern.in the City of Paducah, in accordance with the conditions, terms and limitations of this ordinL.nce; and the purchaser thereof is hereby authorized to construct, orn and operate said.subvays, manholes, poles, wires and other equipments, and construct, maintain and operate a telephone system. Section 2. The purchaser of this franchise or privilece shall furnish to the City of Paducah, free of rent, 15 telephones of similar type, equipment and service ds that furnished its patrons in said City, and free of cost to the City, said telephones to be placed at such places as may be directed by the Board of Commissioners. Section 3. The City of Paducah shall have the privilege of erecting and maintaining its police and fire alarm olires on the poles of the pur- chaser of this franchise, but the sane shall be erected and maintained in such manner as not to interfere with the vires and cables of the said purchaser. Section 4. That the poles used b;; the purchaser of this franchise or priv- ilege shall be reasonably straight, set uniformly, and the work of setting poles shall be under the direction of the Department of Public Ciorks of the City of Paducah, and all fixtures placed thereon shall be safe, and erected in a substantial manner, and shall be as neat in appearance as may be reasonably possible. Ws - Ordinance No. �- l Section 5. The purchaser of this franchise or privilege agrees to protect the City of Paducah against any loss or damage to any person or property in consequence of any act or omission of said purchaser during the construction, :::aintenance and operation of said telephone plant. Section 6. That the purchaser of this franchise .01 privilege shall have the right to sell or transfer the same, but the sarle shall not be sold to any existing company now, or hereafter operating, in the City of Paducah, without the consent of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah. Section 7. The purchaser of this franchise or privilege shall pay the expenses incurred in -publishing and advertising this Ordinance, and the sale to be held thereunder; and the bid of no person, firm or corporation will be entertained or accepted :`,ich has not, prior to the mahinp of said bid, deposited Vith the i.`ayor of the Cit;, of Paducah, either cash or certified c;.oul: for the sure of Pifty (Y-1,50.00) Dollars, to be forfeited in the event the purchaser declines to comply with the terr.,.s c_' id sale r;ithii? 5 days after the ratification of same by the Board of Co:.IiAssioners o � the City of Paducah. section £3. Upon the passage, approval and publication of this ordinance, the I;.ayor is hereby authorized and directed to advertise this franchise or privilege for sale in the official newspaper of the City of Paducah, stating the tir:e and place, and offer for sale this franchise or privilege, and sell the same to the highest id best bidder, reporting his action to the next meeting of the Board of Com- missioners of the City of Paducah; but in no event, shall t, --e I.Iayor entertain or receive any bid for less than Fifty ('V"50.00) Dollars. PtiSSED BY, THE BOriRD Or COLIiI SS IOITERS NOVEMBER 29, 1915 RECORDED BY LAURICE I.:cINTY?E, CI`T'Y CIE I:, DECEI;IBE1 10, 1915.